Tom Noone
Dressage Trainer, Instructor, Competitor

His home is located in Massachusetts with his winters spent in the beautiful Bell, Florida.  He was born November 15th.  His specialty is developing gaits.  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.

 
Mount is "Ganymed"
1987 Devon

The first time Tom Noone watched a Grand Prix dressage test he was just seven years old, but he decided then and there that this was his sport and he wanted to ride at that level. The show was Judith Noone's South Shore Dressage in Marshfield, Massachusetts, one of the biggest dressage shows in the U.S. in the 1970s. The rider was Gunnar Ostergaard on the black stallion Electron. \"I found it so exciting and captivating,\" recalls Tom. \"I wanted to be that good. I thought it was so beautiful.

In the 23 years since Tom made that decision, he has trained 10 horses to Grand Prix. Along the way, he has accumulated a long list of wins and national honors at many levels, and earned his USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medals. He decided when he was nine years old that he wanted to compete in the Olympic Games, and he rides towards that end every day. Tom is a member of the United States Equestrian Team and represented the U.S. at the 2001 World Cup held in Aarhus, Denmark. He was one of the top 12 riders nationally to qualify for the Selection Trials for the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain.

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.  Tom is known for saying, "I only work a half a day - 12 hours."