Participating Trainer Profiles

Neal Perry is a natural horsemanship trainer with roots in Vermont as deep as the Morgan horses he raises. His training has a unique and effective way of bringing horses and their people closer. Together with his wife Cheryl and their two children they operate The Perry Farm where they offer an array of horse services from training and clinics to lessons in both english and western riding as well as driving. The farm is a 130 acre spread with a newly renovated barn and an indoor arena. The Perry family has called their Brownington farm home since 1924 when Neal's grandfather Ezekiel bought the property. Since that time the farm has developed from a diversified livestock and dairy operation to a Morgan horse and training facility. The calming atmosphere at the farm coupled with the common sense approach Neal teaches with horses makes The Perry Farm a great place to take a private clinic for your family or a few friends. Neal also travels for clinics and demonstrations to other stables and training centers. The Perry Farm, 509 Dutton Brook Lane, Brownington, Vt 05860        (802)754-2396  www.perryfarm.com       peryfarm@msn.com

Now, at his own boarding and training center, Tom helps people by improving their relationships with their horse through trust and respect. Tom has taken the courses and clinics offered by the clinician and author GaWaNi Pony Boy where he learned Pony’s relationship training methods and added them to his own horsemanship skills. He is also the 5^th person in the world to become a “Pony Boy Regional Advisor”. Not only is he the only male advisor in the USA but he is the only regional advisor presenting Horses Teaching People demos and clinics for the horse owner interested in learning Pony’s approach. Tom Pinkowski Horse Boarding and Training Ctr., 3000 Coomer Rd., Newfane, NY  14108     (716) 434-6024   www.TomPinkowski.net    tanddranch@msn.com

Nicky Frechette graduated from Maryland Horse Center majoring in dressage, jumping and starting young horses. She later incorporated natural horsemanship into her education. Nicky’s farm, Rookery Ranch, is a small training facility located in the Adirondacks that works with people and horses year-round. At Rookery Ranch, horses are kept in herds and all are barefoot. Nicky is a student of the horse and Leslie Desmond who is co-author of Bill Dorrance’s book “True Horsemanship Through Feel”. Nicky Frechette, Rookery Ranch,   PO Box 222, Keene, NY  12942   (518) 576-9138  rookeryranch@mac.com