Dressage - Driving - Trainer - Judge

Sara Schmitt has always been fascinated by horses since a very young age, starting with an extensive Breyer horse collection and evolving through the local public riding stable into many years of membership with the Spring Valley Hounds Pony Club. What started with a very green horse at age 14 quickly migrated into several, and encompassed a wide variety of equine activities - hunter/jumper shows, horse trials, hunting, hunter paces, dressage and even a little western pleasure.

Sara Schmitt is an "S" dressage judge, as well as a USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold Medallist. In 2007 Sara was Reserve Champion Region 8 Training Level on "Whirlpool" and Champion First Level Freestyle Region 8 on "Bredero." She was also Second USEF "Horse of the Year" - First Level Freestyle with "Bredero" and 15th "Horse of the Year" Training Level on "Whirlpool." Dressage At Devon 2007, "Whirlpool" was secon in the 4 year old Young Horse Chamnpionship. Sara and "Batman" won the 2007 National Combined Driving Champion - Advanced Single Pony. Sara was a member of the 2003, 2005, 2009 USEF World Pony Driving Championship teams.

The winning experience continued in 2008, with "Whirlpool" ranking second in the USEF "Horse of the Year" awards at first level wth a score of 76.6%, and second in the "Horse of the Year" Awards First Level Freestyle, as well as American Hanoverian All Breeds at First Level and First Level Freestyle. At the USDF Region 8 Championships Sara won First Level and First Level Freestyle on "Whirlpool" and won Third Level Freestyle with "Bredero." Sara and "Whirlpool" also won Midwest Selection Trials - FEI 5 Year Old Young Horse Championships. Sara and "Batman" won the Sunshine state CDE - FEI Single Pony and was Third at the Laurels CDE Combined Driving Event. Sara has also been a member of the 2003, 05 and 09 USEA World Pony Driving Championship Teams.

Sara was the USDF Region 1 ABIC Reserve Champion at Training, Second and Third level. In 1997 she was the USDF Region 1 ABIC Fourth level Champion. In 1998, Sara and her Swedish Warmblood "Eclipse" were ranked 25th nationally at Prix St. George. In 2001, Sara was the USDF Region 1 ABIC Intermediare Freestyle Champion on the Holstein gelding "Fusilier", owned by Susan De Flora.

" S " DRESSAGE JUDGE • " r " DRIVING JUDGE • 2003/05/09 USET TEAM MEMBER • Email Sara • 908-303-1830