Verne and Imperioso XIV practice a levade. Heidi Osgood Photo.

Verne Batchelder

Verne Batchelder approaches dressage instruction with an articulate,  technical yet compassionate system.  Verne transfers to his students the ability to be patient and persistent in their training with their horses. He is quick to provide his students with training exercises so they are less likely to take it personally when all does not go well. He is comfortable teaching riders of all ages and aspirations.  He along with his wife and two daughters operate River House Hanoverians with a farm in NH and another in Florida.In the last five years they have produced five horses that have competed at Grand Prix and three horses that have qualified for the FEI Young Horse Championships. They have imported over 200 Hanoverians from Germany and produced twice that amount domestically from their own mares and stallions.  His student base includes a wide variety of riders from those motivated by showing to  those who just enjoy the training process and choose not to show. Verne does many clinics all along the east coast, teaching everyone from beginners to grand prix competitors.

Jeanie Hahn 

Jeanie and Moleibi - 2010 Continuing Potential Award honorees

• USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medalist
• USDF Certified Instructor
• Students from training level through grand prix
• An active dressage competitor, Jeanie has trained and shown several horses all the way through grand prix
• Great at teaching lateral work, pirouettes, and flying changes.
• Focuses on the rider’s position through lunge lessons.

Nora Batchelder

Nora and Bretone at the Brentina Cup. Susan J. Stickle Photo.

• Earned USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medals by the time she turned 21 on horses she trained herself
• USDF Gold Freestyle Bar
• Trained and competed several horses through the Grand Prix level. Excels at teaching one tempis.
• Many titles at the Region 8 Dressage Championships; including Champion in the Grand Prix and Intermediare Freestyles and Reserve Champion in the Grand Prix
• 2009 Bretone and Nora finished up sixth in the National Grand Prix Freestyle rankings with scores to over 80%
• 2008, 2009 & 2010 AHS National All Breeds Champion for the Grand Prix Freestyle with Bretone
• 2006, 2007 & 2010 Qualified for and competed in the Brentina Cup at the Dressage Festival of Champions in Gladstone, NJ.
• Qualified horses for the National Young Horse Dressage Championships and National Developing Horse Championships.
• 2003 Competed in NAYRC for Region 8 Dressage Team
• Learned from many New England dressage trainers: including parents (Verne Batchelder & Jeanie Hahn), Pam Goodrich, Chris Hickey, & Kathy Connelly.
• Competed in Combined Training through Preliminary, qualified horses for the Regional Training Championships, and earned AHS National All Breeds Champion for Training Level Eventing.
• Ribbons in the jumpers at HITS Ocala.