Scott Sarkozi Training Center

I taught lessons here a few years ago for the current owner’s former business partner. I don’t have a very high opinion of the trainer/​owner. There is minimal turn out space for the horses. To feed the pasture horses, they drive a truck around the pasture and dump feed into feed pans. The pasture horses have to fight it out, so those at the bottom of the pecking order get really skinny. If you don’t own an Arab and aren’t interested in spending a lot of money showing, this probably isn’t the barn for you. I never saw a lot of solid horsemanship being taught at that barn. I also saw a lot of «tricks» being used to get the horses to move the way they wanted them to. For example, they would put leather straps around some of the show horses ankles connected by a rubber band, to force the horse to pick it’s legs up higher. Then they would chase the horse around with a whip. It was a bit absurd. I also saw a lot of tendon injuries to the show horses while I was there. I don’t known if it had to do with too deep footing in the indoor arena or the way the horses were treated. Before I went to that barn, I have only seen 1 other bowed tendon. In the 1 ½ years I was at Sterling Meadows, I saw 2 or more at any given time. This barn is in a pretty good location, but I would reccommend driving a bit further to some of the barns in Pungo to get quality training. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!