#64 - Sam Capoferri: Teaching, Training, & Riding in the Equestrian World

Samantha Capoferri (Cap-oh-fairy) is the owner and head trainer at Gallifrey Farm, LLC., a private Dressage training facility outside of Savannah, GA, as well as a full-time Professor of Equestrian Studies at Savannah College of Art and Design. She graduated from Meredith Manor International Equestrian College in 2007 with certifications at the highest levels in Riding Instruction, Equine Training and Equine Sports Massage Therapy. She holds a B.A. in Equine Studies from West Virginia University (2009) and a M.S. in Kinesiology from Georgia Southern University (2017).

Samantha is a USDF Bronze and Silver medalist with scores earned on self-trained horses and is currently working towards her Gold Medal. Until the COVID shut down she is enrolled in the USDF ‘L’ Judge program and hopes to be able to complete this in APR 2021. Her personal horses and passion lie in Draft Crosses and they have been Champion or Reserve Champion
from Training Level to FEI for the USDF All Breeds awards every year since 2015.

Her teachers, Felicitas von Nuemann Cosel (First Choice Farm, MD) and Cynthia Thaxton (High Point Farm, GA) help her to instill proper biomechanical work with horses to bring about the natural beauty and harmony of any breed through the levels of Dressage. She is a firm believer
that Dressage is for every horse regardless of the saddle on their back. She utilizes her degree in Kinesiology to help teach this delicate work to her riders by focusing on their own biomechanics in the saddle to focus on the independence of the seat to bring about the quality of gaits from their horses.

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