Seven Oaks Farm


Contact Info.
650-738-2186 info@sevenoaksfarm.com

Carrie Coe and Pamela Miller have been riding and training dressage since 1980. They and their students have won regional and national titles at every level from training through FEI. They began Seven Oaks in 1992 and, a few years later, were joined by their associates, Mary Murray and Caitlin Hoeber. Much needed help is provided by our full-time and part-time working students: Helen, Holly, Tina, Olga, and Sonia.
Carrie has trained and ridden many horses from their first baby moments through Grand Prix. With the many Seven Oaks horses, she has been champion or reserve at almost every level of year-end and zone award. Carrie currently competes several of her students' horses, as well as Seven Oaks school horses, while she waits for a few Seven Oaks homebreds to be under saddle. Her degrees in psychology and education help her to translate her natural talent for dressage into a system that is easy for both humans and equines to understand. When she isn't riding, Carrie likes to swim, cook and read about quantum mechanics.
Pamela has also trained and ridden horses at all levels of dressage. She has placed in the top five at many USEF championships, as well as winning multiple USDF horse of the year awards. She currently competes Seven Oaks school horses. Her experience teaching obscure Italian poetry allows her to have patience and a creative lecturing style, which makes the dressage lessons that she gives entertaining as well as informative. When she isn't riding, Pamela likes to play with her dogs, Maggie & Carlton, and watch "Third Rock from the Sun" re-runs.
Mary has been riding all her life--she still remembers competing in her first dressage show in 1975. Her hiatus from horses led to a career as a museum curator, which gives her a special appreciation for the art of dressage, now that she has returned to the horse world. When she isn't riding, Mary works to finish her first novel and takes her dog, Devi, to the beach.
Caitlin is one of our youngest and oldest students: she started riding with us before she hit her teens and has never stopped--that's years of experience. Caitlin's degree is in English literature (with a minor in wine, we think...). When she isn't showing her own horse, Eric, she shows clients' horses and plays with her dog, Meldrick.
Helen has been riding and competing dressage and eventing for much of her life. Most recently, she and her horse, Jiggs, were the top scoring Thoroughbred at the Coastal Classic. Helen's former job was teaching English in Japan. She shares the reputed Japanese work ethic and we are in awe of her stamina. When she isn't riding, we bet that she's working on her next two careers--artist and stand-up comic.
Holly's work with pre-teens in the public school system, as well as her experience running marathons, gives her the stamina to keep up with the "juveniles" here at Seven Oaks. Look for her and her horse, Alex, at shows this summer.
Tina has a day job, but she is just as happy to help us out. Her current competition mount is Berry, a Seven Oaks' school horse.
The team member who wins the "travelled farthest" award is Olga, who comes to us from the Ukraine. She has a lot of FEI dressage experience and is now looking to add lower-level dressage work to her resume. She's a great and welcome addition to the barn. The picture you see here is with her schooling Russell and he thinks she is his mom! She made her showing debut with Seven Oaks on Nemo in the summer of 2011.
Sonia has a "real" job at a very fancy resort hotel in Half Moon Bay, but we have lured her into working for us on weekends. She has years of horse experience, from wrangling at a Dude ranch to riding her friend's FEI mount. At Seven Oaks, she rides almost everyone and has been showing Jeremy at the past few shows. Sonia is a font of information, not only horsey but also general factoids.
Kristie also joined us recently as a working student. She's getting to know all of our horses and discovering muscles she didn't believe existed before now...While her favorite mount is Balou, she's been putting in time on almost everyone we have.