Reese Koffler Stanfield earned both a BS in Agricultural Economics from the College of Agriculture at the University of Kentucky and an MA in International Commerce from the prestigious Patterson School of International Diplomacy and Commerce at the University of Kentucky, while concurrently maintaining an International High Performance Dressage riding career. She possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills necessary for the effective functioning in the equestrian and international business milieu. She is conversant in German after spending almost two years at a prominent German facility. She has developed focus, initiative, and discipline through daily training and years of dedication to the sport of Dressage at all levels. Poised to beautifully represent her country and her home land of the bluegrass state of Kentucky in International Competition, Reese plans to continue her riding career in International High Performance Competitive Dressage, as well as riding, training, and coaching students and horses of all levels.

Reese Koffler Stanfield, United States Dressage Federation Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medallist, is a lifelong professional horseman born and raised in Kentucky who has successfully competed in the sport of Dressage since early childhood. She is the only United States Dressage Federation Certified Instructor/Trainer through Fourth Level in Region II, which encompasses five states. She is an excellent role model for Junior and Advanced Young Riders as she successfully participated in USDF Youth programs throughout her life including the Advanced Young Rider Program, culminating in numerous international medals while representing the United States and Region II (Kentucky and surrounding states). Her training and experience from junior rider through high performance competition gives her great empathy for her students during the learning process and she is well prepared to assist riders reach their goals in both individual and group lesson formats. She is now a sought after trainer and clinician who gives numerous clinics nationwide to all level of riders.

Reese is also a proven High Performance FEI rider who has been exceptionally well trained by Olympic Coach, Conrad Schumacher, Hofgut Neuhof, near Frankfort Germany from October 1998 – May 1999, and from November 2001- April 2002 and World-Class Trainer and Coach Kathy Connelly, Wellington Florida. Additionally, she has worked with Jessica Ransehousen, Ellen Bontje, and George Williams.

Reese Koffler Stanfield currently rides the famous International Grand Prix Dutch Bay Mare, Jamaica (aka. “Meip”). Jamaica garnered numerous awards in Europe and was imported in the summer of 2006 to Lexington, Kentucky. Reese and Jamaica, coached by Kathy Connelly, competed in the Palm Beach Derby's Grand Prix arena in 2007 in Wellington, Florida winning the Grand Prix Special and placing second in the Open Grand Prix in their debut together. Reese is the principle Dressage Rider, Trainer, and Coach at Maplecrest Farm in Lexington, Kentucky and will open a new, state of the art Dressage Training Facility, Clover Creek Farm, in Fall 2008 in nearby Georgetown KY.

USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medallist

2007 Palm Beach Derby, Grand Prix Open, Grand Prix Special, West Palm Beach Florida

2005 USDF Gold Medallist

2006 Selected to attend the Hilltop Young Horse Trainers Conference, Hilltop Farm

2005 USDF Certified Instructor through Fourth Level

2005 Selected to ride at the Hilltop Young Horse Trainers Conference at Hilltop Farm, riding Tvauri

2004 Selected to ride at the United States Dressage Federation National Symposium given by Christoph Hess, Scott Hassler, Steffen Peters Lexington, KY, riding Tvauri

2004 Selected to attend the USDF/USEF Graduate Advanced Young Rider Program, USEF Headquarters, Lexington, Kentucky.

2004 Selected to ride at Kentucky Horse Park National Dressage Symposium featuring Conrad Schumacher, Kathy Connelly, and Juan Matute, riding Joery.

2003 Selected to attend the inagural USDF/USEF Graduate Advanced Young Rider Program, USET Headquarters, Gladstone, New Jersey.

2003 Competed in USET Selection Trials, Small Tour, Wellington, Florida, consistently placed among the top seven horses

2003 Region II Championships, Intermediare I Champion, Freestyle, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington Kentucky

2003 Region II Championships, Intermediare I Champion, Open Division, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky

2003 Selected to ride at the Kentucky Horse Park National Dressage Symposium featuring Kyra Kyrklund, Lexington, Kentucky, riding Joery

2002 Selected to represent the United States at the “Coup des Ameriques Championships”, CDIO, Blainville, Quebec, Canada

2002 Region II Championships, Prix St. Georges, Open Division, Sweet Charity Farm, Indiana

2002 Selected to ride at the Kentucky Horse Park National Dressage Symposium featuring Conrad Schumacher, Lexington, Kentucky, riding Joery

2001 Region II, North American Young Riders Championship, Bronze Team Medallist, riding Joery, Wadsworth, Illinois

2001 Region II Championships, Prix St. Georges, Reserve Champion, Prix St. Georges, Young Rider Division and Reserve Champion, Fourth Level, Young Rider Division, Springfield, Illinois

2001 All Breeds USDF National Award, KWPN, Reserve Champion, Prix St. Georges, Young Rider Division

2001 Recipient of the Carl Asmis Grant of the United States Equestrian Team

2001 Recipient of the Pantano Dressage Scholarship (Inaugural Year)

2000 Selected to ride at the United States Dressage Federation Convention Symposium given by Walter Zettl, Paxton Farms, Batavia, Ohio, riding Joery

2000 Region II, North American Young Riders Championships, Bronze Team Medallist, riding Joery, Parker, Colorado

2000 FEI High Percentage Trophy, Dressage at the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky, riding Joery

2000 FEI Championship Rider, Mid-South Combined Training and Dressage Association Year End Award, riding Joery

1999 Selected to ride at the United States Dressage Federation National Symposium given by Conrad Schumacher, Prince Georges County Equestrian Center, Prince Georges County Maryland, riding Joery

1997 Region 2, North American Young Riders Championship Team

1997 FEI Championship Rider, Mid-South Combined Training and Dressage Association Year End Award

1996 Region 2, North American Young Riders Championship Team

1998-1998 Kentucky Dressage Association Junior/Young Rider of the Year Award

1998-1998 Mid-South Combined Training and dressage Association Junior/Young Rider of the Year Award

1995 Breyer Junior Equestrian of the Year Award and Jolly Roger Junior High Point Award, Dressage at Devon, Devon, Pennsylvania

2008 MSEDA Dressage Clinic, Clinician, Canterview Equestrian Center

2007 Selected for Young Horse Trainers Conference with National Young Horse Coach Scott Hassler, Denver, Colorado

2007 National Instructor/Trainer for USPC National Championships and Rally, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky

2006-Present - Member of the USEF National Safety Committee

2005-Present - Representative to the World Equestrian Games Foundation Advisory Board of Directors, Commerce Lexington Young Professionals Think Tank.

2003 and 2004 Volunteer Trainer for Regional Rally, Keeneland Pony Club

2003 Guest speaker with Mr. Conrad Schumacher at the USDF Trainer’s Conference, Wellington, Florida

2002 Dressage instructor for the Kentucky Horse Park Staff, Lexington, Kentucky

2001 Coordinator of Demonstration Riders, USDF National Symposium featuring Isabel Werth

2001 Guest Speaker, Midsouth Combined Training and Dressage Association Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky

1999 Instructor, Spring 4H Dressage Clinic, Lexington, Kentucky

1994 to 1998 Elected as the Junior Representative to the Board of Directors of the Mid-South Combined Training and Dressage Association and the Kentucky Dressage Association.