It was Dana’s success in the show ring that led to her desire to share her knowledge with the equine community, and this is how the “Winning Strides” series was born. Dana currently has nineteen DVD titles available. These DVDs have something to offer every rider at any level and in every discipline. These series’ are designed to educate horse owners and riders from the fundamentals of horse handling and horsemanship to becoming a World Champion in the show pen, in any event.

Dana also travels the world speaking at expos, equine affairs and clinics. She has been a clinician at the Mane Event in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, and at the Equine Affaire in California, Massachusetts and Ohio. She has been a clinician at the Western States Horse Expo in Sacramento, California and was the featured speaker at the South Dakota Horse Faire. Dana has given clinics at Montana State University, the 320 Ranch in Montana, and also books many private clinics for ranches and trainers across the nation. Dana also writes training articles for some of the largest horse publications in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, including PleasureHorse.com, the California Horsetrader, Horse Circuit News, Bit and Bridle, Horses Magazine, Cowgirls in Style, Western Horse U.K., Saddle Up Magazine, as well as many articles in the Quarter Horse Journal.

My Story

As an only child of a single parent, who spent a lot of time alone, I became very close to God. I would reach out to God, and talk to Him and pray to Him. I had so many lonely times, full of so much fear that He became my refuge and my strength. I felt hope for a future when I was in His presence. I would envision a future with horses as I was very clear that my life would be connected with horses. In fact, my mother said my said my first word was, “horse.” As a child I would say that I will be a horse trainer and an artist someday when I grew up.

I started my career in my teens and often struggled with how to get through a problem with a horse. In those days there was no internet or DVDs to learn from. I found every books and article that I could get my hands on because I craved knowledge. I worked for a couple of good horse trainers but they couldn’t give me the knowledge that I was seeking. I literally had no where to go but to God. I would finish my day sometimes in tears. Tears because I could not figure out how to make this horse do what I was teaching him to do. I have no idea if I had talent or not, but I had a tenacity that just wouldn’t quit. I wouldn’t quit. I wanted to be a great trainer and horseman so bad. I wanted my horse to feel like one with me and I struggled for many years. I wanted to do it the right way. No gimmicks, no tricks. It took me years to learn how to teach a horse to bridle their head without a training air or cavesson.