About us

Katie has been riding horses since she was 9 years old. She started out with pony club and low-level eventing but switched to dressage when she was 18 years old. At only 24 years old she opened the gates of Summer Wind Farm in Apopka, FL. 

She has trained many horses to Grand Prix level including her two current competition horses Rowan and Falena SWF. 

She imported her gelding Rowan (Rascalino x Hohenstein) from Germany when he was only 2 years old and she homebred her mare Falena (Fabuleux x Noactor). After starting Falena herself, Katie took her to her first show as a 4-year-old. By the time she was 6, Falena was ranked among the top in the nation in the FEI 6-Year-Old division.

She just recently started doing CDI’s with both, Rowan and Falena.

At home she trains our sale horses and client’s horses, and she also travels to a few farms to teach and ride. 

Vanessa is Katie's business partner when it comes to importing quality horses from Europe and selling them in the US.

Vanessa started riding when she was 10. Besides weekly lessons she also went to riding summer camps. At 16 she stopped due to school and didn’t get back into it until she was 34 years old. After only a year back in the saddle she bought her first horse Briar’s Bon Bon (Bjorsells Briar x Weyden) a then 10 year old Oldenburg mare. 

In 2020 Vanessa started training with Katie at another location and moved to Katie’s barn in the summer of 2021. 

This year she started showing 3rd level at recognized shows, earned her bronze medal, got 5th place at the AA championships and qualified for Regionals.