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About Us
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Kathy Fletcher - A Lake Erie College graduate, Kathy started her riding career at a local Cape Cod barn, winning a ribbon on a borrowed horse at the Maclay finals at Madison Square Garden. After spending a year with George Morris as a working student, Kathy’s career path led her to showing and training for Fran and Joe Dotoli, Riverwind Farm, and Fieldstone Farm. In 1995, she and her husband Mike Fletcher bought Grazing Fields Farm. Under Kathy’s leadership, the farm has become a major force in the hunter/jumper and equitation world. Kathy and Mike have a daughter, Emma, born in October 2001. |
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Laurel Tinney - After completing an accomplished junior career under the tutelage of such professionals as Frank Madden, Bill Cooney, Paul Valliere and Jim Toon, Laurel graduated from Amherst College in 1995. Since turning professional in 1996, she has successfully competed hunters and jumpers from the local levels through Florida and the Indoor circuit. As a trainer, she has coached juniors and adults of all levels in the hunters, jumpers, and equitation. She has been a part of many winning combinations, including ribbon winners at the National Pony Finals, the Medal and Maclay Finals, and the New England Finals. Laurel was a valuable asset to Team Grazing Fields from 1999-2005 and we are honored she rejoined us in 2008. |
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Nancy Murphy - Nancy grew up on the South Shore of Massachusetts, riding and showing as a junior at local and "A" shows. While attending Roger Williams University, she also taught at local stables. Nancy continued teaching and training and came to work at Grazing Fields in 2001. Nancy is also a US Equestrian Federation Recorded judge. |
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Amber Woodruff - Amber is a Cape Cod native whose lifelong passion for horses began at age 7. She spent her early years riding at Holly Hill Farm, before joining Grazing Fields for her final junior years. Along the way, Amber won five local junior Championships as well as the Sportsmanship Award at the Mass Days of Champions. After attending college, Amber began her professional career in at The Galloping Field in Richmond, Virginia. Preferring her native New England, Amber returned to the area and freelanced at several local barns before returning to Grazing Fields in 2009. Amber loves to teach and ride, especially green horses. In her spare time, she enjoys barrel racing. |
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Jennifer Sullivan - Jennifer grew up on Cape Cod showing successfully around the south shore at A-rated shows. She is a 2006 graduate of UMass Amherst with a B.S. in Equine Sports Medicine and Business Management. She competed on the UMass ISHA Equitation Team and trained with Jerry Schurink, among other top trainers. She later went on to train in Florida and worked as an instructor/trainer out of Volo Farm, in Westford, Mass. Jen has returned to her roots on the Cape and runs our schooling program at Grazing Fields Farm. |
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The Farm
Grazing Fields Farm is situated on 80 picturesque acres bordering the 300-acre Plymouth Wildlands Trust nature preserve in Buzzards Bay, MA.
Prior to its creation as a top hunter/jumper training and horse show facility in 1995, the farm had been owned by the Ingersoll family since 1930. It was home to New England's top breeding program for Welsh ponies.
The farm consists of sixty stalls in four barns, an indoor riding arena, four large outdoor riding rings, acres of grass pastures and access to private trails.
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