Equestrian Life
Kate Selby has over 35 years experience teaching and training horses and riders of all levels. She has studied in the U.S. and Germany. For the past 27 years, she has coached the Middlebury College Equestrian Team.
Selby is an accomplished foxhunter, and was the huntsman for Green Mountain Hounds foxhound club for eight seasons.
In 2002, Kate was awarded the lifetime achievement "Instructor of the Year" by the American Riding Instructor's Association (ARIA). She is Level III certified in Dressage and Hunt Seat.
Among Selby's many equestrian accomplishments are:
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14 seasons riding in the renowned Exhibition of Dressage at the VT Mozart Festival at Shelburne Farms;
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Equestrian Director and Choreographer: Dancing with Horses and the Equine Dance Company;
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Founding member, Champlain Dressage Schooling Series;
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Vermont Technical College Equine Studies Advisory Board;
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Participant, 1996-2016: Tufts University Adopt-A-Vet program.
Writer's world
Kate Selby has published several educational articles for equestrian professionals in Riding Instructor, the official publication of the American Riding Instructor's Association.
A working ghostwriter, Selby has also worked as a freelance copy editor and proofreader. A partial list of companies includes firms such as LocalSoft in Spain, Common Ground Communications in Vermont, The Graide Network in Chicago, River Communications, Inc. and Meteor Learning/eZs in New York.
Having spent her life and career outside, working and living with animals, she likes to write about the intersection of life with nature.
