Newbury Farm

About Us

At Newbury we believe riding, training and showing should be pleasurable and enriching experiences for both horse and rider. We strive to foster an environment based on open communication that promotes teamwork, learning and an unwavering pursuit of excellence.

Whether you want to go to indoors or start a green hunter we will work with you to identify attainable goals and provide a formula by which you will successfully achieve them.

Cory Hardy has been involved with horses for twenty years. As a junior Cory rode with Mitch and Kathy Steege and then David Oliynyk’s Genesis Farm earning top equitation finishes in the USEF Medal Finals, MHJ and NEHC Championships where he received the highest Horsemanship Exam score for three consecutive years. Later Cory rode for his family’s Exodus Farm and Skip Billingham competing extensively from the Pre-Green Hunters through the Grand Prix Jumpers earning championships and top finishes at the Upperville Colt and Horse Show, Fairfield County Hunt Club Horse Show, Vermont Summer Festival, and The Fidelity Jumper Classic.

Cory coaches juniors and adults in all levels of hunters, jumpers, and equitation, is a Massachusetts licensed riding instructor and holds a BS in Journalism from Boston University.

Jean Sheptoff enjoyed a successful junior career under trainer Timmy Kees, placing at the USEF Medal Finals, USET East Coast Medal Finals, and NEHC and CHJA Junior Medal Championships. Jean also earned the Reserve Champion at the Zone 1 ASPCA Maclay Regionals and was year end champion in both the Large Junior Hunter and Junior Jumper division for Zone I. She competed on the Prix de States Junior Jumper team at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show and has won classes or earned championships at such prestigious shows as the Washington International Horse Show, Pennsylvania National Horse Show, Lake Placid, and the Winter Equestrian Festival in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Jean has an undergraduate degree in Marketing and earned her MBA in General Business Management from Bentley College in Waltham, Ma.

Rebecca Dichter

Rebecca Dichter is a 15 year horse industry veteran. As a junior she specialized in bringing along young horses, and successfully competed them on the local and "A" circuits in the hunters, jumpers, and equitation. Rebecca earned a BS in Animal Science from UMass, Amherst, and along the way co-founded and then co-captained the UMass Polo Team. Rebecca went on to run the lesson program and summer camp for 6 years for Janie Weber at Stepping Stone Farm in Ridgefield, CT. There, she taught 75 students weekly, from pre-school to adult, walk-trot, to junior jumper. Before making the move to Massachusetts to be with her fiancé, Rebecca spent 6 months in California on the "A" circuit. She worked for Keri Kampsen and Joe Thorpe, of Sovereign Place & Monarch International as their "pony specialist." With her help, Monarch International's small pony, Cardiff Mardi Gras, finished 2007 as the No. 3 small pony hunter in the country.

Rebecca is a Massachusetts licensed instructor, who specializes in making riding fun and safe at every level. She believes in goal-oriented lessons, positive reinforcement, building from a strong foundation, and always going home happy. She hopes to pass on her passion for everything equine to each and every student.

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