OWN YOUR PERFORMANCE
Equestrian Instruction & Training
At Blue Flag Equestrian horsemanship and riding skills go hand in hand to facilitate understanding that empowers you to reach higher. Anna values cultivating partnership while producing each horse and rider correctly and methodically through the levels. With a specialty in Eventing, she aims to produce content, self-going horses that demonstrate willingness and confidence for any discipline.
Named for the colored numbers marking cross-country jumps at the Advanced level of Eventing, Blue Flag signifies the pursuit of mastery in all facets of equestrian sport, on the ground and in the saddle. If you are ready to find true learning, improvement, and connection, contact Anna to get started.
Instruction
Focus on strong fundamentals, improve skills, and learn new techniques while fostering partnership with your horse.
Anna travels to your location for instruction and training on your own horse, and teaches live video (virtual) lessons. Single sessions and package options are available.
Training
From tune-up rides to comprehensive programs, training is customized to your horse's needs.
Anna works in natural progression while considering all aspects of wellness to produce happy, sound horses, and create positive experiences.
Competition Coaching
Goal setting and competition season planning are incorporated into your instruction if your desires lead to the show ring. Anna coaches at recognized and unrecognized competitions throughout the year.
Meet Your Coach
Anna Connor is a professional equestrian and USEA Certified Eventing Coach driven to help riders and horses enjoy the process and time spent together in pursuit of their goals. She brings a lifetime of experience with different horse types, disciplines, and professional environments into her program. Starting out as a horse-crazy kid, she learned the importance of engaging with each horse in an individual way, paying attention to the details, and building foundational skills. As her passion and dedication grew, she explored new disciplines from western to saddle seat, hunters, jumpers, and Thoroughbred racing, always with her heart set on eventing.
Spending time in the barn, in the saddle, on the road, and ringside Anna has been able to learn from many respected professionals across equestrian sports. Her experiences in eventing as a competitor, working student, and groom led to opportunities with USA Eventing Team members and several 5* programs, including with Buck Davidson and Will Coleman. Diving into Thoroughbred racing in Lexington, Kentucky she started yearlings and learned the ins and outs of the industry, and her love of Thoroughbreds expanded into retraining OTTBs of her own and for New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program. These experiences have helped her methodically produce horses and riders from their first steps under saddle through Preliminary level Eventing and 2nd Level Dressage, and establish a successful competition record with self-made horses.
Anna's approach centers around mastery of skills to facilitate understanding between horse and rider. She emphasizes proper horsemanship as paramount to achieving success, and she strives to create partnerships that honor the horses' nature while bringing about their best abilities.
What Clients Say
Caitlin -
"Anna has been instrumental in advancing my riding skills. She always gives constructive criticism, while also maintaining a very positive learning environment. She has a great eye for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of a horse and their rider, and a comprehensive understanding of how to develop their partnership to be the best they can be!”