"Always put yourself in your horse's shoes"
About Laura DeCesari
Laura DeCesari was born to ride horses. There was never any doubt from a very young age that horses were going to be Laura's life.
Laura has her USDF Bronze , Silver and Gold Medal all with distinction. She has many trainers that have influenced her career but in particular Steffen Peters has helped her become the rider she really wanted to be. Laura continues to be inspired by him and trains with him in San Diego as much as possible. Her goal is not only to have a wonderful training program but to become an Elite Grand Prix dressage rider. Laura takes pride that all her horses she has earned achievements on have been on horses she has trained herself. The first horse she showed down centerline at the Grand Prix level she started herself.
Laura has helped riders receive their bronze, silver and gold medals. She has also helped riders to success at States, Regionals, NAJYRC, Dressage Finals and Lamplight.
EARLY INFLUENCES
Laura largely credits her early success in the horse industry to the horsemanship and groundwork techniques she learned from attending clinics, watching videos, taking lessons from her coach and mentor, Eleanor Stine-Masek and well, riding/starting lots of horses.
THE DECESARI NAME
The DeCesari name was used for the business to honor Laura's late father Mark DeCesari.
EARLY CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Laura’s dressage career started with a bang! Her Junior career in dressage was very successful, placing 5th Individually at the NAJYRC in 2007 on a borrowed horse named Domino B2. Her Young Rider career was just as successful, as Laura received the Team Gold in 2010 on a horse named Cheenook II. This was an especially notable accomplishment, as Laura had trained Cheenook from Training Level to Prix St George and the pair was undefeated at every show up to fourth level!
In 2011 Laura’s talent and hard work was noticed and she was selected to attend the Young Rider Olympic Dream Program funded by the Dressage Foundation. The program allowed Laura to visit international stables and to learn training methodology from Ingrid Klimke, Klaus Martin Rath, Matthias Rath, Hubertus Schmidt, Michael Klimke, Wolfram Wittig, and Klaus Balkenhol.
LAUNCHING DeCESARI EQUESTRIAN
Inspired and encouraged by the Young Rider Olympic Dream Program trip, Laura launched DeCesari Equestrian in 2011. Now being in business for over 10 years, Laura settled into a boutique training business to help riders succeed in meeting their goals and to develop international quality horses.
