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March 20-22, 1998 - The following riders participated in the Nick
Karazissis Riding Clinic March 20 through 22 at Franktown Meadows: Nancy Burrows, Jenny
Burrows, Paul Laid, Nicole Brown, Shawn Brown, Jayne McKinnon, Renee Vercelli, Stacy
Williams, Jason Fish, Brie Pautnam, Hector Marin, Elaine Berrando, Lindsey Sanford,
Michelle Beans, Barbara Beans, Kevin Rowe, Allison MacLean, Lynne Garnett and Aimee
LaFayette. Nick
Karazissis...
Nick Karazissis is one of the most successful trainers on the West Coast. With his brother
Kost, and his sister-in-law Jenny, the Karazissis family owns and operates Far West Farms
in Calabasas, California.
For the last twenty-five years, Far West
Farms has been synonymous with quality, tradition and blue ribbons. The Far West Farms
team is responsible for many "A" Pacific Coast Horse Show Association -
PCHA year-end championships and is always consistent in its yearly wins and multiple
placing in medal finals. |
In 1996 Far West sent Nori
Lucus to Spruce Meadows, and Ashlee Bond to the indoor Circuit - Ashlee was Grand Champion
at the Capitol Challenge, Harrisburg and the Washington International. Her pony Beaujolais
was the Chronicles Horse of the Year, and Ashlee was the World Champion Pony Hunt Rider
for the Southwest Region. Far West Farms riders placed in the top ten in all the major
medal finals, and had the Los Angeles Horse Show Association - LAHSA high-point riders. Nick's consistent success in the show ring
throughout the last twenty-five years had made him one of the most sought after judges and
clinicians in the United States. In 1992 has was elected California Horse Show Association
- CPHA "Horseman of the Year" by his peers.
When Nick is not showing, judging or giving
clinics, he is involved with all the major horse governing bodies on the West Coast,
serving as an elected member on the AHSA Zone 10 committee. As well as being
president of the California Professional Horseman's Association, he is on the board of the
Los Angles Horse Show Association and the Pacific Coast Horse Show Association. |
