Hunter Jumper Training in Rome, New York (Oneida County)

Kelly (Gaffney) Lasher on-site instructor, trainer, and stable manager at Hunter Landing Equestrian. She and her husband have owned and ran the business since 2011. She has been riding and showing horses for the last 24+ years.

Some of Kelly's major riding accomplishments include showing competitively at local, A-rated, IHSA, and AQHA recognized shows. She has attended shows stretching from Toronto, Massachusetts, Vermont, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Texas, and various locations across New York State. Kelly was a three-time top ten winner in working hunter and equitation over fences classes at the AQHA Congress as both a youth and amateur rider. She also competed twice at the AQHYA World Show in Fort Worth, TX; on her second trip to the World Show, she finished first on the Working Hunter judges' card for the preliminary round, and was awarded 15th in the finals. Kelly also rode for the highly regarded St. Lawrence University IHSA Equestrian team, often as the over fences point rider. Upon attending St. Lawrence, she joined the riding team as an Open Flat and Intermediate Over Fences rider, and during that time was recognized as the Reserve High Point rider as well as the Regional Champion over fences as an individual.

Though Kelly entered into the professional ranks as a trainer in 2011 when she founded Hunter Landing Equestrian, she has trained, shown, and worked with her own horses independently prior to and since graduating from St. Lawrence University in 2005. She has brought along many young, green horses, preparing them for the world of hunter/jumpers. She does what she loves. Her childhood dream has come true - to teach horses and riders alike, at a facility that she can call her own.

Our training philosophy is to ensure a positive experience for each horse, each and every time. We value the horse owner's feedback, goals, and objectives, and will design a training plan specific to your horse.

Our training program is designed to fine-tune and condition horses to perform at their best, and for green horses that are just learning. Affordable training is offered as single rides or as a monthly program, but can be tailored to fit your horse's specific needs.

Kelly ensures horses are very solid and educated on the flat prior to moving her horses to the jumping phase of her training program.... See More

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