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Terese Bouchard, owner of Huntington Meadow Stables, has been riding since she was a young girl. She and her husband, Dick, opened the stable in 1977. In addition to running the business and teaching lessons, Terese is the Nazareth College Equestrian Team coach. She also teaches a riding course for Rochester Institute of Technology, which has been offered for the last 27 years. |
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Dick Bouchard oversees
the day-to-day management of the stable. Some highlights of his
riding experience include barrel racing and calf roping. Dick
was a whip with the Hopper Hill Fox Hunt in 1974. He rode "42nd
Street" in the professional divisions with the Syracuse
PHA in 1977, and "Flumbá" in the 1979 jumper
divisions. In 1980, he started the HMS Polo Club, which he still
coaches, and he played with the Bostwick Family in Gilbertsville,
at Cornell University and in Vermont. |
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Michelle Santay has been riding since she was 12, and graduated from SUNY Cobleskill with a bachelors degree in Animal Science. She is the barn manager, and teaches lessons from beginner to advanced riders. She is also coach for the Bishop Kearney Equestrian Club and Nazareth Academy Equestrian Club. |
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Valerie Hoban, trainer,
is known as one of the area’s top children/pony trainers.
She has taken students from the short stirrup division all the
way to juniors, trained students at top shows up and down the east
coast, and challenged her students to qualify for and compete in
the top national-level shows. Her experiences in the show ring,
plus professional
training in education, make her an ideal instructor for children.
She has been teaching elementary school in the Webster Central
School District for about ten years. Her two boys, Nathan and Benjamin,
share her love for horses, too. The Hoban family own a
medium pony named Splash, who the boys love riding when they watch
their Mom teach at the barn. |
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Kelly Nyhan, trainer
and assistant coach of the Nazareth Equestrian Team, graduated
from Cazenovia College, where she competed on their Equestrian
Team in both Hunt Seat Equitation and Western classes. Kelly’'s
students range from beginner to showing levels. She is actively
involved in riding and training horses, and her current project
is her pony, Lucy. |
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Angela Sanzotta,
trainer. Angela also rode at Huntington Meadow Stables as a child.
She graduated from Cazenovia College where she majored in Equine
Business Management, with a minor in Biology. She has serveral
certifications, including as riding instructor. Angela is noted
for her energetic teaching style, and even though
her lessons are FUN, Angela emphasizes that her focus is on safety
first.
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Shannon Homola Pies,
trainer. Shannon has been riding at Huntington Meadow Stables and
showing since she was twelve years old. Having qualified for, and
ridden at, top horse shows in the country, she knows firsthand
the phenomenal teaching any student may receive at HMS. Her trainers
have included Val Hoban, Kim Ernisse, Terese Bouchard, and Gary
Duffy. Shannon greatly enjoys riding and teaching at HMS, being
a nanny for two young boys in Webster, as well as working on her
new project, Kenny, a five year old Thoroughbred. |
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