Welcome to Ancient Arts Dressage
Eleni Kangas
Eleni Kangas is our head trainer; a professional
dressage rider based out of Loxahatchee, FL. She is extremely gifted in teaching riders how to form a true connection with their horses. Eleni has earned her bronze and silver medals, and has competed in the FEI levels. Eleni is a passionate advocate for all horses no matter breed, discipline, or level. Her passion of teaching comes from a place of horsemanship, and a true understanding of a horse's mind, body, and spirit. She loves to connect with pairs and help the perform in harmony.
Eleni began her classical dressage journey at the age of nine. She started out working for three years under a German Grand Prix trainer in Virginia, and then found one of her life long mentors, Jeremy Beale, in Pennsylvania. Eleni was thirteen when she met the the esteemed old master, who took her under his wing. Jeremy, originally from Wales, spent thirty years in the British Cavalry, and traveled all over the world with his horse. He continues to pass his knowledge on to Eleni. Eleni, over the last seventeen years has trained under multiple well known Grand Prix trainers/riders who have all had classical foundations.
”I wanted to create an environment where all levels of horses, and passionate riders can gather, grow, and learn the history of our sport, to be able to gain their own classical education to help horses everywhere. I feel the history of our sport dating back to Ancient Greece is very important to me. My ethnicity is Greek, and I have always felt a responsibility to my culture to bring ancient values of horsemanship back to the modern sport."
Ancient Arts Dressage Staff
Abigail Miller
Abigail Miller
Abigail Miller
"My name is Abigail 'Abby' Miller, I am 23 years old. I started riding at 3 years old, working on foundational dressage training in my early years. I have worked with and shown Arabians and Half-Arabians for years, even taking home two under saddle championships at the East Coast Arabian Youth Championships, 2023 Regional Championships an
"My name is Abigail 'Abby' Miller, I am 23 years old. I started riding at 3 years old, working on foundational dressage training in my early years. I have worked with and shown Arabians and Half-Arabians for years, even taking home two under saddle championships at the East Coast Arabian Youth Championships, 2023 Regional Championships and Reserve Championships, multiple Sport Horse National Top 10’s and much more. My experience with Arabians includes Western Pleasure, Hunter pleasure, Halter &
Showmanship, Sport Horse in-hand and under-saddle, dressage, western dressage and trail. I've competed in hunters, jumpers, and dressage from a young age, and even have experience in team roping as a header. I have enjoyed working with young horses, green horses, and those with behavioral issues, and have expanded heavily into liberty and trick training to augment my ground work and solidify a partnership with a horse. I believe that trainers should never stop being trained, which is why over the past few years I taken my Dressage training and riding to the next level with my closest friend and a true inspiration in the dressage arena, Eleni Kangas. I am super excited to be based out of her beautiful farm, Ancient Arts Dressage, this winter season!"
Raven Hammer
Abigail Miller
Abigail Miller
Raven is a part time manager of our facility, and our team farrier! He cares for the horses as if they were all his own! Raven oversees the barn and makes sure everything is running as well as it should be.
"My equestrian journey starts as I exited the military. It was because of a horse I was able to get past CPTSD. It was the love of th
Raven is a part time manager of our facility, and our team farrier! He cares for the horses as if they were all his own! Raven oversees the barn and makes sure everything is running as well as it should be.
"My equestrian journey starts as I exited the military. It was because of a horse I was able to get past CPTSD. It was the love of the horse that saved me and it is the love of the horse that inspired me to be a farrier. I attended farrier school at ELPO in Penrose, CO where I graduated in the top of my class. Currently I am a farrier in Wellington Florida working with some of the best farriers in the nation on the worlds top sport horses. It is my mission to help people help horses."
Aj O'Kleasky
Abigail Miller
Aj O'Kleasky
Aj recently joined our team as a farm hand. He is a horseman by nature, with lots of love for the animals. Aj keeps the barn in top cleanliness, and does an incredible job with our stalls. Both human and horse herds love him!