Chrissa Hoffmann and American Saddlebred "Harry Callahan" won Second Level Test 4 Open at Indy Dressage Classic 2004, beating 25 warmbloods with a score of 65.5%, as well as Second Level Champion Highpoint, 2004.

Harry Callahan finished 1st in the country in 2004 for USDF all Breeds Awards. It was his first season of showing!

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German native and California resident Gundi Younger competing on 1998 KWPN mare "Renatino". Gundi rides regularly with Alex in his Oakland, CA clinics.

Gundi won the following awards in 2005 - 3rd Level CDS Horse of the Year Reserve Champion (Amateur), 2nd Level NA/WPN Champion (Amateur), 2nd Level NA/WPN Champion (Open), 2nd Level CDS Horse of the Year 3rd Place, 2nd Level USDF Horse of the Year 5th Place (Amateur).

Gundi Younger and Renatino won the following awards in 2004, at 1st Level - CDS Futurity Reserve Champion, 1st Level CDS Horse of the Year Reserve Champion, 1st Level USDF Horse of the Year 5th Place (Amateur), 1st Level NA/WPN Champion (Amateur) and 5th Place (Open).

Chris Federer and her American Quarter Horse "Angelo".

"During the past twelve months I have worked with Alex on a monthly basis with my Registered Quarter Horse, Mito's Big Contender (Angelo). Under Alex's guidance, Angelo and I have progressed through the training scale to second level. Alex has an uncanny ability to recognize the challenges of both horse and rider, provide a clear approach to progressing to the next step while continuing to improve our performance. He expects excellence and is clear on how to attain it. Each month I look forward to our "homework" and "assessment" from his instructions. We are very fortunate to find a trainer of such high standards with a sense of honesty and integrity."

Caryn Vesperman of Brooklyn, WI and her 1995 elite Hanoverian mare, "Lively", have competed successfully through 3rd Level. Their goal is to show FEI within the next year.

"Alex is adept at identifying your riding challenges very quickly. He then works with you on riding position and riding exercises, even giving you clear "homework." Besides being a great eye on the ground, when he rides your horse, you not only see a difference but feel the difference when you get back on. It's clear he respects and likes horses -- and wants you to succeed. I am definitely progressing with his help." - Caryn Vesperman, Touchstone Farm

Kelli Leitschuh of Hearthstone Farm, Urbana, Ohio, riding her Irish Thoroughbred "Sotheby".

Theresa Vanden Heuvel, organizer for Alex's clinics at Hearthstone Farm in Urbana, Ohio, and her 10 year old Hanoverian mare by Wertherson.

Paula Bollinger regularly rides with Alex at his clinics in Maryland. Paula and "Deja vu Debonair", a registered Morgan horse, regularly compete at 1st Level.

Debonair' s 2003 achievements include: Mid-Atlantic Morgan Year-End Dressage Champion; Mid-Atlantic Morgan Year-End Sport Horse Reserve Champion; Pennsylvania Morgan Year-End Dressage Reserve Champion; Maryland Dressage Association's 1st Level Division A Champion; and Maryland Dressage Association's 1st Level High Score Award Winner, the Penny Lane Perpetual Trophy.

Michaela Howard and her Trakehner/Arabian "Apropos Mon Cheri" at the 2003 Snowbird Dressage Show.

Michaela comments, "Alex makes the lesson fun, interesting and challenging. He has a good feel for the horse and never asks more than Cheri is able to do. He makes correct assessments of horse and rider, and offers solutions that work. I also enjoy the lesson in German, which makes it easier for me to understand."