Kat Napier Napier Dressage Phone:  206-724-7291   Email: napierdressage@hotmail.com  Pictured is Kat Napier of Napier Dressage.  We took our gelding, Sjors, to Kat and were so pleased with her ability that we wanted to do a feature about her and her business.  Kat trains exclusively at Simpatico Stables in Redmond, Washington. Kat communicated with us several times per week about Sjors' progress, treated him like her own horse, and was very professional in every way.  Sjors' training progressed remarkably in a short time.  We believe Kat is a very talented young woman with experience well beyond her years. Education Kat Napier attended Lake Erie College and worked towards a BS Teacher/trainer major. While attending this school she learned many aspects of the equestrian business such as equine anatomy and lameness, history of horses and horsemanship, facilities management, riding theory and participating in equestrian extracurricular activities, most notably: 2004-2005 Vice President of Lake Erie College’s Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA) Team Team captain and 1st level rider on the team with scores in the 70’s 2005 IDA champion team 2003-2005 President of The Mane Event, an educational performance for the community Instruction Kat has been a student with: Wendy Meyers, Nancy Smith, Dr Katrina Merkies, Gwen Blake, and Leslie Morse. Clinicians she has ridden with include: Conrad Schumacher, Mette Rosencrantz, Nancy Smith, Dirk Glitz, and Lee Tubman. 2006 Working student for Leslie Morse, 2006 WEG Bronze team and 2008 Olympic hopeful Riding and showing sale horses Assisting training of clients Barn manager 2005-2006 Working student for Gwen Blake, Grand Prix rider and trainer Riding and training of dressage horses and hunters of all levels Teaching pony lessons for children ages 4-12 Summer 2005 Working student for Penny and Johan Rockx (Dutch B team) Daily riding and lessons on horses through Grand Prix including young stallions Grooming for 2005 Dutch championships Attending training sessions with Anky Van Grunsven Competition Kat has many years of experience showing intro level through FEI Young Rider tests including Prix St. George. She has had many first place wins and scores in the 70s

Pictured is Kat, after schooling with world renown, Conrad Shumacher. Following is a bio about Conrad from the web page "bearcreekdressage.com" CONRAD SHUMACHER A former German national dressage team member, Conrad Schumacher trained under the late German World Championship and Olympic medalist Josef Neckermann from 1968 to 1978. After winning the Hessen State Championships in 1982, he has focused on teaching and coaching. Among his famous are German native Sven Rothenberger, who won team silver and individual bronze medals for the Netherlands at the 1996 Olympic games; Rothenberger's wife and 1996 Olympic teammate Gonnelien Gordijn-Rothenberger; and Dutch rider Ellen Bontje, who won team silver at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.     Since 1991, Conrad has given clinics to up-and-coming talent in the U.S. Dressage Federation's Junior/Young Rider Program. He conducted the 1999 USDF National Dressage Symposium and in 2002, he presented the inaugural Kentucky Horse Park Dressage Symposium. He has since given USDF Instructor Training Workshops and continues to coach American Advanced Young Riders to numerous medals at the North American Young Riders Championships.