Nancy Steinecke / Riding Instructor in Kapaau, Hawaii

Nancy Steinecke has been instructing and training for more than 30 years. Nancy holds a degree from the University of Texas at Arlington (where she was a member of the Rodeo Team and competed in barrel racing) with graduate studies from the University of Hawai'i, and Nancy taught at Middle School, High School, and University levels before turning to a full-time profession in Equine Sciences. Nancy currently holds United States Equestrian Federation Licenses as a Dressage Judge and as a Dressage Technical Delegate since 1981. From 1981 through 2008 Nancy also held USEF Licenses as a Judge and as a Technical Delegate in Eventing, and throughout the 1980s Nancy held USEF Licenses as a Judge and as a Steward in Hunter and Hunter Seat Equitation.

Nancy and her students have competed successfully in a variety of venues, including Dressage through Prix St. Georges, Eventing through Advanced, Hunter, Jumper, and Western, garnering many awards and championships throughout the years. Nancy and Trey Pierce, her husband and co-director of E Komo Mai Sport Horses, have also played Low Goal Polo, winning the Mauna Kea Polo Club Low Goal Tournament in 1988, and, though no longer playing competitive polo, E Komo Mai horses and riders still enjoy the occasional stick and ball session. Today the main focus of the ranch remains centered on Interactive Horsemanship™ which emphasizes natural horsemanship and horse stewardship.

Lessons and training are available both with E Komo Mai Sport Horses school horses and with owners' own horses. E Komo Mai Sport Horses also provides custom clinics and seminars in equine behavior and natural horsemanship both at the Center and abroad. Boarding is available for horses at all stages of life and training, which includes foals, weanlings, yearlings, young horses, working horses, broodmares, and retired horses.

Specialties

Confidence Building For Horse And Rider Adult Riding Lessons Balanced Seat Beginner Riding Lessons for Adults Beginning Riders Welcome Breaking Breeding Program Certified Instructor Children's Riding Lessons Classical Dressage Coaching Cross Country Dressage Training Drill Team Equine Behavior Equine Proprioception Equine Psychology Equitation All Seats Eventing Coach Family Friendly Atmosphere Family-Friendly Rates Ground Work Group Lessons Gymkhana Horse Boarding Horse Husbandry Horse Leases Horse Training Hunt Seat Hunter Jumper Training Hunters Intermediate Riders Internships Leasing Lesson Horses Available Lunge Lessons Natural Horsemanship Training Pony Club Private Lessons Problem Horses Reasonable Rates Riding Clinics Riding Club Showing Starting Horses Timid Riders Trailer Loading Traveling Instructor USEF Dressage Judge Weekend Lessons Western Pleasure Working Student Program Young Riders