Our Instructors
Meet Hailey!
Hailey is not only a riding instructor here at Sonoran Performance Horses, but she is also the owner!
Hailey has been teaching lessons here since 2021 when we first opened up our doors!
Hailey loves riding Hunt Seat and loves to teach this style of riding. She is also qualified to teach western pleasure and jumping, though Hunt Seat is where her preferences lie.
Hailey has over a decade of riding, training, & handling experience!
She started her riding career in the gaited horse industry riding western, however, once she tried hunt seat, she was obsessed and never looked back when she switched.
Hailey loves taking her students to local shows on our horses where they do great in the Hunt Seat Eq classes!
Some of Hailey’s favorite students to work with are the young kiddos who ride at our barn! Taking a timid young beginner and transforming them into a confident rider who can rock the show ring is what Hailey finds most rewarding. Hailey is definitely a kid person!
Hailey has loved horses her whole life, and now wants to dedicate her life to sharing that passion with others!
Meet Myka!
Myka has been a riding instructor here with us since the beginning of 2024!
Myka loves riding both Western Pleasure & Hunt Seat, but prefers the western style of riding. She is qualified to teach not just Western Pleasure and Hunt Seat, but also Jumping & the basics of reining!
Myka has close to a decade of riding, training, & handling experience. Before she began her work here, she lived in Washington and worked at a barn as a horse trainer where she helped to break and train many young horses. She also spent some of her teenage years working as a trail guide & barn hand at a horse rescue!
Myka loves her students and thoroughly enjoys teaching them everything she knows about horses & riding. Some of her favorite students to work with are the beginner level kiddos. Myka is definitely a kid person!
She loves playing a role in bringing up the next generation of riders & she definitely does a good job of it!
Meet Terri!
Terri began working as a riding instructor here in the beginning of 2024!
She thoroughly enjoys many different riding disciplines and excels in Hunt Seat and Western Pleasure. Though these are the main disciplines she teaches here, she also has jumping experience, driving experience, and has previously taught international level riders Saddle Seat!
Terri has close to three decades of riding, training, & handling experience and is beyond qualified to teach you or your kiddo the ins and outs of riding!
Terri loves her students and wants to make every lesson count! She does amazing with riders who plan to take their riding career to the next level and who plan to go to shows one day!
Terri loves horses and loves to share this passion with her students! If you want to take your riding career to the next level, Terri is most definitely the girl to get you there!
