Meet The Team                                                         

The Schooling Family is Scott, Catherine and our two children.  To this date our kids do not know what life is like without a horse.  They are so lucky.  Our horses are Belle and Lily and Whiskers.  Belle joined our family in 2003.  She was a welcomed addition for Catherine to get back into horses after having 2 beautiful children.  Lily was born at our home in 2004.  Then Whiskers joined us for our Summer Camp in 2009.  We are fortunate enough to have him permanently.  We are so fortunate to have all of them. 

Catherine spent most of her childhood with horses.  Our family got our first horse at the age of 7.  Just a year or two later, I was showing horses and becoming more and more involved.  When I was 10 years old, I got my own horse.  Her name was Ny.  We became champions several times over and at one point we were ranked #2 in the World for Pole Bending with the AJQHA in 1986.  She gave me everything she had and I am truly blessed to have had her in my life.

While I was growing up my family got more and more into horses.  We showed horses, raised horses and even owned a few race horses.  Each horse brought a set of lessons that made us become better and better horse people.  My Mom was the breeder and nurse.  My Dad was the Horse Racing enthusiast and owner.  My sister was the trainer and I was the competitive rider.   The only time I was "out of horses" was after Ny passed away.  I was so distraught.  After a few months, my Mom got me back into horses but my heart was only 1/2 way into it.  It wasn't until 2003, that I found another horse that I "clicked" with.   It was Belle.  

Belle was originally purchased to be trained and then sold again. It wasn't long after Belle joined us that we went on a trail ride.  We went out on an all day trail ride up in Norco Riverbed with my sister and brother-in-law.  We crossed a river, went up and down hills and so much more.  It was a fantastic day.  As we were riding down the road I realized she was everything I was looking for.  We got back to the trailer and Belle put her head on my shoulder.  That drove me to tears because that was exactly what Ny had done.  No other horse have every put their heads on my shoulder.  Just Ny and Belle.  Belle has a forever home.     

My experience is with riding western.  Take a look at what I've done: .

• Western Riding since 1975
• Started riding Western Pleasure
• Showed horses in halter
• Showed barrels and poles since 1980
• Trained horses for barrels and pole bending
• Invited to the World Championship Show in 1987
• Trained and Showed Reining in 1989
• Assisted horse trainers 
• A lot more experiences just too much to mention.  

Our goal is to give riders a memorable experience with good basic skills that will give them a start to a very long life in the horse world.

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Belle

Belle is our wonderful horse.  She is a character.  Belle became a Schooling in 2003.  My sister Sue, found Belle in Yorba Linda, CA.  She was the only horse on the property and was treated like royalty.  She was allowed to hang her head inside the kid's bedroom window.   Belle was just another person.  

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Lily

Lily is our baby!  She was born here and hasn't really known any other home except ours.  (Lily is a gray horse.  She was born brownish.  Gray horses get lighter as they get older.)