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 Coventry offers quality boarding for the horse and worry-free care for the owner. Owner Kristin Hermann has managed
and trained at Coventry since 1993. Classically trained in dressage, Kristin has studied with many known trainers, graduated
from the USDF Instructor Trainer Program in 1989, participated in two L Judges Programs, and won the Regionals at First Level
before computers. Lol. Kristin values her skills as an instructor as her training horses days are behind her. She has numerous
articles published in various equine magazines and even had a series once in Dressage Today and Dressage & CT. Many of
the articles can be found on this website. Or call (412) 296 - 2130
Coventry specializes in lessons for dressage riders or those wishing to hone their skills and understand the how
and why of dressage to train the horse. Coventry also allows outside trainers in for hunt seat, eventing, and dressage. We
host clinics and three dressage schooling shows a year. However, you do not have to take lessons to board at Coventry. We
cater to the care of the horse regardless. Two trainers are on site to school and train your horse if desired. And, Kristin
will travel to other barns for lessons.
In 2010, Kristin was given a Spanish Norman Horse (a driving horse), and after a year of training, she and Bracchus
won the USDF All Breed Award at Training Level. He won the Spanish Norman Horse Registry's High Point Award in 2012. Kristin
and Bracchus went on to win the USDF All Breed at the First and Second Levels. Several of Kristin's students have also won
USDF All Breed Awards, Half Draft, Morgan, Friesian Heritage, American Quarter Horse, and the Appaloosa Horse Club... Her
student and trainer at Coventry has won the Appaloosa All-Breed Award three years from Training Level to Second. She has two
students who won their USDF Bronze Medals with her schooling. Also a trainer for Western Dressage, Kristin's student has
won many local awards consecutively climbing the levels and two National Awards in Western Dressage at Second and Third Levels.
Yet, our focus is on education not merely awards.
For twenty-five years, Kristin was on the board of the Western PA. Dressage Association: in 2017, she and a few
friends founded the Three Rivers Equestrian Association ( TREA.) Then in 2023 she founded InStridewithHorses.org a 501c3
to share her success as an equestrian with teenage girls looking to develop a skill with horses.
Kristin loves to instruct those interested in building a solid foundation in training their horse in Dressage.
For more information, email Blythedale@comcast.net.
Visit our Coventry Equestrian Center Facebook page for photos updated information. Also check out Kristin's facebook
page Home School Your Horse for simplified training tips
 452 Old Hickory Ridge Rd.
Washington, PA. 15301
call or text :-)
(412) 296 - 2130
blythedale@comcast.net
Kristin
travels for lessons and clinics. With over thirty years of teaching experience, Kristin enjoys
sharing her knowledge. In 2012 Kristin started showing again after a 23-year lapse. She was ranked
203 in the nation out of thousands of professional USDF riders. She and her Spanish Norman horse also won the National
Championship for the USDF ALL Breed Award in 2012 and won the Spanish Norman Registry's High Point Award for 2012!
She and Bracchus also won the USDF
All Breed Award in 2014 showing First Level. In 2015, showing Second Level, Kristin and Bracchus ranked 150
in the nation of all riders at Second Level. She has participated in two USDF Learner Judges programs, she has
passed the USDF Instructor's Training in 1989 and audited the program in the early eighties. In 1989, Kristin was the
top placing rider winning Region 1 (six states) as an Adult Amateur on her Trakehner mare Erle's Bliss.
An avid writer, Kristin's articles have appeared in The Chronicle of the Horse, HorsePlay
Magazine, Dressage Today, Dressage & CT and she had a series in the USDF Connection's magazine
in the late eighties and early nineties. Many of these articles are on this website. She presently has a series
in Pittsburgh Pet Connections Magazine on the Gymnastic Training of the Horse. (www.pghpetconnections.com) All
horses benefit with dressage training made simple to supple, strengthen, balance and non evasively gymnastically train
the horse.
To
schedule a clinic or lessons contact Kristin ~
blythedale@comcast.net
Visit Kristin's Home School Your Horse Facebook page
for training tips.
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Coventry
Equestrian Center is nestled on 32 rolling acres in southwestern Pennsylvania near Washington PA. Established
in 1993 Blythedale,* the owner’s e-mail address, was the name of the owners favorite horse. Blythedale means "happy
valley" and Coventry means "to protect." Thus, the horses living at Coventry are protected in this happy valley. * At
Coventry we offer horse-friendly boarding covering all your horse's needs: fresh water, stalls cleaned daily, regular
turnout in safe groups, and an evening feeding of hay and water. Our boarders at Coventry are here because of the excellent
care, quiet atmosphere and reasonable rates. We cater to the horses and riders and they are happy... Lessons
in dressage (or gymnastic training for the horse) are available at Coventry as well as hunt seat and eventing. We
have three dressage trainers at Coventry and two jumping trainers. Our students learn to not only ride but train their
own horses developing the skills to be a true and tactful equestrian. The owner/manager, Kristin Hermann, specializes
in teaching good riding / training with a natural horsemanship (non evasive) approach - the result is harmony between horse
and rider! Horses are never coerced into performing and you can see this training philosophy portrayed in their
attitudes.
Students
from Coventry compete in dressage, hunter, and jumpers plus event. A well-trained, balanced and relaxed horse
will perform better for any discipline. And, correct riding skills will benefit a rider for a lifetime
of enjoyment in their chosen equestrian discipline.
Outside
clinicians teach at Coventry and outside trainers are welcome.
Coventry
hosts Three Rivers Equestrian Association (TREA) sanctioned
dressage shows as well as sanctioned Western Pennsylvania Dressage Association
(WPDA) shows annually. See upcoming events for details. Contact Kristin about riding or boarding at Coventry and/or for a
farm tour.
| USDF Horse of the Year for Spanish Norman Registry |
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| USDF # 1 All Breed Award in 2012 & 2014 |
* The Blythedale Romance is a book written by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne,
who is also author of The Scarlet Letter.
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