Biography: Amy Walker

Amy Walker got her start riding as a very young child in Middle Tennessee.  She could often be seen racing her pony around bareback down roads and through trails until she was tamed by the Middle Tennessee Pony Club, where she became a C-3 Graduate.

From her early teens she competed in dressage, combined training, and show jumping, getting her start in dressage with Garra Walline, an FEI student of Natalie Lamping, and Linda Oliver.  She cut back briefly on her riding to earn a BS in Mathematics and a BA in French.  She started her Masters in Mathematics but never had time to ride!  She then switched her focus to her true passion, riding.  By her early twenties she was competing exclusively in dressage and clinicing often with Debbie Riehl-Rodriguez, Volker Brommann and Jan Brons until moving to Tami Crawford’s facility, also in the Middle Tennessee area, working closely with Tami and clinicing often with Shelly Francis.  There she advanced quickly, while seriously refining her FEI riding. 

Amy moved to the Southern California area in 2006 in order to further her dressage career and training with renowned trainer and competitor, Laurie Falvo Doyle. Having earned her bronze, silver, and gold medals, she is now working with Laurie at Dove Hollow Dressage Center with her own 6yr old GOV mare Danika, and is also starting up her 3yr old Lusitano stallion, Chaman. 

Amy enjoys teaching both experienced riders and beginners alike using the classical methods, discipline, and of course, good humor. Being only 5' tall, she trains her horses with the foremost goal of being that the horse is both easy to ride and happy to work.

While in the southern California area she has also worked with Kathleen Raine and Jo Moran.