CTDA Directory for Boarding, Training and Instruction Any member of CTDA who provides boarding, training and lessons may be included in the directory. CTDA does not endorse any of these boarding barns or trainers. You are encouraged to visit facilities and ask questions before placing your horse in a boarding barn or with a trainer. Farms and trainers are listed in alphabetical order. Brandy Run Farm Micki Brase 6570 Bridleway Dr. College Grove, TN 37046 College Grove is between Franklin & Murfreesboro. 615-310-1253 Brandyrun1@aol.com Services: Boarding, Retirement and Mare/Foal care. Young horses for sale. Private farm with premium barn, 100x200 arena with mixed sand/fiber footing & mirrors. Variety of pasture options. Please email or call for a tour. Barn Full of Equines 865-603-3871 www.barnfullofequines.com bfe@bellsouth.net Services: training, lessons, clinics and sales BFE is an exclusive equestrian facility located in Lebanon, TN. We offer lessons for beginner to intermediate riders on either their own personal equine partner or one of our lesson horses or ponies. For advanced riders we bring in Grand Prix and international clinicians and coaching is available at shows for our students as well. Barn Full of Equines is under the direction of Elise Parsons for the training of both horses and riders. Elise trains hunter/jumpers and dressage with a strong emphasis on classical training and proper equitation. The formula allows for the ultimate level of success in and out of the show ring regardless of the level of rider or horse.
Jody Wilson Dressage Travelers Rest Farm 8151 Horton Highway College Grove, TN 37046 jody.wilson1@outlook.com Services: Training, lessons and boarding Jody has earned her USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medals. She has successfully competed through Grand Prix, and has experience training young horses. Her passion is coaching. Through the years she has helped many people earn their USDF medals. She has sent riders to Gladstone, NAJYRC and regional championships. Jennifer Thompson Green Pastures Farm 906 Franklin Road Brentwood, TN 37027 Services: Training, lessons and boarding Jen Thompson has competed through Intermediare and has earned her USF Bronze and Silver medals. Jen trains adult amateurs and young riders.
Jenni Hogan Dressage 615-390-8060 Jenni@jennihogandressage.com JenniHoganDressage.com Located in Chapel Hill, TN, in spring through fall (30 minutes from everywhere Franklin, Brentwood, Murfreesboro, Columbia, or Shelbyville). Located at Travelers Rest farm in Triune, TN, during winter. Services: Boarding, training, lessons and sales We board, train, and sell quality dressage horses at all levels and breeds. Jenni is a USDF certified instructor thru 2nd level, l program graduate with distinction, bronze and silver medalist, and has a BS in equine science. Lessons and training are available at her farm, in Triune, or she can travel to you. Jenni has a few safe, kind schoolmasters available for lessons. The farm offers both full- and pasture board with a fun, family friendly environment with all-weather arenas, round pen and12x12 stalls. Owner lives on premises.
Locust Run Stables Becky Brown Clarksville, TN 931-237-0142 or 931-362-2798 locustrunstables@charter.net Facebook page: Locust Run Stables Locust Run Stables is a full-service equestrian facility located in Clarksville, Tennessee. We offer lessons, boarding, training, leasing, and sales with a primary focus on dressage and eventing. Riding lessons are available for the beginner to advanced rider by Rebecca Brown who is a Certified Horsemanship Association instructor. We also offer summer horsemanship day camps as well as opportunities for showing at all levels. MacGregor Stables Scot MacGregor 1975 Irby Lane Murfreesboro TN 37127 615-848-5345 Services: Training and Lessons MacGregor Stables offers training and lessons for gaited dressage horses and owners. Old Hillsboro Manor 1709 Old Hillsboro Rd. (near intersection with Highway 96) Franklin, TN 37069 615-794-8029 or 615-479-6372 Services: Stall and Pasture Boarding Old Hillsboro Manor is a top quality, full-service, boarding facility in Williamson County. OHM has a large all-weather, lit, covered arena; permanent footing outdoor dressage arena; round pen; and large outdoor jump ring. See Wilderside Dressage for training and lessons (next listing)
Wilderside Dressage (located at Old Hillsboro Manor) Kerstin Moltmann-Wilder 615-479-6372 moltmak@yahoo.com Services: Training and Lessons Kerstin is a USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold Medalist and a USDF "L" Judges Graduate with distinction. She is a successful FEI competitor who has brought up many horses through the levels but never forgets that "we all have to start somewhere and it s not easy." She continues her education with well-known trainers such as Shelly Francis, Jan Brons, Debbie Riehl-Rodriguez and many others. Peachtree Farm Polly Peach Grammmer Arrington, TN 37014 (Highway 96 east of I-65 at Franklin, south end of Wilson Pike from Brentwood. 30 minute from downtown Nashville) 615-419-1089 polly@peachtreefarms.com www.peachtreefarms.com Services: Lessons, training, sales, boarding, camps Peachtree Farms is a full-service stable, facilities, include indoor arena, outdoor dressage arena, outdoor grass jumper arena, hunter arena, cross x-country course and several sand arenas and round pens. Qualified instructors teach a basic balance seat, students compete in hunter, jumper,3-day eventing. Peachtree farms philosophy is to build character in our students as they become better riders. Our staff volunteers to teach and work with both Pony Club and 4-H programs. Our barn barn slogan is life lessons through horses. Peachtree Farms is proud to be a Pony Club Riding Center as well as a CHA approved facility.
Roberson Equestrian Facility Jessica Roberson Wright 3207 Manchester Pike Murfreesboro, TN 37127 (30 min south of Nashville and 9 miles from MTSU) 615 414-4840 Jrwright09@att.net Robersonequestrianfacility.com or check us out on Facebook! Services: Boarding, training, lessons and sales This beautiful 100-acre facility can meet all your needs. Farm has 50 stalls and two newly resurfaced arenas. Indoor arena and barn are heated for training yearround. Full and self care boarding options with individualized care programs for each horse and rider. There are four instructors to provide basic horsemanship, dressage, and jumping instruction with lesson horses available. We offer a fun friendly atmosphere for all ages and abilities. Whether you are a strong FEI competitor or just looking for a safe place for you and your horse to learn, we can help! Please contact us for more information. Springcroft Farm Lynne Evans 5400 Waddell Hollow Rd. Franklin, Tn. 37064 (Located 10 minutes west of Franklin in the Leiper's Fork area) home phone: 615-790-0268; cell phone 615-594-5400 email: tndq@yahoo.com Services: Lessons Lynne earned her USDF Silver Medal and competed through Intermediare. She has many years experience teaching dressage to adult amateurs and children. Lessons in Lynne s outdoor arena or she will travel to farms in Franklin area only. Travelers Rest Farm 8151 Horton Hwy College Grove, TN 37046 Located 15 minutes east from Franklin, 40 minutes from Nashville. Travelers Rest is exactly in the middle between Franklin and Murfreesboro on I-840. 615-500-8688
Email tfcrawford@aol.com Tamicrawforddressage.com Services: Boarding, training and lessons 120 acres with well-maintained riding trails, indoor and outdoor arenas with excellent footing, watering systems, and lights, 14' x 14' box stalls with rubbermatted flooring and fans, 3 wash stalls, 4 grooming stalls, tack room, restroom, 4 board fencing, lush turn-out pastures, individual or small group turn-out, individualized nutrition designed for each horse featuring KER feeds, Purina Ultium, and top quality orchard grass/alfalfa mix hay or top quality grass hay. Tami Crawford has trained three horses from 3-year-olds to Grand Prix. She competed in the 2000 and 2004 USET Olympic Selection Trials, the 2002 Volvo World Cup Qualifier, and has competed in 131 Grand Prix tests. Tami's students have won numerous "High Score" awards, USDF Horse of the Year placings, and NAJYRC placings. Tami has coached more than twenty students to their USDF Silver Medals, and two students to their USDF Gold Medals. Tami trained with six-time Olympian, Robert Dover, for thirteen years, and FEI Olympic judge, Linda Zang, for three years. She has ridden in clinics with Klaus Balkenhol, Kyra Kyrklund, Steffen Peters, Conrad Schumacher, Juan Matute and Shelly Francis. Garra Walline Dressage Garra Walline 1550 Old Hillsboro Rd Franklin, TN 37069 615-977-6615 garrawalline@att.net Services: Training, Instruction, Showing, Sales Garra has spent most of her life riding and teaching. She is a USDF Silver Medalist and has trained with Natalie Lamping, Jan Brons and Olympians Oded Shimoni and Shelley Francis. Her students range from beginners to FEI and she has worked with many horse breeds, including Arabians, Morgans and Spanish horses. She is located at Old Hillsboro Manor in Franklin and horses may trailer-in. Cyndi Koehler Whispers Horse Farm 278 Barnes Rd. Cookeville, TN (west of Nashville)
931-349-6657 whispershorsefarm@gmail.com Services: Boarding My husband and I own Whispers Horse Farm. We aren't fanciest place around but we take very good care of boarders horses as well as our own. We charge 1 monthly rate we do not nickel and dime you. unless you want your horse exercised, I do charge $15 an hour for that. References by request.
Willing Horse Farm Brandie Heidenway btaylor157@yahoo.com 4401 Peytonsville Trinity Rd (Located in south Franklin just 1/2 mile off 840) Franklin, TN 37064 931-637-2892 Services: Boarding, training, lessons and sales Willing Horse Farm offers pasture board with a full-care option, instruction for all age groups, and training. Lesson and sale horses are available. 20m x 60m outdoor arena with all-weather riding surface, spacious pastures, 60' round pen. A quiet and friendly environment where partnerships and bonds are formed that result in Willing Horses and capable, confident riders. Brandie has a BS in horse science from MTSU and over 20 years experience in teaching, training, and farm management, and lives on premises. Excellent care for your equine friends at an affordable price. Wil-lo Blue Farm Bill, Lori, Becca and Josh Hoos 1678 Old Hillsboro Rd. Franklin, TN 37069 Barn - 615-790-9358 Cell - 615-945-8303 Email- Whoos@Bellsouth.net http://www.wil-lobluefarm.com Services: Training, lessons, sales See next page for description Eventing, dressage, young horse training, kids, adults and everyone in between with this well-respected family of riders. Limited boarding available but we work with many of the barns in the Franklin area. Bill has his USDF Silver Medal; in 2004 he trained with the US Equestrian Team for World Games. He is a USEA ICP Level IV Certified Instructor and has trained numerous horses and riders to the International level. Lori is a popular USDF "L" judge as well as an r UDEF/USEA eventing judge and Technical Delegate. She is a graduate of the USDF Instructors program taught by Major Anders Lindgren. Their grown children participate in the family business with lessons and training.