 NICKI WILCOX
Nicki Wilcox specializes in jumpers, hunters, young
horses, and their riders. Nicki recently returned to Colorado after working
and training with Frank Selinger of St. Georges Stable.
Frank won a bronze medal riding for the Canadian team at the 1975 Pan Am games and
is a well known coach in Canada. While in
Calgary, Nicki’s accomplishments included riding and training ChaChing – Western
Canadian 5 Year Old Year End Jumper Futurity Champion, and Chili Pepper - Western Canadian
4 Year Old Year End Reserve Champion Jumper Futurity.
Nicki competed at Spruce Meadows through the 1.35 meter levels and at other shows
throughout Canada. She also wrote a column on
Spruce Meadows events for phelpssports.com and had the opportunity to interview and learn
from Olympic Equestrian team members as well as FEI course designers.
Nicki began her riding career working for and training with Dion Dana (Dion was one of the
founders of the Colorado Hunter Jumper Association and the first winner of CHJA’s
prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award). Nicki
rode to numerous hunter and equitation championships and equitation medals and began her career with jumpers while training
with Dion. She began her career as a
professional teaching lessons and riding in Colorado in 2002 before training in Canada.
- Link to YouTube video: Nicki
with her 4 year old
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- Link to YouTube video: Nicki
with her 12 year old
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 DR. LAURA SMITH
Dr. Laura Austgen Smith graduated from
Colorado State University in 2005 with a doctorate in veterinary medicine and a PhD in
veterinary virology. She left her native Colorado for an internship in equine
medicine and surgery at Virginia Tech's prestigious Marion du Pont Scott Equine Medical
Center. Laura remained in the Washington D.C. area, working both as a clinical
veterinarian and on Capitol Hill in international veterinary medicine, until returning to
Colorado in the summer of 2008. "I am delighted to have found Kent Hill Farm.
It was the perfect place for my semi-retired eventer, and with two round pens and
three arenas, has also been great for training my young horse. The footing is good,
the feed is high quality, the water troughs and buckets are kept clean, and there are a
variety of turnout areas to suit different owners and horses. We've implemented a
deworming program based on fecal egg counts that has worked wonderfully, and been
economical. I live only minutes away from Kent Hill, which allows me to peek in on
any patients frequently, and tend to the rare emergencies expediently."
Laura E. A. Smith, PhD, DVM
Cross Country Veterinary Services, LLC
PO Box 1029, Franktown CO 80116
CrossCountryVet@gmail.com |
