Hilary Moore Hebert
When told that her parents would only pay for weekly lessons at the local riding stable, Hilary negotiated riding time in exchange for barn work. At the age of nine, she began her first working student position and never looked back.
Her passion sent her from the hunter/jumper ring to the cross-country fields of New England, until fate would bring a dressage facility within biking distance of her home in Massachusetts. Before the paint had been put on the barn, Hilary was a working student for FEI dressage trainer, Jane Karol. With summers spent at the famed Kingsbury Hill Riding Camp, the combination taught her to ride and care for competition horses. By her teenage years, Hilary was already working as an assistant barn manager. Her two Young Rider horses, Sampson and Halloween, were taking her to NAJYRC qualifiers in both eventing and dressage (respectively).
Hilary attended Mount Holyoke College and was part of the National Championship dressage team. She learned to catch-ride lesson horses as the open level rider on dressage and IHSA teams. At the same time, she began honing her teaching/communications skills as an English major and Princeton Review Master Tutor.
In the past two decades, Hilary has earned her USDF gold, silver and bronze medals. She became a USDF "L" Education Program Graduate and Associate Instructor. Hilary is a popular clinician and schooling show judge in the area and has served on the board for The Dressage Foundation and The Potomac Valley Dressage Association.
For several years, while juggling her training business and competition schedule, Hilary was the senior editor at Dressage Today magazine. Her role included writing countless training articles and assisting with technical editing of content. At the time, she earned national coverage for qualifying and competing a $1 horse at USDF National Championships and Dressage at Devon. "Why Not" began his season at Third Level and ended the same year qualified for championships at Intermediare I.
After working at various facilities in the Maryland area, Hilary and her husband purchased Alsikkan Farm in Germantown, Maryland, in 2011. The facility required a full renovation which allowed a complete update of the farm. Hilary now operates her training business full-time out of the new 100x220' indoor and 22-stall barn.
In the winter, she travels to Wellington, Florida, to train with Shannon Dueck. Her most recent success has included a win at the elite Adequan Global Dressage Festival aboard her Grand Prix horse, Von Primaire.
Her passion sent her from the hunter/jumper ring to the cross-country fields of New England, until fate would bring a dressage facility within biking distance of her home in Massachusetts. Before the paint had been put on the barn, Hilary was a working student for FEI dressage trainer, Jane Karol. With summers spent at the famed Kingsbury Hill Riding Camp, the combination taught her to ride and care for competition horses. By her teenage years, Hilary was already working as an assistant barn manager. Her two Young Rider horses, Sampson and Halloween, were taking her to NAJYRC qualifiers in both eventing and dressage (respectively).
Hilary attended Mount Holyoke College and was part of the National Championship dressage team. She learned to catch-ride lesson horses as the open level rider on dressage and IHSA teams. At the same time, she began honing her teaching/communications skills as an English major and Princeton Review Master Tutor.
In the past two decades, Hilary has earned her USDF gold, silver and bronze medals. She became a USDF "L" Education Program Graduate and Associate Instructor. Hilary is a popular clinician and schooling show judge in the area and has served on the board for The Dressage Foundation and The Potomac Valley Dressage Association.
For several years, while juggling her training business and competition schedule, Hilary was the senior editor at Dressage Today magazine. Her role included writing countless training articles and assisting with technical editing of content. At the time, she earned national coverage for qualifying and competing a $1 horse at USDF National Championships and Dressage at Devon. "Why Not" began his season at Third Level and ended the same year qualified for championships at Intermediare I.
After working at various facilities in the Maryland area, Hilary and her husband purchased Alsikkan Farm in Germantown, Maryland, in 2011. The facility required a full renovation which allowed a complete update of the farm. Hilary now operates her training business full-time out of the new 100x220' indoor and 22-stall barn.
In the winter, she travels to Wellington, Florida, to train with Shannon Dueck. Her most recent success has included a win at the elite Adequan Global Dressage Festival aboard her Grand Prix horse, Von Primaire.
