Future Professionals’ Program

Instilling teamwork, horsemanship & systems thinking in the next generation of trainers & barn professionals.

Find out what it’s like to run a barn & manage training horses & clientele in real time.

If you want to be be a trainer, own/run a barn, as well as have your own goals in sport, the key to longevity is not getting derailed by day to day barn operations. This program is designed to help future professionals learn both what is involved in running a successful training barn and a foundation in how to create systems to keep their focus where they want it: on the horses.

Most trainers are also the billing department, the scheduler, the HR manager, the client-relations team, and the person who notices that the water trough is leaking before anyone else does. Few future professionals see that side of the job until they’re already in it. This individualized program gives serious future professionals a hands-on look at running a successful training barn and at how to manage disparate tasks while prioritizing the horses.

Program details

  • Ages: 13 to 17

  • Prerequisites: Current regular riding program student & ideally working student in a program.

  • Length: 2-4 weeks. The longer you’re here, the more you get out of it, it’s that simple.

  • Group size: One participant at a time, for individualized attention and quality of instruction. Check out the amazing team you’ll be working alongside.

  • Housing / Schedule: Private room in a shared house, program is 6 days/week

  • Location: Revel Ranch Sporthorses, near Park City, UT. ~20ish horse training centre, horses ranging from young horses to Grand Prix. Focus on competitive dressage while prioritizing horse health.

  • Timing: We work on a rolling calendar, but most participants come in summer, due to school.

  • Cost: $2000-$4000, including food & housing. Scholarships available for special candidates.

A note to the rider

I always say that this program will either cure you of horses forever or make you terminal. Loving the horses & the sport is the easy part. This program is about finding out what it takes to build a life in it.

You’ll spend two to four weeks assisting the real work of a running training barn: riding, yes, but also the schedules, the invoices, the phone calls, and the surprises that invariably are part of barn life. Some of it will be fun, some of it will be tedious, and some of it will surprise you. You will learn a lot you didn’t know you needed to know.

The goal is to give you a realistic vision of the life you think you want. We love what we do & think it’s possible to create systems that make the hard tasks easier & let us focus more of our energy doing what we love.

The fine print: this is not a summer camp. It’s a chance to shadow real-life successful, professionals in a business that you want to learn. You will conduct yourself like part of the team & pitch in with everyone else. Fun fact: in the horse world, bosses work as hard as everyone else, although sometime the tasks look a little different. Time to buckle up & get ready to jump in!

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2026 Future Professional: Emerson G. from Michigan

  • young dressage professional baby horse

    Emerson meets Monochrome

  • young girl dressage horses at vet

    Emerson holding horses at the vet clinic

  • dressage junior schooling at show

    Getting ready to show

  • young girl moving hay bale

    Horse shows are more than riding

  • Lusitano horse

    Who brought the pet-safe markers??

  • PRE horse at show

    Revel Support Team

  • grooming KWPN horse

    Helping groom at home & away

  • “First off, Emerson had the time of her life at Revel Ranch. When she told us she wants to be a trainer professionally, we wanted her to both get a real view of what that life might look like, as well as mentorship from a professionally run barn with a healthy team environment. She matured tremendously in the program & is already asking about doing it again. She also definitely came out with a clearer understanding of the amount of work involved in running a barn."

    —Peter G., Father