Nancy Smith

Nancy Smith is an international Grand Prix dressage rider and trainer with a classical foundation and more than two decades of experience developing horses to the highest levels of the sport. She has trained and competed multiple horses at Grand Prix, with several long-listed for the Olympic Games and World Championships while she was in the saddle. Her competitive career includes representing the United States on the Bronze Medal Team at the North American Championships and serving as an Alternate for the Pan American Games.

Subscribers choose Nancy for her exceptional ability to develop a wide variety of horses, reflecting depth of experience rather than repetition. She has successfully brought many different horses to Grand Prix, demonstrating a refined understanding of how each horse thinks, learns, and responds to training. Her experience training and competing in Europe, combined with years spent working with world-renowned dressage masters, informs a thoughtful, classical training approach that prioritizes correct development, soundness, and longevity.

At Show Chic, Nancy supports riders in building clear communication and deeper understanding, helping them recognize how each horse processes the work and how to develop skills in a way that allows horse and rider to progress together with confidence and harmony.