About Sarah Sheehy



A professional horse trainer and riding instructor since 1982, Sarah initially gained riding experience taking lessons from various trainers in northern California. She showed successfully as a junior and amateur in hunters, equitation, medals, and dressage.

Sarah’s wide range of experience as well as her success in the show ring led her to various full-time, assistant trainer positions. It also gave her the opportunity to ride with several top hunter/jumper trainers such as Judy Richter (Bedford, New York), Ronnie Mutch (West Palm Beach, Florida), Scott Williamson (Middleburg, Virginia), Victor Hugo-Vidal (Huntington Beach, California), and Nick Karassisizis (California).

 In 1990, Sarah started her own training business in Northern California’s Marin County. For the next twelve years she trained and showed hunters, dressage, and pleasure horses. During that time she was introduced to what is often called "natural horsemanship" by her mentor, Terry Church, who had worked with Tom Dorrance for several years.

With this influence, Sarah began to specialize in rehabilitating horses from the racetrack as well as hunters, jumpers, and dressage horses who were having difficulty fitting into traditional roles. She gives green horses a solid foundation and works with horses that have developed troubled behavior. While schooling horses, Sarah uses an approach of mindful horsemanship that helps each horse rehabilitate with the time and patience they need. 

She works with riders to improve their riding skills, balance, timing, and ability to influence their horse in a trusting and patient way. Although she still enjoys attending and competing in horse shows, Sarah’s training has evolved to help those horses and their owners find a truly unified place, so that horse and rider can harmoniously reach their goals together.

Sarah Sheehy Training and Horsemanship is located in central Massachusetts. Sarah travels throughout the New England Area working with horses and helping riders. 

To find out about Sarah's training services please e-mail her at srhsheehy@gmail.com 
or phone her at 707-290-4883
Sarah Sheehy 60 May Lane Auburn, Ma. 01501