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DOINA FISCHER was born in Switzerland, where she has competed through S levels, working with a German-Rumanian military trainer. After completing her schooling, she bought her own horse and began extensive training in classical dressage.
At Mas de Malibu in France, under Sadko G. Solinski, the well-known French trainer who studied with the late master Nuno Oliveira, she learned to train and start young horses in a classical manner. She studied equine anatomy and movement, as well as nutrition and health care, working with Baroque breeds, including Andalusians, Lusitanos, and Friesians. After finishing her studies at the school, she moved to the Tuscan hills of Italy, where she opened her own riding center and was certified by A.N.T.E. and F.I.S.E.
In the late 1980s, Doina moved to the United States and worked for Rainbow Farm in California; then went to Mexico and trained the junior jumping team. In Merida she met with Iberian breeders and trained and preformed the paso doble at the Plaza del Toro.
Returning to the United States, she met her second teacher, trainer Dominique Barbier, author of Dressage in the New Age and a former student of Nuno Oliveira. Doina spent time at his farm in San Francisco, where she studied the art of work in hand. In the 1990s she relocated to the East Coast, where she worked with International Judge Gail Carmona, who introduced her to the competitive dressage world in the United States. She also organized eastern clinics for Dominique Barbier.
In 1996 Doina met Luis Ramos Paul, former head trainer of the Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre in Jerez, Spain. Luis became her third trainer and certified her in classical dressage. She worked for Luis as his head trainer for two years, riding and training Andalusian stallions for S.I.C.A.B. in Spain. She also trained Saltador V, the Champion of Spain in 1997. In Seville Doina founded Earthbeat, a company devoted to exploration of horses and dance. Doina performed with her partner, an internationally known flamenco dancer, at various locations throughout Spain and the United States. She is now located on the East Coast, where she trains all breeds and conducts international clinics.
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