I strongly recommend Karen White to anyone needing to overcome an emotional obstacle in their journey with their horse. Whether it be a crisis of confidence, a loss of direction or a miscommunication issue, Karen can help you find your way again, just like she did for me.

I have ridden since 1991, actively enjoying showing, eventing, trail riding and dressage with my four horses.

In 2013 I sustained an unexpected spinal injury, resulting in a compression and burst fracture of two vertebrae, as a result of a mishap while mounting one of my horses for a ride. After 2 days in hospital receiving scans and X-rays, I was transferred to a spinal unit for 6 weeks, and then discharged to home care for 12 additional weeks in a Polyjacket. It took me a year to regain sufficient strength in my bones and rebuild my muscles before I was given the ok by the doctors to ride again – but after my wreck and such a long break, both myself and my horse were still shaken and unsure where to start again.

My horse was petrified to have anyone even try to get on him, and I wasn’t feeling all that confident getting on myself. I wasn’t sure where to even get started, but the answer came in an advertisement for one of Karen’s Get Back in the Saddle workshops, which specifically targeted people and horses returning to the saddle after a prolonged absence, a traumatic accident or a crisis of confidence – all three applied to me!

Attending the workshop was a watershed for us – we learned exercises to get back in tune with our horses and ourselves, met some wonderful fellow equestrians, and after some one on one work with Karen, my horse would let someone get on again! From there we have gone on to attend cow horse, working equitation and vaquero horsemanship clinics around the state, and enjoy revisiting Mohegan Training Centre for private lessons and the always exciting ‘Anything Goes’ clinics.

Karen’s approach is multidisciplinary and caters to the individual horsemanship goals of the rider, whether you ride English or Western, prefer cattle work or horse shows or pursue mounted games or even archery, Karen has a spot in her training program that will help you achieve your goals while staying respectful of your chosen discipline and most importantly – your horse.