Natalie Hammond Dressage

Journal

Natalie Hammond's Curriculum Vitae

Natalie and Rhapsody

January 2013 – Present

Dressage Trainer, Wildwood, Missouri

  • Qualified/Competed at 2023 US Dressage Finals
  • Qualified/Competed at 2023 GAIG/USDF Region 4 Championships
  • Qualified/Competed at 2022 US Dressage Finals
  • Qualified/Competed at 2022 GAIG/USDF Region 4 Championships

July 2009 – April 2010

Dressage Trainer, Parker, Colorado

2004 – July 2009

Dressage Trainer, Wildwood, Missouri

Trained with

1989: Trip Harting, San Marcos, California

1989 – 1991: Oliver Luze & Aide Wolde-Johannes, Rancho Santa Fe

Boarded and trained at American Performance Horse Farms (Warmblood Stud). Assisted with handling, training and grooming of young horses in preparation for sale. Excellent opportunity to observe and learn about the stud activities. Rode stallion ‘Lehndorff’ and the 1987 German Champion Stallion ‘First Class’. Prepared and rode horses for the American Hanoverian Society Tour Keuring. Attended and observed the Oldenburg Sport Verband 100 day Stallion Testing.

1992 – 1995: Trained with Australian Olympic Team Coach Clemens Dierks, Sydney, Australia.

1992 – 1995: Attended clinics by:

  • Ralph Isslehorst
  • Christopher Bartle
  • Bent Jensen
  • Ulrich Klatte
  • Edgar Lichtwark
  • Wolfgang Nigli – German International Olympic Judge

1996 – 1998: Dieter Felgendreher, Holly Oak Farm, Frankfort, Kentucky. Trained and prepared sale and competition horses. Assisted with the breeding program and quarantine facility.

1999 – 2001: Head Dressage Trainer at a facility in Town and Country, Missouri. Responsible for training, competition, imports and sales.

2001 – 2004: Deutsche Reitschule (NRW Landgestüt in Warendorf) – Bereiter.

  • Studied at the Justus-von-Liebig-Schule (Berufsbildende Schulen Hannover)
  • Trained with Johannes Lieberg – Reit- und Fahrverein Braunschweig, Hannover, Germany
  • Trained at Reitstall Rohr, Landesbergen, Germany
  • Landesreitschule Hoya – Herr Meyer zu Strohn clinic
  • Nordrhein-Westfälisches Landgestüt – Deutsche Reitschule, Warendorf – Herr Hannes Müller clinic and final testing