Biography

Marcia grew up in beautiful north Idaho and started riding before she could walk.  At three years of age she was riding her own horse into hunting camp and started competing in gymkhana and horse show events soon after.  Her passion for learning had her seated on arena rails to listen to famous clinicians at the age of eight.  By the time she was thirteen she was training horses professionally and set on her career path. Taking what she learned from clinics and apprenticeships with some of the greatest horse trainers in the US, including Monte Foreman, John Lyons, Lynn Palm, and Bob Avila, and adding to it what she learned from personal experience, Marcia developed her own unique program.  Based on a philosophy of building a relationship with the horse and connecting on every level, MM Training and Consulting offers effective techniques and solid training principles for all riding disciplines.  Versatility training and instruction with a focus on Liberty, Cowboy Dressage, Trail, and Freestyle as well as personal and performance coaching, mesh to meet the mission of enhancing life’s relationships through connection.

•   Level 3 Certified Cowboy Dressage Clinician
•   CDWPA approved Judge
•  Cowboy Dressage Accomplishments:
• 2014 American Horsewoman’s Challenge - 1st Cowboy Dressage, top 5 overall
  
• 2015 World Finals Reserve Top Hand and 4th Overall High Point (competed on Black Stretch Limo, 5 years old)
  
• 2016 World Finals Open Reserve Top Hand, Open Reserve Walk/Jog/Lope, Open Champion Walkk/Jog and tied for Overall High Point Champion (competed on Santana Remedy, 18 years old)
  
• 2017 World Finals Open Champion Walk/Jog, Open Champion Soft Feel, Overall High Point Champion (Competed on LTHCal Bar Command, 3 years old)