Gina Duran offers private riding lessons to competing dressage riders, and those seeking to improve their horses and their riding through a greater understanding of dressage techniques. We have schoolmasters for those seeking to further their skill and for those who do not currently have a horse. Check out our schoolmasters! Gina helps her students achieve their riding goals, including winning many awards, both as class and show champions, and as year-end national winners in dressage and eventing Being a successful long-time competitor herself enables Gina to address the emotional as well as the technical aspects of dressage competition.  This all-around instruction helps her students to achieve success in the show arena. Testimony to Gina’s training expertise, every horse she’s trained to FEI level has been trained by her from the beginning stage. Gina offers horse riding lessons in Pleasanton and Livermore, CA, dressage clinics monthly in Northern California, and show coaching. Contact Gina to schedule private riding lessons, clinics, or coaching. See Saddle2Ride for more information about Gina's beginners' horse riding lesson program for all ages and her horseback riding camps for children.

Instructor, Karena Smith teaches jumping lessons and training for Three Day Eventing and Horse Trials.

Karena has over 13 years of equestrian management and instructional experience.

Karena is also NARHA certified as a registered instructor to offer safe beginner lesson and therapeutic riding programs.

Topline Training's Saddle2Ride Beginner's Horse Riding Lesson Program welcomes children and adults. We have excellent instructors and school Horses.

Our horse riding program helps riders of any age establish a solid foundation and appreciation for the horse.

Admissions and Lessons by appointment. To start your riding lessons, email lessons@saddle2ride.com
Don't forget to ask about our Saddle2Ride childrens horseback riding camps!

Instructor, Crystal Forsell -with Topline Training since 2002, coordinates the beginner lesson program. Crystal is an instructor and assistant trainer, taking in horses for training alongside Gina. Crystal has successfully trained horses and riders from their first ride into the show ring. In 2008, she attended the USDF Young Rider Graduate program. Crystal Forsell is a recent recipient of The Dressage Foundation for Continuing Education for Instructors Grant.  Crystal is participating in the USDF Pre-instructors Certification program in preparation to test for her USDF Instructor's Certification. Crystal is a bronze medalist and has a bachelor’s degree in history from Cal State East Bay.

Crystal’s philosophy for teaching is to enable her students with an effective riding position and educate them to become independently thinking and sympathetic riders.  Many parents have commented how their child has grown in confidence, organization, responsibility and awareness under Crystal's supervision.

Contact: crystal@topline-training.com