Trainer Profiles

Trainer: Jo Beard
Barn: Hogany Tops Farm

Profile:
Jo Beard is the Owner and trainer for Hogany Tops Farm, a hunter jumper barn recently relocated from Atlanta, Georgia to Aubrey, Texas. She runs a full care training and boarding facility and hosts a large riding lesson and summer camp program. Her barn specializes in the training of young, green horses and helps each horse and rider achieve their own potential. Jo takes her students to horse shows throughout the year, to both locally and nationally sanctioned horse shows.

Her barn is a member of the United States Equestrian Federation, Texas Hunter Jumper Association, and the North Texas Hunter Jumper Club, giving her many shows to compete in year round. Jo has been involved in many disciplines since a young child. As a professional, she has been actively involved in foxhunting, steeplechase, breeding, and hunter jumpers. She began Hogany Tops farm just outside of Atlanta, Georgia over 25 years ago. Jo and her son, grand prix rider, Hunt Tosh, sell a large number of horses and ponies all over the United States.

Trainer: Molly Hunt
Barn:     Hunters Gate Stables

Profile:
Molly Hunt is the owner and head trainer of Hunters Gate Stables located in Princeton, Texas.  Molly has ridden for over 20 years in both Kansas and Texas. Molly has shown successfully in Hunters and Jumpers.  Molly has been assistant trainer at several barns in the North Texas area and has also been Barn Manager and Head Jump trainer. Owning her own barn has been a dream of Molly’s and she and her husband finalized that dream the spring of 2010. Molly’s attention to detail, patience, and great understanding of a horses mind, has allowed her to accomplish these dreams.  Hunters Gate competes in the local horse shows as well as the “A” and “AA” Circuits.