Our Staff

Our fantastic Senior Trainer, Julia, joined Yorkfield in 2018 and was one of Yorkfield’s first hires when it changed hands in 2018. Julia started as an avid show jumper at an early age and continued refining her skills through competitive jumping in college and afterward in her work as a rider and trainer in private farms around the northeast. A graduate of Centenary University, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Equine Studies with a concentration in Training the Horse. Julia’s specialization is show jumping, but has had the good fortune to have trained with industry experts in cross-country, fox hunting, and dressage as well. Julia loves the challenge of figuring each horse out and fine-tuning what they and their rider need to succeed. Julia works with all boarding horses and is accepting new ship-in clients.

Our second fantastic Trainer, Sophie, has been with Yorkfield since the summer of 2023, and has been a wonderful addition to the Yorkfield Team. Sophie earned her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science in South Carolina, where she also continued honing her skills as a competitive show jumper. After college, Sophie worked in Belgium as a rider/trainer before returning to the States to work in a competitive show jumping farm traveling between New England and Florida. Sophie excels at using her background in Exercise Science as a foundation to help riders understand how to use their bodies to communicate effectively with the horse. Sophie works with all boarding horses and is accepting new ship-in clients.

Our fearless leader, John, purchased the farm and opened Yorkfield Stables in 2018. Since then, he has painstakingly upgraded every corner of the property.  The newly constructed, state-of-the-art barn and indoor arena opened in 2021. John’s childhood dream of opening an equestrian facility of his own came to fruition thanks to a tremendous (though he’d never say it himself) business career and his own personal passion for horses. Now retired, on any given day at Yorkfield, you’ll find John mending fences, dragging arenas, or devising plans for future improvements.