Head Trainer: Victoria Lustig

Cloverfield LLC is a dream that has been in motion for many, many years. I started in this industry like so many others: with lead-line lessons at four years old, pony camps, and every known horse book. Much to the dismay of all of the people who told my parents “its just a phase”, I am still here all these years later. I attended Emory and Henry University and gradated with a 4.0 and as valedictorian with two degrees, Equine Studies and Business Administration. My degrees don’t mean much in the horse world, but it does at least tell you I have always been a hardworking perfectionist. My real education started when, at the age of 19, I became a working student under FEI dressage rider and trainer Heidi Wilson Valk. Even though I had ridden my whole life, I had spent most of it as a hunter/equitation rider, so dressage was foreign to me. After working with Heidi, however, everything change. Through her I learned to understand the biomechanics of both the horse and rider and, most importantly, I learned how to feel. I was a working student for her through college, and after I graduated I spent almost 5 more years with her as a full-time assistant trainer/assistant manager/young horse jockey.

In 2022, I relocated to Lexington, Kentucky and founded Cloverfield LLC. I now specialize in handling, starting, and developing young sport horses. I am one of only three certified lead handlers for the Young Horse Show series, and I travel around the U.S. as part of the team that runs their shows. I also offer lessons and training for adult-amateurs on their own horses, with a strong emphasize on solid foundations and correct horse and rider bio-mechanics. My clients and I regularly attend YEH, YHS, USDF, USEA, USEF, and schooling shows. I have a small, select group of sales horses, most of which are young horses, but occasionally I have horses with more experience for sale as well.