Buckleigh Farms Hosts Dressage Trainer Ite O'Higgins-Young
Ite O'Higgins-Young was born in Dublin, Ireland. Growing up in the horse world, she was an avid foxhunter and received her "A" Pony Club Certificate from the Ward Union Pony Club at the age of 16. Wins at the Dublin International Horse Show and Three-Day Eventing were a way of life.
Formal training began at Iris Kellett's School of Show Jumping and then onward to train with Col. J. Hume Dudgeon. Ite then went to Porlock Vale in England, a top teaching facility under the direction of Ms. Betty Howett and Col. Jamie Crawford where she became certified as a B.H.S. instructor.
Extensive competition experience filled the next few years; competing in America on the Three-Day-Event Circuit with wins at Ledyard, Radnor and Fair Hill.
Having always had a keen interest in dressage, Ite purchased two top international prospects and went on to purchase "Federleicht" who placed 13th in the Seoul Olympic Games and won the World Cup with Robert Dover. Representing Ireland on the U.S., Canadian and European Circuits, she won the Canadian Ontario Grand Prix Championship.
After extensive training in Germany with Dr. Reiner Klimke, she was invited to represent Ireland at the World Championships in Sweden, the European Championships in Germany and received a special invitation to compete at the prestigious Dortmund International Show, placing sixth. Ite has successfully campaigned horses on the Florida Circuit for many years.
Ite is now accepting bookings for lessons, horses in training, and clinics. For more information and available dates please call (803) 641-4441