Wellgreen Farm welcomes Jeanette Ahlers Bartley, now available on a limited basis to teach dressage lessons.  Jeanette has been riding various disciplines most of her life, but began concentrating on dressage out of necessity about 15 years ago, when she bought her first horse off the track and needed to gently rehabilitate and retrain him.  Once she learned how dressage creates absolute harmony between horse and rider, she was hooked.
 
Jeanette has worked as stable manager, instructor and trainer for several stables, including Cricket Hill Farm in Acramdale, NY, University of Wisconsin-Madison Hoofer Equestrian Center, and Gray Horse Farm in Brimfield, IL.  She has ridden with world-renowned dressage trainers, including: Jane Bartle-Wilson, British Dressage Team Member (1982-1987), Olympic competitor during the 1984 Los Angeles games, Coach of the British Dressage Team (1993-2000), and Director of the Yorkshire Riding Centre; Elizabeth Searle, nationally recognized dressage judge and recipient of the USDF’s Lifetime Achievement Award; Charles DeKunffy, author/trainer and FEI judge, and; J. Ashton Moore, biomechanics expert, Senior AHSA dressage judge and FEI vaulting judge. Jeanette has also ridden with Julie Koerner, Grand Prix jumper who rode in 3 Olympic Sport Festivals, bringing home the team gold all 3 times.  Although Jeanette doesn’t normally ride jumpers, she has taught beginners through 3 feet.  In between clinics, Jeanette worked as assistant trainer with local trainer Gitza Peterson, a long-time student of the above instructors.  She is currently teaching and riding on a part-time basis.
 
Jeanette brings all the experiences with the above instructors to the table.  Each has a training niche, from horse and rider biomechanics, position strengthening exercises, showing expertise, teaching tips, and belief in discipline.  She loves having learned from such a broad array of viewpoints, which creates an ability to empathize with a wide variety of students.  She believes in creating harmony with the horse through disciplined riding, classical training methods and hard work.  Jeanette trains and rides through Third Level.