Is a Premier Boutique Eventing, Show Jumping, and Dressage Facility located
in Cypress, Texas.
Meet the StarBrooks Equestrian Center Team
Owner & FEI Level Event Rider
Laura and her husband, Scotty Sparks, own this wonderful facility. Laura has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Virginia Tech, and spent the years after college balancing her career in the oilfield, raising a family and she continued competing at the lower levels of the sport. Laura left
Owner & FEI Level Event Rider
Laura and her husband, Scotty Sparks, own this wonderful facility. Laura has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Virginia Tech, and spent the years after college balancing her career in the oilfield, raising a family and she continued competing at the lower levels of the sport. Laura left the oil industry in 2022 and began focusing on achieving her riding goals. Laura currently competes her four horses at the national Preliminary and Intermediate level and regularly travels to the east coast to compete in 2* and 3* FEI eventing competitions. Laura has selected and imported her string of horses and can also help source your next super star!
CARSTEN MEYER
Executive Advisor & Coach
Carsten, based out of Texas and formerly Louisianna, is a staple of the USA dressage, show jumping and eventing scene for the last several decades. Carsten has formal training and certification from his home country of Germany, and has extensive experience as a top-level rider, competitor, trainer,
CARSTEN MEYER
Executive Advisor & Coach
Carsten, based out of Texas and formerly Louisianna, is a staple of the USA dressage, show jumping and eventing scene for the last several decades. Carsten has formal training and certification from his home country of Germany, and has extensive experience as a top-level rider, competitor, trainer, facility owner, business manager and international course design. Carsten and his family are an invaluable part of the team and our continued success.
Head Trainer & FEI Level Event Rider
Sean runs APEX Eventing and has a rich background in horses, starting with 4H and Pony Club, where he grew up in Colorado. When he began eventing, his hard work earned him a spot on his region’s Young Rider team at the North America Young Rider Championships! Since then, he has made a succe
Head Trainer & FEI Level Event Rider
Sean runs APEX Eventing and has a rich background in horses, starting with 4H and Pony Club, where he grew up in Colorado. When he began eventing, his hard work earned him a spot on his region’s Young Rider team at the North America Young Rider Championships! Since then, he has made a successful career of training horses and riders up to the Intermediate level. He is currently competing his personal horse, Osito, a 16 year old TB, at the intermediate & 2* level.
Artist, FEI Groom & Assistant Manager
Jackie was born into a family about as uninvolved in horses as can be. One day a family friend invited her to ride, no helmet and bareback through the fields, and from then on she was hooked. After graduating from a lesson program, she found eventing. Jackie groomed for her trainer in excha
Artist, FEI Groom & Assistant Manager
Jackie was born into a family about as uninvolved in horses as can be. One day a family friend invited her to ride, no helmet and bareback through the fields, and from then on she was hooked. After graduating from a lesson program, she found eventing. Jackie groomed for her trainer in exchange for more lessons, nannied for a junior hunter rider with a string to ride after school, learned to walk yearlings and racehorses for thoroughbred sales, taught lessons, rode tricky client horses, and eventually earned a spot as an FEI groom. She cut her own path to get her where she is today, and takes pride in noticing details and not turning the lights off until everything is done.
