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About Us
Our Philosophy
Phillip and Gretchen met in Sheridan, WY when Gretchen was training Phillip to be her replacement at Colts Unlimited. In the years following, they realized that they shared a common philosophy on training horses and riders. They both agree that the most important ingredient is creating an atmosphere of happy horses and happy clients. To accomplish this, they emphasize tailoring and individualizing their training and coaching techniques to cater to the idiosyncrasies of the horse. The sentiment that no horse and rider are alike is the inspiration for the name, “Tailored Equine Training”.
Phillip
Phillip grew up riding horses while living in Pennsylvania and Texas before moving to Fort Collins, Colorado where he competed on the CHJA during high school. He later attended the University of Findlay where he graduated with degrees in Equine Studies and Equine Business Management. Additionally, Phillip was a member of the varsity equestrian team and was a team rider on the 2010 Reserve National Championship Team. Phillip was also a selected to be a participant at the EAP Level II clinic in 2009. Once graduating from Findlay, he worked as a groom/rider for several notable barns in the Northeast and Wellington, FL. This lead to finding a job riding for South Lane Farm, where he met his his long time partner Polar Ice as a 4 year old. In 2017, Phillip and “Ice” moved to Sheridan, WY to work with Charlie and Hilary Carrel at Colts Unlimited. Under their guidance, Phillip started and developed many horses while continuing to further develop Ice. Together, they are now top competitors in the Grand Prix. After Colts Unlimited, Phillip moved to join Gretchen at Tailored Equine Training LLC in the spring of 2019.
Gretchen
Gretchen grew up in Connecticut and learned the basics of equitation under Michele Goodrich at Well-A-Way Farm. In addition to upholding CHJA (Connecticut) Open Equitation year-end champion and reserve champion multiple years in a row, she qualified for numerous CHJA, NEEC, HBO, Marshall and Sterling, Stateline Tack medal finals and Maclay regionals as a child and junior. Thereafter, she attended Colorado College and competed on the intercollegiate team with Tracey Powers qualifying for IHSA regionals. Upon graduating college in 2012, Gretchen worked for Charlie and Hilary Carrel at Colts Unlimited for five years in Sheridan, Wyoming. During this time, she competed at the Colorado Horse Park, Estes Park, Thermal, Tucson, Minnesota Fall Harvest, Oregon High Desert, and the Denver Stock Show among many others. Under Charlie’s tutelage, she started over 50 colts , developed young horses, and worked through “problem” horses. She then made the move back to Colorado and worked for Brianna Davis at Savoy Stables where she gained experience running the school program and coaching show clients. In 2018, Gretchen started Tailored Equine Training LLC.
Our Facility
Located less than an hour from downtown Denver, Long Elk Ranch is where we call home. The main barn has 19 stalls (8-12’x12’ & 11-12’x14.5’) with an attached 6-horse ‘european style’ walker and a 60ft round pen. Just down the hill is our brand new 120’ x 175’ indoor arena complete with angled kick boards and top of the line footing manufactured by FootingFirst LLC. Several grass paddocks scarcely reduce the 20+ acres of pasture to ride in. We are dedicated to providing a safe and beautiful space to produce both horses and riders.
