At Blackhound Equestrian, you will receive outstanding instruction and detailed personal attention. Our experienced team is focused on helping you achieve your goals by providing a safe, educational, and fun environment for horses and riders of all ages and levels of experience.
Who We Are
Kate Jutagir and Morgan Caplane offer an elite hunter/jumper training program at a private 68-acre East Bay facility.
At Blackhound Equestrian, you’ll find Grand Prix jumpers, top level hunters, and a team approach that ensures each horse and rider get the personalized attention they need to maximize potential. Riders of all levels are welcome. However, space is limited. Please call or email for more information.
What We Offer
Classic Training
Personalized Plans
Diligent Care
Client Reviews
& Testimonials
Kasey B.
Our daughter has trained with Blackhound Equestrian for 3 years, and we are so happy with their professionalism, kindness, and care for both our horse and equestrian athlete. Instruction is flexible but organized; serious, but so very supportive and kind. Our daughter’s riding has progressed noticeably since joining the Blackhound team.
Janis U.
The Blackhound team and their capable assistants are adept at addressing the needs of each individual – even within the context of group lessons – and have challenged me to improve and do more without pushing me past where I’m comfortable.
Marlis B.
I chose the program because I wanted my daughter to develop a safe, well-rounded knowledge of this sport–not just how to ride, but how to care for the horse, understand and navigate the personalities and the moods of these amazing creatures, and to have the opportunity to grow in skills, confidence and responsibility.
Team Blackhound
Kate Jutagir
Owner and Head Trainer
Kate embarked on a career path steeped in tradition, respect, and the undying support of a large pool of talented professionals. Building on catch rides and project mounts, she quickly learned that the path to success is paved by hard work, determination, and a supportive community.
After her junior career, Kate went to work for two successful sales barns in the Northeast and South. After moving to the West Coast with her husband Joel, she opened Blackhound Equestrian in 2008. Originally designed to be a top-notch riding school to springboard dedicated students into careers in the industry, it has grown into a well-rounded hunter/jumper training program for all levels, from Short Stirrup to Grand Prix. She never loses sight of the path she took to get to Blackhound and Kate hopes to give back to the sport that has given her everything.
Morgan Caplane
Head Rider and Trainer
Morgan has competed up to the 1.60 meter level and developed many Grand Prix horses, earning top placings in numerous Grands Prix Morgan also loves developing young horses and has twice won Sacramento International Horse Show’s Young Horse Championship and Best Young Horse honors. She spent several years working and riding in the Netherlands prior to returning to Northern California in 2012 and is proud to enhance Blackhound Equestrian with the skills and connections she developed abroad. Morgan also graduated from Wellesley College, where she started and captained the Wellesley Equestrian Team.
To Morgan, this sport is about deciphering what mental and physical tools horses and riders need at each point in their development and using creative, customized means to develop these tools and strengthen the connection between horse and rider.
Yehia George Fahmy
Co-owner, Sales Division
As a junior, he trained with French trainer Alan Fanjeaux and made the national team, and then became part of the young riders team. He enjoyed early success in his career on the senior team and won the prestigious Grand Prix of Cairo in 2001. During summers, he continued to pursue international horse riding and education by traveling to Europe as part of the senior team in the Netherlands. He trained with renowned trainers such as Cian O' Connor, and the German sensation Helena Weinberg, where he started his World Cup debut. During this time, he won the ESM Grand Prix in Cairo aboard Easy Jet. In 2010, he won the World Cup in Sharm el Sheikh upon Flash Bounce. which was followed by finishing 3rd in the World Cup of Jordan. He then earned the coveted spot of qualifying for the Olympic Team for London 2012. In 2012, he moved to the Netherlands to expand his riding career, and based with Dutch trainer Erik Wiefferink. After this, he started his own business where he specialized in training students and horse sales.
Andrea Chrzanowska
Assistant Trainer
Andrea originally joined the Blackhound team as a working student. With the guidance of her trainers, she was able to further her education and was presented with an incredible opportunity by Head Trainer, Kate Jutagir. With Kate’s guidance, she began working with the challenging yet talented jumper Blackhound Philadelphia and this special horse has been the foundation of her career as a professional.
Andrea works to help her students achieve their personal goals, big or small, with compassion and enthusiasm. She finds her students to be incredibly inspiring and learns from them on a daily basis.
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