Waters Edge Farm :: Sykesville Maryland

Liz wants to thank everyone that helps make the Waters Edge Farm Event Team
such a success! Everything we do is a team effort that requires hours of dedication and hard
work - from running a boarding stable, caring for the event horses and competing them,
breeding horses and starting them under saddle, preparing horses for sale, and taking care
of the daily things at the farm to keep Waters Edge looking so nice and running smoothly!
These people are vital to success in all aspects!

Lesley Long
Lesley has been a boarder who has helped us out at the barn since the very beginning! Besides helping to run things in the barn, Lesley is vital in helping with the young horses. A very patient person, she helps to break and start the horses under saddle as well as train the youngsters. Lesley is also a trainer here and teaches lower level riders and competes horses at the lower levels herself. She has passed the ICP test to obtain her Level 1 certification. Lesley is also an excellent groom at events and helps out everyone at the farm in many ways! Lesley is also excellent with her veterinary knowledge and helps to care for any illness or injury and always has time to pitch in with whatever is needed to be done around the farm! We couldn't do it without her! She is one of the people we rely on when we are away from the farm - we know all is in good hands!

The Working Students
The working students are very important to the running of WEF. They care for the horses, ride the horses, groom the horses at events, and basically help to do everything around the farm! Without a great team of working students, we could not function! Learn more about this program on the working students' page and see pics of the current working students.

Dean Geis
Dean is Liz' farrier. He is vital to the soundness of the event horses as well as the boarders' horses. We rely on him a lot, and he is always willing to come out when a shoe is off and help us fix problem feet! As the saying goes - no hoof, no horse!

Dr. Peter Radue
Dr. Radue of Damascus Equine is the barn vet. He assists the WEF horses, as well as the boarders' horses, with lameness, illness, and regular care. Many thanks for all the care he has given us and our horses!

Dr. Sean Bowman (see his website)
Sean is a vet for Piedmont Equine Practice who helps Liz in maintaining the competition horses' soundness. His knowledge of event horses and the USEF/FEI is very valuable!

Spurlock Equine Associates
Drs. Gary and Shauna Spurlock are a vet clinic we use a lot for further diagnostics or surgery. They helped to repair a "fractured into a million pieces" splint bone on one of WEF's horses in 1998 and Liz has trusted them 100% ever since!

The WEF Boarders and Clients
Huge thanks to all our boarders and clients! They make us the successful barn we are as well as being understanding when we are away from the barn. We are excited to have so many successful students out there competing too - see the lessons page for pictures of everyone!

Ryan Thomas
Ryan is Liz's boyfriend and is also a farm expert contractor! Ryan has helped to build the roundpen, cut down trees, and fix the things the horses break all the time - not to mention finishing the entire second floor of the new barn! He is one of the main reasons that the farm looks so nice!

Amanda Draper (see her website)
Amanda is our web designer and helps keep the site up to date.

The Barn Workers
Many people pitch in to help when the staff and working students are away showing. A big thanks goes out to all of the boarders and students that come out to muck stalls, ride, feed, and turnout/bring in horses when needed - as well as pitch on on holidays too! We couldn't do it without you!