STAFF

OUR TEAM

Trainers, Caretakers, & More

Meet the Sommerview Farm Team

Meet our team of skilled instructors, caretakers and more. Sommerview Farms understands the unique needs of horses and provides a serene and well-maintained environment for them to thrive.

Brittany DeSalvo, Owner and Lead Trainer

Brittany is a Hunter/Jumper instructor and trainer with over 25 years of experience. She is a talented horseman; a trainer with an intuitive understanding of all types of horses and people. She can recognize a horse or student's strengths and weaknesses and suggests ideas to challenge each.


Brittany has competed against some of the country's most elite riders with great success. This includes winning Horse of the Year in 1997 and competing at Madison Square Garden where she won first place among the top 10 riders in her division in the country. She has coached nationally recognized young riders and trained many young sales and show prospects. She has trained as many as 15 client horses at a time and excels in finding the best horse for each rider.


Currently, Brittany develops, teaches, trains, and coaches many students at her farm, manages the facility, and competes all over the Southeast region. She is an active member of USEF, USHJA, GCHJA, and many others.



A few of Brittany's accomplishments...

1999 - Placed 4th and 5th nationally in the prestigious Junior Hunters

- 1st place at Madison Square Gardens in New York

- 1st place Zone 7 Regional

2000 - High Point Junior Rider, Classics Company

2008 - Trained a student who won the Junior Hunter

Classic in Gulf Port, MS

2009 - Students were both Champion of the Junior Hunters and Child Adult Jumpers in Gulf Port, MS and voted best child rider on a horse

2011 - Sommerview was high point barn at the Tiger Classic

2012 - 2014 - Brittany became the top " Catch Rider" of Mississippi and Louisiana.

Head coach of 3 different farms

Rider for Winterview Farm and " R" Judge Patti

Wright Shoemaker

2015 - Sommerview Farm won 13 end of the year

champions of Louisiana

Won 10 champions and reserve champions in Gulf

Coast Hunter Jumper Association

2016 - Won 16 end of the year championships in Louisiana

Had 6 ponies qualify for the national pony finals.

Student was CHAMPION of zone finals

Students placed 1st and 5th in zone 7 - which

includes 7 southern states

Student won champion of the prestigious Pin Oak

Charity in Katy Texas

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Stephanie Schlattman

Hunter Jumper Trainer

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Kayla Marie

Jumper Trainer

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