Maya's Resume
Maya Sniadecky was born Maya Koppel in Zurich Switzerland. She knew from an early age that horses would play a large role in her life's work. Maya passed her Bereiter's license education in 1986 in Switzerland, studying under the tutelage of Riding Master Conradin Gabriel-Fuhrimann. Fuhrimann noted that Maya was calm, sensitive and kind, making a positive impression on both her human and equine students. Interestingly, Maya completed her R license examination in dressage and jumping on a young Hanoverian that she herself taught which had had no previous experience with R license required work. That horse, Greco, is pictured above.
From Switzerland Maya traveled to Germany where she became employed by Hans Hofschroer. From Germany Maya went to Hofschroer's large training, breeding and import operation, Chestnut Lawn Farm in Virginia, working there from 1988 until 1994. While there, Maya trained young dressage horses and kept the advanced level dressage horses' training in tune. She prepared horses of high value for national and international competition. Other duties included breeding manager and business manager. Maya is pictured above and below on Chestnut Lawn Farm stallions.
Maya has competed her own and clients horses very successfully through Fourth level and is about to make the jump to Prix St. Georges with her homebred mare Flirt. She was a free lance trainer and instructor in Virginia and Pennsylvania before moving to Florida in 1998. She has worked for many well known breeders while in the states, preparing their young horses for riding and sales, preparing mares for performance tests and registry inspection. She has also prepared young stallions for licensing and performance tests.
In 2005 Maya was chosen to be one of the first group of young horse trainers to participate in Scott Hassler's Young Dressage Horse Trainers symposium, and has since been invited back for each succeeding symposium. This comes as no surprise, as Maya's forte for many years has been the correct training of young dressage horses. She is shown at right with her own day old homebred filly Flirt who is now all grown up and ready to show at Prix St. Georges.
Maya has a loyal group of riders in the north central Florida area who enjoy her instruction and value her for her knowledge, sensitivity, tact and kindness. She is an instructor who can get her point across to both rider and horse.
