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 Dawn Casey grew up riding and competing on the east coast. She competed extensively from age 8 riding Pony Hunters thru Jr Jumpers, Medal/McClay, Eventing through preliminary level, and dressage until the age of 17 when she moved to Tulsa. She trained in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1980-2003 as Dawn McCorkle at KJM Stables. Riders and horses under her tutelage received many OHJA, HJEO, GO and Zone 7 championships in hunters, equitation, jumpers and year end ride-offs. She trained and rode 5 OHJA Horse of the Year winners and several Zone 7 winners. Since 1997 she has imported what has now amounted to more than 45 horses from France for buyers throughout the United States. These horses went on to have successful careers and receive such recent titles as 2006 USEF 2nd Year Green National Hunter Champion, 2007 Zone 7 “Jr Jumper champion”, 2007 Zone 7 “5 year old Young Jumper Reserve Champion” and many other championship titles through the years. Dawn's rider “Courtney Fredericks” finished 4th at the North American Young Riders Championship in the individual at the age of 15. Dawn successfully showed her own Selle Francais “Grimm D'Arros” at the Grand Prix level in 2002-03 winning 1st and 2nd in welcome stakes classes and prix's. She has been a USEF 'R' judge for more than 15 yrs, licensed in hunters, jumpers, equitation and hunter breeding. She is also a specialized judge in AQHA for hunters, hunt seat equitation, and jumpers. She continually updates her education by attending regular clinics for judges and trainers in Wellington, FL and in Europe. She has studied Dressage and Long Lining at the Cadre Noir in Saumur, France. She has over 30 years teaching and training experience. She currently spends her time training and teaching at Cadence, judging and giving clinics around the country, and riding and raising warmbloods. She loves working with all levels of committed riders and instructing her students at the OHJA, USEF and AQHA show circuits.
Watch a video of Dawn Casey riding "Grimm" in GRAND PRIX! (Click the link) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjbeHMuyR_A
 Julie Gass, a native of Edmond, Oklahoma started her riding career at the age of 7. She was privileged to participate in local riding programs through her junior years that allowed her to work with nationally know clinicians such as Holly Hugo Vidal and Ronnie Mutch. She received numerous wins and year-end titles riding in the Equitation and Hunter Divisions on her horse "Smart Talk" and also on "Go for the Bux". A professional since 1994, Julie has trained at BBW Stables with her husband Michael who is a successful race horse trainer. She also managed Sorghum Mill Farms from 1998 to 2003. During that time she trained, rode and won multiple Year-End titles with her horses "Silent Pass", "Choose to Cruise", and "Imperial Glory" in the Go Hunter-Jumper Association in the Baby-Green, Pre-Green, and Green Working Hunter Divisions. Over the years her students have won many Year-End Championships ranging from Long and Short Stirrup to the Beginner and Intermediate Divisions. Julie trains and teaches at Cadence where she has a passion for instructing and advancing her students in the hunter-jumper show ring. In addition, she uses her degree in education as a school teacher at Will Rogers Elementary School.
 Renee Leggett comes to Cadence from Oronogo, Missouri, where she was the trainer at Leggett Performance Horses. Her love of horses started at a young age and she hasn’t left the saddle since. She began her career in horses showing lead-line and since then has progressed to show in all-around events in the Quarter Horse and Appaloosa circuits. She has received numerous all-around awards as well as performance championships from each circuit. Now she has moved from earning the awards herself to see her students progress and to hopefully have the same dreams and ambitions that she had as a youth. While competing as a youth, Renee trained with top trainers including Lynn Palm, Cyril Pittion-Rosillion, and Ryan Painter. Renee currently has clients in both the Quarter Horse and Paint Associations. She loves to watch her students go from learning how to ride, to purchasing their first horse, to becoming successful on the show circuits. Along with earning all-around awards, she finds the thrill even greater to earn awards on horses that she has trained herself. She has trained her own horses and has even gained the trust from her horse to be able to ride bridleless. Renee’s specialty is the all-around events, from hunter under saddle to western pleasure, from showmanship to halter. Her knowledge of horses does not end in the saddle because she led her team to a third place finish in the state in FFA horse judging, and has been recruited to compete in Intercollegiate Judging as well. She is an instructor in the Cadence Equestrian Center Riding Academy and is also a student at Oklahoma State University, double-majoring in Agribusiness and Animal Science.
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