We specializes in identifying, training and selling exceptional sport horses for the jumper, equitation and hunter rings. We have clients and horses competing at all levels, from short stirrup to grand prix. Whether your interest lies in hunters, jumpers or equitation, we cater to your riding goals and custom design a suitable training and development for you and your equine partner. About Amanda
Flint:
With over 20 years of experience managing and riding top caliber competition horses, Amanda brings the highest standards of coaching and training. After obtaining her Masters degree in Mathematics from the University of Illinois, Amanda worked and rode for equestrian luminaries Katie Monahan Prudent, Laura Kraut, Todd Minikus and Peter Leone. In 2000 Amanda spent the year in Europe preparing horses with Nelson Pessoa and maintaining the Saudi Arabian team horses at the Sydney Olympic Games. Amanda is equally expert in preparing horses and riders for the hunter and equitation arenas. Her students have competed successfully from short stirrup to Grand Prix. She has achieved particular success with her clients in the Junior Jumpers, Big Eq finals, Young Riders, Pony Finals and Adult Equitation. With her special talent at developing young horses, Amanda has won the 4 Year Old, 5 Year Old and 6 Year Old Young Jumper Championships with horses that she broke and trained. After ranking 9th in the 2007 American Grand Prix Association Rookie of the Year Standings, Amanda has won at the Grand Prix level with a prospect she developed. Her 2010 win of the 6 Year Old YJC Midwestern Finals with Superbad was highlighted in the October 15, 2010 issue of The Chronicle of the Horse. In 2011 Amanda's winning ride on Texas Hold 'Em in the HITS Ocala $10,000 Friday Prix on February 25, 2011 was featured on PhelpsSports.com. Other highlights include a 2nd in the 2011 Vermont Grand Prix with Superbad. During the 2012 winter circuit Amanda has won the HITS Ocala Brookledge Welcome Stake and placed 2nd and 6th in the Atlanta Grand Prix.
Volition Farm offers full-service boarding, training and comprehensive sale services for experienced hunter jumper horses, ponies and talented young prospects.
