Riding Instruction & Horse Training

Stacy Sutton is our resident trainer at Maywood Stables. Stacy focuses on the disciplines of Classical Dressage, Western Dressage, and more recently, Working Equitation. She specializes in promotion and training of the Gypsy Performance Horse.

Stacy provides an all-inclusive training environment for horse and rider through training, lessons, educational opportunities, and competition coaching.  She is committed and dedicated in providing professional riding instruction that is educational, personally rewarding, and fun.  Stacy Sutton offers varied and unique training methods that honor the horse. She uses a “horse first, sport second” and training for balance and soundness methodology. 

Both Stacy and her students enjoy competing at USDF/ODS/CDS Rated Dressage Shows, Schooling Dressage Shows, Schooling and Rated Western Dressage Shows, Working Equitation Shows, and Gypsy Horse Breed Shows throughout the show season. Lesson horse and pony available for those who do not own their own horse.

Trailer-in lessons at Maywood Stables are always welcome.

To learn more about Stacy and Vineyard Oak Dressage please visit: www.vineyardoakdressage.com

Jen Holtey has always had a love of horses and teaching. She started riding at 10 and continued through college at UC Davis, where she worked as an instructor at the UC Davis Equestrian Center. For 4 years, Jen taught individual and group lessons in horsemanship and riding in both Western and English styles. After college, life took her in other directions, but she eventually (and gratefully!) returned to riding and started focusing on learning Classical Dressage. She is now enjoying her journey in Western Dressage with her horse Willow and is pursuing WDAA competitions. Besides teaching riding, Jen has taught everything from English as a Foreign Language, to Culinary Arts, to Belly Dance, and has worked with a wide variety of both children and adult students. Having returned to riding as an adult, she understands how to start from the very beginning to help riders build confidence and strong riding foundations. Above all, she enjoys helping students grow compassionate and effective working relationships with horses.

Lesson horse and pony available for those who do not own their own horse.

Jennifer Holtey Horsemanship: 
Phone: 949-705-9254
Email: jenholteyhorse@gmail.com

Madison has always had a passion for working with children and animals. She started horseback riding lessons at the age of 12. She pursued a variety of disciplines through 4h and OHSET during her youth, taking a break from riding and competing to pursue an education in maternal and neonatal care and have her son, Nolan. Madison continued to slowly develop her passion for the Gypsy Horse over the years with a small breeding program. Her passion evolved into a larger dream, that with the support of her family came to fruition in 2023 with the opening of Maywood Stables. Madison has since taken on the role of Maywood's facility manager, and instructor for the horse communities littles of riders with the Tiny Tots Introduction to Horses program. Madisons diverse experience with young children and personal horses offers a unique opportunity for the community to introduce their toddlers through school aged children to the world of horses in a fun and low-pressure setting to help them grow their confidence and knowledge