Sylvia stanier biography

A 20th Century Master​Sylvia Stanier was one of the great riding masters of the 20th Century.

Riding from an early age, she grew up with a hunting and showing background and was a pupil of Sam Marsh in her early years.

She then became a student of Lt. Col ‘Joe” Dudgeon, himself a pupil of Paul Rodzianko (Caprilli and Fillis)In addition she studied Haute Ecole with two of the greatest dressage minds of the 20th Century for many years namely Einar-Schmit-Jensen (DeCarpenty and Beudant) and Nuno Oliveira Between the three masters she learnt both the art of showjumping and Haute Ecole from some of the finest equestrians at the time.

She trained horses as a result for the Olympic Games in Japan in 1964, Mexico in 1968 and Munich in 1972.​Not only had she trained extensively in the above disciplines but was also an expert in Side-Saddle, winning the Ladies Championship at the Dublin Horse show on Bachelor Gay in 1965, as well as winning the Ligh