Nika
North Hollywood, California, 91601, USA
About
- Jobseeker No
- 418056
- Status
- Looking
- Gender/Working Couple
- Female
- Age
- 35
- Location
- North Hollywood, California, 91601, USA
- Nationality
- Russian Federation
- Marital Status
- Married
- Occupation
- Rider, trainer, freestyle music pro
- Height
- 1.67m = 5' 5"
- Weight
- 75 kgs = 11 st 11 lb
- Smoke
- Drive
Preferences
- Locations
- (California: North Hollywood, 30 miles)
Qualifications
I used to have 1st sports category in Russia and now I've confirmed it in Uzbekistan. I took some places at a few local competitions in different cities.
Equine Work Experience
2000-2004: Olympic reserve riding school for youth in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia: learned dressage and performed and received a 1st sports category (FEI Junior Preliminary tests). 2009-2011: Moscow, Russia: training at a local riding school, giving lessons to kids and beginners, performing at local competitions. 2011-2013: training with the 3* international judge V.V.Martyanova and her daughter N.Martyanova (5th spot at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo), helping with horses when they were gone. 2011-2013: helping judges as an assistant at international and local competitions - writing down marks and commentaries in different languages (worked with Katrina Wust, 5* judge) 2021-now: preparing freestyle music/kur music for Natalia Martyanova and other riders 2023-now: returned to riding and performing, prepared a horse for preliminary kids' test and took 1st spot at a local competition in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Specialities
Dressage rider (lvl 3, performed at Junior Preliminary level) Competition experience Performance coaching (I'm a professional musician with experience of performing in front of thousands of people) Worked as an instructor/trainer for beginners and kids (INCREDIBLY good at teaching + people skills) Judge assistant at international competitions I speak 4 languages (English, Russian, French, Spanish) I traveled 30 countries
Type of Ride Work
Smooth and soft work to the bit, building connection, relaxed back and muscles. I did ride problem horses in the past (including stallions) but no young horses. I have some experience working young horses in the hands.
Competition Details
I have good dressage competition experience and since I'm a professional performer I am exceptionally good at performing itself I did help judges as an assistant at international and local competitions - writing down marks and commentaries in different languages (worked with Katrina Wust, 5* judge) so I know really well how dressage competitions are judged I'm also pretty good at braiding and could help higher level riders at shows