Joan M. Curtin PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1993-2003
Co-Manager / Coach/Teacher LEGACY HUNTERS & JUMPERS INC., Redmond, WA
• Student champions: 
 Darcy Milne - Champion, Equitation Indio
2001, 2002 
 Competed, Medal Finals (Harrisburg) 2002 
 1st
place, Spring National Grand Prix 2003 
 2nd place, Evergreen
Classic Grand Prix 2003 
 Jessi Kempin - Champion, Indio 2001
Winner, High Junior/Amateur Jumpers 2002, 2003 
 Competed,
Pebble Beach Open Jumper Derby 2002, 2003 
 6th place, Evergreen
Classic Grand Prix 2003 
 Qualified USET Finals 2003 
 Betsy
Christianson – Qualified for Medal Finals 
 Best Child Rider,
Evergreen Classic 2003 
 2nd place, Zone 9 US Equestrian Hunter
Seat Finals 
 Liz Crowell – Qualified and competed, indoors 1995
1st place, $10,000 Hunter Classic Menlo Circus Club 1995 (Rox
Don) 
 Theodore Vaskevitch – Competed, High Junior/Amateur Jumpers
2000, 2001 
 Won Bronze Medal, North American Young Riders
Championship 2001 (La Noche) 
 • Mentored and Coached: 
 Jim
Dahlquist – Leading professional hunter rider with championships at
Indio, Pebble Beach, Del Mar, Show Park, Thunderbird and many year-end
championships. 
 Shelly Kerron – Northwest hunter/jumper rider who
runs the successful Legacy Stables. Qualified and showed at Capital
Challenge 2000 (Excel). Selected and developed the horse that
was 2nd in the U.S., junior hunter (Bellingham Bay).
 • Judged:
2003 – Anderson Ranch Summer show, Calgary, Alberta COHJA Year End
Finals 
 2001 – CET Western Regional Finals 
? 2001 – Thunderbird
Fall Finals 
 • Clinics: 
 2002 – Calgary clinic with Claudia Cojocar
and Barb Mitchell to clarify and promote attaining level III coaching
credentials to professionals in western Canada. 
1990-1993
Manager/Teacher/Coach/Site Development KIRKLAND HUNT CLUB, Kirkland,
WA 
 • Consulted in design and construction of major equestrian
facility. 
 • Developed successful riding program for Kirkland Hunt
Club. 
 • Selected and prepared horses for Goodwill Games, Seattle
1990. 
 • Coached and trained competitors for Spruce Meadows up to
intermediate level 
1985-1990 Developed major regional sport horse
breeding and competition programs.
 • Managed breeding program for the
stallion "Truck Driving Man". 
 • Originated Northwestern Sport
Breeders Association. 
 • Founded the Breeders Showcase 
 • Pioneered
The International Hunter Futurity, one of four founders. 
? • Served as
IHF President 1988, 1989 
 • Developed and sold offspring of "Truck
Driving Man" including "Mistral" winner of the IHF Finals, Washington
DC 1996.
Mentored and Coached: Laura Tibdall-Balisky, Bo Mearns, Shaina
Masters-Humphrey, Jim Dahlquist 
1979-1985
Co-owner/Manager/Trainer/Teacher RIDGECREST FARM, Tigard, OR 
 •
Raised, developed and sold "Revlon's Adam", USET team member, Nation's
Cups Europe and US. 
 • Selected, developed and sold "Steer Clear",
the only junior jumper to win all his classes at Harrisburg including
the "Prix De States" 
 • Selected and sold "One For Dad", Green Hunter
Champion, Harrisburg and New York. 
 • Selected, showed and sold
"What's up Doc", nationally famous junior hunter. 
 • Raised, showed
and stood at stud "Truck Driving Man" to championships on the Florida
circuit, St. Louis and Trader's Point. 
? • Trained then mentor: Brad
Laird and Jeff Cook 
 • Coached Zone 9 Prix De States, Harrisburg, PA
• Coached Zone 9 Young Riders Competition, Maple Ridge, BC
1969-1979 Rider/Teacher/Coach SUNWOOD FARM, Beaverton, OR 
 • Showed
hunters and jumpers extensively in the Northwest U.S., as well as at
The Cow Palace (San Francisco), The Forum (LA), Monterey National,
Calgary Alberta, Vancouver BC, Cape Cod Mass., Oakbrook IL, and
Chagrin OH. 
 • Won the first grand prix offered in the northwest,
"City of Roses" Grand Prix
• Member of winning team "Time Zone Classic" Buffalo, WY. 
 •
Four-time winner Hunter Classic, Pacific International (PI). 
 • Set
women's indoor Puissance record at 7' (Man Alive) at the Seattle
International. 
 • Developed and managed the Country Classic horse
show, Wilsonville, OR.
?
?1964-1968 Rider/Teacher/Coach PORTLAND RIDING
ACADEMY, Garden Home, OR 
 • Started in business with the help and
support of Carolyn Atkinson, Tom Blackiston, and Jimmy Williams. 
 •
Showed regionally then nationally with horses purchased and developed
locally. Won at all major west coast horse shows.
 • Mentored by
George Morris, Gene Cunningham and Arthur Hawkins. 
 CURRENT
REFERENCES 
 Linda Hough, George Morris, Jeff Cook, Judy Richter, Jimmy
Lee, Larry Langer, Jim Dahlquist and Shelly Kerron