Reprinted from HORSEMEN'S YANKEE PEDLAR,July 2006; p. 153

TEN BROECK FARM WELCOMES NANCY LATER

Ten Broeck Farm in Pepperell, Mass., is this year's summer home for dressage rider and trainer Nancy Later, who is based in Wellington, Fla. She has already packed up horses and all and made her way to the Northeast for the summer.

Nancy has technically been riding since the age of six months when her parents placed her in a basket saddle on the back of Chief Snooks, and entered her in a lead line class at the Devon Horse Show. Through her youth, she engaged in all sorts of equestrian disciplines, but early settled on dressage and after high school became a working student with first Lendon Gray, then Belinda Nairn and then two-time Olympian Jessica Ransehousen.

Nancy has traveled and trained extensively in Europe, including with Dutch Team member Ellen Bontje.

Nancy has been quite successful over the years as a competitive rider. In November 2005, she and Rubinski won the Intermediaire I at the National Horse Show. At the Gold Coast Opener CDI this past March, Nancy and Alexis-D, her Oldenburg mare, won all of her Intermediaire II classes and the Grand Prix at the Gold Coast Finale. She also rode Weiss Family Chiropractic's gelding, "S" Infinity, to win in an FEI 5-year old class. They also won the Young Horse classes at both Palm Beach Dressage Derby and the ZADA Enterprises LLC WEF Dressage Classic.

Nancy's own coach, Michelle Gibson, is also scheduled to make a trip to Ten Broeck this summer to do a clinic.

For more information on Nancy and her schedule at Ten Broeck this summer, check out the farm's website at www.tenbroeckfarm.net.