From breeding & raising the youngster above to training a client's horse for the show ring or coaching any student to that level, my passion for teaching horses & their humans remains forever keen.

Unique to this area, I coach all levels...from Short Stirrup through Medal/Maclay Equitation. I train horses from ground level, literally from foaling through the  final show of the horse's first show season.

I may put the first saddle on a 2-yr. old or strengthen the "weak bend" to improve a lead change. I spend as much time as it takes in a lesson for my student to leave the ring with a sense of accomplishment.                                                                                      
I continue to show myself and for clients, starting  with the Baby-Green Hunters and arriving at the Working Divisions.  It thrills me to start a schooling  jumper and then watch its progression to the Children's/Adult or Junior/Amateur Jumpers with a new pilot.   

Often asked, "Do you teach dressage?" I reply, "Of course.  All good horsemanship, regardless of discipline, is based on a foundation of dressage."  I place a strong emphasis on the  communication with the horse through proper balance built on a solid foundation of the rider's accurate use of the natural aids.

     Home-bred,  raised and trained "Scattered Frost"  leading Medium Pony in NC currently owned by Jordan Heithold of Huntersville, NC

           Edgewood's Show Me & Anne Carter in 1969

Growing up, I started teaching friends in the neighborhood how  to ride my shetland pony...right in my family's back yard. From that time, with the loving support of all my family, I never stopped riding, competing, teaching a technique or coaching at shows.

Immediately after receiving my BA degree  in the 1970's, I moved to Sewickley, PA  to work under brothers Brian and Kevin Lenehan  and Leslie (then Lenehan) Howard. 

Kevin was just beginning to show A Touch of Class (an off-the-track TB mare) in the green hunters. She required a fair amount of preparation and free time for which I took a great deal of responsibility.  In 6 short years, A Touch of Class advanced to win the Individual Gold Medal for Show Jumping with Joe Fargis in the 1984 Olympic Games. 

Brian was also competing a gorgoeous bay gelding called Chads Ford, the leading green comformation hunter in the U.S.  Chad was my charge from the time Brian stepped off his back until he jogged back for the winner's lineup.  I was responsible for his impeccable turn-out, everything from the perfect braid job to his oiled hooves.

                  At his first show, Give It To Mikey (he'll eat anything)               Camden Jones aboard.

 A native of Virginia, North Carolina became home for family and AC in 1982.  Her credentials are evidenced by many honors and accomplishments awarded the last 35 years.

In 1969, under the tutelage of Bet and Clyde Poarch, she held the destinction of being the youngest competitor ever to ride as a VHSA Hunter Seat Medal Finalist.  In 1971, Anne Carter won the High Score Award for the trial year of the VHSA Pony Equitation competition and in '72 won the VHSA Pony Equitation Finals.