ABOUT TRIANA PANGRCIC
An FEI trainer and competitor, Triana began riding at a young age and focused exclusively on dressage at 18. She spent seven years in Wellington, Florida, working in top dressage programs before relocating to California, where she is now based in San Marcos.
Over the years, Triana has developed horses and riders from their earliest foundations through the FEI levels. Her approach is centered on correct, thoughtful development—building strength, confidence and understanding while recognizing that every horse follows a different path.
That philosophy has been shaped as much by the horses she has developed over the years as by the trainers she has learned from.
THE HORSES THAT SHAPED MY APPROACH
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RIVERDANCE (AKA pUMPKIN)-SEEING WHAT A HORSE CAN BECOME
Riverdance, affectionately known as Pumpkin, came into my life as a lower-level horse owned and ridden by an amateur. He wasn’t an obvious upper-level prospect, but there was more there.
With time, correct development, and a willingness to listen to the horse in front of me, Pumpkin progressed through the levels, ultimately schooling the Grand Prix work. Just as importantly, his story eventually came full circle when he became the right partner for one of my students.
He taught me something I still carry into every horse I work with: where a horse begins does not necessarily tell you where he can go.
sALTY-THE LONG GAME
Salty has been part of my life since before he was started under saddle. Together with his longtime owner, Lisa Galliath, I’ve had the opportunity to develop him over more than a decade, one step at a time.
His story has never been a straight line — because real horse development rarely is. There have been competition seasons and rebuilding seasons, along with countless hours spent developing strength, confidence and balance through everything from hill work and cavaletti to groundwork, clinics and conditioning.
Today, Salty continues to develop through the upper levels while reminding me of something that applies to every horse I train: the finished movement may take seconds. Building the horse takes years.
HOLIDAY - BUILDING THE NEXT GENERRATION
Holiday represents another side of the same philosophy. I’ve had the opportunity to develop and compete her myself, and now her story is entering an entirely new chapter.
Rather than simply looking for the next finished horse, I chose to invest in what comes next — breeding a mare I know, believe in, and have developed myself.
Her future foal represents something especially exciting to me: the opportunity to apply everything years of training horses has taught me from the very beginning.
These are just a few of the horses that have shaped my approach over the years.
Each has followed a different path, but the philosophy behind the work remains the same: develop the horse in front of you, give the process the time it deserves, and never lose sight of the partnership along the way.