Lori riding Breezy
My name is Lori Aman and I am the DHF Barn Manager, which is a dream come true for me. I am also the DHF Bookkeeper.
My professional bookkeeping experience involves accounting, 12 years of corporate cash management and 17 years as a trader and manager of staff in a Treasury Department. I also have some credit and collections experience.
Personally, I have ridden for most of my life (Quarter Horse, a little jumping, a little dressage) and was fortunate to find DHF in July of 2007 and start lessons with Jen. In July of 2008 I bought Jen’s mare, Nachtwind DHF (Breezy) and began another dream come true, learning to ride an FEI horse. When she had a career-ending injury in 2013, Jen had a three-year-old, Wildorado's Zachary, in training she said would be perfect for me. As usual when pairing horses and riders, she was right. When Zack died suddenly from colic, Jen had another perfect horse waiting for me, a 6 year old Hanoverian gelding named Rockin' Rousseau. Rocky has lovely gaits and is a sweetheart.
Since I've been at DHF, I have had the opportunity to participate in lessons with Mary Wanless, Heather Blitz, Dr. Gerd Heuschmann and David de Wispeleare and of course many, many lessons with Jen and other DHF Instructors.
In my various positions, I am thrilled to be able to contribute to the success of Dancing Horse Farm, as I believe wholeheartedly in its mission and "Dare to Dream."
You can contact Lori at Lori@myDHF.com or 513.850.1964
My professional bookkeeping experience involves accounting, 12 years of corporate cash management and 17 years as a trader and manager of staff in a Treasury Department. I also have some credit and collections experience.
Personally, I have ridden for most of my life (Quarter Horse, a little jumping, a little dressage) and was fortunate to find DHF in July of 2007 and start lessons with Jen. In July of 2008 I bought Jen’s mare, Nachtwind DHF (Breezy) and began another dream come true, learning to ride an FEI horse. When she had a career-ending injury in 2013, Jen had a three-year-old, Wildorado's Zachary, in training she said would be perfect for me. As usual when pairing horses and riders, she was right. When Zack died suddenly from colic, Jen had another perfect horse waiting for me, a 6 year old Hanoverian gelding named Rockin' Rousseau. Rocky has lovely gaits and is a sweetheart.
Since I've been at DHF, I have had the opportunity to participate in lessons with Mary Wanless, Heather Blitz, Dr. Gerd Heuschmann and David de Wispeleare and of course many, many lessons with Jen and other DHF Instructors.
In my various positions, I am thrilled to be able to contribute to the success of Dancing Horse Farm, as I believe wholeheartedly in its mission and "Dare to Dream."
You can contact Lori at Lori@myDHF.com or 513.850.1964
Hello, my name is Todd Snyder and I’m DHF’s farm manager. Like you, I love horses, and we all know horses can change your life in many way’s. For me, it started later in life.
For years, I had an interest in horses which I pretty much kept to myself. It started one day when I was working my way through school. I worked for a company which brought me to a customer’s home where there were many horses. While there, out of the corner of my eye, I saw one of the horses peeking around a building looking at me. As I looked back, the horse hid behind the building, hence we started a game of peek-a-boo. This went on for some time, the horse clearly enjoying the game. When it was time to leave, the horse and I stood and looked at each other, silently communicating that we’d enjoyed each other’s company. From then on I viewed horses in a whole new way, realizing there was much more to these amazing creatures.
Many years later, having completed college and working in my chosen profession, my place of employment hired a wonderful young woman. Fate would have it that she loved and owned horses. You can guess what many of our conversations where about. I also started to watch a great Canadian TV series called Heartland. For those of you who know it, there are not only great characters, but a lot of horses. It was during this time I decided to take riding lessons. After some research on the Internet and a recommendation by a trusted friend, I was introduced to Gail Lundberg and her incredible mare, Willow. While training with Gail, she told me about a fantastic clinician and recommended that I audit one on her clinics. So on a cold winter day I made my way to Minnesota where I met Jennifer Truett. Needless to say, I was impressed.
Later that year, Gail hosted a clinic with Jennifer in my home state of Wisconsin. I was helping Gail with the clinic and one evening, Jennifer offered me a job. I thought she was just being nice, but Jennifer came for another clinic and again she offered me a job, making it clear she was serious. I won’t lie, it was a hard decision to leave family and friends, but I could not pass on the incredible opportunity to work for Jennifer and continue on my journey with horses.
Feel free to introduce yourself and always feel free to convey any suggestions. You can contact me at Todd@myDHF.com or 715.459.5814
For years, I had an interest in horses which I pretty much kept to myself. It started one day when I was working my way through school. I worked for a company which brought me to a customer’s home where there were many horses. While there, out of the corner of my eye, I saw one of the horses peeking around a building looking at me. As I looked back, the horse hid behind the building, hence we started a game of peek-a-boo. This went on for some time, the horse clearly enjoying the game. When it was time to leave, the horse and I stood and looked at each other, silently communicating that we’d enjoyed each other’s company. From then on I viewed horses in a whole new way, realizing there was much more to these amazing creatures.
Many years later, having completed college and working in my chosen profession, my place of employment hired a wonderful young woman. Fate would have it that she loved and owned horses. You can guess what many of our conversations where about. I also started to watch a great Canadian TV series called Heartland. For those of you who know it, there are not only great characters, but a lot of horses. It was during this time I decided to take riding lessons. After some research on the Internet and a recommendation by a trusted friend, I was introduced to Gail Lundberg and her incredible mare, Willow. While training with Gail, she told me about a fantastic clinician and recommended that I audit one on her clinics. So on a cold winter day I made my way to Minnesota where I met Jennifer Truett. Needless to say, I was impressed.
Later that year, Gail hosted a clinic with Jennifer in my home state of Wisconsin. I was helping Gail with the clinic and one evening, Jennifer offered me a job. I thought she was just being nice, but Jennifer came for another clinic and again she offered me a job, making it clear she was serious. I won’t lie, it was a hard decision to leave family and friends, but I could not pass on the incredible opportunity to work for Jennifer and continue on my journey with horses.
Feel free to introduce yourself and always feel free to convey any suggestions. You can contact me at Todd@myDHF.com or 715.459.5814
Lynda Sappington on her horse, El Paso Aricos ("Ricos"). Photo by John Sappington
Hi, I'm Lynda Sappington. I'm a professional sculptor, producing bronze horses, domestic animals, wildlife, some people, lots of trophies in bronze and resin, and one (so far!) life-size bronze of a 17 hand Friesian stallion.
I'm also a writer (books on Amazon, a short story in an anthology and numerous magazine articles, as well as a book on horse care co-authored by Jen Truett that will be published by Xenophon Press).. My experience as a writer led to my being asked to do the DHF Newsletter. My experience at building and maintaining websites for my art and writing business led to my being asked to build and maintain a new DHF website. My marketing experience from my business led to my being asked to be Marketing Director for DHF. And since my daughter (Jen Truett, co-owner of DHF with her husband, Lenny) asked so nicely, I agreed. :)
I live on an 8 acre farm just 3/10s of a mile from DHF with my dear husband, John, two house cats (Cricket and Jared) and a fluffy white Havanese dog named Toby. My two sweet horses, "El Paso Aricos" (AKA "Ricos") who's half-Andalusian/half-Appendix Quarter Horse (when you meet him, ask him to smile) is my semi-retired dressage horse (in 2018, he's 23). Ricos and I had fun showing dressage for a few years, then he helped Jen earn half her points toward her Silver Medal. Did I mention he's not only a sweetheart but talented? He is! Now we putter around, since both of us have aging bodies. He's still a lot of fun to ride.
I figure dressage is so complex and physically demanding that it will keep both my brain and my body healthier as I age, so I'm glad I chose to try it. Now that we're living down here in Lebanon (and loving it!), I see Jen a lot more often and can see my boys every day too! Bliss!
Contact Lynda at Lynda@myDHF.com or 937.272.7691
I'm also a writer (books on Amazon, a short story in an anthology and numerous magazine articles, as well as a book on horse care co-authored by Jen Truett that will be published by Xenophon Press).. My experience as a writer led to my being asked to do the DHF Newsletter. My experience at building and maintaining websites for my art and writing business led to my being asked to build and maintain a new DHF website. My marketing experience from my business led to my being asked to be Marketing Director for DHF. And since my daughter (Jen Truett, co-owner of DHF with her husband, Lenny) asked so nicely, I agreed. :)
I live on an 8 acre farm just 3/10s of a mile from DHF with my dear husband, John, two house cats (Cricket and Jared) and a fluffy white Havanese dog named Toby. My two sweet horses, "El Paso Aricos" (AKA "Ricos") who's half-Andalusian/half-Appendix Quarter Horse (when you meet him, ask him to smile) is my semi-retired dressage horse (in 2018, he's 23). Ricos and I had fun showing dressage for a few years, then he helped Jen earn half her points toward her Silver Medal. Did I mention he's not only a sweetheart but talented? He is! Now we putter around, since both of us have aging bodies. He's still a lot of fun to ride.
I figure dressage is so complex and physically demanding that it will keep both my brain and my body healthier as I age, so I'm glad I chose to try it. Now that we're living down here in Lebanon (and loving it!), I see Jen a lot more often and can see my boys every day too! Bliss!
Contact Lynda at Lynda@myDHF.com or 937.272.7691
The solid foundation of this busy farm is Jen's husband, Lenny. An aerospace engineer (a real-life rocket scientist) by trade, he enjoys constantly improving the farm. He is always on the lookout for something to invent, design or build, including building potato guns and cannons. When he finds free time (free time seems be lost and in need of being found), he also loves to play disc golf and fly his fleet of radio-controlled airplanes. He also finds great joy in doing anything that involves his big toy---the tractor. Even though when he and Jen married in 2000, he had no horse exposure at all, he has developed a keen eye and become a great ground coach for her over the years. He also excels in his role as the best horse show husband on the planet.
You can reach Lenny at Lenny@myDHF.com or 513.850.9592
You can reach Lenny at Lenny@myDHF.com or 513.850.9592
