Tara C Mebane, President of Mebane Equine Bodyworks, Inc, is a lifelong rider and horse owner, with years of experience training and competing in a variety of disciplines: hunters, eventing, jumpers, and dressage. Personal experience with the damaging effects of an ill-fitting saddle with her own horses played a significant role in starting down the path of becoming an independent, certified saddle fitter and then a bodyworker. Her passion for horses and their well being drives her quest for knowledge and continuing education into every aspect of horsemanship, so that she can be an advocate for not just her horses, but all of them.
Tara graduated with honors from NC State with a bachelor of science degree in Agricultural Extension Education and double minors in Animal Science and Ag Business Management. Combined with over ten years of experience working for Southern States and attending their husbandry and nutrition classes, and later Cargill's, she is well versed in equine nutrition and health management . As a nine year employee at ThinLine Saddle Pads, she developed products, such as the very popular ThinLine Trifecta Half Pad, worked with many of the worlds top riders as the sponsor liaison, and attended some of the most prestigious championship events, like the 2010 World Equestrian Games, multiple World Cup Finals and Rolex 3 Day Events. Before doing saddle fitting and bodywork full time, she also worked as sales rep for Intrepid International, an equestrian wholesale distribution and manufacturing company based in Pennsylvania.
For the last decade and beyond, Tara has been learning the art of classical riding with a focus on dressage with long time trainer and dear friend Gayle Dauverd. As a product of several of the classical greats--Vi Hopkins, Mary Wanless, Dennis Callan, and Charles de Kunffy--Gayle's focus on the arduous yet artful process of putting a horse together slowly and helping them develop balance, strength, and straightness, continues to help Tara better understand the biomechanics of the horse which translates to her saddle fitting and bodywork. As Gayle is also a farrier school graduate, specializing in trimming (particularly rehab, learning from Dave Richards and Pete Ramey) , Tara is also well educated in hoof care and function, especially as it affects performance, posture, and saddle fitting issues in the horse.
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