Trainer / Coach

Brandy Snodgrass started her riding career at the age of 3 years old. Since that age, her entire life has been devoted to the equine industry. Successfully competing from the age of 9 years and older she earned top ribbons in the Hunter/ Jumper disciplines. Her competitions took her all over the A show circuit showing in upper level classes. She also successfully placed 2nd at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show.

At the age of 17 years old, Brandy decided to begin her teaching career by coaching the IUPUI equestrian team. Throughout the two years as coach, the team was very successful and finished with top honors. She continued to teach throughout college and also her show career at several top Hunter/Jumper facilities. Many of the riders she started are still riding to this day and have become extremely successful in their own careers. While earning a Business Management Degree from Ball State University, Brandy also worked as an Exercise Jockey for a Racehorse farm in Muncie, IN. Duties included breaking and training up to 50 racehorses per season and teaching them everything from the start of their careers right up to their first race day and also exercising them at the track.

After College, she decided a change was needed and moved to Orlando, Florida. There she spent 4 years working as a performer for Arabian Nights dinner theater under the direct training of a top dressage rider. Starting a family in her late 20s, Brandy decided it was time to move back to Indiana. After a short time adjusting, she decided it was time to get back to her goals and dreams. Starting back training at a small local barn, she built up a strong clientele base that kept growing and growing. The birth of the Central Indiana Equestrian Team was born in 2014. With the equestrian team now becoming the soul of her farm and promoting even more growth over the next few years the birth of Kolowa Equestrian became a reality in January 2019.

Maintenance Coordinator/Transportation Specialist/Horse Care Assistant/Pasture Maintenance Supervisor/Lawn Care Specialist/Barn Dad/Barn Dads’ Golf Coordinator, Husband to Brandy and Father to Tessa.

Justin met Brandy in 2007 when they were both working at Arabian Nights Dinner Theatre in Orlando, FL. Since then, he has become quite the horseman. See Above

Barn Care Manager

I work here at Kolowa full time, caring and looking after the horses and help keep the barn kept up and clean! I own my own horse here as well named Riversong. She is a thoroughbred mare who loves to nicker at anyone who drives up to the barn and is always looking for someone to pet her!

I began riding at the age of 7 and got my own horse when I was 12. I loved running in the pasture or through the woods with my Arabian bareback. I never knew that horses would become a career at the time. I started showing 4-H when I was 15 in all disciplines. In my second year of 4-H, I had narrowed it down that I wanted to do either contesting, or dressage. While I still love the speed of contesting, my passion is in dressage. I have pursued dressage riding ever since.  I am aspiring to one day compete in the Olympics or Grand Prix.

Assistant Trainer

Anika Pirkle began riding at 4 years old, and began competing at 9. She has been a serious, committed rider since the beginning, with hundreds of wins and championships in the hunters and jumpers up to 1.35m. Anika has traveled all around the midwest and East Coast for competitions, at prestigious venues such as HITS Saugerties, the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, Washington International Horse Show, WEF, HITS Ocala, and the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival. Her most notable accomplishments include wins in the $10,000 Futures Prix at WEC OHIO, $10,000 NAL Children’s Jumper Finals in Pennsylvania, $25,000 Children’s Jumper Classic at HITS OCALA, individual and team gold medalist at USHJA Jumper Championships at HITS Saugerties, individual gold and team silver at USHJA Jumper Championships at HITS Chicago.

Anika spent her childhood and early teen years riding with Dave Dorner and Skip Masten. Since then she has spent time training with Wilhelm and Ryan Genn, Sam Pegg, Lisa Goldman, Robert Mendoza, Stephen Foran, Jimmy Williams, Michelle Arnold, and Nathan Rabensteine. Riding with these trainers has given Anika the training and knowledge that she is so excited to continue passing on to her students and clients in the future. Anika is most interested and involved in working with young or quirky horses, enjoying the process of giving them the skills they need to be successful as show horses.

Anika is also currently a student at Indiana University in Bloomington, where she is working towards a Bachelor’s Degree in Community Health. She is the president of the Indiana University Equestrian Team, and is an active, success participant in the Open division of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. Last season, she was Reserve High Point rider for the season in her region.