Accomplishments - 1999 to present 


2011
-  Qualified for and competed at the US Young Horse Chamiponships with Favulous, 4 year old Hanoverian mare, owned by Ellen Peebles
-  Qualified for the Regional Championships with 4 different horses from Training Level through I1
-  Had Multiple students qualify for Regional Championships from Training Level - 3rd Level
-  Attended Young Dressage Horse Trainers Symposium with Steffen Peters and Scott Hassler
-  Participated in clinics with Henk van Bergen, Scott Hassler, Jennifer Baumert and Gerhard Politz

2009
  • Won the Oldenburg Mare Performance Test with Winning Hand - 3rd win in a row for taking mares through the MPT
  • Qualified for Regional championships with Lancer at I2, Gracie at PSG, and Urietta at 1st level.
  • Invited to attend Harmony Sporthorses/Hassler Dressage Young Dressage Horse Trainer's Symposium for 5th year
  • Competed Lancer at the Grand Prix
  • Worked for Scott and Susanne Hassler at Hassler Dressage in Chesapeake City, MD.
  • Selected as a demo rider for the USDF Region 1 Clinic with Scott Hassler on Graffini Grace

  • 2008
  • Identified by the American Hanoverian Society as a specialist with dressage horses from starting under saddle through FEI 
  • Selected to lead The Dressage Foundation’s Olympic Dream Program with Cindy Sydnor
  • Debuted at the I-2 with Lancer with a score of 65.61%
  • Currently ranked 5th in the country for 4 year olds with Richmond HL
  • Organized USDF L Program for Judge Training

  • 2007
  • Received USDF Instructor Certification Training through Fourth Level – youngest person in history to receive this certification
  • Dressage Committee Member NCDCTA
  • High Score Award winner with Wilmington H.L. at Dressage in the Sandhills
  • Featured speaker for Alamance County Cooperative Extension on Horse Careers
  • Graffini Grace and Prince Hopeful selected to be demo horses in United States Hanoverian Society Symposium in Jacksonville, FL, with Scott Hassler
  • High Score Award winner at Pinehurst Fall Dressage with Prince Hopeful
  • NCDCTA 3rd level Horse Of the Year – 5th place – Gracie
  • NCDCTA 4th level Horse Of the Year – 4th place – Gracie
  • Won Mare Performance Test at US Hanoverian Inspection with Graffini Garnet
  • Organized USDF L Program for Judge Training

  • 2006
  • Chair of Education Committee for NCDCTA
  • Organized USDF FEI Young Rider clinic with George Williams in Raleigh, NC
  • Selected to participate in Young Dressage Horse Trainers Symposium
  • Graffini Grace selected to be 6 year old demo horse in Young Dressage Horse Trainers Symposium at Hilltop Farm with Scott Hassler, Ingo Pape, and Anne Gribbons
  • November 7, 2006 – featured in DressageDaily “Cindy and Eliza Sydnor: A Family Dressage Venture”
  • Won the Mare Performance Test with Graffini Grace - highest score for US bred Hanoverian mare in the country – 7.94
  • Organized USDF L Education Program for Judge Training

  • 2005
  • NCDCTA Chair of Education Committee
  • Region 1 Reserve Champion – I-1 with Lancer
  • Selected to Participate in Young Dressage Horse Trainers Symposium
  • NCDCTA I-1 Champion with Lancer
  • Working student for Klaus Balkenhol over winter in Germany
  • December 6, 2005 – Wrote featured article on DressageDaily: “Take Time – A message during the USDF National Symposium” by Eliza Sydnor
  • Organized USDF L Education Program for Judge Training
  • NCDCTA FEI Horse of the Year – 2nd place with Lancer

  • 2004
  • Received USDF Instructor Certification Training through Second Level – youngest person in the country to attain this certification
  • Graffini Grace selected to be 4 year old demo horse in USDF National Sympsoium in Lexington, KY, with Scott Hassler and Christoph Hess
  • NCDCTA Prix St Georges Champion with Lancer
  • NCDCTA 1st place - FEI Horse of the Year Jr/YR with Lancer

  • 2003
  • Selected as one of four participants in The Dressage Foundation’s Olympic Dream Program
  • Participated in Lendon Gray’s Youth Dressage Festival
  • Working student for Lilo Fore over winter in Santa Rosa, CA

  • 2002
  • Working student for Lilo Fore over winter in Santa Rosa, CA

  • 2001
  • Region 1 Second Level Jr/Yr Champion with Lancer
  • Working student for Jennifer Baumert over winter in Melbourne, FL

  • 2000
  • Working student for Lilo Fore over winter in Santa Rosa, CA

  • 1999
  • Participated in Lendon Gray’s 1st Annual Youth Dressage Festival
  • Working student for Beth & Jennifer Baumert in Columbia, CT during summer