Pride of Shannondale,
Saugerties,
1.20.
Imported ISH
Will if I Want, Saugerties , 1.35
Owner/Trainer Megan Larkin Megan Larkin began her riding career in Ireland at the age of six at her Grandfather's farm. After a few summers riding at her Grandfather's farm, she fell in love with the sport. She later successfully competed in show jumping on her large pony winning in many shows including Milstreet. Her career continued in the US where she competed in the hunters, equitation and jumpers. When she was 13 years old her parents bought her her first horse, Will If I Want "Wiley". Even though he was a challenge, she never gave up and she was able to take him from the pre-childrens hunters to the 1.35 jumpers. She has competed at the top level shows including HITS, Garden State, Vermont, and Lake Placid. She has also accomplished and won many awards including lihighscore, Emerging Athletes, Zone 2 Champion, won Zone 2 Intercollegiate Regionals, placed 6th in M&S Jumper Finals. Her professional career began in 2008, when she began training and riding at Rice Farms under the tutelage of the late Jimmy Rice at Rice Farms. Megan also completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology. She has trained and taken clinics with many of the top professionals including George Morris (symposium) , Michael Page, Anne Kursinski, and Norman Dello Joio as well as recently ridden and shown with Darren Graziano, Michael Zuckerman, James Benedetto, and Bobby Ginsberg. She has now been dedicating her time training young horses for the hunter, equitation and jumper rings along with importing horses from Europe. With much success, in 2014 Megan opened Thady Quill Farm in Old Brookville. She has brought many of her students to the winners circle at many AA rated shows including the Hampton Classic. Megan continues to dedicate her time teaching her students that it isn't always about the win but the journey.
Facilities We are located at Gold Coast in Old Brookville, NY. Our facilities include a large indoor with GGT footing and an outdoor ring with GGT footing. Large ac/heated lounge. Colored show jumps for all levels. All horses have large stalls (11x12) and grass (seasonal) turnout 7 days a week. Indoor and outdoor wash stalls. Extremely good care and great grooms to ensure that all the horses are well cared for. Night check
Services Boarding Thady Quill Farm offers the best care for all horses. The horses are fed with your choice of Purina horse feed and have unlimited hay throughout the day. The stalls are cleaned to perfection and new bags of shavings are added frequently throughout the week. Any supplements your horse is on will be given am/pm as necessary. The grooms make sure that all horses have proper blankets on throughout the year. Regular board and full-service board are offered.
Lessons Thady Quill Farm offers private lessons Tuesday–Saturday by appointment only. Horses are available for those interested in leasing or buying.
Training Megan's dedicated time, patience and determination has allowed herself to be very skilled at training young and problematic horses. From her training in Ireland, she has learned that real potential can be seen when you give a horse the proper time and allow them to trust you. Within months Megan has taken young horses barely broken into the show ring to perform at their best.
Leasing Thady Quill offers leasing. Megan will make sure that the horse and rider combination will match to guarantee much success. For more information please contact us.
Showing We participate in many local and AA rated horse shows throughout the year. Horse show calendars are available upon request.