Since 1959, King Performance Horses has been a family owned and operated training and riding academy. With a history of training horses and champion riders, KPH has earned a reputation of excellence. For well over 50 years, the King family has trained horses and riders in all Western events, and have specialized in reining horses for 35 years. The King’s attribute a lot of their successful training program to their dedicated customers and irreplaceable lesson horses throughout the years. KPH’s slogan is: ‘From Beginners to Winners’. They take that very seriously, with the many champion horses and riders having the show records to prove it. King Performance Horses has shown under the American Quarter Horse Association, the National Reining Horse Association, and the Pacific Coast Horse Association. Donna King and Joline King-Pebley are both highly involved on the boards of U.S.E.F. and P.C.H.A. Western Committees.

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With 15+ years as a dressage trainer and competitor, USDF Silver and Bronze Medalist Dane Lawrence has worked successfully with many breeds. One that he finds challenging but equally rewarding is the off-the-track Thoroughbred (OTTB).

Says Dane, “For dressage, an OTTB has to learn a new way of moving and relating to the rider. Because they are bred to run at top speed, rebalancing them to be light on the forehand and engaged behind takes time. They have to become attuned to different rein and leg aids and learn to move in a rounder, more elevated frame. But if you’re patient, the Thoroughbred can be a terrific partner.”

For almost two decades, Tom Foran and Foran Performance Horses have dedicated themselves to producing exceptionally trained horses and riders. Tom is an AQHA World Champion (Jr. Reining) and has coached an AQHA Select World Champion. In previous years, he has achieved Top 20 Rider Status and has won multiple NRHA North American Affiliate Championships. Moreover, he has made the finals at every major NRHA event as well as having won multiple regional futurities and derbies.

FPH covers every aspect of performance horse training from colt starting to keeping an older show horse sound, happy, and performing at its best. The same is true for riders. FPH maintains several fantastic lesson horses and are happy to teach riders of all levels – from people who have never ridden before to world champion amateur riders.

USDF Bronze & Silver Medalist, Denise Michelle Nelson-Finster, is a champion rider, a professional equine trainer, and a developer of The Confident Rider Program.  Denise has coached riders to National Championships, Horse of the Year awards, numerous Regional titles and achievement of USDF medals.  We are a competitive barn that will lead you to achieving your goals while enjoying and loving your horse.

Cowboy Mounted Shooting offers something for everyone. The sport requires training for the horse and rider just like any other equestrian sport. Kenny Lawson of Silver Dollar Ranch believes a training program should meet the horse and rider at their level of education and grow from there. His program is designed to help with all the elements of Cowboy Mounted Shooting: from purchasing the right equipment and understanding the rules, to course management and taking his clients all the way to the competition arena.

Katherine has been involved in the Arabian horse industry her entire life. As part of the third generation of her family’s Arabian horse business, she gladly carries the torch that was lit over sixty years ago, as a breeder, owner and trainer.

Located in the beautiful “Valle de Los Caballos” nestled in the heart of the Temecula wine country, Katherine co-owns Green Acres Ranch, Inc. along with her mother, Margaret Rich, an esteemed coach and International judge, and her brother, renowned cow horse trainer Roy Rich.

Katherine earned countless Regional and National titles as a Youth rider under the tutelage of many well-known coaches in the Arabian industry. In 2004 she gave up her Amateur status and became a professional Arabian trainer. In addition to training National caliber show horses, and earning her USDF bronze, silver and gold medals, Katherine coaches adults and youth riders to Regional and National titles every year.

After years of attending college at night, in 2010 Katherine graduated from the University of Redlands with a Bachelor of Science in Business and Management, and promptly put her college skills to work. Katherine truly enjoys owning and running her business from the ground up.

In 2011 Katherine was licensed by USEF with an “r” Arabian judge’s card and also had the privilege of marrying her long-time friend and now business partner, Tyler Elzig. Katherine and Tyler have embarked on the adventure of a lifetime, navigating the ins and outs of the Arabian horse industry.