Cheryl Machin Price
Cheryl Machin Price lives in Ridgefield, Washington. Cheryl and her husband Jim are my primary clinic team. They fly out of Portland, Oregon to meet me throughout the world to offer educational resource and support. Cheryl is the co-author of the A.R.T. of Barrel Racing, provides technical advice and supervises the editing of our instructional DVDs.
Cheryl is an outstanding co-instructor and performance coach. Her trained eye and disciplined teaching style comes from her background in Dressage and three-day eventing. Cheryl is a Registered Nurse by trade, which allows her the understanding to process the latest information in the field of equine nutrition, condition and soundness. She is a voracious reader and stays abreast of the newest technology in the equine industry. This information she eagerly shares with students of the Sharon Camarillo Program.
Cheryl is a horse trainer on a personal level. She experimented on one of her horses to see if she actually could train the skills necessary for a horse to accomplish a successful barrel racing pattern, without the use of the clover leaf. Though she admits some pattern work is certainly necessary, the first time she competed on her equine project, he was capable of accomplishing the requested maneuvers. Most important stated Cheryl, “The horse was motivated to remain focused on the requests of the rider and not stimulated solely by the barrel pattern.” Cheryl's thought, “I want to create a responsive, balanced horse that I can correct, if necessary, at a high rate of speed with minimal effort.” Cheryl competes on Mac, a seven year-old Dash for Perks gelding.