Instructors For All Levels
With Numerous Years of Experience
A Ride For All Levels
School Horses Available

Instructors

Our staff is united in their focus to provide the highest caliber of instruction and training. Utilizing the principles of the Classical School, our emphasis is in the development of a strong foundation cultivating confidence and competency in a safe professional environment. All of our instructors continue to develop their riding and teaching skills with regular participation in clinics with internationally renowned masters of both jumping and dressage. This enthusiasm to strive for excellence is contagious and inspires all our students to work hard to achieve their goals. We consider it a privilege to join with you in making your equestrian dreams come true!

 

 

Noreen Corlett

 

Owner and Director of Curragh Equestrian Center, Noreen has assembled a highly respected cadre of instructors, all teaching within the guidelines of the British Horse Society. As the head of all training, Noreen oversees student development, with input from each individual instructor.

Noreen's professional career with horses began as an instructor in Ireland, England, and eventually the United States. She has an Irish Diploma in Equestrian Science, a BHSII certified instructorship, and has been teaching for over thirty years. As a competitor, Noreen has competed to the Intermediate level in eventing, has a USDF Bronze Medal, and currently is competing at Preliminary eventing.

 

Mare Pack

 

Originally from New York and teaching in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex since 1996, Mare is eager to work with students who have a love for horses and aspire to reach for excellence in their ability to ride them. Mares' gift of encouragement is indeed a boon to all to ride and work at Curragh!

"I have been blessed with what I consider the very best education in the classical school as it relates to jumping, having trained with Raul De Leon, Tad Coffin, Bertalan de Nemethy, and Denny Emerson." Mare has also taken lessons and participated in clinics with dressage masters: Gunnar Ostergaard, Karl Mikolka, Michael Poulin, Maria Gunther, and Hans Biss.