Caroline Teich – Orchard Hill Equestrian Center
224 Sawyerhill Rd
Berlin, MA
781-789-8938
carcorteich@gmail.com
Specialty: Caroline is the head trainer at Orchard Hill Equestrian Center in Berlin, MA. Orchard Hill is a premier eventing facility with a full cross-country course up to novice and several showjumping rings. Excellent facility for cross-country schooling a young/green horse with focus on smaller inviting jumps. Water jump, banks and ditches of all heights. Larger boarding facility with 50 stalls, 75′ x 200′ indoor, standard dressage ring and two outdoor jumping arenas. Experience producing horses to intermediate and CCI* levels, with dressage training to 2nd level. Enthusiastic, patient trainer for riders starting out in eventing (intro) through preliminary. Caroline specializes in young and green horses with a calm, pressure free approach to training.
Stephanie Baer
978-807-2166
instruction offered : Novice thru Advanced. Dressage thru 2nd/3rd. USPC :A
Stephie’s base is at Course Brook Farm in Sherborn Ma. A 60 acre event/dressage training/boarding facility.Amenities include cross country the Preliminary,a large jump ring,dressage rings and 2 indoors.The farm offers 2 or 3 recognized events and 3 schooling shows yearly. It also has several clinics yearly. More information can be found on www.coursebrookfarm.com
Stephie is available for lessons,training rides,x co schooling at Course Brook,as wella s some offsite lessons and clinics .Also available for coaching at manny Area 1 andArea 2 events and beyond.
Experience; Stephie has been teaching riding and training horses and competing at Horse Trials and FEI competitions for 45 years.She has trained numerous green horses. Four of those horses she trained from green to 4 star levels ,one to 5 star level as well as many others to the Preliminary,Intermediate and Advanced levels.
She enjoys working with all ages and levels,working with green horses,especially TBs and doing unmounted educational lectures as well as teaching for Pony Club.
Major Achievements; Stephie has competed at the advanced level including KentuckyCCI 5* and Burghley CCI 5*(England)
She also competed at CICs and CCIs at North Georgia,Thirlestane Castle( Scotland),Fair Hill ,Essex,Radnor, Bromont(Canada)and Quertero(Mexico)
She was Shortlisted for the World Championships in 1998 and trained with the American Team in England and also participated in several USET training sessions.
Trained with; was a working student for world champion Bruce Davidsonfor over 4 years.
Stephie also trained with,Capt. Mark Phillips,Jack LeGoff,Rick Sullivan,Kathy Connelly,Sandy Osborn,Lauren Stevens and Arlene Full.
She attended clinics with Lucinda Green,Joey Darby,Ann Kursinsky,Jane Savoy,Sandy Pflueger,Eric Horgan ,Eric Smiley
Adrienne Iorio – Apple Knoll Farm
Millis, MA
508 376 2564
info@appleknoll.com
www.appleknoll.com
Cross-Country Schooling: PE – N and water, $35/horse. Please call in advance for appointment
Eventing Training: students from BN to Advanced, redmercury@appleknoll.com
Katie Rocco – Dragonfly Farm – ECP Level 3
22 Rood Hill Road
Sandisfield, MA 01255
Home – 413-258-4459; Cell – 413-429-6907
katieroccodressage@gmail.com
www.katierocco.com
- Dressage and Eventing in the Berkshires
- Instruction, Judging, Training, Clinics, Coaching and Sales
- Sandisfield, MA (April-December)
- Williston, FL (January-April)
- USEA Level II Certified Instructor
- USDF L Graduate with Distinction
- USEF r Judge
- USEA Future Event Horse/Young Event Horse judge
- USHJA Certified Trainer
- USDF Silver Medalist
- Shannon Equine Imports – Quality Irish Sport horses in U.S. & Ireland since 1988
Joy Collins – Mount Holoyoke College Equestrian Center
South Hadley, MA
(413) 538-2493
jcollins@mtholyoke.edu
Specialty: Is your show jumping a train wreck? Have you been accused of dropping your horse at the jumps? Do you often get left behind or jump ahead? Has your horse become a stopper because of this? I can help! I am a long time eventer and graduate Pony Clubber who switched over to the hunter/jumper world for over ten years. Come learn how to see a distance and let me show you how to get that flowing, smooth and confident trip! Two indoor arenas, huge outdoor arena with great footing. 30 school horses. Ship-ins welcome.
Cheryl Christopher
Freetown, MA and Andover, MA
508 971 2668
Rohan1722@aol.com
Specialty: Introducing riders to eventing through Novice level. We have a large indoor and jumping field available for lessons or I am willing travel to your farm.
Ferial Johnson – Oakwood Equine Management
Hamilton, MA
978 468 0559 barn, 978 807 3221 cell
FERIALCO@aol.com
www.ledyardfarm.com
Specialty: Training eventing from beginners through Intermediate level. Lessons at Ledyard Farm, coaching at competitions. Working students, Young riders/Juniors and Adults accepted as students. Horses also trained and competed. Facilities include large out door ring, wonderful cross-country course, and state-of-the-art indoor arena with heated observation room. Have competed in eventing for 30 yrs. Competed extensively in England at all levels.
Ashley Macvaugh – Sprague Farm
93 Bridge St.
P.O. Box 2144
Hamilton, MA
978 468 2424ashley@ashleymacvaugh.com
www.ashleymacvaugh.com
Specialty: Teaching and training from Novice to Advanced. USEA ICP Level lll Certified Instructor. A dedication to the complete preparation of horse and rider for each level. 20 years eventing, including international and 4-star experience. Also producing quality event horses for sale.
Meredith Scarlet / Denise Goyea – Scarlet Hill Farm
245 Lowell Road
Groton, MA
978 448 6100mbeeuwkes@aol.com
www.scarlethillfarm.com
Located on 130 acres. Offering lessons and training to boarders as well as ship in students. XC course open for schooling and hills are available for conditioning and gallops. Hosting clinics and schooling events as well as eventing camps and pony club activities.
Erika Hawkes Hendricks – Course Brook Farm
39 Brush Hill Rd
Sherborn, MA
508-954-1278
erihwk@yahoo.com
www.ehheventing.com
Facilities: 60 acre event/dressage training/boarding facility. Full cross-country course through Training level with some Prelim. Stadium course on grass, large outdoor sand arena, small dressage arena, indoor arena. Farm offers a variety of adult camps and clinics monthly. Schooling horse trials offered in the fall. Cross-country course is available for schooling.
Instruction: Erika is a MA licensed instructor with over 20 years of teaching/training experience. She is a graduate Pony Clubber who has competed through Intermediate level eventing and successfully completed several CCI*’s including an 8th Place at Radnor Hunt. She has started and trained several ex-race horses to be successful eventers. She is currently competing her young thoroughbred Twice Wild at Training Level.
Program: Working primarily with adult amateurs to provide safe, quality instruction for the lower levels of dressage and eventing with emphasis on proper balance and comfort of horse and rider. Some school horses are available. Beginners are welcome.
Coaching: Available at local shows and Area I horse trials.
Mark Weissbecker – Birch Hill Farm, Winter Book Farm
mark@markweissbecker.com
www.markweissbecker.com
Facilities: Two locations – Birch Hill Farm, located in the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts, is a complete training facility specializing in the development of young Thoroughbreds into Event horses. Situated on 400 acres, the facility includes a 15 stall barn, complete with amenities. Winter Book Farm is located in Southern Pines, North Carolina. 14 stalls, separate guest wing with its own wash stall, feed and tack rooms. The facility includes a regulation size dressage arena, show jumping field, turf track and a complete cross country schooling course suitable for the training of horses at all levels. Winter Book is adjacent to the more than four thousand acre Walthour-Moss Foundation which has many miles of hacking and conditioning roads and trails.
Instruction: Mark placed third at the Rolex Kentucky CCI****, eighth at the Burghley CCI**** and won the USET Fall 3-Day Championships at Fair Hill in 1994 and again in 1998. Mark has represented the U.S. in the Open European Championships in England as a member the USET/USEF Team and was short-listed for the U.S. Olympic Team for Atlanta in 1996. He is a licensed USEF Dressage and Eventing judge; he has had his “r†Dressage rating for 25 years and his “r†CT (eventing) for approximately 10 years. Mark has also been appointed a USEF Eventing Selector, a position he has held for about 6 years. In the course of his career, Mark has had the privilege of training under the likes of Jack LeGoff and Capt. Mark Phillips thanks to his involvement with the USET and USEF teams.
Erin Risso – Valinor Farm
1067 Old Sandwich Rd
Plymouth, MA
508-224-3332
erin@valinorfarm.com
www.valinorfarm.com
Instruction: Erin is the resident trainer and instructor at Valinor Farm. Erin has successfully competed up through the Intermediate level on a horse she started and is currently competing several youngsters. She teaches and coaches both young riders/adults just starting out through Prelim competitors. Erin uses a positive approach and a systematic training program to educate horse and rider and ensure that riders of all abilities can achieve success.
Eliza Farren
Hudson, MA
508-989-0408
www.elizafarren.com
Specialty: Available for lessons BN thru Intermediate, training, coaching and sales. Coached multiple students to year end awards. Produced multiple horses from the ground up. Mass Licensed Instructor, fully insured. Takes her time, pays careful attention to details to help her students, both human and equine, understand what they are feeling and learning.
Kay Slater – True North Farm
Harwich, MA
kslater62@comcast.net
www.truenortheventing.com
Specialty: ICP Level 1 training certified coach
Local Combined Training Associations
Blackstone Valley Dressage & Combined Training Association (BVDCTA)
For information contact: Danielle Cyr
info@bvdcta.com
Web site: www.bvdcta.com
The BVDCTA’s mission is to educate and inspire riders of all disciplines and all levels about dressage and combined training by providing the Blackstone Valley and Central Massachusetts community with affordable and fun shows and clinics. We are an active volunteer-based club that hopes to provide something of interest for all members of the equine community.
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