Michelle Lackey’s diverse 40+ years of horsemanship has allowed her to learn from and work with a multitude of breeds, levels, and disciplines of horses. Her extensive Natural Horsemanship background brings an understanding of equine psychology and communication that navigates the obstacles in the Ease of Handling Phase.

Working Equitation entered Erica Peet’s life in 2013. She quickly fell in love with how the sport tests all aspects of horsemanship, fosters growth and improvement that rider and horse can achieve at a reasonable pace, and that it encourages fantastic sportsmanship. Erica Peet and her husband love introducing this fantastic sport to people and have put on WE clinics all around the country. Since 2023, Erica Peet has been traveling regularly to Portugal, where she is studying Working Equitation and classical dressage with World Champions.

Emily has traveled the country studying with some of the world’s best trainers in a variety of disciplines. Her training style is a blend of Natural methods that carefully consider things from the horse’s point of view. Understanding how horses think, feel and see their world around them opens the floodgates to clear communication, and therefore successful partnerships.