Anne R. Adams (Wednesday, Thursday)

I  have shown hunter/jumpers, English equitation, dressage, western pleasure, competitive trail riding, endurance riding, barrel racing, and pole bending. I also use to exercise trotting ponies which resulted in a love and appreciation for driving.

Currently I take instruction with Carolyn Heath-Leininger (a former FEI competitor) as well as Samea Baker (American Driving Society judge) to improve my riding and driving.

I own 4 horses with my daughter Caitlin, my personal favorite being Carter- an arab cross I am training to first level dressage. I am also working with my miniature horse Teddy to put him to the cart. I continue to help Caitlin train her horse Redz (Tavern Talk), as well as work with our QH Logan to be an ideal Western horse.

Everyone learns dressage, which I believe is the foundation of good riding whether your aspirations are the show ring or the trails. Dressage creates smooth transitions and a good deal of control- which leads to fun safe rides. After all, riding should be fun, a lifetime sport. 

Karen  Bowersox (Sunday)

 I have been riding since I was 7 years old and was very active in 4H. Grew up mainly competing in Hunters then went to the Big Equitation and Medals. I always wanted to event but my parents wouldn't let me. I started training with Wonderland Farms where I got to ride and train Trakheners. I also owned two Arabians and competed on the East Coast in Arabian Halter classes. I was also given the opportunity to train with the Olympic coach for Show Jumping and was going to go on the Florida Jumper Circuit but life got in the way and I got married and had kids.

Once we settled here in Maryland I bought a OTTB Thoroughbred that I trained to be my event horse. I was training with Bruce Davidson and clinician Jimmy Wofford. I ended up selling my horse due to being very busy being a mom.

Now I am the Co-DC and instructor for a local Pony Club. I have two sons that ride and compete. Robby is 15 years old and is very active with Delaware Pony Club and competes mainly in Jumpers and Tetrathlon. Joey is 9 years old and belongs to the Tailwinds Trotters 4H Club and just joined Delaware Pony Club and wants to grow up and be another Phillip Dutton in Eventing.

In lessons I mainly teach Dressage, Jumpers, and Eventing, but during the Fall Series we focus a lot on Hunters. I include a lot of lessons that I have learned being a part of Pony Club by teaching the kids Horsemanship - not just being a rider.

Jen Facciolo (Friday)

I started riding twenty years ago with the Dawsons at Carousel Farms in Delaware. There I rode and competed in the hunter ring before branching out to include some dressage training. 

At 14,  I purchased my first horse and began learning to work with and retrain off the track thoroughbreds, using dressage as the solid foundation in the training, competing lightly as an eventer.

After a few years of working with my horse and a few other thoroughbreds I was ready for a change and got a quarter horse which I participated in some western gaming and barrel racing.  During this time I had started teaching riding lessons at Red Wood Stables in Elkton and teaching day camp at Carousel Farms and later at Fairwinds and Fair Hill Stables with Ted and JoAnn Dawson. 

I started teaching lessons at Fairwinds full time soon after and became a trail guide at Fair Hill Stables. I made the switch back to English when I was asked to start working with a green broke Nokota horse gelding which I rode for five years and evented with locally. 

I now teach preschool at a school in Newark but still teach lessons on Friday at Fairwinds and a few private lessons on Saturdays and Fair Hill Stables. I now own a warm blood gelding and hope to reenter the dressage ring soon. I try to use my diverse riding background in my lessons. I try to not limit myself, and students, to one discipline instead, introducing the different riding styles, letting the student find his or her own niche and set the appropriate goals.  

My goal is for each rider to learn and grow while having fun, riding responsibly and most importantly, safely. I continue to take lessons myself and am always trying to improve and further my riding and this helps further my students' riding education too.

Caitlin E. Adams (Monday, Saturday)

I started riding when I was 8- starting at Fairwinds Farm and Stables (at the time, Tailwinds.) Some of my many interests include Hunter Shows, Low Level Eventing, Dressage, Trail Riding, and I'm trying to get into Barrel Racing and Cutting. Eventually I also am looking to learn how to drive.

I have owned an off-track thoroughbred Tavern Talk (Redz) since 2002 and am working to get him back to eventing speed. I also work with our QH Logan to prepare him for cattle and barrel racing. I also enjoy showing with the Fairwinds horse Mr. Showbz (Biz) in local hunter shows.

I have trained with a variety of amazing instructors: such as Carolyn Heath-Leininger and Anne Adams.

I believe everyone should learn how to ride without stirrups and reins, as well as be able to jump at least an 18" straight rail. I feel that this prepares you for anything that can happen while riding. I also believe everyone should learn how to do a proper emergency dismount to help curb the fear of falling off.

Sarah Shutt (Private Lessons)

I'm 22 and I've been riding and working around horses my entire life. I grew up on a horse farm until age 12 and then moved to Maryland and met the Dawsons, who I've worked with for the past 5 years. I teach beginner lessons and summer day camp at Fairwinds.

 Some of my past trainers include Sue McDade, Carol McCarthy, and Steven and Erica King. I showed at Quentin Riding Club in 1995 and for the past 8 years I have been showing more frequently in the area. I enjoy Hunters and equitation.

This past year I showed at Fairwinds Farm and was Year End Champion, Pleasure horse champion and Pleasure pony champion which I accomplished with 2 horses and a pony. My family bought the Warmblood that I competed on from the Dawsons and she is hopefully going to be my new equitation horse by 2011. I have worked with a wide variety of horses with each of them teaching me something new.

am currently enrolled at Cecil College to pursue a degree in Equine Management. I teach my beginner students the basics of riding. They learn about form and how to control their mounts. My goal for each of my students is for them to learn how to be safe around horses and to learn to be the best rider that they can be. I try to keep my lessons fun so that they learn that they can have fun while also being safe!  I warn them that if they do fall off to get right back on so they can overcome their anxiety and work on the cause of the fall.

Drue Chichi (Tuesday)

I grew up in Delaware and began riding when I was 6 at the old Highland Stables in Wilmington, Delaware.  I was a typical horse-mad kid, who enjoyed every minute of being a “barn rat” and spoiling my favorite barn ponies. I graduated from Sanford High School in Hockessin, Delaware, where I trained with Bodgie Read.  I spent the months after graduation in Yorkshire, England as a groom for British showjumper John Whitaker and his first world class mount, Ryan’s Son.

During college at the University of Delaware, I worked as Director of Riding at Aloha Camp in Fairlee, Vermont.  I graduated university with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, and went on to receive a Juris Doctor from Widener School of Law, which I utilized in my service as General Counsel for the Department of Agriculture, State of Delaware.  

I have spent the last three years teaching intermediate and advanced hunters, jumpers, and hunt seat equitation at Fairwinds Farm in North East, Maryland, and serving as one of the co-trainers for the barn's show team.  My training methodology relies heavily on the basics taught by the old-school stylists:  George Morris, Bill Steinkraus, Joe Fargis and Frank Chapot, among others. 

I believe that form follows function, attention to detail is critical, and above all, success comes with hard work! My students have enjoyed a great deal of success in local and regional show series, and are looking forward to a terrific 2010 show season!