Dressage for Every Athlete

Sapphire Sporthorses is owned and run by Lucy Courchaine, an American dressage professional with a diverse background in the equine industry. She is a Grand Prix dressage competitor and USDF Gold, Silver & Bronze medalist with a special interest in the well-rounded development of the equine athlete. Her business combines her years of experience in managing high performance dressage horses and riding for top equine sports medicine veterinarians. Lucy believes strongly that correct dressage training can provide countless benefits to horses and riders of all disciplines. Her barn is filled with everything from FEI dressage show horses to jumpers recovering from injury to hunters enjoying a luxurious retirement. Her meticulous care and commitment to quality training for every horse makes her program well-suited for sport horses rehabbing from a variety of injuries. Lucy trains regularly with Betsy Steiner and Gary Rockwell. In addition to keeping full-time client horses, Lucy provides riding  lessons on her own schoolmasters and teaches dressage concepts to riders of all disciplines throughout North Salem, NY. She is proud to represent a range of sponsors and affiliates. 

Sapphire Sporthorses produces horses and clients at all levels of dressage, along with a focused effort on empowering women in the horse industry. Lucy leads a team of all-women riders, managers and grooms and is committed to offering educational opportunities to the next generation of horsewomen. As of November 2021, Lucy is also a first-time mom. She is committed to managing her professional career alongside motherhood, and has been featured on The Equestrian Podcast and Your Riding Success Podcast to speak on this topic to large audiences. She has also had an article published by Noelle Floyd about her experience while riding during pregnancy, which sparked other professionals to develop a support group for moms in our industry. She hopes to build more community support for equestrian moms. 

Lucy is currently developing her own New Forest Pony mare to Grand Prix, raising her young Dutch gelding alongside new baby human, and training all types of horses and clients in the sport of dressage. She hopes to one day represent the US in international competition at the top levels of the sport.