Central WA Trainers

Dressage Instructors

Cheryl Beaudry
Western Dressage Instructor/Dressage Instructor/Horsemanship

Cheryl Beaudry works with all breeds including mules and gaited horses and across the disciplines. Specializing in Natural Horsemanship and Dressage she creates an encouraging and supportive environment to students of all ages and backgrounds.

Cheryl Beaudry grew up with horses and received her inspiration for her riding and training techniques from her family. Read More

Mary Burke
Dressage Instructor/Horse Training/Eventing Instructor
Mary Burke’s Bio. – Coaching, training and mentoring dressage and event “riders and horse” to the upper levels, has come from a 45-year history of understanding how a horse and rider thinks and moves. Her knowledge base was built on studying and training with equestrian masters from age 10 to 50 as well as her obtaining her masters degree in Physical Therapy from University Of Washington in 1998. Read More

Allison Cino
Horse Training/Dressage Instructor
Allison Cino is a USDF “L” graduate “with distinction” and is on the road to the “r” USEF judging program. She attained her USDF Bronze Medal on a self-trained Appaloosa mare shortly after competing in Kentucky and winning the 2nd ever Training Level 3-Day Event, and has experience starting and training horses from the ground up to FEI, competing over 35 horses at various levels in both Eventing and USDF shows. Read More

Lucy Curley
Dressage Instructor/Driving Instructor
One of the original, founding members of CWDS, Lucy Curley has been teaching dressage lessons over a 46 year span. Lucy moved to Yakima from California where she was a member of CDS. She also spent time in England studying teaching methods thru the British Horse Society. In Yakima, Lucy spent two years eventing with her $200 Anglo-arab gelding, because dressage activities were nonexistent at that time. Read More

Deb Dougherty
Dressage Instructor
Over the past two decades Deb has won numerous USDF All Breeds awards and year end high percentage awards from the American Morgan Horse Association and the American Warmblood Society. In 1994, she was the first person to be awarded a USDF Gold Medal on her Morgan horse Pattie, and is subsequently mentioned in the http://www.morgandressage.org website. Read More

Chris Jonason
Dressage Instructor/Western Dressage Instructor/Working Equitation/Horsemanship

Owner and operator of Rendezvous Ranch, Chris offers lessons and Clinics in both Western and Classical Dressage, Working Equitation and Mountain Trail Obstacles.

Chris is one of the only trainers in Washington State to offer Clinics and Lessons in Working Equitation. Working equitation is an international equestrian sport growing quickly in the United States and consisting of three phases–dressage, ease of handling (a judged course of obstacles), and speed (a timed course of obstacles). Read More

Jillian Santi
Western Dressage Instructor

Jillian has been riding for over twenty-five years. She competed in walk/trot classes at the age of four, was a member of Pony Club for four years, participated in schooling and Class A Hunter/Jumper shows, Evented, then turned her total attention to Dressage eleven years ago. She received her Gold Medal and Gold Bar in 2011 with her Haflinger, a non-traditional Dressage horse, that she trained up the levels from just basic walk, trot, canter work to Grand Prix. Read More