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Boarding, Lessons, Training, and Excellent Care for Horses and Riders |
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Thanks for visiting Journey's End Farm online! We're located in beautiful Foster, Rhode Island. We offer full-service boarding, a fantastic lesson program with the best school horses and ponies around, training, an on-farm show series, and many clinic's. The farm has both large Indoor and Outdoor riding arena's, which allow for year-round riding and training. We are goal oriented and work hard to accomplish each and every goal, but also a very relaxed and fun atmosphere for both horse and rider. For more information on boarding, lessons, training, clinics and shows, please contact the J.E.F. staff at (401) 647-3537.
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| The J.E.F. Staff |
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The staff at J.E.F. consists of a group of very knowledgable, experienced, and fun people! With backgrounds including everything from showing on the "A" circuit to extensive research work with monkeys, our staff is very well rounded, and able to help horses and riders with whatever they may need. All staff members are trained in both groundwork and in the saddle, to be able to better understand, handle, and acess any problems or questions.
Julie Hetrick (Owner of J.E.F.)
- Julie has owned J.E.F. for 8 years. She is a Dressage rider, and absolute animal lover. Julie has a couple personal horses, plus the J.E.F. school horses.
  
Brianna Miller (Manager/Intstructor at J.E.F.)
- Brianna is 22 years old, from Attleboro, MA. She owns 2 horses; Calvin- a Canadian Warmblood Jumper/Eventer, and Rose- a young Halflinger cross mare who's still in training. Growing up riding Hunters Jumpers and Cross Country, and recently working with Dressage and even Western riding, Brianna is always looking to further her knowledge of different disciplines and skills in the saddle. Brianna loves riding and working the horses, teaching lessons, and hanging out with the barn kids.
  
Nate Griffin (Staff & Boarder at J.E.F.)
- Nate is 20 years old, from Smithfield, RI. He is a western rider, and currently has 2 Quarter Horses; Doc, a Palomino gelding who's great for Halter and trail riding, and Dazzle, a young show horse whom he plans to show on the AQHA Circuit. Nate has many riding accomplishments, including Top 5 at the Florida Gold and Gulf Coast Shows, Top 5 at Regionals, and Cicuit Championship's in Showmanship, Trail, Horsemanship, and Western Pleasure.
  
Amber Pierce (Staff at J.E.F.)
- Amber is origionally from Texas, and now resides in Foster, RI. She is adored by every animal she comes in contact with, for the fact that she is such an animal lover and always willing to scratch a neck or hand out a treat. With previously working as a Vet Tech at an animal clinic, and working with monkeys at Brown University, Amber has incredible knowledge and experience with training animals, and aiding with illness or injury. Amber currently works as a Nanny for her brother in NY, and at J.E.F. on weekends.
 
Stephanie Simpson (Staff & Boarder at J.E.F.)
- Stephanie is 21 years old, from Sterling, CT. Along with 2 of her sisters, Steph owns 4 horses, 2 of which are boarded at J.E.F. (Cody- a paint, and Duncan- a pony). Stephanie has15 years riding experience, mainly in Hunters and Equitation. Currently, Stephanie works at J.E.F. and the R.I. Blood Center as a lab assistant, and plans to go back to school in the future.
  
Bethany Simpson (Staff & Boarder at J.E.F.)
- Bethany is 18 years old, from Sterling, CT. She and 2 of her sisters (Stephanie and Alyssa) work, ride, and board at J.E.F. Bethany has an extensive show history in Hunters and Eq, winning many Medals and Ribbons as a youth. She plans to be showing her pony Duncan this coming Spring, and with lots of talent and hard work, together they're sure to be making quite a leap into the Jumper ring! Bethany & Dunc are currently schooling over 4' jumps!
  
Alyssa Simpson (Staff & Boarder at J.E.F.)
- Alyssa is 14 years old, from Sterling, CT. She is the youngest of the "Simpson girls" who work at the barn. With experience and courage, and a mindset of "the bigger the better" she is continuoulsy pushing herself to jump higher, and improve her Equitation over fences in weekly lessons. She is currently working over 3'6"-3'9" Jumper fences on schoolie Eli, and 2'6"-2'9" Hunter courses on her horse Cody.
  
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