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Training at Santa Rita

Whether you are looking to start a horse, ore take it to the next level, the trainers and facilities at Santa Rita are here to help. You will find a great atmosphere that puts the needs of the horse first. When it is time to show, your Santa Rita friends will be there to help, encourage and celebrate.

Head Trainer - Courtney Henson

Courtney Henson is excited to be providing training services at beautiful Santa Rita Arabians.  Theses services will include training and lessons in Reining, Western Pleasure, and Hunter Pleasure.  Working with clients to help them to achieve their goals with confidence, Courtney places a strong emphasis on fun and education.  She boasts eleven years of professional experience with some of the industries top breeders and trainers.

 Whether you are looking for help with show ring preparation, choosing a horse or discipline that best fits your needs and abilities, or simply wish to acquire better riding and horsemanship skills, Courtney can provide you with knowledge form years of experience.

Come to Santa Rita Arabians and enjoy learning with your horse in a friendly and professional atmosphere. You can expect the very best care for you and your horse and begin your journey to success. 

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Trainer Jennifer Levstik

520-398-4933

Specializing in Hunt Seat, Hunter-over-Fences, Hunter Equitation, & Dressage Seat Equitation

for Beginner and Intermediate Riders

A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Jennifer has been riding and showing horses since the age of nine. As a youngster in Kentucky Jennifer was a working student at Robert Murphy Stables where she rode and showed client’s horses as well as her own horse, Bit by Bit, in 2'-2'6" hunters. She went on to receive high point awards from the Kentucky Hunter-Jumper Association in 2'6" hunters and pony hunters. She continued her work with horses at Champagne Run a Dressage and Eventing barn in Lexington, where she worked in the lesson barn caring for horses and teaching lessons to beginner riders before going off to College. In school Jennifer joined the Intercollegiate Riding Team at Earlham College.

In 1996 Jennifer moved to Arizona to pursue her career in archaeology and historic preservation. Since moving to Arizona she has shown clients horses in beginner hunters and low jumpers while an assistant trainer at Raven Ranch and judged local hunter schooling shows for Bel Air Stables and for a local chapter of 4-H. Her interest in equitation and correct riding has lead to a focus on Dressage with her newest partner, Quigley, a 17.3 American Warmblood.

Jennifer’s goal for herself and her students has always been about achieving a quiet, effortless harmony between horse  and rider, be it over fences or on the flat.