Instructors
AMIT has over a dozen experienced instructors. Most students will begin with one of our Junior Instructors (Tier 1) in a private lesson and will work into a group lesson once he or she is capable of handling the horse independently (i.e. basic steering, stopping, walk/trot).
Senior Instructors (Tier 3, most experienced)
Bobby Lindsley started riding when he was 9. As a child, he showed locally and was involved with 4H. He spent his summers at a Thoroughbred racehorse training facility. After graduating high school, he went to college in Connecticut where he majored in Recreation Leadership and Horsemanship. While at college he worked at a show stable and did shows on the A-circuit.
In 1980, he leased a farm in Compton, MD and set up his first riding stable. There, he developed a lesson program with approximately 25 schoolhorses and introduced a schooling show series. He ran that riding stable (Halfway Home for Horses – “HHH”) for 13 years. In 1992 he purchased the 65 acres of land that have become the facility you see today.
Donna Stalters has been instructing at AMIT since 1994. While pursuing her B.S. in Nursing she has been involved in all aspects of AMIT- from training, feeding, assisting vet and farrier, and assisting at AMIT activities. She has earned the status of Tier 3- Senior Instructor.
Susie Brown has been instructing at AMIT since 1997. Since childhood she has become versed in many aspects of riding, training and teaching, but recently she has focused on improving her dressage knowledge.
Assistant Instructors (Tier 2)
Leslie Allen, who graduated high school in 2010, has developed at AMIT from a beginner rider to training her own project horse. She has shown locally and at Maryland Pony Breeders. She is currently attending Bridgewater College.
Ashley Bailer started teaching at AMIT in 2005. She attended St Mary’s College and rode with the show team. Twice she qualified for I.H.S.A. Zones. She just graduated from St. Mary's with her Masters in Teaching and continues to teach at AMIT.
Anna Barrera has had lifelong riding experience, beginning with riding and showing in Virginia horse shows in Hunter and Equitation classes since age 7; she has also shown and worked as an instructor and tour guide for Buxton Stables and Equine Adventures. She joins AMIT after spending three years in Spain working under a dressage rider for the Royal Spanish Riding School.
Debby Bonner has 9 years of riding experience and has a daughter who also rides at AMIT. Debby earned a Bachelors in Psychology and especially enjoys teaching the young rider.
Becky Edwards earned a Biology degree in college and worked as a Vet Tech for many years. She has been riding at AMIT since 1993, and has two children who also ride here at AMIT. She enjoys working with both adults and children.
Brianna Hampton has been riding at AMIT for 14 years, teaching a wide range of students for six of those years. She will be a junior at Virginia Tech in the fall and is a member of their Equestrian Team. When she's home, we are happy to have her back to ride and instruct.
Julia Hampton has been riding at AMIT since 1993 and teaching since 1999. In 2010 she graduated from Wilson College with her bachelors degree in Veterinary Medical Technology. She has shown in many on- and off-farm shows including Pony Breeders and Hazelwilde and on the IHSA circuit during college.
Junior Instructors (Tier 1)
Emma Reisinger is a student at St. Mary's College working towards her degree in English. She has only worked at AMIT since 2010, but has been riding for over thirteen years. During high school, she taught lessons at her school's barn for three years and managed the summer camp riding program for two years.
Jennifer Emmart
Junior Instructors in Training
The following AMIT riders have completed the Junior Instructor course and are currently assisting teaching lessons with more experienced instructors to gain further experience.
Caitlin Adams, Katrina Bazemore, Gillian Bishop, Emma Crim, Savannah Duke, Ashley Edwards, Jennifer Emmart, Taylor Fowler, Michael Kibler, Breanne Mayor, Marie Norris, Madelyn Owen