Storybrooke Farms specializes in Hunters and Jumpers with an emphasis on Dressage. Our objective is to provide children and amateur owners with competitive partners who are confident, safe, and athletic. Safety and horsemanship are top priorities. Storybrooke students are required not only to work toward mastering skills while mounted, but also to learn proper care and handling, as well as a basi
c understanding of equine psychology. We compete at all levels of shows from schooling to the ‘A’ Circuit and instruct beginner through advanced riders. We are based out of a beautiful facility in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Owned and operated by Stephanie Carter, Stephanie is capable of coaching all levels but adores teaching children! Her objective is to provide children and amateur owners with competitive partners who are confident, safe, and athletic. Storybrooke pupils compete at all levels of shows from schooling to the ‘A’ Circuit. Raised by an equestrian professional in eastern Michigan, Stephanie has competed successfully for more than twenty years in Hunter/Jumpers and Dressage. She is a former United States Pony Club member with D-3 rating and during her junior years, worked as a show groom and assistant trainer for an internationally known welsh pony farm. There she received the knowledge and experience training horses and ponies for carriage driving. She has been developed by trainers such as Olympic Medalist and Coach, Major Robert J. Borg, Olympic Event riders Phillip Dutton and David O’Connor, dressage rider Sandra Elwood and many others. Stephanie is also an American Riding Instructor’s Association (ARIA) certified instructor is Hunt Seat and Dressage, a certified Equine Sports Massage Therapist (ESMT) and worked as a Veterinary Technician for many years.
