Sarah Berkowitz grew up in Media, PA and has been riding on the "A" circuit for the past twenty years. As a young junior, Sarah acquired multiple year-end awards with two of her ponies, Famous Moment and Mr. Bojangles. As an older junior, Sarah competed in the hunters, jumpers and equitation, and leased a young horse, Apollo, whom she brought along to become a competitive A circuit 3'6" horse. A Middlebury College graduate (’05) with a Bachelor’s degree in political science and Spanish, Sarah was avid on the equestrian team, showing in the Open Division and qualifying for the prestigious Cacchione Cup Championship. While in Vermont, Sarah rode and worked for Peggy Ward, of Cobble Hill Farm, and Kate Selby, ARIA (American Riding Instructor's Association) 2002 Instructor of the Year, of The Equestry.  In addition to Sarah's involvement on the college equestrian team, she was a four-time letter winner and All-American in Track and Field, and played field hockey. Post graduation, Sarah attended the Wharton School of Business at UPenn for a year in order to gain insight into the business world.  She continues to update her style by riding with renowned horsemen such as Greg Best, Louise Serio, Mark Jungherr, Josee Stedding, and the National Young Horse Dressage Coach, Scott Hassler. Sarah travels to compete on the East Coast, from Vermont to Florida, but also includes a several local rated shows in her show schedule. 

Sarah purchased Invitation Only when he was three, and the pair have become competitive in the "A" Hunter Divisions, earning top ribbons from HITS on the Hudson to Ocala. They are currently in the top three in Zone 2 in the Second Year Green Working  Hunter (3'9"') and are qualified for the prestigious Devon Horse Show 2010. Sarah trained/showed Invitation Only and Mozart, a KWPN gelding owned by Melissa Gallagher, to a 7th and 12th place finish, respectively in the National Year-End Standings for the Marshall & Sterling League in the 3'5" Adequan Open Hunters, thus qualifying both horses for the National Finals. She started and rode "Carrera GH", owned by Grand Hannover Farm in Davenport, IA to a third place finish in the Three Year Old Filly Materiale at Dressage at Devon, with a score of 80.0% and has recently purchased a young Belgian horse, "Dagano Van't Langbos", and we wish them the best of luck in the First-Year Conformations. In her free time, Sarah enjoys spending time with her family and her dogs, Dolce and Banana, going to the beach, sports and reading.  

Donal Egan was born and raised in County Limerick, Ireland, where his exposure to horses began at an early age on the family farm. Donal has worked with the top Irish show jumping champions, and while in Holland and Germany, he trained numerous sale horses in the Grand Prix arena, and also started numerous young performance horses for the sport. While in Europe, Donal rode and worked for the late Paul Darragh, a two-time Olympian and world champion. Since coming to the United States in 1996, Donal has worked with hunter, jumper, and equitation horses. He was the Assistant Trainer at Kevin Babington Showjumpers for two years www.kevinbabington.com, and has recently brought along Nina and Sue Leopold's "Touch Cruise", a six year old Irish gelding by Touchdown, to winning top ribbons in Ocala 2009 in the Six-Year-Old YJC. Most recently, the Irish duo have successfully emerged themselves into the Mini Prix arena. "Persuasion", owned by Denise Higgins of Dryden, MI, won the Hanoverian free jumping competition in 2008, with Donal as the trainer. Donal and his students have earned many successes in the Adult Amateur and Amateur Owner Divisions, Child/Adult Jumpers, and the Mini Prix and Grand Prix rings. His training philosophy mingles classical Europeon riding with the principles of natural horsemanship. This unique approach results in horses that are not only well-schooled on the flat as well as over fences, but also have developed the capacity to learn and focus on their human partners.