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Round Meadow Farm Hunter/Jumper Training Program offers hunter/jumper training that includes training rides and lessons, along with full-service grooming services and pre- and post-ride horse care. The program provides trimming, blanketing, icing or wrapping as needed, turnout, lunging, and handwalking, and it manages farrier, chiropractic, and veterinary services for clients’ horses. The program also manages SmartPak programs, offers daily laundry service for items such as saddle pads, girths, wraps, and boots, and arranges offsite cleaning and repairs of sheets, blankets, and tack trunk covers, as well as guidance to clients for equipment purchases and support for showing in California, the West Coast, and special trips to Canada, Kentucky, and the East Coast for Medal Finals and International Competition.
• Price: Monthly full care training package cost - $1,800 (excludes boarding). Individual lessons are offered at $175 per lesson, and a 10-lesson package can be purchased in advance for $1,500. RMF Blankets used on clients' horses are billed an annual fee of $250.
Round Meadow Farm was conceived in 1977, and Nicole Bloom-Norris has been building relationships with clients and their horses over the last 20 years. The leadership team includes Head Trainer Nicole Norris, Assistant Trainer/Barn Manager Gardner Powell, Assistant Trainer/Rider Rose Carver, and Guest Rider and Coach Alex Lebovic. Nicole Norris can be contacted by email at [email protected] or by phone at 650-325-0196 (stable) or 650-533-9191 (mobile). The program’s mission states that its focus is providing an atmosphere which fosters the development of the horse and rider combination in all aspects of horsemanship, passing on experience in the barn and in the arena in a way that encourages confidence and learning, with excellent care of horses as a top priority, and that through these core values, riders can accomplish whatever they set out to do.
Nicole Bloom-Norris has established a hunter/jumper training program founded in excellent horsemanship and family values and has built lasting relationships with clients and their horses over the last 20 years. Round Meadow Farm’s students have consistently earned Regional and National Championships as well as top placings in Regional and National Medal Finals. Nicole has worked with Karen Healey, George Morris, Jimmy Williams, Susan Hutchinson, Frank Madden, and Carleton Brooks, was a member of the Zone 10 silver medal team at the North American Young Riders Championships, competed in the National Medal Finals at the Fall Indoor Shows, earned several year-end Championships in the rated Hunter divisions, and competed internationally in World Cup Competition. She is the President of the California Professional Horseman's Association, sits on the board of the California Professional Horseman's Association Foundation, and is a member of the United States Equestrian Federation, the Pacific Coast Horse Show Association, the California Professional Horse Shows Association, the USET, and the ASPCA.
Assistant Trainer and Barn Manager Gardner Powell grew up riding in the Norfolk Hunt Pony Club and the hunt fields of Massachusetts, was a member of the Silver Medal Zone 1 Junior Jumper team, and competed in the USEF and ASPCA/Maclay finals as a junior rider. As a young professional, she competed through Preliminary level in Eventing and trained her own horse from a young horse at the racetrack to successfully competing in National Grand Prix classes. Gardner has been an “R” Judge for USEF since 2001 and has earned an MFA in Writing and Literature. She has coached riders from Short Stirrup to National Championship classes, including year-end Championships at the State, Zone, and PCHA levels, trained the 2019 AQHA World Champion in Select Jumping, brought home three National Championships from the Arabian Sporthorse Nationals in 2020, judged the Arabian Sporthorse Nationals twice, and coached the Novice Flat National Champion of IHSA in 2023.
Guest rider and coach Alex Lebovic has 20 years of professional experience working with horses and riders of all levels and has been part of programs including Meadowgrove Farm and Karen Healey Stables. Round Meadow Farm’s team works with top level veterinarians, farriers, and equine chiropractors, and the program has a full-time staff of grooms that have been with the program for over 20 years. Team RMF is described as a group of people passionate about horses and riding, and clients report a sense of community at Round Meadow Farm. One client states, “With Round Meadow Farm, a rider is always in the best hands. If you are looking for professionalism and quality care for both horse and rider, RMF is your barn. From lessons to the show ring you will be totally focused on. I highly recommend riding in such a fun full-service barn.”
Last updated June 20, 2026.
• Price: Monthly full care training package cost - $1,800 (excludes boarding). Individual lessons are offered at $175 per lesson, and a 10-lesson package can be purchased in advance for $1,500. RMF Blankets used on clients' horses are billed an annual fee of $250.
Round Meadow Farm was conceived in 1977, and Nicole Bloom-Norris has been building relationships with clients and their horses over the last 20 years. The leadership team includes Head Trainer Nicole Norris, Assistant Trainer/Barn Manager Gardner Powell, Assistant Trainer/Rider Rose Carver, and Guest Rider and Coach Alex Lebovic. Nicole Norris can be contacted by email at [email protected] or by phone at 650-325-0196 (stable) or 650-533-9191 (mobile). The program’s mission states that its focus is providing an atmosphere which fosters the development of the horse and rider combination in all aspects of horsemanship, passing on experience in the barn and in the arena in a way that encourages confidence and learning, with excellent care of horses as a top priority, and that through these core values, riders can accomplish whatever they set out to do.
Nicole Bloom-Norris has established a hunter/jumper training program founded in excellent horsemanship and family values and has built lasting relationships with clients and their horses over the last 20 years. Round Meadow Farm’s students have consistently earned Regional and National Championships as well as top placings in Regional and National Medal Finals. Nicole has worked with Karen Healey, George Morris, Jimmy Williams, Susan Hutchinson, Frank Madden, and Carleton Brooks, was a member of the Zone 10 silver medal team at the North American Young Riders Championships, competed in the National Medal Finals at the Fall Indoor Shows, earned several year-end Championships in the rated Hunter divisions, and competed internationally in World Cup Competition. She is the President of the California Professional Horseman's Association, sits on the board of the California Professional Horseman's Association Foundation, and is a member of the United States Equestrian Federation, the Pacific Coast Horse Show Association, the California Professional Horse Shows Association, the USET, and the ASPCA.
Assistant Trainer and Barn Manager Gardner Powell grew up riding in the Norfolk Hunt Pony Club and the hunt fields of Massachusetts, was a member of the Silver Medal Zone 1 Junior Jumper team, and competed in the USEF and ASPCA/Maclay finals as a junior rider. As a young professional, she competed through Preliminary level in Eventing and trained her own horse from a young horse at the racetrack to successfully competing in National Grand Prix classes. Gardner has been an “R” Judge for USEF since 2001 and has earned an MFA in Writing and Literature. She has coached riders from Short Stirrup to National Championship classes, including year-end Championships at the State, Zone, and PCHA levels, trained the 2019 AQHA World Champion in Select Jumping, brought home three National Championships from the Arabian Sporthorse Nationals in 2020, judged the Arabian Sporthorse Nationals twice, and coached the Novice Flat National Champion of IHSA in 2023.
Guest rider and coach Alex Lebovic has 20 years of professional experience working with horses and riders of all levels and has been part of programs including Meadowgrove Farm and Karen Healey Stables. Round Meadow Farm’s team works with top level veterinarians, farriers, and equine chiropractors, and the program has a full-time staff of grooms that have been with the program for over 20 years. Team RMF is described as a group of people passionate about horses and riding, and clients report a sense of community at Round Meadow Farm. One client states, “With Round Meadow Farm, a rider is always in the best hands. If you are looking for professionalism and quality care for both horse and rider, RMF is your barn. From lessons to the show ring you will be totally focused on. I highly recommend riding in such a fun full-service barn.”
Last updated June 20, 2026.
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