Owner and operator of Best Chance Farm, Dr. Nancy Bloom’s background in psychology and education is the exclamation point to her 40-plus years in the equestrian world. Nancy teaches with encouragement and challenges, all while helping her students shape their equestrian path. Her students, both four-legged and not, develop skills and str
Owner and operator of Best Chance Farm, Dr. Nancy Bloom’s background in psychology and education is the exclamation point to her 40-plus years in the equestrian world. Nancy teaches with encouragement and challenges, all while helping her students shape their equestrian path. Her students, both four-legged and not, develop skills and strategies needed to be successful.
After riding in college with a show barn, Nancy came up in the adult amateur ranks, training with masterminds of the field including George Morris, Frank Chapot, Frank Madden and Carol Thompson, including an avenue in dressage training. Nancy and her students alike have successfully shown at extensive levels on the biggest of stages, including in Ohio, Kentucky, Ocala, New York and Vermont.
With her doctorate in clinical psychology, Nancy teaches her students from the inside out, helping riders to sharpen their mental skills, preparing them for competition in the ring and life lessons. With her masters in the educational field, Nancy offers tools, tips and techniques that help riders obtain peak performance, having trained students and horses from beginner and green level to nationally-ranked athletes.
Crystal brings more than 35 years riding and two decades of teaching to the ring. Her approach is “from the ground up,” to not only make a great rider, but a knowledgeable horseman, encouraging her students through challenges. She teaches with a mindset of “what works for one doesn’t fit for another.” Riding since she was just 6 years old
Crystal brings more than 35 years riding and two decades of teaching to the ring. Her approach is “from the ground up,” to not only make a great rider, but a knowledgeable horseman, encouraging her students through challenges. She teaches with a mindset of “what works for one doesn’t fit for another.” Riding since she was just 6 years old, Crystal met Nancy when she was 8 years old, and Best Chance Farm has been her second home ever since. After starting a family she returned to teaching in 2007. Her love for riding translated smoothly into instructing where she developed a passion for helping young riders and horses alike meet their goals.
When it comes to teaching, Amy’s attention to detail lays the foundation for her students. A focus on equitation and footwork aids riders to perfect the fundamentals and build from there.
She believes in teaching the rider to be a horse person not just a rider, and that equitation and flatwork are the basics that will lead students to be
When it comes to teaching, Amy’s attention to detail lays the foundation for her students. A focus on equitation and footwork aids riders to perfect the fundamentals and build from there.
She believes in teaching the rider to be a horse person not just a rider, and that equitation and flatwork are the basics that will lead students to be successful in any discipline. Competing in equitation as a junior and in the adult hunters, Amy has been around horses since she was just 9 years old, working with the local 4H program and riding western. Amy met Nancy when she was 11 when she switched to English. Throughout her equestrian career, studying under numerous trainers, she said she has enjoyed riding with Nancy the most.
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