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Lorna Palmer (with grandson Phillip)

For more than  three decades Lorna's many interactions in the horsemanship community have ranged from:

As Youth
Received instruction and competed in hunter/jumper and dressage/eventing and was active member of 4H & US Pony Club. Held job as a working student at  thoroughbred breeding and dressage/eventing farms.  

Competitive Experience
Dressage, eventing, open shows, hunter-paces, driving and breed shows.

Horse Management
Personally owned and cared for many horses of varying breeds. Managed farms for clients and has co-owned and operated SWF for twelve years with her husband and family.

Horse Show Management  
Dressage competitions, groundwork & dressage clinics, 2-phases & open horse shows, mounted drill team performances. 

Instructing/coaching  
Held a Mass instructors license for over twenty years. Operated full horsemanship instruction program (lessons, lectures, summer camps etc.) for over twenty years. Instructed hundreds of students and various horse breeds in dressage and eventing/ jumping and groundwork/roundpen horsemanship. Helped students achieve many yearend championship awards from local and regional associations. Received several trainer of the year awards. 

Horse Breeding  
Andalusian horses

Currently
Very involved with a new horse association, The New England chapter of The American Association for the Progression of Horsemanship (AAPHne). www.aaphorsemanship.org and exploring more equine behavioral methods (non-traditional) of horsemanship. Enjoying lessons with students, an occasional trailride or hunter-pace and her continued interactions with her Andalusian mares, Nina and Esperanza.

 

Lorna & Phillip driving Nina  in the new meadowbrook cart.

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Adrianna Kerr   

Began riding  in 1985 as a youth. Competed in the hunter ring before moving into dressage and eventing as a teen. 

Graduated from Norfolk County Agricultural High School in 1997, was a member of their equestrian drill team and horse club.

Graduate of Johnson & Wales University in Providence RI  Nov. 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Equine Business Management.

Has held MA state licensed instructor since 1999. Began teaching at SWF in Feb of 2000. 

Adri formerly owned a Hanoverian mare named Allegra which she evented successfully in Beginner Novice level. She now is working with her new horse Paprika a rose grey 4 year old Thoroughbred filly. Adri also owns Jelly Bean, one of the leadline ponies, and is in charge of the SWF leadline program, instructs 40 to 50 students per  week and manages the SWF open competitions. 

                               Allegra      Paprika

        

 (Jelly as a foal)        

Jelly Bean is a 7yr old, 12.1 hand chestnut pony which she purchased as a yearling. She is currently the SWF leadline pony giving lessons to the 4 to 7 year old crowd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Willow Farm, 18 Blackstone Street, Mendon, MA  01756  
Barn Hours: 9 AM - 9 PM Monday-Saturday . Sundays & Holidays 1- 4 PM.
info@springwillowhorsefarm.com ~ (508) 473-8630  
Last Modified 10/1/08