Steve has enjoyed teaching and training horses and riders since 1989. His students successfully compete in the hunter, jumper and equitation rings in top shows all over the country. A typical horse show day can find him anywhere from the Short Stirrup to the Grand Prix ring. When not showing, home is a beautiful new facility in Maple Park where he and his wife, India, house their many happy boarders and quality horses.
As for his own riding, Steve has been consistently at the top in the Grand Prix ring throughout the Midwest and Colorado. In 2003 he won back to back Welcome Stakes and Grand Prixs at Lamplight. Last year brought wins at both the Horse Show By the Bay Grand Prix and Circle City Welcome Stakes on Winchester and this year he led the victory gallop on Pantera, owned by Serosen Farms, in the Welcome Stakes at both Equifest I and Showplace Summertime. He has always been very successful in Florida in the Thursday and Sunday World Cup Qualifiers.
Lisa has a strong hunter-jumper and equitation background as a competitor and a coach. A former Rider-in-Residence and assistant Instructor to the Olympic Coach Jack LeGoff at USET Headquarters, Lisa was the 6th leading Event Rider in the US in 1989, and was the leading Event Rider in Area IV for 10 consecutive years. Currently, lessons with Lisa are available in classical flatwork for show jumpers and in show jumping itself at their new Grove Place Facility in Elburn, Illinois.
Email us at groveplacefarm@aol.com for more information about our programs.