
Alyssa Bircher: Equestrian
DUNN, NC
Hi! My name is Alyssa.
I knew I loved horses and wanted to learn how to ride when I saw my neighbors horses grazing in our marsh in Morehead City, NC. I started taking riding lessons when I was 7 years old. I learned from our neighbor Kimberly Reece at Eterna Riverview Stables. They had several well trained hunter/jumper Arabians. In elementary school, I would go ride with her younger sister Tiffany Reece almost every day after school.
I started taking lessons from Wendy Spatz at Acha's Stables in Newport, NC when I was about 10 years old. I got my first horse Autumn, a Quarter Horse/Arabian, when I was 11. Autumn was very spirited and learning to work with her taught me a lot. The skills I learned with her allowed me help in working with other unfinished horses. In high school I rode almost every afternoon for Kimberly Reece again. I can't thank her enough, she truly taught me how to be a great rider and horse owner.
I went to St. Andrews Presbyterian College (now St. Andrews University) in Laurinburg, NC and received a BA Degree in Equine Business in 2008. I took hunter jumper riding lessons with school horses and I worked at the barns taking care of the horses. A few days a week I would ride at Carolina Horse Farm in Raeford, NC. During summer breaks, I went to work with some of our college horses at Camp Seafarer in Arapahoe, NC. I helped take care of the horses and taught lessons.
Before graduating I interned with Matt Gable and his wife at Gable Horsemanship in Mooresville, NC. There I learned how to start young horses using John Lyons horse training methods.
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I've work as a barn manager and exercise rider for race horses in VA.
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I use what I've learned to start young horses, retrain older horses, teach riding lessons, and teach others about natural horsemanship.
I currently dispatch for 911 Emergency services in Fayetteville. In my free time I ride and train my horses and teach lessons at my place in Dunn, NC as well as travel out.
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Autumn
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Rita
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Piccolo

Bella
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