Kimberlee Barker
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Corvalis, OR
Offering:
- Lessons/Clinics on-site
- Travels for Lessons/Clinics
- Obstacles available on-site
- Youth Division Lessons
- Offers Instruction to L6 Advanced
Kimberlee Barker
Corvalis, OR
Connect with Kimberlee on Facebook: Kimberlee Barker Dressage
Offering:
- Lessons, on and off-site
- Clinics, on and off-site
- Training
Kimberlee Barker has been training professionally since 2000. A USDF L graduate with distinction, she is a regular on the dressage circuit, where she judges, has earned her USDF bronze and silver medals, and trained and competed seven horses up through the FEI levels in dressage. Over 10 of Kimberlee’s students have earned their bronze medals in dressage and three have already earned their silver medals, competing through Prix St Georges.
Kimberlee first discovered working equitation in 2018 and quickly became hooked. In addition to attending an intensive judge seminar taught by WAWE international judge Antonio Vicente, and volunteering at a number of WE events to learn from a variety of U.S. licensed judges, Kimberlee travels regularly to Portugal, where she trains with World Champion Gilberto Felipe on a variety of horses, including one she has in training with him.
Kimberlee Barker has trained and competed horses from Introductory through Masters in Working Equitation. She has been ranked in the Top 5 on the National Leaderboard at every level in which she has competed every year since she started in the sport. In 2022, she was 3rd in the nation at both Masters and Intermediate B Open, and in 2023, she and her Dales pony earned the most Working Equitation points of any horse/rider pair in the United States, while she held both the 3rd and 4th spot on the Masters Leaderboard, on two separate horses. Her students regularly top the charts as well, a testament to her skill as an instructor.
Kimberlee has earned her USAWE Pewter, Bronze, Silver, and Platinum Lifetime Rider Medals. Since Working Equitation uses dressage principles to create a relaxed, athletic, and obedient horse in both traditional dressage work and in dressage through obstacles, Kimberlee believes that this sport creates the ultimate harmonious relationship with the horse. She enjoys working with all breeds of horses and teaches students from Introductory to Masters in Working Equitation, and Training Level to FEI in Dressage.
Kimberlee Barker teaches clinics in both Working Equitation and Dressage in the Pacific Northwest. “I really love the functionality and variety of the sport,” she remarked. “It takes the dressage foundation and then expands on it in ways that help produce a really well-rounded horse and rider partnership.”