About Us
Will Faerber
Will (Founder of Art2Ride) is a Master Horseman who studied extensively in Portugal with Nuno Oliveira whom he considers to be his greatest influence. 
He has competed in Eventing, Jumping and Dressage as well as coaching his students to regional and state championships including Horse of the Year awards. He competed on the prestigious Florida Dressage circuit for 3 years where he and his horses were consistent winners. He has been training professionally for over 40 years and was awarded his Silver Medal on a horse that was scheduled to be euthanized, it was so dangerous and unmanageable. A testament to a style of training that considers each horse an individual with different needs.
Karen Loshbaugh
Karen (Founder of Art2Ride) has been riding since the age of eleven. Her riding career began in the Hunter/Jumper disciplines, showing on the "A" circuit. She currently competes at the F
EI Levels in Dressage and received her Silver Medal on a green horse she trained.
Associate Trainers
Chelsea MacPhail
Chelsea grew up riding hunter/jumpers during her junior years and worked as a groom for several show barns in New England before achieving her Bachelors degree in Animal Science with a concentration in Equine Studies from the University of Maine. Upon graduation she accepted a full time position managing a Morgan farm and during which time she started several young horses under saddle. After moving several times due to her husbands military service, Chelsea is now permanently settled in the northeast. Chelsea enjoys working with a wide variety of breeds and brings the Art2Ride training philosophy to all disciplines. Patience and understanding are critical to working in partnership with our horses and Chelsea enjoys helping riders cultivate a positive training experience with their horse.
Currently accepting lesson students locally and available for clinics throughout New England.
(207) 752-7638
Based in York, Maine USA.
www.macphailequestrian.com
Sarah Montrowl
I can’t remember a time without horses. My mom was an international show jumper and three-day eventer and made sure horses were in my life. At the age of 7, I started Difficult Run Pony Club, with an emphasis in combined training and hunter/jumpers.
I got my first taste of classical dressage when we moved to Vienna, Austria and saw the Spanish Riding School. After three years of school horse riding in Austria, we returned to Virginia and I bought a 3yr old gelding-quite the learning curve! I was lucky enough to begin my discovery of what it feels like having a horse work over its back, thanks to regular lessons with Shannon O’Malley (working student for Karen and David O’Conner). Shortly after receiving my C-2 Pony Club rating, we moved to Berlin, where I continued to ride in a dressage program.
I found Art2Ride in 2009 and after observing the first lesson with Will and Karen I knew I was home. This system of training holds sacred the health, harmony, and happiness of both horse and rider. It truly teaches you a higher dialogue with your equine partner. I’ve worked as Will’s working student and then associate trainer for the last several years and now train out of a private facility in Escondido, California.
Contact Info: sarahgmontrowl@gmail.com 858-880-6411 Facility: http://domaine-artefactwine.com/
I will have two openings October 1—I’m also looking for a working student for discounted board.
I am available to travel for clinics.
Katherine Potter
I think I emerged from the womb thinking I was a horse. I spent the first 5 years of my life whinnying and galloping around on all fours or playing with my plastic horse collection (with or without legs). I graduated to drawing horses for the next 15 years - a good foundation for the tools required to be an artist since horses are very difficult to capture accurately and I was obsessed with doing just that! After a month of horse camp in high school, a summer riding my brother's roommates QH jumper, I finally finagled my way to ownership when I was 21 (by hook and by crook). Poppy taught me so much as we learned together riding the mountain trails of Colorado together. My passion for horses led me to training standardbred race horses for the leading owner on the east coast for several years traveling between NY and FL each season. This was a professional experience that completely prepared me for any training challenges I would face. I raised several foals over the next 15 years, culminating in the breeding of a leased TB mare to the first Swedish Warmblood I ever saw - Flamenco (by Flamingo - an international dressage star under Kyra Kyrklund). My first WB cross was my current mount (Kip)'s dam. I discovered Art2Ride in June 2013 by some internet magic that had me perusing YouTube. I immediately connected with every statement and vision of relaxed training I saw and submitted a video during that first summer when Will offered a free year of videos to his YouTube subscribers. It was only after I won a slot in this competition that I went to his website and read his bio, only to find out he had studied with my dressage God, Nuno Oliveira, who I had been following since the early '90s through reprinted articles between the dressage masters of the earlier decades in the magazine Dressage and CT (I still have all my copies of this magazine - that's how impactful these articles were to my education in dressage).
I have worked with many breeds over a 50 year obsession with horses (ponies, arabs, QHs, Appaloosa's, an ex reiner, standardbreds, TBs, and warmbloods). What I am sure of deep in my being is the efficacy of the Art2Ride classical training - nothing has come close. I am currently re-inventing myself from a 17 year career as a hydrogeologist working as a consultant for Corporate America into an Innkeeper at www.yalemanor.com (a 5-room, 4-yurt Inn located on 10 acres of the east shore of Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes of upstate NY). Phase II of this re-invention is the building of an Art2Ride Training Center on the property exclusively offering clinics and trained horses for travelers to experience or to bring their horses to work in the method. Currently, I can travel to barns for clinics.
Katherine Potter
315-567-3762
kathpotter57@gmail.com or on Facebook (messenger or other)
www.yalemanor.com
Elizabeth Spetschinsky
For the last 25 years, I have studied dressage with teachers and trainers (mostly with a "classical" background, e.g. from Saumur and Vienna or having ridden with Oliveira) as well as in books, tapes and DVDs, on horseback, looking at riders in many countries and locations, and have met a great many interesting people in Belgium, France and the U.-K. who were kind enough to share their experience and knowledge with me.
I came across Art2ride 2 years ago and have applied this method with great success with several horses.
I own a small private stable in the South of Belgium where in May 2015 we were lucky to organise a clinic with Will Faerber.
What I like most is helping people and horses understand each other better and work together.
For more information, please contact me by mail (elisabeth.spetschinsky@outlook.be) or on Facebook in the Art2ride group.
Marnie Maciborski
Riding since the age of 8, I knew even then that working with horses was what I wanted to do the rest of my life. Growing up showing in all disciplines, spending my youth in 4-H and helping to start young horses at the barn where I boarded my first pony Carizma only solidified my decision. After High School I managed barns until starting my own small facility in Basking Ridge New Jersey where I reside with my friesian mare Eve and my andalusian gelding Charlie. I’ve had many trainers, been to many clinics and completed quite a few apprenticeships. None of which had explained and shown so clearly how to achieve a true partnership by developing a horses strength, balance, connection and engagement like Art2Ride.
For lessons or training contact me at: njhcrep@gmail.com
Or message me via Facebook
Marnie Maciborski
Tricia Yates
I grew up in England and discovered my love for horses at the age of four when my cousin popped me up on a Welsh pony, and I was hooked from that day on. My parents did not have the means to buy me a horse so I saved my pocket money to pay for lessons and became a "schoolie", working at the stables to get to ride. I purchased my first horse in 2000 after moving to the United States, a horse who unfortunately had a history of abuse and coped with it in a dangerous way, a situation which forced me to educate myself to save myself. The skills I developed to cope with such a difficult horse did not go unobserved and resulted in a business based on helping other owners deal with their troubled horses. To further my education I focused on the principals of Dressage and worked with and for a Dressage trainer for 6 years, schooling up to 4th level on a very troubled OTTB, as well as studying with numerous renowned clinicians from different aspects of the equine industry.
Although I learned a tremendous amount I didn't realize what information and skill was missing until I discovered Art2Ride in 2010. I attended an A2R clinic and immediately felt like I had found the missing piece to my Dressage Training. In fact, I was brought to tears at the realization of the injustice done to my previous Dressage horse. I was asked to be an associate trainer later that year and have been successfully sharing this knowledge through my business and working with Karen during her regular clinic visits. I've been also fortunate to be able to work with Will during my San Diego visits at their A2R facility.
My hard work and effort has paid off and now I have the opportunity to develop a completely green unbroke 3 yr old mare, Delilah, who arrived from the Netherlands in October of 2016. This is the first horse I've owned or trained that I didn't have to undo any previous abuse, incorrect handling or training. Thus, she provides a great platform for me to show the progression of a properly developed horse from the ground up.
I'm very excited to help others fill in the missing pieces and develop their horses with the Art2Ride Classical Foundation Training. This philosophy results in supple, relaxed horses whose abilities are the result of correct development and emotional well-being, which culminates in a harmonious partnership between horse and rider without resistance.
My current training business is located in Marin County, California and I am available for lessons. Please contact me at 415.613.2244 or shebahsmum@yahoo.com for more information.
Additionally, I can be booked for riding clinics through Art2Ride and offer the added option of integrative clinics and educational opportunities on biomechanics and saddle-fitting with whole horse veterinarian and saddle-fitter Dr. Joanna Robson, DVM of Inspiritus Equine, Inc.
Erin O'Rielly
I cannot remember a time where horses were not an integral part of my life. I began riding in summer camps when I was 7 and received riding lessons for my 12th birthday. Shortly after, I began leasing a 4-year-old, TBxQH named Sonny who had some behavioural issues. Being a green rider riding a very green horse, we had our fair share of issues. But, we also taught each other a lot. Three years later, he was moved to a different facility where I did not have a coach. This was when I found Art2Ride. From the first video, I knew it was the direction I wanted to go in. I spent hours studying videos and trying to apply it to my own riding. It was very clear to me how much Sonny was benefitting from these methods and that was all that mattered to me. In the years that followed, after purchasing Sonny, I continued to educate myself as much as I could through watching YouTube videos, submitting a video critique to Will, and taking lessons with a coach in my area who had very similar philosophies. However, it was a trip to California in the Fall of 2017 that really helped me bring my training to the next level. I visited Art2Ride as a working student and was lucky enough to learn from Will, Karen, and Amber during this time. In two months, I did around 80 lessons and the information and skill I gained was truly invaluable. I look forward to visiting Art2Ride again in the Spring of 2018 and am excited for a future of using Classical Foundation Training to enable horses and riders to work together in harmony.
I am currently located in Newfoundland, Canada where I am offering lessons and training. I have been instructing riding lessons for eight years and am also an Equestrian Canada certified instructor.
Erin O’Rielly
1-709-690-3187
Sabine de Jong
I started riding around the age of 8. When I was 14 I switched the riding school for breaking Arabian thoroughbreds and I started having my first interest for natural horsemanship. When I was 16 I got in touch with western riding for the first time and at age 20 I bought my first horse. A 3yo quarter horse.
Looking back I had not idea what I got myself into. I just made my dream come true and learned everything the hard way. Mostly by working very hard. After spending over a year working for a world class reining trainer, I headed back to Amsterdam and took a break. When my QH was about 8 I bought a big truck, a trailer and we started showing again. At the same time she became friends with my current Arabian thoroughbred mare Pura.
Everything I learned over the years before just wouldn't work with Pura. Instead of getting better, she became unrideable.
I started researching ways to train the back and eventually got in touch with art2ride. A lifechanger for me. Eventually Santer crossed my path, a 18yo Dutch Warmblood and so I started another rehab horse.
Now I mostly specialize in rehabilitation (often old schooling horses) and making the connection between art2ride classical foundation and western riding. I am open for new clients and clinics all over Europe. I regularly travel to Spain, Italy and England.
Sabine de Jong
It is easiest to call me (via whatsapp or Facebook is also possible!)
+31 6 42920191
Website: www.sdjhorsetraining.com
Virginia Walker
I have loved horses ever since I could remember. My family did not have the money for lessons until I was about 19. Shortly thereafter, I married my first husband and we moved to Florida where I continued my weekly lessons. Then he was stationed in England. I found a riding school there, and was able to ride four days a week by working at the barn. I was able to work and ride probably over 50 different horses while I was there. During the four years we lived in England I was able to earn my B.H.S.A.I.
When we came back to the states I was able to work with Charles DeKumphy. He was coming to San Diego regularly. He was very much into allowing the horse to stretch and wanted that nice rhythm in the trot. I taught at the barn and I worked with my local pony club. I competed in dressage, three day eventing and jumping. I kept looking for local trainers that I could work with. Didn’t find anyone who fit. So most of the time I worked by myself .
While I was teaching elementary school, riding and raising some horses, I bought a horse that had some real problems. I was looking into saddles and came across Will and Karen. I started working with Will. That was about 15 years ago and I keep going back. It has and will continue to be a journey that I enjoy.
Virginia Walker
(619)925-0289
Kate Barford
Kate Barford has been working with horses since she was 11 years old, when she worked as a stable hand and showed English and Western pleasure horses. When she returned to riding as an adult, she was emerged into the world of natural horsemanship, where she learned to over-ride her natural predatory instincts and control her own feel, timing, and balance, which she still believes are important principles for any horse person to master before they can train a horse successfully.
Kate then acquired her horse Danny Boy, who was an older Arabian gelding that was started late in life and was very stiff in his front end. She realized that she needed to learn how to unlock this horse and help him find a more comfortable way to carry himself, and she began to look for information on equine balance and bio mechanics. On this journey, she found the amazing wealth of information on classical foundation training shared by Will Faerber from Art2Ride. She met Will Faerber and had a lesson with Danny Boy at a clinic in March 2018, where he asked if she would like to join the Art2Ride Associate trainer program.
Kate and Danny Boy have not looked back since. Kate has developed an understanding of how to systematically develop a horse through increasingly challenging gymnastic exercises which engages the horse's topline and core and Danny has transformed from a completely unsound horse with a dropped back and nervous energy into a sound, strong, and relaxed athlete.
Kate's desire is to share what knowledge she has gained and been able to offer her horse to others, so that they can share it with their own horses and enjoy the physical and mental benefits of classical training. She is particularly passionate about rehabilitating older horses, and starting young horses correctly from the beginning to help prevent common lameness.
Kate Barford
Phone: 0423277717
Amy Savage Flores
Amy Savage Flores grew up riding at Morning Star Farm in Novato, Ca. When she was 13 years old, she began riding with Clare Long of Clarity Dressage in Petaluma, Ca. Amy quickly fell in love with the art of Dressage, and became Clare's working student and eventually her assistant.
In 2012, Clare and Amy created Clarity Performance Horse Sales, working with and selling horses of all ages, breeds, and disciplines.
Amy's gift for teaching horse care and horseback riding was very apparent and she had an obvious love for working with children. She decided to start Amiable Sporthorse and received her certification through CHA (Certified Horsemanship Association). Amy has expanded her business to teach adults as well. Amiable Sporthorse acquired a few wonderful lesson horses and established a location on the west side of Petaluma. Amy is currently seeking clients from the San Francisco Bay Area. She also travels to teach and train. Please inquire for more information.
In 2014, Amy learned about Art2Ride when Dr. Joanna Robson recommended it for a horse she was training. After doing some research, she was so excited to have found a training method that made so much sense and put the horse’s physical development first—strengthening a horse’s back and core. Amy has gained invaluable knowledge from Art2Ride and had the privilege of riding in several clinics with Art2Ride Trainer Karen Loshbaugh. (www.art2ride.com)
In January 2020, Amy became a Certified Art2Ride Associate Trainer. Understanding how Classical Foundation Training can improve a horse is so exciting. Dressage is for everyone and every horse!
Amy has also been practicing Intentional Horsemanship with Trainer Alex Clerc who is a student instructor with Mark Rashid. This work addresses being present and intentional about your horsemanship and helping horses deal with their emotions. Amy has seen huge positive shifts in her training horses since practicing this method.
Amy Savage Flores is a trainer who is constantly putting the overall well-being of her horses first—both physically and mentally. Horses have so much to offer us if we are willing to let go of our agendas and listen to them.
Amy Flores Savage
Phone: 707-654-5303
Jena Bengtson
I have loved horses since I was old enough to know what a horse was. As a kid, I was much more excited to receive Breyer Horses than Barbies! When I was in junior high, my mom got a 30 year old rescued horse for my sister and I to share, and horses have been in my life ever since.
In my 20’s, I saw my first dressage demonstration, and I was captivated. Immediately, I knew that I wanted to learn to dance with my horse like that! I started taking dressage lessons and attending clinics as I could afford them.
I met Karen Loshbaugh through my efforts to find a correctly fitting saddle. Her knowledge of saddle fit and the tips she gave me while watching me ride, as I tested different saddles, impressed me. When I expressed my desire to find better instruction in true classical dressage, she told me about William Faerber, and recommended I attend an upcoming clinic.
From the first day of the clinic, I knew I had finally found the system of riding and training for which I had been searching. Everything Will said made sense, and my horse had never moved so beautifully and relaxed! It was the first time I felt what it was like when a horse truly uses its back correctly. I wish I had been introduced to Art2Ride’s Classical Foundation Training method earlier, but as they say, better late than never! My horse completely transformed with what I learned from Will and Karen, and every horse I have ridden and trained subsequently has greatly benefited from what I have learned from Art2Ride.
I have used Art2Ride’s Classical Foundation Training method to help horses of a wide variety of breeds, from 12 hand ponies to 19 hand Shire Draft horses. I love showing people that correct dressage basics is for everyone, regardless of discipline, including western riders. Classical Foundation Training, along with correct saddle fit, and proper hoof and health care, can help any horse to develop its innate athletic potential and become a happy, relaxed, balanced, and responsive partner.
I currently have the pleasure of working with horses and riders in and near the city of Norco, located in Southern California.
Jena Bengtson
(951) 312-8307
dancinghorsejb@yahoo.com
Marie Boncella
Marie Boncella has a background in training horses and their riders, and has been working with horses for over ten years. Her love of horses started very young and she began taking lessons at age eight. She spent her teenage years volunteering at horse camps, teaching children horse riding basics. She then began working with yearlings, stallions, and participating in local horse events. In July of 2015 she attended her first Art2Ride clinic, receiving lessons from Will Faerber. Riding in the clinic she felt the energy and flow of a horse that properly supports its rider for the first time, completely altering her understanding of horse riding. Taking the lessons of Art2Ride back to her horse Aria, Marie was able to help Aria build muscle as they built a deeper understanding with each other, ensuring that Aria was comfortable in her saddle, stepping under her body and lifting her back. Aria gained muscle throughout her topline, became stronger and balanced, and her demeanor under saddle changed; she was relaxed, attentive, and calm. Following the positive changes in Aria, Marie sought more experience with Art2Ride and traveled to San Diego, where she became a working student. There she got even more hands-on experience with working horses according to the Art2Ride principles. She worked alongside and learned from Will Faerber and Amber Matusek, and expanded her understanding of saddlefit and its impact on the horse while working with Karen Loshbaugh. Through this work, Marie understands the value of working horses so that they lift their back and properly support the rider. Her goal in her work with Art2Ride is to improve the lives of all horses through correct groundwork and riding, and to give their riders the tools they need to extend the working life of their horses. Marie’s work with Art2Ride has shown her that classical foundation training benefits not only dressage horses, but horses of any discipline.
Marie Boncella is located in Eastern Kansas, and is offering lessons and training.
Email: mboncella520@gmail.com
(785) 840-5020
Samantha Rubio
I am a lifelong equestrian and certified Peter Horobin saddlefitter through Art2Ride saddlery. I studied Animal Science and Neurobiology & Behavior at Cornell University. And I am dedicated to a philosophy of lifelong learning, always in search of opportunities to expand the scope and depth of my knowledge.
I am continually propelled by my own horse, Legacy, whose complex rehabilitation has inspired me to push for ever more compassionate and evidence-informed methodologies in every “spoke on the wheel” of equine husbandry and training. Our horses rely on us to make decisions for them to ensure their wellbeing. Thus, I am committed to a system of training that improves the horse, both physically and emotionally.
It is an honor to combine my knowledge of equine anatomy and biomechanics with my hands-on experience implementing that knowledge in the development of a relaxed and willing partnership between horse and rider.
I am located in Montgomery County, Maryland, USA.
Contact: samjrubio@gmail.com | (619) 947-1559
Ryanne Davis
