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Jayne's Journey

Jayne Stewart recently relocated to the Asheville, NC area, bringing with her over 30 years experience as a trainer. She has an extensive background working with many different breeds in a variety of divisions. As a teacher, working with adults and their horses, lessons are geared toward increasing understanding of horses and instilling awareness through mastery of techniques that apply to all disciplines. She is now accepting clients here in North Carolina.

“I have always loved horses, all horses and all that you can do with them – English, Western, Jumping, and Driving.” Growing up all she can remember is wanting to be with horses. Combined Training and Hunters were predominant in the area she grew up so her initial experiences lead her in that direction. “My father surprised me with my first horse when I was 13.” Joining Pony Club and 4-H she competed successfully at the local, regional and national levels. While still in High School, the success of her own horses lead to the arrival of outside horses to train. The first two horses (3 yr olds) were sent to her by her veterinarian to train for his children.

Graduating from Morven Park International Equestrian Institute in 1975 with full instructor’s certification she took in horses to train and taught riding.

In 1979 she accepted the position of assistant instructor with Southlands Farm Rhinebeck, NY (founded in 1939) honing her teaching skills in this combined training barn that taught 250 students per week using a 50 horse school string.

Jayne has also worked with Arabian horses as trainer and farm manager for several small farms. Taking her solid foundation in riding and classical training and successfully applying it to the western and saddle seat divisions and always holding close the tenets of dressage .Through the years Jayne has built and maintains an extensive library which includes all the classics of riding theory.

Invited to manage a large Hunter/Jumper barn (CDF, Inc.) she moved to Albuquerque, NM in 1986. In the fall of 1989 she became manager for Maddoux Way Arabians, who had recently acquired the soon to be multi-national champion Hucklebey Berry+/.

She started her own business in 1991, and at the same time worked as an equine veterinary assistant. There she experienced the connection between a horse’s posture, proper foot care and conditioning programs with its ability to maintain long term soundness.

Jayne has a unique perspective which comes from not only working with different breeds but also different styles of riding and working with foals on up through finished show horses. Jayne’s goal is to give young horses a solid foundation and to help all horses and their owners develop confidence and enhance their performance in a way that is not threatening to either horse or rider. She became a certified practitioner of Linda Tellington-Jones’ TTEAM/TTouch Method in 1997 and is well versed in the theories behind both Centered Riding and Connected Riding techniques.

Jayne has two horses of her own which she schools in Dressage and is thankful for all the teachers both horse and human who have been there along her journey.