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Heatherly
Davis Granaroli
OWNER | HEAD TRAINER
Heatherly Davis has numerous wins and championships in the hunter, jumper and equitation ring both as a junior and an amateur. She started her formal education as a child with Rob Gage and Cyndi Merritt. She then moved on to Foxfield Riding School where she put down roots. Foxfield gave her a strong foundation in the basic fundamentals of riding. She learned you get out what you put in…and in order to succeed you must work hard, ride every horse you can, never complain and never stop learning!
Heatherly has always been passionate for equitation. After riding and working for exclusively for Foxfield for over 15 years, she moved on to train and clinic with other trainers to gain more education with the technical medal courses. This education helped her win many equitation and medal classes finishing with championships and top ten in medal finals.
Heatherly has also had a successful career of breeding and raising young horses. She learned the importance of consistent, patient training needed to bring along the young horses from the ground into the show ring. With a partnership in the famous hunter stallion Alla Czar, Heatherly produced several USEF, PCHA, and LAHSA champions, such as Millennium, Mieux Czar and Laissez Faire. Other breedings included her baby that is the 2005 USEF Medium Green Champion Pony Macy Grey and still successfully competing. She could be seen jogging in the top ribbons in the rated medium division at Capital Challenge 2013.
Through the years, Heatherly has also been fortunate to clinic with several world-renowned trainers. Among them are Bert DeNemethy, Victor Hugo-Vidal, Greg Best, Susie Hutchison, Anne Kursinski, Kip Rosenthal, Michael Page, Meg Schulman, Melanie Smith-Taylor, Karen Healey to name a few. Even after turning professional, Heatherly continues her education through various clinics and training sessions.
As a professional, Heatherly has had much success at the regional and national level. She goes to AA shows as well as the local shows. Her clients have been very successful with multiple championships. Winning numerous divisions in the hunters, jumpers and equitation with her kids and adults, highlights include; USEF Amateur/Owner Hunter Champion, USEF Zone X Medium Pony Champion, PCHA Amateur/Owner Champion, CPHA Child/Adult Medal Final Winner, SFVHJA 17&U and 18&O Champion, SBCRC Medal Final Winner, Rosewood Medal Finals Winner, LAHJA Sr Medal Final Winner, SFHJA Futures Medal Finals (twice), SFHJA 12& U Medal Finals,PCHA Mousie Williams Winner. Top Ten in the following medal finals: CPHA Foundation, all PCHA medals, SFVHSA 18&O, SFVHSA 17&U, LAHJA 17&U, SFVHSA 13&O just to mention a few. Heatherly has taken several juniors back east to compete in the Maclay as well as the newer NHS Medal. In 2019, one of her juniors took home the tri-color at the National Horse Show in the age division equitation. Heatherly really enjoys watching the “stirrup” riders all the way up to the Medal/Maclay riders as well as the bigger jumper riders achieve their goals. She emphasizes the fundamentals of correct riding while remembering all the while to keep the “fun” in the training. Whether you want to be extremely competitive in the show ring, simply learn to be a better rider at home or need to have your young horse brought along, Heatherly will custom tailor your training program to fit your needs.
When she is not teaching or riding, she enjoys spending time with her husband and son who is studying pre-med at University of Missouri.
Tina
Hoover
Tina Hoover and Heatherly share something in common by also starting at a young age at Foxfield Riding Club and becoming a trainer there at age 18. She continued for several years improving her teaching and training skills, focusing on hunters and jumpers.
In 1993, Tina ventured on her own and successfully operated Hoover Training Stables. She enjoyed starting young horses, teaching beginner to advanced riders, and seeing the results in the show ring. She also pursued teaching and training dressage, also using that knowledge to improve the flat work of her hunters and jumpers.
After over a decade of dedicating herself to her business, Tina chose to balance her life a bit more and decided to take on the roll as an assistant. She has never regretted that decision because she’s had the honor to work for several reputable trainers over the years. Some include training jumpers for Mark Watring and Russell Morgan, hunters for Patrick Spanton, and all 3 rings for Whitethorne Ranch.
She is thrilled to have teamed up with Heatherly at Edelweiss Farms over a year ago and is looking forward to an exciting future there.
ASSISTANT TRAINER
Mark Granaroli
BARN/PROPERTY MANAGER
Olive
HEAD BARN DOG
Heatherly Davis Granaroli
HEAD TRAINER
