Gemini Brittany Pledger

Recognized by Riding Instructor Magazine as on of the "Top 50 Riding Instructors in the US" in 2007

ARIA Certified Level II Hunt Seat Equitation

Current Vice President Southern Welsh Association

Former Joint Disctrict Comissioner, Buckingham Pony Club

Former Board Member, Lee County Horseman's Association

Southern Welsh Association, "You Never Outgrow a Welsh Award" Reserve Champion Award Recipient, 2006

Gemini Brittany Pledger owns and operates Hunter's Sound Stable, est. 1998. Brittany began riding as a small child, and has been training horses since the age of 11. She has made it her life's work to study horses and their behaviour; much of her early training was with BLM mustang wild roaming range horses, using horse's own natural behavioral herd instincts. Though her concentration remains in Hunt Seat Equitation, Jumpers, and Dressage, she has studied horsemanship, riding, and training in all disciplines. Brittany has competed at national level, and also competed, and won, an International Prix Competition in Loiret, France.

Brittany has three sons, all riders, and the family has established a breeding and show program, "Ever After" Welsh Ponies, and are proven producers of Champion Welsh Ponies and Welsh Pony crosses. Additionally, they are producers of world-class Warmblood Sport Horses. These breeding animals are selected for their superior dispositions, trainability, phenomenal movement, and natural aptitude for jumping talent. Brittany's young sons are all talented equestrians and assist with the care, training, riding, and showing of these animals.

In 2003, Brittany sustained a severe neck and spinal cord injury requiring surgical implantation, which brought her high-jumping career to an abrupt stalemate. Brittany continues riding, teaching, and training but no longer competes in high-jumping competition. Presently, her concentration is on starting young horses, and furthering their education with advanced flatwork using classical Dressage training; though she is still competing in the green divisions, low-jumpers, and in Dressage.

Brittany is a current student of Robert C. Braren, and regularly attends clinics with well-known instructors. Brittany trained with former resident trainer and Grand Prix legend, Alain Vaillancourt (2001-2003), and has had occasion to receive training from some of the worlds greatest equestrians, including chef d'equipe George Morris and Michael Page and Show-Jumping Hall of famer Kathy Kusner, among other greats, too numerous to mention.

Today, Brittany rides and teaches at Hunter's Sound Stable where she coaches a very successful show team and currently has over 50 students. Many of her students are winning at national level.

For more infomation about riding instruction, or about becoming a show team member, please contact Brittany @ (239) 693-5831.

Email Brittany at everafterponies@aol.com