Kathleen grew up in Nashua, N.H. and vacationed in Maine every summer in the York and Cumberland county area where her Mom was born and grew up. Kathleen worked at their family owned business (Hagerty's Flower Shop and Grocery Store) until her late twenties, this allowed her time to give lessons, train and ride horses. She always had a love for Maine and wanted to move here someday. That someday came in 1994 until today.

As a very young child her Mom & Dad took her to trail ride which led to riding lessons and her own horse. "God Bless my Mom she would drive me every afternoon after school and week-ends to be with my horse and then come back and get me." We lived in the city so it was a good 15-20 minutes one way. Kathleen started out riding and showing hunt seat, was a member of the Nashoba Valley Pony Club in Massachusetts, took lessons from the top dressage riders in Hamilton Massachusetts, and surrounding towns. Her discipline changed to mostly dressage in her twenties, and now she uses these same principles with her Tennessee Walkers and all horses she takes in for training. You must have the basics of ground work, proper lateral flexion and your horse coming on the bit and not under it.