WHO WE ARE
Training Manager / Coach: Ashlee Pigford
As the Training Manager of Meadowthorpe Farm and a Coach, her primary goal is to encourage more kids & adults in the Memphis, TN area to experience horses, and to provide a place for folks to do so affordably! Meadowthorpe Farm is a unique setting, grounded in heart and education. Horses and people are more than just business and absolutely more than horse showing. Ashlee has over 40 years of experience with horses. She is a third-generation horse woman whose horse roots can be traced back to her maternal grandmother, who worked as a teenager at thoroughbred racehorse tracks in Cuba! Her mother grew up riding and showing American Saddlebred horses and breeding them. Ashlee spent her first eight years traveling to Saddlebred Shows around the South and in Kentucky watching her mother and family show horses compete. She started riding hunter/jumpers at age 8 in Germantown, TN and has been hooked on horses since! She enjoys project horses and takes pride in taking the time needed for solid and safe training. Her special passion is caring for cast-away horses and unveiling their hidden value/worth and sharing this with others. Ashlee is proud to have yet to purchase a fully trained, push-button, show-ready, horse! Which is one reason she supports reputable horse rescue organizations, Local Horse Shows, Off the Track Rescue, Thoroughbred (OTTB) rehab/retraining programs, and Horse Trainer's with a soft-spot for rescuing, retraining, and re-homing horses in need and kill-pen rescues. It's a special experience to match a horse in need with the right person for them! Another passion is Equine Assisted Coaching and Learning. Ashlee enjoys working with kids having learning disabilities and special needs. She also exels helping adults realize and reach their personal and professional goals. She has worked with Adult Learners in a corporate setting over the past 20 years as an Instructional Designer and Corporate Training Manager. She started out as an Elementary School and Special Education teacher. and has continued this passion through teaching children, including autistic, special needs, and kids with learning disabilities about horses. (Sensory, dyslexia, nonverbal processing disorders, executive functioning, ADHD). |
Assistant Coach/Trainer: Haley Baker
We are excited to have Coach Haley join our Coaching and Training Team!
Haley is a United States Dressage Association (USDA) Bronze Medalist with years of experience training horses and riders of all ages and levels. She has trained and worked alongside many top industry professionals, including Olympian Lendon Gray. Haley specializes in dressage, but also has a background in hunters and has experience in western as well. She is passionate about teaching her riders proper basics that they can carry over into any equestrian discipline.
We are excited to have Coach Haley join our Coaching and Training Team!
Haley is a United States Dressage Association (USDA) Bronze Medalist with years of experience training horses and riders of all ages and levels. She has trained and worked alongside many top industry professionals, including Olympian Lendon Gray. Haley specializes in dressage, but also has a background in hunters and has experience in western as well. She is passionate about teaching her riders proper basics that they can carry over into any equestrian discipline.
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