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Lonesome Dove is a private facility offering training to you and/ or your horse from the ground up or re-training a problem horse - our talented trainers are here to help. We have years of experience backing, training and re-training problem horses. At Lonesome Dove, our method of training is patience, repitition and reward. Even the most difficult horses respond to skilled, loving trainers. We can also offer horse owners assistance with basic tasks like teaching your horse to trailer and other normal skills they should know. Training can be done at our farm or arrangements for our trainer to come to you. Email the farm with questions or for pricing.
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Jill McCabe ( formally Riordan) is the main trainer at Lonesome Dove Stables. She has been training horses/ponies for 21 years and has had much success in all disciplines. She offers 25+ years riding experience of training and competing at all levels. She attended UMass Amherst where she studied all aspects of Equine Industries. Jill specializes in OTTB horses and giving most horses a second chance at life. Since age 12 - Jill and her parents started saving horses that would have ended up at slaughter, put time and care into each one and retrained them for new homes. She has trained numerous horses and re-trained many horses including OTTB, PMU rescue drafts and many more. Her kind and gentle ways help her to communicate with even the toughest horses. The past couple years she has begun teaching her more advanced students how to train these horses the same way. They now help her to break youngsters and re-train older horses. Jill is available for training on our farm or at yours. Email her if you are interested in having her help you with your training needs. [email protected]