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Hope Hobday Glynn rode as a junior in Northern California under the tutelage of her mother Pricilla Hobday and Patty Ball. She also rode in clinics with George Morris and Karen Healey. She competed primarily in the hunters and equitation as a junior rider.

Winner of all the northern California medal finals as well as numerous year-end hunter championships, Hope chose to become a professional after graduating from UC Davis. In 2007 she was horseshowtime.com "Rider of the Year" where points are accumulated at all horse shows and divisions in the United States. She has been the leading California hunter rider in both 2005 and 2006. Her professional highlights also include winner of the 2005, 2006, 2007, & 2008 Norcal Hunter Classic, winner of the 2005 Joyful Sound and 2007 Vivid, 2008 Tall Cotton, 2009 Rienzo Golden State Hunter Classic. 2007-2009 numerous open hunter championships for year end NorCal, PCHA, and Zone 10. Hope was the handler and trainer of the 2007 USEF Sallie B. Wheeler Best Young Horse C'Czar owned by Helen McEvoy. In 2008 she won the NorCal $3,500 Hunter Classic for the fourth year in a row; she was first, second and third with Campari, Firenze and Vintage Country respectively. In the $5,000 Handy Hunter Classic of Menlo Hope won with Campari, and was second on Tessa. Hope was also high score handler at the West Coast IHF Sallie B. Wheeler Finals in 2008.Hope has been a licensed USEF judge in hunters and hunter seat equitation since 1997.

In 2009 Hope was the leading rider of the year for horseshowtime.com for the second time in her career! She also finished the year with the win in the $10,000 Sacramento International Handy Hunter Derby on Rienzo. She was also voted high score hunter rider and high score open hunter on Woodstock.

Hope and Ned trained the following year end champions for the PCHA in both the hunter, jumper and equitation rings: Rienzo and Winter - 1st year green; Campari - 2nd year green; Tessa - Regular Working; Rienzo and High Resolution - Childrens Hunters; Franklin - Jr. Hunters; Jill Stevens - Jr. Equitation; Lottie - Mod Jr/Am Jumpers.

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Ned Glynn rode as a junior with Gry and Duncan McFarlane in California. After graduating from UCDavis and coaching their equestrian team he traveled to the east coast and rode with Candice King. As a junior he finished in the top four of all the major junior medal finals in California including USET Talent Search, NorCal, WCE, and CPHA. He also won the Jimmy Williams Futures Class and the Oregon High Desert Grand Prix as a junior. He worked as assistant course designer for the Atlanta Olympics, Mexico City Selection Trials, and Canadian Team Championships with Linda Allen. He has continued to ride to the top of the Norcal Leading Jumper Standings as well as bring young jumpers along. His specialty in the jumpers has been preparing the top Junior and Children's jumpers in California. In 2005 and 2006 Ned rode and trained the top year end Children's and Modified jumpers for both Zone 10 and Norcal. He is currently campaigning two up and coming grand prix prospects SVS Caramunde Z and Golden Ticket.

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Amber Levine turned professional in the spring of 2007 after a successful junior career. She was third in the junior hunter championships under the direction of Susan Hutchison. She traveled to the east coast medals finals for her three final junior years. She was fourth in USET Talent Search 2006, where her horse Ketel One was named Best Horse. In 2005, she was PCHA champion in the Low Junior Jumpers. In 2006 reserve champion in the High Junior Jumpers and also was Leading Junior Jumper Rider for the west coast Show Jumping Hall of Fame on Anna Karenina. In 2007 Amber qualified both of her jumpers, Ketel One and Anna Karenina, for the NAYRC team and stepped up to the Grand Prix level. Amber hopes to continue her success in the professional ranks.

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Tracy Mirabelli is our barn manager and assistant trainer. She was born and educated in England and has worked in hunter jumper barns in Northern California for 13 years. Tracy has ridden for and taught at SVS since 2002 and has been an integral part of our clients' success in the show ring.
Tracy teaches with a strong emphasis on equitation, performance and compassion for the horse. When Ned and Hope are away at shows, Tracy stays at home running the facility, maintaining an individualized program for each horse, and the "at home" lesson schedule.

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Heather grew up in Southern California and rode as a junior in the Hunters and Equitation. She spent some time riding as a working student allowing her to catch ride many types of young and sometimes difficult horses. She also spent time working with a dressage trainer learning a new discipline and strengthening her flatwork.

Heather’s professional career started at Middle Ranch working for Lisa Stroway at Freeway Farms riding and teaching. She also had the opportunity to become involved with Meadow Grove Farms as one of their riders. In early 2006, Heather went to work as the assistant for Grand Prix rider Susan Artes. While Susie’s grand prix horses took her to shows outside the barn’s regular schedule, and sometimes internationally, Heather took clients on the road to shows, organized schedules and sales, along with maintaining a successful program of riding and teaching. From the Hunter ring to the Grand Prix field, she has worked with the novice amateur to the successful junior equitation and jumper rider. She has also worked with and along side Judy Martin and has cliniced with George Morris.