Who is Sarah de Weerd?
At the age of ten I started horseriding. After riding for a few years and taking car of a pony, my parents bought a Paint horse and a foal at the Mill Ranch in Ede (Holland).
At first I didn't really like the Western horse riding style. But after taking some lessons at the Mill Ranch I started to enjoy it more and more. About a year later my parents bought an Appaloosa and a Haflinger. The Appaloosa was used for recreational riding only. The Haflinger was English trained, but with the help of Karin van Bekkum, we trained her Western style.
My love for the Western riding style grew and it happened that Karin was selling a year old gelding. We bought this wonderful gelding called Very Surprising (We called him Flip) (Very Inviting x Kay Cees Bay Baby). Together with Karin, Flip was prepared for Halter and later on for Showmanship and Hunter competitions. With Flip I won several prizes. We became Dutch Champion, High point, World Show Qualifier and Rom Halter.In the mean time I started studying horsekeeping in Barneveld and later on I went to Deurne, where I became a Western Riding Instructor. I had an internship at the River Valley Ranch, where I got a job afterwards, training and showing horses. The horse I achieved most with was the Paint mare Shadow Judgement.
Shadow Judgement EK 2007 hunter hack silver medal Very Surprising in hunter under saddle at the Dutch ChampionshipI also joined many competitions with Jay Bar Pine, Rivervalleys Baileys, Chins Radical Rose, A Cool Tuff Mojito, Keep N Eye On Me, Switchs Triple Play, RVS I Left My Spot Behind, RVS A Cool Pinacolada and RVS Its Painting Time. With these horses I became Dutch Champion and futurity chamion at different levels.
While working at the River Valley Ranch, we bred a foal using Codys Cool Breezer x Painted Paiges. The beautiful breeding stiock RVSileftmyspotsbehind was the result. I showed her several times and she was sold as a year-old.
Near the end of 2007 I started looking for a new horse. At that time, Flip had been in competitions for a few years and was now used for horse riding lessons. Together with Joost, my boyfriend, and Karin van Bekkum, I found the two year ol mare Lady Scotch Invited (Tigers Invitation x Lady Scotch Handy) (Trudy). Karin also found a new horse called Wrap And Roll who is both apha and aqha registered) (Rusty).
Our new horses were picked up at Schiphol airport in January 2008. Since Rusty and Trudy were both bought at the same stable, they were traveling together. After a resting period we started training Trudy and soon she was ready for her first competition. In which she managed to get a second place with 11 contenders.
In August Flip was sold and he is now used recreational with an occasional showmanship competition.
I started my own training and showing business in August. I take a lot of courses and clinics, to make sure I get the best out of myself, so I can be as helpful as possible for my clients.
