About | Learn, Train, Achieve Now — CM Training Stables

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Owner & head trainer

Carolin Malmkvist

Carolin grew up in a horse family in Sweden and has spent more than 35 years in the sport. She trained with some of Sweden’s top coaches and won a State Championship in three-day eventing. She rode in Sweden’s Elite Show Jumping Series and qualified for the Swedish Championship, and as captain of the pony jumping team she won gold two years in a row. At Markebacks Gård, a well-known Swedish breeding farm, she started a number of Swedish Warmblood stallions.

After moving to the US, she competed on the A circuit in hunters, jumpers and equitation, winning at HITS Thermal, Blenheim EquiSports, Spruce Meadows and other Southern California venues.

Carolin still rides and competes regularly. Along with training horses and getting riders ready to show, she brings along young horses and retrains off-track Thoroughbreds for new careers, and she still teaches plenty of lessons.

How Carolin trains

Carolin learned to ride in Sweden, and that background shapes how she trains today. Horses are turned out every day, and there's a lot of flatwork in the program. Young horses and off-track Thoroughbreds are brought along slowly. Riders learn to pay attention to how their horse is feeling and adjust their riding to it. The goal is horses that stay sound and enjoy their work for years.

The team

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Aiden Hylton

Barn Manager

Aiden runs the day-to-day at the barn and is your first call for lessons. She also trains and schools horses in the program and teaches lessons.

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Assistant Trainer

Lucas Malmkvist

Lucas works with Carolin on training and bringing along the horses in the program. He schools and shows at the shows, catch rides, and teaches lessons too.

Our sponsors

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“Teaching and jumping are my passions. My enthusiastic approach brings energy, enjoyment and commitment to the learning process.”

Carolin Malmkvist

Our home at Hillside Farms

Hillside Farms is a small, quiet facility in the foothills of the San Fernando Valley. Horses get good care and riders get everything they need to train well.

GGT footing in the arena
Eurociser for daily exercise
Uphill treadmill for conditioning
Daily turnout, and a barn staff who know every horse by name
The mountains right behind the arena

Visits are by appointment. Call Carolin and come see it for yourself.

Visit Hillside Farms ↗

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Common questions

Absolutely. CM Training Stables at Hillside Farms teaches complete beginners, kids and adults, as well as experienced riders heading to the A circuit. You'll ride one of our patient lesson horses.
A lesson at CM Training Stables is $140, or $1,200 for a package of ten, which works out to $120 a lesson.
Our leases range from $1,200 a month for a partial lease with two lessons a week to $2,550 a month for a full lease. Every lease includes lessons with Carolin, and terms can be month to month.
Some are. Each horse on our Sales & Leasing page is marked for lease, for sale or both, and Carolin can also help you find a horse through her network in Europe and North America.
Yes. Full training with care starts at $1,100 a month and includes lessons, schooling rides by Carolin, daily turnout and feeding.
Long pants and boots with a small heel. You’ll also need a certified riding helmet, and if you don’t have one yet, we have loaner helmets you can use.
Yes, most months, as a team. We show at Southern California venues including Desert International Horse Park, HITS Del Mar, Gold Coast Horse Shows and IEL.
We're at Hillside Farms, 10937 Foothill Blvd, Sylmar, CA 91342. Visits are by appointment. For lessons, call or text Aiden at (323) 371-1955. For training, leasing or sales, call or text Carolin at (310) 359-3359.