Trainer Profiles

Trainer: Pameal Herzberg
Barn:     Circle H Farm Dressage

Pamela is originally from Northeastern Ohio and a collage graduate.  She is a USPC  “B” Graduate and long listed with USCTA now USEA competing at preliminary level, USEF, USDF, CTDA and AQHA.  She has trained with Michael Plumb, Bruce Davidson, Joan Becker, Francois Lemaire de Ruffieu, Sarah Geikie, Debbie Riehl-Rodriguez , Jenni Hogan, Jodi Olshenia  and others. Pamela also continues her education with the USDF University program.

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Trainer: Tracey Bradley
Barn:     Spellbound Farm

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Tracey Badley began riding 30 years ago and has competed in hunters, jumpers, equitation, dressage, and combined training.  She opened Spellbound Farm in Van Alstyne in 2004 and shares the general farm operations with her husband, Jay Walton, and head dog and CEO, “Oakley”.

About the farm: Spellbound Farm is a private hunter/jumper boarding and training facility located on 350 acres 45 minutes north of Dallas in Van Alstyne, Texas.   Full care custom board and training packages are designed to meet every need. We offer amenities such as oversized stalls, custom feed programs, private tack lockers, indoor arena, large outdoor arena with a complete hunter/jumper course, indoor hot/cold wash racks, unlimited turn-out, and miles of trails to hack out on. At Spellbound Farm, we pride ourselves on a fun, family oriented atmosphere where horsemanship is emphasized above all else.  Our students compete on the local schooling show circuits, Texas Hunter Jumper Association sanctioned shows, to USEF/USHJA zone and national level rated shows. Spellbound riders have worked hard to earn N.T.H.J.C. Year End Championships in divisions ranging from 2’ to Schooling Jumpers, THJA year end awards, Zone 7 Championships, National Pony Finals Championships, as well as a Reserve APHA World Championship.

Trainer: Jo Beard
Barn: Hogany Tops Farm

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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

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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.