Prospect Hill Farm is a private dressage training facility located in the heart of Alpharetta, Georgia's horse country. Owned and operated by FEI rider and trainer Karen McGoldrick, Prospect Hill Farm is a full-care and training facility. Karen is a USDF-certified instructor and a USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold medalist.

The main barn has six stalls, and we accept a limited number of horses and riders for training. Trailer-ins are also welcome. Training is based on the classical principles of the German training scale and is geared towards young riders and adult amateurs.

PHF Update

We’re already closing in on the mid-point of 2010.  Exciting events are fast approaching.  Karen and Wasabi are looking forward to riding in a Hubertus Schmidt clinic in August, and after the clinic will be jetting off to Germany for a two week tutorial with Suzanne Miesner. The two week session will begin by attending the  world famous Bundeschampionat.  Young horses and ponies from all the breed organizations will be competing head to head, with judges immediately announcing their scores and comments after each ride.  Karen is planning to post daily blogs on the GDCTA page in Facebook, so follow her journey, Sept. 2-16^th.

Suzanne heads up Classical Dressage Sales at Wietelshof.   In her program the traditional German system is strictly adhered to in the training and preparation of dressage horses.  The horses are not pushed beyond their appropriate age level, the training scale is paramount, and the horses are even turned out!  Suzanne will have selected a horse for Karen to lease for the duration of her visit for daily instruction.

In the meantime, some of you already know that Karen has been writing a book about dressage.  This book has a special twist…it’s a novel! Writing a book is somewhat like training a horse.  It is a slow process, and a lot harder to do than it looks.  With a bit of discipline this project should finish up a lot faster than getting Wasabi to Grand Prix.