1646 Little Gopher Canyon Road
Vista, CA 92084
PHONE: (760) 806-3648
FAX: (760) 724-3358
E-MAIL: info@friesianfocus.com
Trainer Lance Bennett offers a resume spanning 25 years. Lance's credits include academic as well as practical experience. A lifelong passion of the sport has focused him his entire life. While growing up in New England, Lance acquired a four year degree in vocational agriculture and light horse management. Meanwhile, what began as a stable boy position, ended as farm manager of a Thoroughbred breeding farm for seven years.
Lance was a familiar face on the hunter/jumper circuit before finding American Saddlebreds. Since 1986, he has been riding and showing Saddlebreds,Morgans and Hackney ponies. 1999 marked the year Lance opened his own training stable and riding school on the West Coast. The farm specializes in the training and showing of American Saddlebreds,Morgans and Hackney ponies. The newest addition to the farm are the Friesian horses. "I am very excited about the addition of Friesians to our program and to our horse shows", comments Lance.
Currently Lance and his team own and operate Rancho Vista Show Horses. Since 1993 they also own Bennett Saddlery. A tack shop catering to saddle seat and hunter jumper riders. In 1996 Lance and his team created a horse show circuit called So.Cal. Horsemans Council. A series of shows for the hunter/jumper community and a series of shows for Saddlebreds, Morgans, Friesians, Tenn. Walking Horses and Hackney ponies. These series continue to grow in popularity each year.