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1460 West Highway 15493460Santa Ynez, CA
1460 West Highway 15493460Santa Ynez, CA
Bunnie Sexton in an accomplished Four Star Event rider, head trainer at Shepherd Ranch Eventing, and DC of the Santa Ynez Pony Club.
Bunnie Sexton (born Bunnie Shepherd) grew up in the Santa Ynez Valley where her family raised Morgan horses and Angus cattle. Bunnie’s first pony was a Welsh Morgan cross who would jump the moon, and together they competed in the pony hunters, pony jumpers, and medal classes throughout California. As a teenager, Bunnie graduated to an Off-the- Track Thoroughbred who became her primary competition horse, competing in the show hunters. It was through Pony Club that Bunnie discovered and fell in love with the sport of Eventing. Once she had been bitten by the bug, there was no turning back. As a Graduate HA, she decided that riding every horse she possibly could and teaching others how to ride was to be her career. !
Bunnie trained and competed several Off-the-Track Thoroughbreds, winning zone championships on horses such as On Impulse, Don William,
and Hark. The last year that she competed with Don William he won Intermediate Horse of the Year, and his stable mate was Preliminary Horse of the Year. Bunnie also earned us the title of California Leading Rider. As Bunnie’s family grew, she curtailed her upper level riding. She spent her time producing horses from the lower levels up through the one-star level before passing the rides along to her Pony Club Students, or her children! !
Now that her four children are out in the world, Bunnie has had the opportunity to get back into the upper levels of Eventing. Since turning 50, she has completed her first CCI3* and her first CCI4* at the 2015 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, and she hasn’t looked back!!
Bunnie is passionate about Eventing, teaching, and training horses to love their jobs. At Shepherd Ranch Eventing, the emphasis is on enjoying the process, because the results will follow!!