Kate Considine

“I enjoy riding, but teaching and creating a great horse & rider combination is the most rewarding – and I just want to keep doing it. I love to bring kids up in the sport. From the ponies to winning at the best shows in the country – making the dream come true. I have done it several times and want to do it again and again.”

Kate has trained champions many times over at Devon, Capital Challenge, the Pennsylvania National at Harrisburg, Washington International and the National Horse Show, and has set records that still stand. Her program has produced numerous USEF Horse of the Year titles, from the ponies through the 3’6”.

Kate takes every rider seriously. A rider in the 2’ gets the same program, the same attention and the same shot at a year-end championship as a rider in the 3’6”.

Kate has also lived the sport as a parent. She raised and coached a daughter who rode her way to a Division I scholarship at TCU, so she knows that process from both sides of the in-gate: what it takes to get there, and what it asks of the family along the way.

Kate is still active in the sport as an owner as well as a trainer, importing young horses from Europe, bringing them along, and placing them with top programs on both coasts, where they continue to find success.

Ramon

Willow Brook’s Barn Manager, Ramon, grew up working with horses in Mexico. He moved to the United States in 1998, and came to work for Willow Brook a year later.

One of the highlights for Ramon was working with the incredibly successful pair of Hannah and Caretano in 2010. “It was like a dream come true, to have a horse you care so much about make it all the way to the top of the sport.”

He takes amazing care of all the horses at Willow Brook, and says that creating a bond with each of them and helping them prepare for the show ring, as well as being part of the horse show community in Southern California, continues to be quite a fulfilling career.