Siobhan Byrne is a life-long horse lover. As a child growing up in the Pacific Northwest, she started riding lessons at the age of 7. She came up through the Young Rider program and upon graduating high school moved to San Diego to work with Steffen Peters and his then-assistant, Allyson Rogers (now of ALR Dressage.) After several years in California, Siobhan moved to New Jersey to attend Rutgers University. She graduated in 2006 with a degree in Philosophy. Her business name, “Qualia Dressage”, is a nod to her studies in philosophy (you can learn about qualia here.)

Siobhan is a firm believer in continuing education, and takes regular lessons with JJ Tate in addition to clinicing regularly with Todd Flettrich. She has participated in clinics with Shannon Dueck, Heike Kemmer, Gerhard Politz, Charles de Knuffy, Walter Zettl, Arthur Kottas, Conrad Schumacher, Bent Jensen and George Theodorescu. She is also an alumni of the Hassler Dressage/Harmony Sporthorse Young Dressage Horse Trainers Symposium.

Siobhan relocated to Maryland in 2007 and since then has worked as a freelance instructor and trainer. She works out of GoodNess Ridge Farm in Mt. Airy, MD and accepts horses in full and partial training there, as well as haul-in lessons.

Siobhan is also a freelance web developer and has her own web development business, Grey Horse Interactive.  In her free time, she enjoys reading, running, photography, and discovering new music.