Profile
Background
Doug Payne is a professional equestrian with a mechanical engineering degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology, based in Rougemont, NC and Aiken, SC. He is a well known International competitor, trainer, judge, coach, author and Instrument Rated Pilot. He and his wife own and operate DPEquestrian where they train horses for eventing, dressage and jumping. Doug has extensive competition experience through the CCI ***** level of Eventing, Grand Prix Show Jumping, as well as Intermediare Dressage & USDF Silver Medalist. He was first named to the USEF High Performance list in 2011. Doug holds both USEF Judges and TD’s licenses for Eventing and is a USEA certified instructor. Doug has also designed and produced “The Rider’s Eye” an instructional DVD along with Jim Wofford. He has also just finished up his first book title, “The Problem Horse Repair Manual.”