Our dedicated team of trainers is committed to providing top-notch instruction in both Western and English riding styles. With a passion for horses and years of experience, they ensure that every rider reaches their full potential. Meet our trainers and embark on an unforgettable equestrian journey with us!

Hayley Bloomquist has been immersed in the horse training business since before she could walk. She is committed to the belief that equine education and opportunities should be available to everyone and that green space and animals are fundamental for the quality of life in our society.

Hayley is an exceptional equine trainer and rider. In addition to training horses, she runs the Horsemanship Day Camps for youth during the summers and school holidays. Her teaching style is relaxed and confident, and she has trained many a rider to be successful in the show ring. She offers lessons to children and adults to be competent horsemen.

Michele Bloomquist has spent over forty (40) years as a trainer in Western Riding. She has experience in all facets of horse training, from breaking colts and fillies to training and retraining adult horses. She can prepare even the most novice of riders for horse shows with excellent results.

Michele began riding at Lakewood Equestrian Center when she was a girl and eventually was hired as a trainer in her teen years. She is a very accomplished rider and has trained at Rancho Del Rio in Anaheim, returned to Lakewood, Rancho Rio Verde and is currently training at Lakewood.

Sandie Mercer grew up on horses from age two, riding and showing hunters jumpers and equitation, saddle seat, and western.

At 15, she started teaching hunt seat lessons and training hunter/jumper horses at Equestrotel Stables in Long Beach, CA. In 1986, she came to the Lakewood Equestrian Center and has had her business, Sandie Mercer Ranch Inc., there until today.

Over the years, Sandie and her clients have won many local and national medals, including year-end championship awards within the OC, LA, and SFV AHSA, and regional divisions in Southern California.

Sandie has always had a public riding school to accommodate clients who do not have their own horses to learn on and get started in the show ring, and she has done weekly summer camps every year through this program. Safety and learning good horsemanship have always been very important in all of her programs

English riding is a more formal and precise style of horseback riding, often associated with elegance and tradition. English riding is practiced worldwide and is a common style in equestrian competitions.