Mercedes has competed in the sport of dressage for a total of 13 years with multiple high point awards from training through fourth level, has also earned both her bronze and silver USDF medals. Prince William whom she obtained as a 3 year-old ) up through the highest levels in Dressage at an astonishing pace, showing him at Intermediate One in the 2014 Oregon State Championships with a median 2
014 score of 65%. Mercedes also has studied the German language for seven years with a minor in German Language studies at the University of Portland where she also studied marketing for three years. As a teenager, Mercedes spent her summers as a working student for several professionals including Ultimate Piaffe Farm, Jennifer Schrader of Summervale farm, and Deborah Hausman of Quailhurst Estate. In recent years, she has partnered with trainers such as Darci Bayney and Kelly Smith, incorporating dressage into their hunter/jumper programs. Mercedes currently assists dressage trainer Tracie Bjugan of Green Meadow Dressage in Sherwood, OR, and provides training and lessons to many other independent clients in and around the SW Portland area. In addition to her extensive proficiency in dressage, Mercedes has a solid working knowledge of a diverse spectrum of horse types, including working with green horses, ex-race horses, and horses in rehabilitation from injury, and horse and riders of any discipline and skill level. Be it western, english, or simply pleasure and trail she enjoys passing tools along to those looking to improve and/ or problem solve. She has worked with horses of a wide variety of disciplines and skill levels as well as horses trained to Grand Prix level dressage. She also spends her time attending clinics and has worked with trainers Kathy and Sara Everman, Jeremy Steinberg, Jeff A. Moore., Jessica Wisdom, Conrad Schumacher, and Kathy Casey. "With every horse and rider I strive to lay a solid foundation of proven principles, enabling them to perform at their best. I am committed to advancing horse and rider in a methodical and thorough manner, producing a confident and happy pair. Horses are our teachers and I stress the value of listening to them and understanding their nature as well as their individual needs.”
-Mercedes Andazola
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