Noted dressage trainer joins team at Valenti Equestrian Club

Irene Valenti, founder of the Valenti Equestrian Club, announced recently that Lena Nordlof-Davis has been appointed as the club’s Dressage Trainer effective July 16, 2014.
The VEC boarding-training facility is re- nowned as a top equestrian facility in Ran- cho Santa Fe. A native of Sweden, Nordlof- Davis has served as the dressage trainer at the Fairbanks Riding Club in Rancho Santa Fe for the past 13 years and received the 2013 Trainer of the Year award from the San Diego CDS Chapter.
She will be relocating her dressage train- ing business to the VEC, accompanied by two assistants.
Nordlof-Davis, who successfully com- peted at the Fédération Equeste Internation- al (International Federation for Equestrian Sports) Grand Prix level, acquired a passion for horses at a very young age. She lived near a facility in her Swedish hometown where top European dressage riders would train.
“I remember fondly my experience as a child when the horses would arrive during the summer months; they were magnificent animals,” Nordlof-Davis remarked. “For me, I’m not just riding horses — I am on the back of nature, seeking balance and living my dream. I experience a closeness to the environment when I work with horses and exercise patience with my students as well as their equine partners … both deliver superi- or results given the appropriate amount of time.”
Nordlof-Davis manages 20 horses with the capacity to increase her client base. Many of her students compete and have earned their Silver and Bronze medals as well as several State CDS Championship wins, numerous High Point awards, and Circuit Championship awards.