horse lessons, summer camp, breeding, boarding, sales, MD, DC

Hunter Crest Farm is a full service Hunter/Jumper training and boarding facility that caters to all levels of riders, from beginners who simply want to enjoy horses and riding, to A-rated competitors wishing to improve their Hunter/Jumper skills.

Kelly and "Heart of Gold" With Another Winning Trip

We are a privately owned and operated business that has been providing Hunter/Jumper equestrian services to the Maryland community for over 15 years. We are happy to offer our clients facilities at two Maryland locations. The first facility is in the Fulton/Clarksville area of Howard County and our second is in the beautiful Silver Run Valley in northern Carroll County. Our home office, breeding program, field board, and horse retirement operations are provided at our Carroll County facility.

Hunter Crest Farm’s focus has shifted over the years from extensive A-rated Hunter/Jumper showing, to running a full service Hunter/ Jumper business with a comprehensive set of horse programs including quality horse boarding, a Hunter/Jumper Riding School, local and rated horse showing services, and an extensive summer training/ riding program. Hunter Crest Farm also provides selective horse purchasing assistance, horse training, and tune-up services.

The second portion of the Hunter Crest Farm business is a Sales Barn. We currently have a number of quality Hunter, Jumper, and Dressage prospects including some exceptional weanlings, yearlings, 2- and 3-year-olds, and performance horses.

In addition to our Hunter/Jumper services and Sales Barn, Hunter Crest also runs a Breeding Program, the third portion of our business. We have an impressive stallion who is a son of All The Gold. This stallion is the top-ranked International Hunter Futurity (IHF) stallion of all times and his offspring have dominated the IHF competition in recent years. We also have a small but select crop of five excellent broodmares that we use in our breeding program.

Hunter Crest Farm also provides a Retirement Home to many of the horses that have enriched our lives and have given a lifetime of love and service. These retirement horses are given a life of leisure with plenty of grass, horse companionship, and the love and affection they have rightfully earned and deserve. It is our way of trying to return a small measure of thanks for a lifetime of hard work and devotion given.

We believe our Riding School is easily the best in Maryland, and its principal trainer, Brad Fincher, is unquestionably one of the best in the region. He has been riding and competing for over 25 years, and his Hunter/Jumper show record is most impressive. He was almost unbeaten when he competed on the A-Rated show circuit in the 1980's and 1990's.

To ensure maximum attention to each of our students, needs, our Riding School offers individual, semi-private and small group lessons. We teach students on their own horses or provide a safe, seasoned school horse for their use. Our Riding School focuses on creating a safe, fun learning environment with small class sizes and some of the best school horses in the area. Our safety record has been remarkable over the years.

Winning performance in the Hunter/Jumper show ring is the proper combination of a well-prepared rider and horse, each with a confident, winning attitude. Every rider and horse is unique and needs specialized instruction to achieve their full potential. Our more advanced lesson program is taught by Brad Fincher. We keep the class size small (4 or fewer) so Brad can tailor his instructions to the individual and his or her horse. We currently have over 50 students enrolled in our more advanced Riding School lesson programs.

Hunter Crest Farm offers boarding at both of our Maryland facilities. At our Carroll County facility, we offer Full and Field Board. At our Howard County facility, we offer only Full Board. Boarders at our Howard County facility are required to enroll in our Riding School.

Hunter Crest Farm offer a wide range of Horse Show services to its clients, including horse show trailering, training, and free use of school horses for our students. We believe that horse shows are an important part of the training and development process for those who wish to become top Hunter/Jumper riders. They are also fun -- especially if you win -- and Hunter Crest riders win a lot!

For 2008 Hunter Crest Farm offers a number of week-long summer camp programs for beginners to advanced riders. These programs are offered from 18 June to 3 August at our Howard County facility. They run from 9 AM to 3 PM, Monday through Friday. Each weekly session is limited to 10 participants who ride in groups of no more than 5 people. A fun Hunter Crest Horse Show is held each Friday so that the participants can show off their new skills to parents, friends and relatives!

Brad Fincher has demonstrated an intuitive ability to identify top performing horses, and he is one of the best Hunter/Jumper horse trainers in the area. He is known for his ability to take previously untrainable horses and turn them into star Hunter/Jumper performers. Based on his demonstrated capabilities, Hunter Crest Farm provides horse purchase, training, and tune-up services in select cases.

Hunter Crest's Sales Barn specializes in quality Hunter, Jumper, and Dressage horse prospects. We currently have a number of top performance horses for sale. They have excellent bloodlines and/or proven capabilities. We believe you will agree that our performance horses are exceptional. We still have some weanling and yearling sale prospects from Gift of Gold. Four of our broodmares are currently in foal with a 2007 delivery. They were bred to Gift of Gold, Corlando and Paparazzo. We also have two Corlando-fathered Hunter/Jumper mares for sale.

The Hunter Crest Farm Breeding Program is currently small but expanding. We offer the services of the Hunter Crest stallion Gift of Gold (1999 colt sired by All The Gold out of Copper Penny by Schoenfelder). Our broodmare collection is small but exceptional. Of our five primary broodmares, one is out of the top IHF stallion All The Gold, two are out of the internationally known Grand Prix Jumper Budweiser, one is from the international Dressage star Waldorf, and the one is out of the famous Hunter/Jumper Castle Magic.