Karen Tapscott is the manager of Elm Farm Stud. She has many years of experience in riding and training horses and of providing a high-quality stud service to the Southeast of England. She is the U.K. contact for Spanish Dressage and is able to provide any services required in training,purchasing, selling and breeding that are required.

Karen started her riding career at a very early age, qualifying at her first National Championships in show jumping, at Hickstead and Stoneleigh at the age of 13 years. She has received training from people such as Stephen Hadley and George Morris. Her first job at 17 years was for a professional show jumping yard and stud, where her duties included riding and stud work, such as stallion handling and covering of mares. She has also participated in hunting and eventing and bred her own horses.
Karen is also experienced in showing and has won numerous County level shows and qualified and competed at the Royal International and U.K. Arab International.
After being introduced to dressage she started riding for private owners and professional dressage yards, where she had opportunity to train on Grand Prix horses. She has successfully competed to Advanced level, trained in two Olympic yards and is now currently in training with Juan Lecina Moreno. She trained one of her own horses to Prix St. George level. After having a long break being a mother Karen then embarked on finding herself a potential Grand Prix horse with her trainer Juan and spotted her Lusitano Stallion, Pelicano.

Karen has many years experience with stallions and breeding mares, including the breeding and delivering of her own foals. You can trust her with your new purchase and she looks forward to providing the best service she can to you and your horse.