About Us

 

Team Rocha 

Alyssa and Ricardo are an ambitious young couple full of drive and great energy! Together they bring over 25 years of experience in the horse world adding to numerous experiences with Olympic and 5* riders both in the disciplines of three day eventing and show jumping. They provide a relaxed and drama free environment with all the care and attention of a 5* operation where both horses and humans can thrive both physically and emotionally. 

Meet Our Trainers

Alyssa

Alyssa is an avid, hard-working equestrian who has been in the sport for nearly two decades. She has been teaching lessons since she was 16 years old and strives to provide a positive and encouraging interaction with every horse and human she works with. Alyssa has extensive knowledge of training both ponies and horses and enjoys a properly paced approach to training, according to your individual goals and needs.

Along with horse training, Alyssa is also our barn manager. She has multiple years of experience managing 5* barns, where she gained immense knowledge on equine care, nutrition, and learning techniques for massage therapy. Alyssa’s newest adventure is welcoming her first foal in April, which she will have the pleasure of raising and training from birth.

Ricardo

Ricardo is a very ambitious trainer whose love for horses and teaching has been inherited from birth! He is extremely competitive by nature and always very humorous, providing a relaxing lesson full of entertainment and fun while still maintaining progress and efficiency to achieve your goals, no matter how small or big they might be! 

As a Rider, Ricardo’s competitiveness recently led him and his personal horse to the 2025 Young Event Championships held in Maryland, making Apollo one of the top 20 horses in the nation for his age group, fueling Ricardo’s hopes and dreams of one day representing his home country, Brazil, internationally! 
 

Thank you to our sponsors for your ongoing support!

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