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Ms. Mari Monda Zunic Owner, SAB Farm |
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A graduate of Duke University, Mari Monda Zdunic is a top dressage competitor having earned USDF gold, silver, and bronze medals, Olympic Sports Festival silver, bronze and team medals, along with numerous USDF top ten horse of the year honors from the United States Dressage Federation from Training through Grand Prix levels, open and all breed awards. Mari competed in the Olympic Trials in 1980, Gladstone, NJ; and the 1981 World Championship Trials. She is equally admired for her spectacular exhibition rides which have thrilled spectators from coast to coast. An associate of Mr. Chuck Grant for fourteen years, Mari is continuing his fine work since his death in 1990, as owner and We accept any and all types of horses for training. Shine-A-Bit Farm is the only training facility in the United States that trains both Grand Prix dressage and high schooled exhibition horses from green to Grand Prix and holds the distinguished accomplishment of producing more American trained Grand Prix Dressage horses than any facility in the United States. Horses trained by Chuck Grant and Mari Monda Zdunic have tallied numerous regional and national rewards. A walk through our barn shows the true diversity of breeds and types that we have in training.
The training and philosophy at Shine-A-Bit Farm is based on American Dressage from the heritage of the United States Army; which is a combination of the French and German Schools but largely based on the works of James Fillis (1834-1913) of the French Calvalry School. Training is concentrated at the softer paces to promote brilliance. Haute e'cole, or high school, movements are introduced to help the riders' coordination - the horses' confidence. The Science and the Art must be understood before Art can be created. The Psychology of the horse centers on Action and Reaction. The specific mechanics (science) of how to execute and train movements are clearly taught to perpetuate the fine art of horsemanship.
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