Reddemeade's Instructors

Mary Ann has been riding since a child. She hails from Rhode Island, where she rode and taught show jumping, hunt seat equitation, hunt seat over fences, pleasure horse, and Dressage. Mary Ann started and coached for 4 years a children's show team that campaigned in Rhode Island. She is a winner of 38 combined State and New England Championships and 14 Reserve Championships. She has also instructed students in equine training and equine showmanship. In the Philippines, she provided formal training in Dressage and hunt seat over fences before coming to Reddemeade in 1992. Since coming to Reddemeade, Mary Ann has campaigned several EquiShare horses at First and Second Level. She coordinates the Junior/Young Riders Dressage Teams.

Liz Doane began her riding career at Reddemeade at the age of six. She has a strong background competing in Hunter/Jumper shows and has recently begun Eventing. Under the tutelage of Steve Young, she has trained and competesd on Nancy Schechtman's thoroughbred gelding, Manzotti Law. An accomplished pianist as well, Liz has been teaching piano since the age of 14. Now, having completed Reddemeade's Instructor Training Program, she is teaching her true passion, horseback riding. Liz is currently and undergraduate college student, and teaches whenever she is home on break from Boston.

Jean began riding at the age of 8 in Potomac. In her other life, she works full time for a company owned by her family. She is a graduate of Reddemeade's Instructor Training Program, and coordinates Reddemeade's extensive Horsemasters-in-Training and Junior Horsemasters-in-Training Program. 

Jessica began riding at Reddemeade in 2001 at the age of 11. Along with becoming a skilled rider, she also became a working student, feeder and groom. She has been a student of Melissa Smith since 2002. Jessica graduated from Reddemeade's Instructor Training Program in the spring of 2006. After graduating from high school in June 2007, she will enter the University of Maryland in the spring of 2008, studying Equine Science so she can one day become an Equine Veterinarian. 

Yoko has been riding since she was seven years old. She began riding in the U.S. but her riding career continued around the world. She has trained in both dressage and jumping in Kobe, Japan and Sidney, Australia . Since returning to the U.S. in 2000 she has ridden at Reddemeade and evented Sister Disco, Equishare Roxy and Sheltered Spirit up to the Novice Level. Currently she is training her own horse, Gold Sparkle, a Hannoverian gelding, in Dressage. She is a graduate of Reddemeade's Instructor Training Program

Katherine completed a graduate degree in scientific illustration at U.C. Santa Cruz in 2003, where she was the Intercollegiate Dressage Association team's head coach.  Before that, she completed two Bachelors of Arts degrees (Studio Art and Biology) at St. Mary's College of Maryland where she was the captain of the school's Intercollegiate Horse Show Association team (hunter equitation). Katherine events her horse Rockfish Willy and leased horse Majestic Falcon at Training level, as well as several client horses, and has experience in dressage, hunters, jumpers, vaulting, polo, jousting, swimming horses and games. Katherine also foxhunts regularly with Howard County-Iron Bridge Hounds and recently learned to steeplechase.  She is a Level I/Training Certified Instructor through the United States Eventing Association and is CHA certified in Level 4/English and Level 2/Western. She is also the head coach of the Academy of the Holy Cross's varsity equestrian team and is an instructor for the University of Maryland collegiate team.

Nancy has been riding since 1989 and teaching riding since 1999.  She is a graduate of Reddemeade's Instructor Training Program, and has competed in Hunters, Dressage and Combined Training.  Currently, she is focusing on competing her two horses.    Freedom, a Percheron/TB cross mare, who has competed through 2nd Level Dressage, is enjoying a second career in Eventing.   Nancy is also Eventing Manzotti Law (Vanya), her Thoroughbred gelding at the Novice and Training levels.

Melissa started riding at age 7 and has competed in Dressage, Show Jumping and Eventing competitions and Gymkhanas.  She taught at Donneybrook Stables in South Africa and attended the equestrian studies program at Praetoria Technikon.  In 1998 she moved to America and attended the equestrian studies program at Averett University, where she was on the Dressage, Hunter and Eventing teams.  She is a certified equine massage therapist.