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Jim Toon, owner of JT Farm, oversees the education of all the students at the farm. His extensive horse show experience as a rider and the keen eye he has developed as an AHSA "R" judge enables him to determine the best procedure to be taken with each rider and horse. He then works very closely with his staff to attain the pre-determined riding goals
of each student as well as the training of each horse.

Jim Toon or his students have been champion or reserve at most major horse shows on the East Coast:

The Pennsylvania National Horse Show • The Washington International Horse Show
• The National Horse Show •The Devon Horse Show • The Capital Challenge Horse Show • Palm Beach
• Fairfield • Ox Ridge • Lake Placid • The Hampton Classic • The North Fork Classic • Old Salem Charity
• Vermont Summer Festival • The Hampton Classic • The North Fork Classic • Old Salem Charity
• Vermont Summer Festival • HITS Catskills

Always in demand as a judge, Jim has judged at the following horse shows from Florida to Oregon, California to Maine and Canada:

The AHSA Medal Finals • The ASPCA Maclay Finals • Zone 1 and Zone 2 Maclay Regionals • The Southeast Regionals
• The New England Medal Finals • The Rhode Island Medal Finals • The New Hampshire Medal Finals • The Hampton Classic
• Palm Beach • Indio • Ocala

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With early beginnings in equitation, Kate Cardalico grew up competing on the A circuit as a junior rider, always bringing along green hunter ponies or horses with the guidance of trainers Sharyn and Bob Cole. After a few years at college, Kate decided to follow her passion for horses and began a career in the horse business.  After working for several top professionals, including Grand Prix rider Lise Quintero, Kate continued her education in the business after accepting a position at River's Edge Farm with Ken Berkley and Scott Stewart, as a rider and manager, overseeing a large staff of grooms and riders, along with the care of as many as 60 customer and sale horses at one time. She spent nearly 7 years learning how to bring young horses and ponies from their first time jumping to competing and winning at all the top horse shows in the country. Kate was also given the opportunity to show and win on a few of these horses at such prestigious venues as Capital Challenge, WEF, South Hampton and Devon horse shows.

In August of 2009, Kate came to work for Jim Toon at JT Farm to start a new chapter in her career as an instructor. Jim has given Kate the chance to share her knowledge with students, as well as continuing to develop young horses.