Kate Breiner
Owner, Trainer
The Team
Sharing Your Journey
Kate Breiner
Founder & CEO
Kate has twenty years of professional experience in the sport horse industry, resulting in an established reputation for her training methods and a loyal client base. Her apprenticeship consisted of working as a trainer under four recognized grand prix dressage trainers and managing multiple training centers. She is known for offering high level care to horses and clients, including top competition riders. Her training philosophy is based on a holistic approach, focusing on the intersections of classical dressage, ground work, biomechanics, and body work for both horse and rider. With ten years experience in the selection, import and sale of P.R.E. horses from Spain, she is a known resource for Spanish horse enthusiasts buying in the USA and Europe. Kate has additional business and management experience gained through work in the Virginia wine industry.
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Gabrielle Gallegos
Owner of The View
Gabrielle is a life long rider, badgering her parents into riding lessons at age 5 and graduating to her first pony and membership in the local Pony Club at age 7. She has evented, hunted, and now focuses on the intricate language of dressage. Owning a barn where she could lovingly care for her own horses and those of her friends has been a life long dream. She has partnered with Mandala Dressage to provide a facility that will foster the highest principles of horsemanship and care for both horse and rider.
Lauren Castle
Working Student
Lauren has been training with Kate for two years and is an indispensable member of the team. She is learning about every aspect of horse care and the methods that create the calm, happy focus we want in our horses and ourselves. Every interaction we have with the horses from mucking out, feeding, turning out, tacking up, and tucking away is designed to relax the horse's parasympathetic nervous system and help your horse be ready to learn and grow.
