Tommy Doyle, born in Dublin, IRE started riding horses when he was 10. He began his riding career working at racing barns in Ireland and Holland. He served his apprenticeship with Neil McGraw, followed by Joanna Morgan, the leading female jockey in his country. Tommy also rode Northern Dancer offspring for Erik Bloom in Holland. During that time he also attended breeding courses at the National Stud in Kildare He then moved to the United States where he continued riding. He made frequent trips to NY to ride horses at Belmont for many different trainers on the east coast and he became less intrested in riding and more interested in the breeding industry. He worked and rode for Spencer Young of Sunnydale Farm where he started handling the stallions, Really Secret and Winbrook. Tommy finished his racing career in the early 90's and started breeding and foaling full time. Since then he has handled over 15 different stallions and foaled 500+ mares. Tommy also competes at Breed shows and Warmblood Approvals. His foaling experience has earned him such clients as: Dr. Reynolds Cowles of Blue Ridge Equine Clinic, Linda Wachmeister of Plain Dealing Farm, European Performance Horses, Dr. Daniel Flynn of Georgetown Equine Hospital,  and Rachael Spencer, owner of hunter sire, Popeye K, just to name a few.

Sarah Doyle started riding Morgans at age 8 in Jupiter, FL. She then moved to Newnan, GA where her parents bought her first show horse, HBF Makers Mark, a Polish Arabian son of Barbary. She and her horse, Mark, trained and showed on the Arabian circuit wth Chapel Farms Arabians. She earned a Region XII Championship and a US National Top Ten the first year in competition. Sarah and her family then moved to north eastern PA where she became interested in Dressage. She retired Mark in 2000 after he earned a USEF Horse of the Year Award. Her parents then bought Winsock, a 3 year old Hanoverian by Wallstreet Kid out of an Attatuerk mare. Sarah became a full time working student for Hokan Thorn. She moved with Hokan to Charlottesville where she continued Dressage training with Hokan and competed Winsock. After 3 years working for Hokan, Sarah branched out on her own and has been training Dressage and Sport Horses ever since. On July 15th, 2005 Sarah's beloved Winsock had to be put to sleep at Blue Ridge Equine Clinic suddenly due to congestive heart failure. He was only 8 years old. Sarah spent 10 months searching for a new partner. On May 12th 2006, Tommy surprised her on her birthday with "Cosmo", a horse that reminds her so much everyday of Winsock. He came from a Hunter barn and had no formal Dressage training. She competed him the summer of 2006 Training Level and scored in the high 60's. She will compete him this year at the 2nd and 3rd levels.

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