Katrina Benson Dodd

Katrina grew up in Bergen, Norway where she started riding at the age of 8.  Her teaching career began at 14 and she progressed quickly – achieving a Daily Manager Position only four years later at Hjortland Ridesenter, a riding school in Bergen. She formally trained in the UK for ABRS (Association of British Riding Schools) near London under Julian Marczak (ABRS Chairman and co-author of the official ABRS manual) and Karen Bush (author of Successful Jumping). In 2004, Katrina moved to the US and began riding at Reddemeade a year later.  She graduated from Reddemeade's Instructor Training Program in the spring of 2006 and currently trains with Jane Seigler, Ulf Wiltfang and Katherine Rizzo.  Katrina is also CHA Level 4 certified for English and Jumping, and is an Assistant Clinic Instructor for CHA.