MIKKI KUCHTA, LEVEL III ICP INSTRUCTOR
Mikki has ridden her entire life, and has been eventing for 30 years. She started her competitive career on the hunter/jumper circuit and continues to emphasize a classical position for effective balance on the flat and over fences.
Mikki trains and competes horses from their first outings at Beginner Novice all the way up to the highest level of the sport. She took her own horse, Oz, to the Rolex Kentucky four star championship in 2008, where they finished 25th.
Mikki resides in Patterson, New York with her own private barn and trains students in northeastern Westchester County. In the winter, Aiken Back Farm relocates to Mikki’s southern outpost, Spark Hill Farm, in Aiken, South Carolina.
BRIDGETTE KUCHTA MILLER, ASSISTANT TRAINER
Bridgette is the assistant trainer at Aiken Bach Farm and currently competes at the Intermediate level on her two horses: Special Agent (“Salsa”) owned by Mikki Kuchta and Robert Scheuer; and her newest ride Tsunami III (“Sue”) owned by Sarah Cousins. Bridgette hopes to move up to the Advanced level in 2019. Bridgette helps Mikki train horses in our program, and teaches lessons in dressage, stadium jumping, and cross country. She has a great eye and really helps each student reach their personal goals. Bridgette attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in kinesiology. While in college, Bridgette rode on the UMass Dressage team where she was the captain for three years, and studied as an athletic trainer, traveling with the Division 1 football team her senior year. Her specialized education allows her to guide riders on their body movement and position in order to achieve the most out of their horses. When Bridgette isn’t at the barn teaching and riding she enjoys traveling with her husband Bob, and their dog Peach.
“Leg to hand!”
“More hind end!”
“You won’t win the fight with an animal this size.”
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