“Happy, relaxed horses and riders are my objective.”
– Cathy Drumm
Western Dressage, Working Equitation, Mountain Trail
Cathy Drumm has for over 40 years used Classical Dressage concepts to train her own horses, as well as her students and their mounts. She attributes her years of successes in the Hunter/Jumper show rings to her understanding of Dressage as the platform from which everything else can develop.
In 2010 she refocuses from teaching and showing Hunter Jumpers to Western Dressage, which incorporates these concepts into a lighter more relaxed version of basic dressage training. Cathy is excited to reach more riders and horses through this new discipline. It is one that allows her to teach the value and performance enhancement of light, correct Dressage.
Whether a recreational rider or an active competitor, Cathy finds that Western Dressage (for all disciplines) helps to improve the communication and performance between horse and rider for anything they wish to do. She loves teaching all levels and ages, to riders from many different backgrounds, and is an expert at solving equine-related problems in all these sectors.
Working with Cathy will increase your confidence, skill level, and enjoyment no matter what your end goals are.
More recently, due to the continually broadening scope of the fields that her students come from, and her constant interest in learning new things Cathy has expanded the disciplines that she teaches to include Working Equitation and Mountain Trail. Both of these complement Western Dressage while adding obstacles of different types. All three disciplines line up with Cathy’s Kindful Training philosophy, where the comfort and welfare of both horse and rider are at the forefront of any training or lesson plan.
Cathy has used trail riding and obstacles as part of her training program through the years, even with Hunter/Jumpers. She feels that a versatile horse used to handling all types of situations calmly makes for a better horse in all disciplines no matter what the focus.
Cathy’s popular clinics range from half-day workshops, two and three day clinics and five day Intensives. Contact her to arrange one in your area. In addition she offers regular lessons at her location in Lanesboroough MA.
“Cathy Drumm is the best trainer I have ever worked with. She has been helping people and their horses all of her life and is in a league all her own. I am so excited that she agreed to help me reach my retirement dream of owning my own horse again.”