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Since her parents started Cottonwood when she was 8, she has always had a knack with the very silly and hard-to-ride horses. She has trained hundreds of horses over the years and some of them hove gone on to do amazing things. One was an alternate on the Olympic Eventing team and several others have competed in Grand Prixs around the world. All of them have turned out to be great horses and gave their owners fun and fond memories. Tara is constantly working to become a better rider, trainer and instructor, having trained with several instructors over the years and done clinics with hundreds more. Believing that we can learn something from everyone, she takes clinics every year with different people and rides with as many different personalities as possible. Her favorites so far have been Brian Sabo and Bernie Traurig. She seeks out clinicians who can challenge her and also explain things in new and different ways so she has more information to share with her students. Although she trains at many levels, Tara’s passions are the young horse and young rider. She has had a quiet career at Cottonwood helping people with their horses and mentoring young people, and finds that deeply meaningful. Many other trainers send her young horses for summer training so they can show out of state in the fall. She relishes the challenge of teaching a young, “hot” horses to be calm and accept a rider of any level. She loves helping horses and riders to become a high-functioning team. In addition to training horses and their riders, Tara manages the business side of Cottonwood with her sister, Erica. Not only is she a busy business owner but she’s also the mother of two amazing girls and wife of an even more amazing man who understands that horses sometimes have to come first. Her daughters are confident and brave and promise to be great riders and trainers themselves someday, following in family tradition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1567141839579-Y5T2TXQJNYJ7XZ10R4PA/beth.jpg Team Beth Dullea Office Manager Originally from Albany, NY, Beth grew up riding there at Dutch Manor Stables. Her love of animals took her to Cornell University’s Animal Science program. While at Cornell, she met her husband, Erik. Following their graduation, Erik’s position as a Navy pilot took them all over the country and overseas. Beth had some wonderful riding experiences through those travels, but it was not until she stumbled upon Cottonwood in 2000 that it felt like “home.” A CHA Certified Equine Facility Manager, she works hard to keep everything ticking around the property and is always a friendly, smiling presence in the office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1567141979926-VPO4JNO0UWQQY0YFO2US/Gandomcars-e1402518737935-768x1024.jpg Team John and Chris Gandomcar with daughters Tara and Erica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1567141608710-DCX5X8PAZR3J59B8D4PT/erica.jpg Team Erica Gandomcar-Sachs Owner/Manager Born of a polo player and immersed in the sport from Day One, Erica personifies polo and is one of its most passionate ambassadors. Arguably the leading female polo player of her generation, she started riding horses at age 2, playing polo at 8 and competing in USPA events at 10. Erica’s parents, John and Chris Gandomcar, founded the Denver Polo Club in 1986 and raised her in the sport, lifestyle, and business of polo. Erica embraces this family history and legacy with pride and travels the world, competing professionally. She also promotes polo as both a player and a manager of the Cottonwood Riding Club – home to the Denver Polo Club, which has become legendary within the Rocky Mountain region and is now under her leadership. Erica studied and played intercollegiate polo at Colorado State University, earning Regional All-Star and All-American status each of the four years she played for the team. In her first year with the team, CSU won the Regional Championship and placed second in the National Championship. During the last few years Erica has solidified her rise to the top tier of women’s professional polo in the U.S. with multiple wins and MVP awards in the premier women’s league in the United States – the Women’s Championship Tournament – including winning the WCT’s World Cup in 2007 and earning Best Playing Pony. Internationally, she earned back-to-back wins at the 2007 and 2008 Shanghai Tang International Women’s Tournament in Singapore, with an MVP award also at the tournament in 2008. Erica has twice won the International Ladies Polo Tournament – 2007 and 2008 – at the Kingston Polo Club in Kingston, Jamaica. She was also named Colorado Sports Women of the year. Her wins continue to this day with multiple WCT and mixed tournaments around the world but now she has a little girl who hopes to follow in her mom’s footsteps. Polo and family are her passions, her life, her heart and soul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1567804898623-FQO8V9S6V164QPPIWI0W/10406373_814703138574542_7225529734633739881_n.jpg Team https://www.cottonwoodridingclub.com/boarding daily 0.75 2024-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1567804570725-SUACJDTDIRK1A7ZKKQC8/DSC_0399+%281%29.jpg Horse Boarding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1575151609352-EY1ZB89544M3JF9LOPWY/Trail-riding.jpg Horse Boarding https://www.cottonwoodridingclub.com/lessons daily 0.75 2024-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1615676594125-0M53GCJPM2G625MZN47F/Clever.JPG Lessons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1615675738206-JJ8T1K6SEPKZFMN6H7ZO/Tebone.JPG Lessons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1615675874786-2DL8K4O1BGADHS1BLQC4/Roxie.JPG Lessons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1603325082027-JUX7NLXDRNVM7HUE7PHK/Boo.jpeg Lessons BOO Boo has been at Cottonwood for over 15 years! He has done Western and English and competed in both. He loves to jump and is really great at it! He also loves to go on the trail and teach kids how to canter. He is super fun and easy! If you are assigned him for a lesson please give him a big hug. He is a great horse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1603325908045-PBTM6QH8TPDK862D1DLD/Dan.jpeg Lessons Dan Dan is a Norwegian Fjord! He is from Illinois and was a therapy horse there. He is an older guy but he is really sweet! He has really started to like to canter and loves to trail ride. His brother Doc is here too see if you can spot the differences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1615676212215-BPKML6AA2XZKGVWE3DKE/Guiness.JPG Lessons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1615676052412-AGVC5M5VGPM1NRY4U60X/Luna.JPG Lessons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1615676495329-NGMJ2BCSMIYAHUKE1VHO/Cody.JPG Lessons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1567815086995-M4H4MQ69HHVHX6KJPH5S/Trail-riding.jpg Lessons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1615676886486-0620CR7MWM0FILSHKKKK/Doc.jpg Lessons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1603325353600-HCJ57O5J6VNPT93JTPNN/Hershey.jpeg Lessons Hershey Hershey is the best horse in the whole world! We found her in a small place in northern Colorado when she was just three! She is simply the best creature! She is great for all riders and loves to help beginners learn to trot. She won’t stop until you figure out how to post. She won’t go faster or slower she will just give you the time it takes to learn how to post. She loves trot poles and trail rides! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68342fe8aee400017af0e7/1603324844264-O33K76WJYXLI1GCIBLC5/Sundance.jpeg Lessons Sundance Sundance was rescued from Harmony Sport horses several years ago by a really sweet lady. She loved him and rode him a few times but she always told us we could use him for lessons and to ride on the trail. He loves to teach and loves to jump. He has competed in IEA shows here at Cottonwood and even at other places. 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