My Story
Training for Greatness
Sarah Yoffe-Sharp grew up in Woodside, California, a small town in the heart of the San Francisco Peninsula.
She loved horses from a young age, spending weekends and summers with her grandmother on her small family ranch of rescue horses. She started taking lessons at the Portola Valley Training Center and got her first horse Geoffrey, a loyal partner in the hunter/jumpers and Pony Club. Her coach insisted that all of the kids in the program work on Intro Level Dressage for a week and enter a schooling show down the road. Sarah was hooked
and knew she wanted to focus solely on dressage from then on.
Sarah has worked with USEF Judges Heidi Gaian, Pam Nelson, Joan Williams, and Melissa Creswick.
She has also worked with Joh Hinnemann, Juan Matute Sr., George Williams, Brian Hafner, Robert Gharibzadeh,
Rebecca Rigdon-Blake, Niki Clarke, Kelly Casey Mykrantz, and Kasey Perry-Glass.
Sarah has worked extensively with Shannon Peters of SPeters Dressage.
Sarah is a USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medalist, competing through the Grand Prix.
Sarah is a CDS Ruby, Sapphire, and Diamond GEM Rider Award Recipient. She is the recipient of
multiple high point awards including 2017 CDS Southern Jr/YR FEI Level Champion,
USDF Region 7 PSG YR Reserve Champion, and CDS HOY PSG YR Reserve Champion.
Sarah was the 2018 recipient of the KWPN-NA Willy Arts Grant for Juniors and Young Riders.
Sarah has also worked as a rider and competitive lunger for Woodside Vaulters, Mount Eden Vaulting Club, and Silicon Valley Vaulting Club. In 2016 she lunged Limerick to USEF 5th Individual Vaulting Horse of the Year,
and USEF 3rd Team Vaulting Horse of the Year. She has competed as a lunger through the CVI 3* level.
Sarah has trained with internationally renowned lunger Lasse Kristensen of Denmark.
In 2019, Sarah moved to San Diego to attend UC San Diego and take a position as a working student for Shannon and Steffen Peters at Arroyo Del Mar. There she honed her skills and knowledge in the meticulous care of performance horses that is the standard set by the Peters.
Outside of the barn, Sarah is a competitive distance runner and loves mountain biking and OCR racing. She believes that cross training in other sports helps bring essential balance and fitness to the horse and rider partnership.
