Staff:
Laurie Beck is the barn manager and show team coach. She has significant
experience with horses; both in training, riding competitively and coaching. Laurie is also a Certified Medical Emergency
Tech and lends an amazing source of confidence to parents and riders in the event of that inevitable fall.
Kate Light began by teaching therapeutic
riding at Great and Small in Boyds, MD in 2006 and has enjoyed working with children ever since. She is a certified Registered
NARHA (North American Riding for the Handicapped Association) instructor, and has over 15 years of horse experience. Currently,
Kate attends the University of Maryland and enjoys working with her own horse while continuing to develop as a rider.
Kate Malone
assists with group lessons and is becoming certified to teach private lessons to beginners.
Hilary Holbrook joined Stoney
Creek in 2009 and quickly became a lesson favorite. Hilary grew up in Maryland's horse country and has a long family history
of fox chasing, eventing and showhunting. Hilary is the 2010 summer camp director and will be teaching lessons on Tuesdays,
Thursdays, Fridays and will be working birthday parties and barn bum days. She currently helps run a lesson barn in Wheaton
and is re-habilitating and re-training a beautiful retired racehorse named Pirate.
Christa Cooper is new to The Saddle Club. She is also a capable
rider and horsewoman. She is a mother of three young children and really understands their connection with ponies. She is
trained in Natural Horsemanship as well as traditional riding methods.
Christine Bertoncini is a teaching assistant who has taught
small children in Montgomery County for several years. She also exercises and trains our lesson ponies.
