Kirsi Hussa is a dressage and eventing trainer, currently based in Central Wyoming. Her emphasis on horse and rider biomechanics make training and lessons productive and positive for all involved, willingly sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm with her students. 

 

Originally from Wyoming, Kirsi grew up in Central California, where she began riding Hunters at age 10. From there, she moved into the sport of Three Day Eventing, starting her professional training career at age 16. Kirsi developed a passion for dressage, and her focus and enthusiasm for the discipline grew to what it is today. 

 

Kirsi graduated from University with a Bachelors of Science in Equine Production Management with a minor in Chemistry. After college, she helped establish lesson and summer camp programs at a Central California barn before moving to just south of Ottawa, Ontario, to focus on studying and training in dressage. Now located in her home state of Wyoming, Kirsi teaches and trains around the West, emphasizing biomechanics, building good communication, and developing connection between horse and rider. As a competitor herself, Kirsi has also qualified and competed in championships for both dressage and eventing.

 

Along her equine journey, Kirsi has worked with a wide range of horses and trainers. She’s ridden and trained racehorses, worked with an equine surgeon, been an adjunct professor for a community college equine program, instructed at pony clubs, developed reined cowhorses, and coached students to success in varying disciplines such as dressage, eventing, reined cowhorse, western dressage, and 4H, to name just a few. She has developed dressage horses up the levels through Intermediaire 1, started numerous horses into successful careers, and worked with outside horses for varying disciplines and purposes. All the while Kirsi has coached her clients– ages 5 to 80, beginners through seasoned trainers–toward their riding goals. Her lessons are tailored to each horse and rider pair, helping everyone achieve better harmony through their mindset, intentions, and attunement.

 

A lifelong learner herself, Kirsi has continued to study and advance her equine education. In 2019, Kirsi graduated from the USDF L Program with Distinction, opening the door to become a USEF dressage judge, and giving her growing Rocky Mountain region client base a unique perspective from both sides of the judge’s box. In 2023, Kirsi began an equine bodywork journey through the Equinology program, adding another modality to her work in biomechanics.