Allison Doares-Sykora

Allison Sykora, owner and business manager of Elhanan Equestrian, is a breeder of quality sport horses and ponies & returning rider continuing her riding education.

Sandra Bussey Turner

Sandra Bussey Turner has been a professional dressage rider and trainer for 25+ years and during this time has trained horses and riders from introductory level through and including the FEI ranks. Her students have successfully ridden to the team silver medal on the area 3 NAJRYC eventing team, the US FEI Pony Rider national Champion, USPC Carolina regional dressage champion and numerous top finishes nationally in the USEF Dressage Seat Medal finals. For the 2019 show season students qualified multiple horses from training through forth level making the regional championship line up each time. Riders also qualified for regional dressage seat medal championship and upon winning the regional championships have Qualified for the festival of Champions in Chicago. Sandra’s Students have ranked at the top of the National Dressage Pony Cup standings with year end average scores in the 70’s at Third and Fourth levels.
Sandra has a strong classical background in all aspects of horsemanship. She has studied with Georg Heyser, Kaye Norment-Smarslick, Sue Madden Mandas, Hilda Gurney, and Charlie Musco among others.

In the last two seasons while not out competing, our young horses have competed with High Point Hanoverians. Kinderwelt J earned the national reserve championship in the 4 year old dressage prospects and our yearling Freudenshaft finished 8 th in the overall yearlings and second in the dressage yearlings. We are really looking forward to developing these young horses.

Sandra studied political science and sociology at the College of Charleston. She is a Christian and loves the relationships God provides through equestrian involvement.