Pat Chambers has been teaching and training for more than 30 years beginning in the United States Pony Club where she attained her "B" rating and successfully competed at the preliminary level of eventing.  Pat has a Bachelors Degree in Animal Sciences from Cornell University. This background enables her to do a whole horse diagnosis: training, riding, health and lameness evaluations. Pat teaches huntseat, dressage, jumping and western riding. Pat combines the skills she has learned over many years of traditional english riding with the new horsemanship skills to clarify training issues between the horse and rider. Pat strives to make the horse soft, safe, sane and eager to please.  She will help riders reach their own potential and have fun doing so.

Richard Stokes has been a trail guide for over 15 years and specializes in private instructional trail rides and has guided thousands of people on rides in the Adirondack Mountains. Rich is also a trainer and uses modern horsemanship skills to train both young horses and problem horses. His techniques are a culmination of ideas from the best clinicians in horsemanship theory today like Buck Branaman, Pat Parelli, Clinton Anderson, Chris Cox and Billy Smith. Rich has worked closely with local area horseman Billy Smith and has then created his own horsemanship program. Rich first trains horses on the ground to develop a bond that unites the horse and man that is based on mutual respect.  By using the language of the horse he can get the horse to follow his lead and be comfortable in new situations and be open to learning new skills.  Groundwork is essential to developing trust which is needed to make the horse safe and happy.  If horses are not happy in their work then they become resistant.  Rich strives to have a resistant free training environment.