Tom Noone and Fred Astair at Free Gait Farm

This list of Tom Noone's career highlights is most impressive because they were all accomplished on horses trained by him.

As a trainer and instructor, Tom brings knowledge earned through many years of training horses with a variety of problems from beginning to Grand Prix.
He began his competitive career by age 3 and has continued from there. The breaks in his competitive career occurred when he was in Europe pursuing his riding or educating other competitive horses.
One of Tom's lifetime goals is to ride in the Olympic Games and he works toward that end every day. In fact, the tragic loss of his Olympic prospect in a trailer accident did not change his determination to achieve his goal.
Tom rides and teaches 6 to 7 days a week, depending on his clinic and show schedule. He says he "only works a half a day - 12 hours."
Tom Noone's Career Highlights

2011 - Top 15 in the nation for the final selection trials for the Panam Games
2010 - Letter of Congratulations from the Eastern States Dressage & Combined Training Association for his riding success at the 2010 Garden State Classic Dressage Competition. He was awarded :
The Fiona Baan Memorial Trophy for the High Score in the Grand Prix riding Incognito.
2010 - The Winslow Therapeutic Riding Trophy for the High Score in Intermedare 1 riding Delphino
2010 - ESDA Presidents Trophy for High Score in FEI riding Delphino
2002 - Made the Nations Top 12 for the World Equestrian Games

2001 - Represented the United States at the World Cup - Denmark
2000 - USDF National Grand Prix Freestyle Champion (all breeds)
1997 - Made a team for the United States for the North American Dressage Championships
1997 - United States Dressage Federation Horse of the year at Grand Prix
1997 - Dressage at Devon - Champion Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle
1996 - USDF Regional Intermedare II Champion
1995 - USDF Regional Prix St. Georges Champion

Credits - Freestyle

1996 - Winning the Volvo World Cup Qualifier
1995 - United States Equestrian Team Festival of Champions Winning the Prix St. George & Intermedare 1
1995 - United States Dressage Federation National Horse of the Year at Intermediar 1

Credits aboard Heidedichter

1991 - USET Champion Young Rider - Receiving the USET Riders Cup Award
1991 - American Horse Shows (USEF) Junior Equestrian of the Year
Led the Bronze Medal Young Rider Team North American Dressage Championships
1988 - USDF Champion Intermediare 1 - All Breeds
1987 - USDF Champion Prix St. George - All Breeds
USDF Champion Fourth Level - Open

Tom is a United States Dressage Federation Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalist
He holds a National and/or Regional Championship at every level of Dressage - from Training level through Grand Prix (uniquely, all on horses trained by him)

Tom has been riding and competing since he was 3 years old
At age three, he was the New England Horsemen's Council Reserve Champion at Lead Line! (competing against children up to age 10)
In 1984 - at the age of 11 Tom and his pony, "Patriot" were American Horse Shows (USEF) Champion Training Level Horse of the Year
(At that time, there were no junior or young rider classes. This National Championship was in Open Competition.)

Tom has trained and shown more than a dozen horses at the Grand Prix level

What makes Tom such a unique teacher, is that all of his accomplishments have been on horses that he has trained and shown himself.