Kate Thompson Mcdaniel
Kate Thompson Mcdaniel grew up in Kittery, Maine. She spent her junior years riding
with many wonderful trainers, including Bray Anderson, David Boley and Emerson Burr.
Kate graduated from Lafayette College with a B.A. In psychology. After college, Kate
worked as assistant trainer and rider for Semantha Burger, James Lala and Anne
Sibson. She credits Anne for acting as her mentor and giving her the tools to find
balance in the horse show world. In 2006 Kate opened Mill Pond, a family oriented
show hunter, jumper and equitation business. Her students have sucessfully
competed at state, regional and national hunter and equitation finals.
Deanna Kravetz
Deanna Kravetz is an active rider and trainer in the Hunter/Jumper community. She has had a long history of love and appreciation for horses, beginning riding at the early age of 4yrs old. She in fact still has her first pony Kisses who, at age 35 is at the heart of Deanna’s lesson program. Having experienced a number of opportunities alongside her huntseat riding career including foxhunting with the Norfolk Hunt Club, the occasional hunter pace and low level eventing, each experience helped round out her competitive background on the New England Hunter/Jumper circuit. Deanna’s passion for teaching was set in motion during high school while assisting her trainer Dennis Munnelly with his therapeutic riding program at Canton Equestrian Center. Canton Equestrian Center is also where Deanna began running summer camp programs, in which she learned how to incorporate fun and stimulating hands on activities into her horsemanship curriculum. While earning a bachelors degree in Equine Science from the University of New Hampshire, Deanna trained with Fieldstone Farm where she successfully competed in the Adult Hunters and Adult Equitation on her horse Cavallino and the Child/Adult Jumpers on Fieldstone Farms’ Alibi. While at Fieldstone she was given the opportunity to ride with Olympic Medalist Dorothy Morkis and improve her dressage work in relation to her equitation. Approaching graduation from college, Deanna had the pleasure of working with and soon after teaching for Olana Laffey at Evenstride Ltd whom helped initiate her training career. Expanding her career, Deanna next managed the lesson program for Kristen Bumpus at Arrowhead Farms. Kristen was instrumental in assisting Deanna with her young horse Crescendo, further encouraging her passion for working with green horses. Next Deanna worked alongside Jessica Hunt at Senator Bell Farms as her assistant trainer developing a lesson program and summer camp, along with assisting when on the road at horseshows. Finally, after much tutelage Deanna is now offering private instruction currently out of Greystone Stables in Berwick, Me. Deanna emphasizes riding theory in her lessons, teaching students the why of riding as well as the how. Greystone Stables would like to welcome Deanna and her equine companions Cello, Dora and Kisses to the farm. Dora and Kisses play an integral part of her lesson program, while she continues to compete Cello in the Hunters.
Pat Fay
Pat Fay’s love affair with horses started 35
years ago. She spent her younger years in
Rockport, MA working at a Morgan horse
breeding farm, grooming at shows and
driving events, backing and training young
horses, galloping horses on the beach and
riding the stallions. Later Pat graduated
from college with a degree in animal
science and moved to the seacoast of New
Hampshire. She became a successful event
rider which included qualifying for the National 3-Day Event Preliminary Championships with her famous
Morgan horse, Minty’s Stardust. Wanting to continue her dressage training, Pat purchased a Prix St.
Georges school master from Renate Lansburg and Cindi Wylie and also purchased a talented young
Hanoverian mare. Pat continues to study and train with top trainers and for the past three years has
been a working student for FEI Grand Prix dressage rider and trainer Jackie Smith.
In addition to Pat’s dressage training she has also worked for a large and small animal veterinarian for
twenty-three years and is a certified Usui Reiki practitioner. She brings her knowledge and
communication skills together in a relaxed atmosphere for horse and rider to learn in. Pat is committed
to helping riders develop a harmonious relationship with their horse. Currently Pat is teaching dressage, training horses
with behavioral problems, starting young horses, and
giving Reiki healing sessions.Starfay@comcast.net
603-781-3759
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