Clients

Melissa McDonald (AA)
Ft Walton Beach, FL
As a teenager Melissa spent most of her time on the back of a horse trail riding western in the summers.  She rode some hunter/jumper in her early twenties and then stopped riding to dedicate her time to her kids when they were little.  She didn't pick riding up again until 2004 when she purchased Prism.

USDF Bronze Medalist

Cindy Carpenter (AA)
Southport, FL
Cindy has been riding since she was 8-years old.  She has been training with Jodie since she purchased her 9-yr old, 17.2h Oldenburg gelding by Riverman named Raconteur, in early 2005.

USDF Bronze Medalist

Carol Dover (AA)
Tallahassee, FL
Carol spent most of her equestrian life as a “barn mom” while her children rode and showed.  It was only when they were grown that she bought her first Grand Prix Schoolmaster named “Nike” so she could begin to learn Dressage.

USDF Bronze Medalist

Kimmie Taylor (AA)
Youngstown, FL
Kimmie Taylor has been riding since before kindergarden.  Her Dad bought a mini pony that she rode on her farm in Iowa.  After marrying, Kimmie lived in Adana, Turkey for 5 years before moving back to the states and settling in Colorado.

USDF Bronze Medalist

Lily Hall (Jr/YR)
Niceville, FL
Lily has been riding all her life, showing initially from age 5 in hunter/jumper and western pleasure with her 11 hand Welsh pony, Gambit.

Kristine Lundblad (AA)
Destin, FL
Kristine has been riding since the age of 8 and originally started out on the path of becoming a hunter/jumper rider.  Eventually her family moved to Florida and found both Southern Cross and the Kelly Family, who have turned into her extended family.

USDF Bronze Medalist

Ellen Witterstaeter (AA)
Ocala, FL
Ellen rode horses as a kid, then found horses again as a young adult in her 30's.  She discovered dressage at Gray Lily Farm in Havana, FL with Debbie Lillibridge, an event rider.  In 1994, Ellen moved to Ft Walton Beach and chose Southern Cross Equestrian Centre as the ideal location to board Dusty her appendix quarter horse.

Gaby Collins (AA)
Destin, FL
Gabriella has been riding with Jodie since she was 7. Gaby trains with Jodie and Christina Schleusemeyer out of Quiet Hill Farm in Ocala, FL.  She and her horse Phantom competed together in the Juniors 3'6" and Equitation divisions.
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