ABOUT S4 Farm's Trainers
NICOLE SAATHOFF:
Trainer, Instructor, Owner S4 Farm... |
Nicole has been a USEF Hunter Jumper professional since 1999. She was a partner in Topline Farm in Lakeview Terrace, CA and owned Indian Hill Farm in Orange, CA before moving back to Texas in 2011, and starting S4 Farm. Before reaching professional status she had a successful junior career showing in “A” and “AA” horse shows from the Childrens Hunters through Grand Prix.
Nicole competed at the top equitation level in the USEF Medal Finals in Harrisburg, PA three years in a row and qualified for the McClay Medal Regionals multiple years. She won the THJA Medal Finals three years in a row on three different horses. As a junior and amateur, Nicole won many THJA End of Year and Zone 7 championships and placings in divisions ranging from the Childrens Hunters through the High Junior/Amateur jumpers. She started into the Grand Prixs at the early age of 15 and qualified to the USEF Talent Search Young Rider Championships. Nicole has shown around the country in Florida, Texas, California, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio, and Arizona. She has trained with greats including Allana Featherstone, Jeff Katz, Sandy Aston, Ann Kursinski, Greg Best, Susan Hutchinson, and George Morris. As a professional, Nicole shows consistently throughout the country in “A” and “AA” horse shows in both the Hunters and Jumpers. She competes in high level Jumpers as well as showing 3’3 and 3’6 Performance horses, with great success. Nicole has also competed in the USHJA National and International Derbies. Nicole’s students have earned championships in divisions from Short Stirrup, Childrens and Junior Hunters, Childrens and Junior Jumpers, Adult and Amateur Hunters, Adult and Amateur Jumpers to USHJA Derbies. Her students have not only won many placings and championships in the CPHA Year End Awards, but also in the IEL (Interscholastic Equestrian League). Nicole’s students have competed in and won/placed in state medal finals including LAHJA Jr. Medal, LAHJA Sr. Medal, SFVHJA Jr. Medal, SFVHJA Sr. Medal, SFVHJA Challenge Medal, Rosewood Medal, and the Onondarka Medal. Her students have also competed at top levels in classes such as WCE Medal Finals, USEF Medal Finals, USEF Talent Search Medal Finals, USHJA Medal Finals, McClay Medal Regionals, and qualified to the USEF Talent Search Young Rider Championship Finals. Nicole’s other passion is training horses. She has imported, trained and sold many horses over the years. Just a few of Nicole's training success stories are:
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URSULA LANGE:
Dressage Trainer, Instructor, Clinician... |
Mrs. Lange has been engaged in the equestrian world since she was five years old, when she was first introduced to the sport by her family in Germany who bred Haflingers there. As a young rider in Puerto Rico, she concentrated mostly in show jumping.
After moving to Wellington more than twenty years ago, the technicality and fluidity of Dressage caught her attention. While in Wellington, she began training under the auspices of renowned rider and instructor, Allyn Schiavone. Ever since, Ursula has trained under Argentinian rider, instructor, clinician, and international judge Gabriel Armando, in Wellington and at his home base in New Jersey, as well as German rider, clinician, and instructor Verena Mahin in Los Angeles, California. She also takes advantage and participates in clinics offered in the area with professionals like Sandy Hotz, Shannon Dueck, and periodically brings in Gabriel Armando. Ursula was a member of the Puerto Rico Equestrian Team, competing in the 2010 Central American Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico and the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. She trained her Oldenburg Roquefort, since he turned four, in a bid to compete in the Central American and the Caribbean Games in Bogota, Colombia. Mrs. Lange is a member of the Puerto Rico Equestrian Federation, wherein for the years between 2010 and 2013 she was a member of its Dressage Committee participating in the organization of its events. She has also been a Dressage instructor and clinician since 2009. |
