About Brooke

Brooke grew up riding and training under an FEI level dressage and Arabian trainer. After leaving southern Illinois for college, Brooke was a founding member of the Illinois State University Equestrian Club and Team as well as the Upper Training rider on Illinois State University's only Intercollegiate Dressage Team.

Upon graduating from Illinois State University, Brooke taught, worked and consulted at a boarding and training facility in central Illinois for over a decade. While at that facility, she built a successful multi-discipline show team as well as a ground up lesson program. Also at that facility, she was afforded the opportunity to hone her skills training and communicating with trail horses as well as gather more experiences managing a busy boarding and lesson facility.

After making a very difficult decision to leave that facility and start her own business, Independently Equine, Brooke spent the next few years learning different styles of farm management as well as building a skillset for remote and travel training. During this time, she also added national level dressage scribing and open show judging to her resume, and was able to train under multiple USDF gold medalists.

Currently, Brooke offers a wide range of services including consulting on horse purchase, horse management, barn organization and farm management, teaching riding lessons, show coaching, multi-discipline training, professional scribing and judging services.

Her mission is to aid in the positive growth of relationships between horse and rider. Brooke uses a compassionate approach to all types of learning and communication. She specializes in finding the necessary accommodations needed for horses and riders alike and then building an achievable plan for continued success.