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A Life with Horses

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TOM MURRAY

Tom Murray and his horse, Balanchine, finished the 2022 show season 9th in the USDF open Grand Prix for KWPN horses.  He is a bronze, silver and gold medal rider competing in Grand Prix dressage for the last 10 years.  He teaches at Viola Farm in Aiken, where he and his partner breed and raise Dutch and Hanoverian horses.
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2022- Tryon Open Grand Prix Winner (65.65) 
 2019 – 5 Star Dressage Rider Centerlinescores.com
2019 ODS Champion Grand Prix
2018 ODS Champion Intermediare 2

2016 Qualified (placed 9th) in National Prix St. George Finals in Lexington Ky.
1ST place Intermediare I at Kentucky Horse Park, 2016
2016 Reserve Champion Prix St. Georges Finals, Devonwood

2016 – selected for the 2016 region VI adult clinic demo rider at Prix St. George
2016 – 65% Prix St George,  “Balanchine”
2015 – 5 Star Dressage Rider Centerlinescores.com
2013 – Grand Prix Dressage Gold Medal
2012 – DASC Intermediare I Year End Champion
2009 – Bronze & Silver Medal
 
Trained With: (partial list) 
Ulf Wadeborn & Lars Holmberg (3 yrs.)
Judy Bergquist   (2 ½ yrs.)          
David Blake (2 ½ yrs.)
Rudolph Zeilinger (8 mos. In Germany)
Charlotte Bredahl (2 yrs.)
Tina Stewart (2 yrs.)
Heather Oleson (2 yrs)

 
List of Clinicians
Betsy Steiner & Kathy Connelly, Charlotte Bredahl, Lisa Wilcox, Jeremy Steinberg,
​Bo Tibblin, Juan Matute, Conrad Schumacher, Hilda Gurney, Charles de Kunffy, Melonie Kessler, Christian Schacht, Catherine Haddad, Mette Rosencrantz, Jan Ebeling, Gerd Schonebeck, Nick Wagman, Verne Batchelder, Lilo Fore, Kamila DuPont
 
Additional Equine Education and Experience:
Colorado State University Equine Reproduction
Practiced embryo transfers successfully
In hand stallion and mare approvals for Hanoverian, Oldenburg & Holsteiner
Stallion marketing and videos
Designed, created, built and managed 4 private boarding facilities
Bred and foaled over 50 mares and imprinting
 
Horse Training Highlights:
“Silver Lining” – trained & rode from 4 yr old to 3rd level
“Decadance” – trained & rode from 3 yr. old to I1 Champion
“Balanchine” – trained & rode from 5 yr old green broke to Grand Prix
 
Hunter/Jumper Experience  
Started competing in hunter/jumpers at the age of 8.  
Won the LAHSA Adult Amateur Medal Finals.  
Won and placed in numerous AO jumper classes to 4’6 on the A circuit.
4th place in IJF 5 Yr. Old Jumper Finals
 
Biographical Highlights: 
2007 Pasadena Foothill Board of Realtors Historic Achievement Award
Historic renovations including house relocations
Pasadena CA  “top 10 realtor” for 8 years
 
References: 
Ulf Wadeborn: (trainer) 818. 919. 02810
Judy Bergquist: (trainer) 805. 531. 5482
Charlotte Bayley Schindelholz (216) 337-8045
Lara Anderson (803) 215-6590


 
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