About Silver Oak
Silver Oak Farm was founded in 1990 and moved it to its present location in Alachua, Florida in 1993. We provide training and boarding services and specialize in Dressage and Eventing. The farm is convenient to Gainesville and the University of Florida. Owner/Manager Patricia Deasy is a former USEA Area III Leading Rider, an USEA ICP Certified Instructor, and a USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medalist. Patricia is an accomplished FEI level rider in both eventing and dressage from her first title as USEA Area III Leading Rider in 1991 to her most recent title as the 2016 USDF Open Intermediate II Champion Vintage Cup. Patricia's principal mentor, Alex Chterba, is the former coach of the USSR's Olympic Dressage Team and four-time USSR National Show Jumping Champion. Patricia also is very grateful to, regularly rides with, and hosts clinics for Jennie Loriston‐Clarke. Jennie is a former Chairman of British Dressage and a former FEI “I” level judge, who has represented Great Britain at the Olympics four times, five if you count the 1980. Alternate Olympics. In 1978 Jennie was the Bronze Medalist at the 1978 World Championships at Goodwood. Jennie is truly a remarkable person, hardworking, generous and experienced. For more information about Jennie and Alex please click their photos below.
Of all of her accomplishments, Patricia is most proud of her students. She takes a kind and supportive approach with an emphasis on correct flatwork and confident, safe cross country riding, helping her students excel in their various disciplines. Patricia's students have succeeded throughout the years in both eventing and dressage, winning numerous Regional and National titles in both USEA and USDF competitions.
Of all of her accomplishments, Patricia is most proud of her students. She takes a kind and supportive approach with an emphasis on correct flatwork and confident, safe cross country riding, helping her students excel in their various disciplines. Patricia's students have succeeded throughout the years in both eventing and dressage, winning numerous Regional and National titles in both USEA and USDF competitions.
Jennie Loriston Clarke and Dutch Courage.
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Alexander Chterba schooling passage.
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About Patricia
I have been riding since I was a child, experimenting with many different disciplines. For twelve years during my twenties and early thirties I danced professionally after training while a student at FSU. During this time, I was Assistant Artistic Director of Tallahassee Civic Ballet. After graduating from FSU in 1980 I joined Southern Ballet Theatre in Orlando, Florida as a member of their professional company. While there I performed principal and soloist roles and taught ballet and repertory classes in their adjacent school. From 1982 until 1988, I was a member of Tampa Ballet, also in the professional company. While with The Tampa Ballet I taught ballet class, organized the touring schedule, staged repertory, and was Assistant to the Executive Director. In 1985 I choreographed "Romeo and Juliet" for St. Petersburg Opera. In 1988 I began riding again and joined my sister, Martha Deasy-Little, competing in Eventing, and Dressage. In 1989 and 1990 I managed Steve Wilson's Heaven Trees Farm, a polo facility, in Mandarin near Jacksonville. I moved to the Gainesville area to start my own farm in August of 1990. -Patricia C. Deasy |