Surfside Show Jumping

Kelley has been a great teacher to learn from. She really has a lot of passion for horses and for helping my kids achieve their best. I love the facilities, it is so peaceful there. I highly recommend contacting Kelley, my kids love going to see her.

By far, the most professional trainer and facility I’ve been to!
My daughter (a very beginner rider) and I were referred to Kelley at Surfside by a family friend after various disappoints with other barns and instructors. We found Kelley to be as advertised… Helpful, knowledgeable, fun, and highly skilled.
Right away, she made my daughter feel comfortable and at-​ease with her beginner status, while at the same time challenging me as a more advanced rider.

Kelley’s expertise along with the facilities and the well trained horses are the reason I make the drive down to San Diego from Los Angeles. Basically, Kelley is a superb trainer and a lot of fun too.

My mom and I started riding with Kelley last year and we absolutely love Surfside! Kelley has helped me improve my riding so much with her knowledge and skills while keeping me safe and confident at the same time. She makes learning very fun and challenging, which is something that I really need! The barn at Surfside is also very beautiful, I find myself hanging out there even when I’m not riding. Kelley can teach riders of all skill levels and has great lesson horses as well!

Surfside deserves all five stars! The facility is filled with roses and gorgeous horses
grazing in the pastures. I could go on all day about how immaculate the grounds are
kept but the highlight of the barn is trainer Kelley Fielder. She has truly helped me
build my confidence and improve my riding a great deal, while still being
relaxed, which is refreshing if you’ve met more than one horse trainer in your life!
One of my favorite things about her is her enthusiasm for horses and teaching. She
uses such creative personalized analogies that really make the lesson clear. She
genuinely cares about her students success and needless to say is one of the best!
I look up to her not only as a rider but as a person as well. I’m so fortunate to have
found Surfside!

Surfside Show Jumping and trainer Kelley Fielder renewed my love of riding and my confidence. The barn is set in gorgeous Olivenhain, the arena is surrounded by roses and turn outs of retired Olymlian horses (seriously!), and the cleanest barn I’ve ever been in. The grooms are friendly and very good with the horses. Kelley brings a down to earth and kind honesty to the arena that is so noticeably missing in this world of show jumping. She trains and works through issues almost using the Socratic method, getting you to be an active, attentive, thinking rider as opposed to a robot passenger. Her program has room for riders of all abilities and ages and horses of all temperaments. Kelley makes a serious effort to design a program that works for each horse and each rider as individuals and as a team. Between the beautiful barn and caring, talented trainer I can’t imagine myself riding anywhere else.

I have too many good things to say that I don’t know where to start. I’ll start with Kelley… not only is she a ton of fun but she’s also an amazing trainer and can give you amazing feedback and tips, no matter what your skill level. She teaches first time riders all the way to grand prix level jumpers. She will definitely encourage you to work hard, but riding is hard! If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. Now moving onto the stable… it’s incredible! You would never, in a million years, know that this place existed if you were just driving through Encinitas and yet, there it is, nestled into this beautiful, quiet neighborhood. It’s the most relaxing, serene place I have ever ridden. You will love it, I guarantee it.

Just had a lesson with Kelly on Saturday. This is probably the most beautiful stable I have ever been to. In a beautiful neighborhood. My lesson was great but she works you hard. I’m sore all over.