Learning the Truth About Horses

By Danielle Graham
Photos by Lisa Tannehill Photography
Barbara Filippelli began riding horses at age ten and has been involved with horses ever since. Today, she and her husband own and operate Valley Pond Farms, a professional thirty-eight stall training and boarding facility on an exquisite fifty-eight acres in Westchester County, New York. Barbara has had an extensive and successful career as a competitive rider, has

A Partnership with Horses

By Danielle Graham
Margo Forstrom owns Hunter Valley Farm in Graham, Washington, and currently cares for six horses, three of her own and three boarders. Louie has treated her horses for over thirteen years and in the course of that time she has watched him work on about a dozen horses. Louie had been recommended to her for a mare that Margo perceived as simply “too much horse” for her, especially after her conventional veterinarians determined