About Us

 

 

OUR MISSION: We believe that by providing the right tools to our horses and riders during every day training they will feel secure and ready when faced with any new challenges. We also believe that, first and foremost, the show horse is an athlete and needs to be prepared and maintained as such.  We give special attention to physical and mental preparation and dedicate training time to keeping the horses fit and ready to perform.

Gigi Hewitt Daners was born in St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. She started in this sport at an early age, working with trainers such as Neil Shapiro, Bertalan de Nemethy, Licha Fernandez, etc. She has won Grand Prixs in USA and Mexico. Some of her out standing accomplishments are: - -------------------------........ . Olympic Games, Sydney 2000
Pan American Games, Winnipeg Canada 1999
Central American and Caribbean Games, Venezuela(Individual Silver Medal)1998
Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador 2002

Federico Daners is originally from Montevideo,Uruguay.    Federico has received classical formal training in the arts of horsemanship (dressage, eventing, show jumping), preparing young horses for competition, and methods for teaching students.
As a competitor, Federico has International experience in eventing and show jumping, having represented his native country (Uruguay), in competition in Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, Canada, Venezuala, Mexico and the United States.  One of his most significant achievements was competing as a member of the Uruguayan eventing team in the 1999 Winnipeg Pan American Games.
Some of Federico’s other accomplishments are:
1998: Trained the US Virgin Islands representative to a silver medal in Central American And Caribbean Games Venezuela
1999:  CCI *** Montevideo Uruguay 13th (PanAm certificate of capability )
1999:  Uruguayan Team Pan American Games Winnipeg Canada in Eventing, Third place.
2000:  Trained Gigi Hewitt (US Virgin Islands representative) at the Sydney Olympics in show jumping
2002: Trained Gigi Hewitt (US Virgin Islands representative) at the Central American and Caribbean games in San Salvador
2002:  Reserve Grand Champion 6 Yr old Jumpers at Mexican National Finals
2003: Won Blue shot 6 bar class in Mexico City, Mexico, tying the indoor height record of Mexico
2003:  Qualified for Santo Domingo Pan American games
2006 - present: CSI-W *** Monterrey Mexico, (received certificate of capability World Equestrian Games); High placings in Grand Prixs at Arizona Winter Festival, Pontchartrain Fall Festival I&II and numerous Texas horse shows, such as the South West Classic Grand Prix in Tyler, TX and 2008 Blue Ribbon summer shows where he was named Leading Grand Prix rider.

Destiny is not a matter of chance. It is a matter of choice . It is not a thing to be waited for. It is a thing to be achieved.

William Jennings Bryan