NOTE DATE CHANGE! Scot MacGregor: Gaited Dressage and Horsemanship: Private Lessons
2025-07-31 - 2025-08-03 | Mountain Lane Farm, 11 Stone Lane, Temple, NH, 03084, United States
THIS CLINIC IS SOLD OUT FOR LESSONS.
Contact Loren Stevens at loren.stevens202@gmail.com to be put on the waitlist. Auditing for all days is still available. Please purchase your audit tickets only below.
Scot MacGregor will give private, gaited dressage and horsemanship lessons. As he teaches the horse and rider team in the lesson, he also includes detailed instructions to the auditors. His expertise is world-class, and he is skilled in explaining training techniques with unique clarity. All gaited breeds are invited. He will meet each horse and rider team at their level of riding to focus on their goals and next steps.
Lessons will be $150/hour for a private lesson. The audit fee is $40 per day; if you take a lesson that day, the audit fee is waived. All riders must be Gaited Horses of New England members for insurance purposes. You can find our membership form on the Home or Contact Us pages of this website and pay through PayPal on the Events Page here.
For more information, RSVP to Loren Stevens at: loren.stevens202@gmail.com
Scot MacGregor’s Bio:
Scot MacGregor is the son of World Grand Champion trainer, Marilyn MacGregor; he began his career and training at a young age, learning from his mom. He rode in the Rose Parade 7 times and exhibited a Gaited Horse at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Additionally, he exhibited a TWH at five different Equitana USA, the 1997 Equitana in Essen, Germany, four years at the Royal in Toronto, Canada, and was the group leader for the 2010 World Equestrian Games breed demonstrations.
Scot has presented clinics in Europe, Canada, the US, and Mexico. He judged the TWH European Championships in 2021 and 2022, the TWH Mexican Championships, and shows in US and Canada since 2001. Additionally, he has judged the United Mountain Horse World Championships twice.
In the show ring, he has won over 3,000 times in 20 years of showing, including 750 wins in AAA TWH championships. He has won over 65 Western Dressage Association of America (WDAA) Western Dressage World Championships and 7 Grand Championships. Just to change up his professional focus, Scot finished his first American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC) 50-mile endurance ride in 2023.

Ivy Starnes: Gaited Horse Clinic
2025-08-22 - 2025-08-24 | Mt. Lane Farm, 11 Stone Lane, Temple, New Hampshire
GHNE will host nationally renowned Gaited Horse Clinician, Ivy Starnes, this August 22 – 24. The clinic will be limited to 8 horses and rider teams to allow ample, individual attention to each horse and rider team. Each day, the clinic will begin with a one-hour classroom session with videos.
Each horse and rider receives an individual lesson each day and will interact during the other clinic participant’s lessons as well.
This individual and group format allows for all participants to receive individualized attention and additionally work on their goals. Ivy will ride your horse early in the clinic and then transition to giving the rider time to learn on their own horse. This clinic style works amazingly well, and by the end of the clinic, most times, every horse is gaiting like a champ with his or her rider!
It is a very interactive clinic, with lots of Q&A from riders and auditors.
Ivy will work on gaiting, cantering, dressage, obstacles, standing to mount, side passing, dressage, trick training, and liberty training, depending on the goals of the horse and rider team.
Cost: $1000 for the three-day clinic
$40/day to audit
For more information or to reserve your slot (1 of 8), contact Loren Stevens at Loren.Stevens202@gmail.com. Contact Loren for the waitlist.
Gaited Horses of New England will have coffee, snacks, water, and lunch runs each day of the clinic. We will also host a Potluck Supper on Saturday evening (August 23) for GHNE members to enjoy each other’s fellowship and ask questions of Ivy. Save the dates for the clinic and the Potluck!

Trail Ride at Felton Field, Barre, MA
2025-09-20 10:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Felton Field, 120 Old Coldbrook Road, Barre, MA
September 20 for our GHNE Trail Ride at Felton Field, Barre, MA (Felton Field, Old Coldbrook Rd, Barre, MA 01005). Ride-out time is 10:00 am. We have marked a 6-mile ride and a 13-mile ride. Please bring your own lunch. We will provide snacks and water. The ride is complimentary. Please RSVP to Loren Stevens at loren.stevens202@gmail.com so we know how many horse and rider teams to expect. Looking forward to seeing you there for a super fun trail ride with smooth-moving gaited horses.

Carl Bledsoe: Gaited Horsemanship, Part II: 3-Day Clinic in New Hampshire
2025-10-11 - 2025-10-14 | Mt. Lane Farm, 11 Stone Lane, Temple, New Hampshire
Back by popular demand in New Hampshire, Carl Bledsoe is returning to New England to continue his teaching tour with GHNE. This three-day clinic will focus on gait, softness, connection, and principles that develop the physical and mental development of your horse. For those of you who rode with Carl last year, he will bring new techniques and more advanced teaching instruction. To those of you new to Carl’s unique, horse-first, and gentle style of instructing, Carl will meet each horse and rider team at their level and help with individual goals. Typically, horse and rider teams will progress well throughout the clinic. Additionally, clinic riders have the option to purchase an individual, one-hour lesson on the fourth day to synthesize and conclude the lessons learned during the clinic. For more information, contact Loren Stevens at loren.stevens202@gmail.com.
CLINIC OUTLINE:

On the first day, Carl begins with an assessment that allows him to assess the horses as well as the riders and determine riding groups. After lunch, riders break into their assigned groups for group and individual instruction.
Carl starts the second and third days with classroom work to review the topics being discussed. Classroom work lasts approximately an hour. Then, the participants return to the arena. One group rides while the other group observes and interacts with Carl while taking notes. This format is very popular, interactive, and educational, and it also prevents the horses and riders from being physically or educationally too fatigued. This format also limits the number of riders in the arena at one time, giving intentional attention to those in the arena.
On the fourth day, Carl offers optional individual one-hour lessons to focus on synthesizing the clinic techniques personally for you and your horse. Lessons are SOLD OUT. Contact Loren Stevens to be placed on the waitlist: Loren.Stevens202@gmail.com.

CARL BLEDSOE BIO
Carl & Tammy conduct clinics and attend expos sharing his story of his progression from the show ring to now teaching and training with the best interest of the horse as his primary focus. They hope to prove just how wonderful, versatile, and extremely talented the Tennessee Walking Horse, as well as the other gaited breeds, truly are. Carl has been a guest speaker at the Sound Horse Conference in 2014, a guest speaker representing the Tennessee Walking Horse in 2019 at the Equus Film Festival, a gaited clinician in 2018 at Equifest and the featured gaited clinician at the 2020, 2023, and 2024 Horse World Expo, 2021 Georgia Horse Fair, 2022 Southern Equine Expo as well as 2023 Equine Affaire Ohio and Massachusetts. Carl was also a guest judge at the Appalachian Trainer Face-Off in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Additionally, he was featured in the 2023 July edition of Horse Illustrated. Carl was also awarded 2022 Humane Horseman of the Year by the Humane Society of the United States for his work in advocating for the sound, humane training of Tennessee Walking Horses and other gaited breeds. The annual award honors individuals who demonstrate an outstanding commitment to protecting America’s equines. Carl and Tammy are, above all, advocates for the horse!

Carl Bledsoe: Gaited Horsemanship, Part II: 3-Day Clinic in Maine
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-19 | Setting Sun Stables, 146 McKenney Rd, Saco, Maine, 04072
Back by popular demand and at a second location, Carl Bledsoe is returning to New England to continue his teaching tour with GHNE. This three-day clinic will focus on gait, softness, connection, and principles that develop the physical and mental development of your horse. For those of you who rode with Carl last year, he will bring new techniques and more advanced teaching instruction. To those of you new to Carl’s unique, horse-first, and gentle style of instructing, Carl will meet each horse and rider team at their level and help with individual goals. Typically, horse and rider teams will progress well throughout the clinic. Additionally, clinic riders have the option to purchase an individual, one-hour lesson on the fourth day to synthesize and conclude the lessons learned during the clinic. For more information, contact Loren Stevens at loren.stevens202@gmail.com.
CLINIC OUTLINE:

On the first day, Carl begins with an assessment that allows him to assess the horses as well as the riders and determine riding groups. After lunch, riders break into their assigned groups for group and individual instruction.
Carl starts the second and third days with classroom work to review the topics being discussed. Classroom work lasts approximately an hour. Then, the participants return to the arena. One group rides while the other group observes and interacts with Carl while taking notes. This format is very popular, interactive, and educational, and it also prevents the horses and riders from being physically or educationally too fatigued. This format also limits the number of riders in the arena at one time, giving intentional attention to those in the arena.
On the fourth day, Carl offers optional individual one-hour lessons to focus on synthesizing the clinic techniques personally for you and your horse.

CARL BLEDSOE BIO
Carl & Tammy conduct clinics and attend expos sharing his story of his progression from the show ring to now teaching and training with the best interest of the horse as his primary focus. They hope to prove just how wonderful, versatile, and extremely talented the TennesseeWalking Horse, as well as the other gaited breeds, truly are. Carl has been a guest speaker at the Sound Horse Conference in 2014, a guest speaker representing the Tennessee Walking Horse in 2019 at the Equus Film Festival, a gaited clinician in 2018 at Equifest and thefeatured gaited clinician at the 2020, 2023, and 2024 Horse World Expo, 2021 Georgia Horse Fair, 2022 Southern Equine Expo as well as 2023 Equine Affaire Ohio and Massachusetts. Carl was also a guest judge at the Appalachian Trainer Face-Off in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Additionally, he was featured in the 2023 July edition of Horse Illustrated. Carl was also awarded 2022 Humane Horseman of the Year by the Humane Society of the United States for his work in advocating for the sound, humane training of Tennessee Walking Horses and other gaited breeds. The annual award honors individuals who demonstrate an outstanding commitment to protecting America’s equines. Carl and Tammy are, above all, advocates for the horse!

Equine Affaire
2025-11-06 - 2025-11-09 | Big E, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA, 1305 Memorial Ave, United States
Please join us at Equine Affaire for an exciting horse weekend of learning, shopping, and friendship.

Please note that our red, white, and blue booth has moved to #2305 in the Stroh Building. Please drop by our booth for snacks, coffee, water, to recharge your phones, rest your weary feet, and, of course, to chat about all things gaited horses.
Our Gaited Clinician is Scot MacGregor:

Thursday, 10:00 am (Young Building): Rounding the Easy Gaited Horse to Improve Stride and Squareness.
Thursday, 12:00 pm (Mallory North): Bitting the Easy Gaited Horse for Comfort and the Implementation of Precise Cues.
Thursday, 4:30 pm (Young Building): Developing the Canter on the Easy Gaited Horse.
Friday, 5:30 pm (Mallory South): Gaited Dressage Demo by Scot MacGregor
Friday, 5:45 pm (Mallory South): GHNE Club Breed Demo
Friday, 7:00 pm (Storrowton Tavern): GHNE Club Dinner with honored guests Scot & Lynn MacGregor and Ida Norris and her assistant Dayna Roberts. Please RSVP to Amy Sintros for the dinner: Amy.sintros@gmail.com.
Also presenting at Equine Affaire is Ida Norris, exceptional gaited and traditional dressage competitor, instructor, and judge.
Sunday, 11:00 am (Seminar Stage, Better Living Center) Ida Norris: What you Need to Know before you Develop your Western Dressage Musical Freestyle.
Sunday, 3:00 pm (Seminar Stage, Better Living Center) Ida Norris: Getting Started in Western Dressage: From Foundational Principles and Equipment to Competition Overviews.

Awards Lunch for 2025 and Annual Meeting for 2026
2026-03-29 13:00 - 15:30 | New Hampshire
Please join us for our Awards Lunch, celebrating our 2025 high points riders, together with our Annual Meeting for 2026.
The Awards Lunch and Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, March 29th at 1:00 pm at Stacey Deignan’s home in Pepperell, MA. Thank you to the Deignans for hosting our yearly event. The dinner will be potluck style. Please RSVP to our club Treasurer and First Vice President, Stacey Deignan, at staceydeignan@yahoo.com.
During the event, we will hold our Annual Silent Auction. Please bring any clean, gently used, or new horse or rider items you wish to donate. As a non-profit, the proceeds from this auction help GHNE fund our annual clinics and events.
High Point Trail Mileage Awards & Show Awards for 2025 will be awarded at the Banquet. Please submit your mileage trail logs and show points logs to our Club Secretary, Kelly LeBlanc, no later than February 15th to be eligible for year-end awards. All horse and rider teams must be members and have submitted nomination forms and fees for horse and rider before trail and show dates. Contact Kelly for mileage trail logs and show points logs. Kelly can be reached at kelleblanc603@gmail.com.

Postponed: Tune-Up Lesson Clinic With Julie Dillon
2026-04-25 09:00 - 2026-04-26 18:00 | Mountain Lane Farm, 11 Stone Lane, Temple, NH, 03084, United States
Welcome back our own Certified Riding Instructor, Julie Dillon, who will hold private, one-hour riding lessons for you and your horse on specific areas of growth for you as a team. Slots for lessons start at 9:00 am, and you are invited to audit the other participants’ lessons throughout the day. The lesson day will conclude with an outing to Kimball’s Farm in Jaffrey, NH. All proceeds go to GHNE to help with costs of events and activities throughout the year.
Cost: $80/person, includes lesson, day of auditing
$30 audit fee for non-riders per day
RSVP to Julie Dillon for additional information at:
horsefeathersnh@gmail.com

Equine Massage: Comfort & Connection with Lisa Turcotte
2026-04-25 10:00 - 16:30 | Mt. Lane Farm, 11 Stone Lane, Temple, New Hampshire
SOLD OUT CLINIC! Audit slots are still available.
Please join us for Equine Massage: Comfort & Connection, a full-day clinic (6 hours) of learning and practicing with your horse. Lisa Turcotte will teach each horse owner general massage techniques and where to use them on your horse, including:

Effleurage,
Light Compressions,
Cross Fiber Friction,
Gentle Poll/Head Techniques,
Tall/Mane Sequencing,
Myofascial Release,
Reading “Yes/No” Signals, and
When to Call a Professional.

The teaching format will include lecture, a full-group demo, partner practice, and small-group (4-person/horse per pod) supervision of learned techniques. Please contact loren.stevens202@gmail.com for the waitlist.
Lisa Turcotte’s Bio

Lisa is a graduate from the Bancroft School of Massage with a specialized focus on equine therapy. The knowledge and skills she acquired during her education have empowered her to provide comprehensive care and support to horses in pain, helping them find comfort and restore their range of motion.
Lisa also served as the Equine Program Administrator and an instructor at the Bancroft School of Massage Therapy, where she continued to impart her expertise and passion for equine massage therapy to future practitioners. She is also a member of the National Board of Certification for Acupressure and Massage (NBCAAM.org), where she actively contributes to advancing and regulating standards for equine massage therapy. She has expanded her expertise through coursework in Equine Manual Lymph Drainage, Applied Kinesiology Taping, Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization, and Equine Acupressure.

Trail Ride at Manchester Water Works: RAIN DATE CHANGE
2026-05-31 10:00 | Manchester Water Works, 60 Depot Road, Auburn, New Hampshire
PLEASE NOTE RAIN DATE CHANGE TO SUNDAY, MAY 31!
Gaited Horse of New England will join Derry Trail Riders in May 30, for a wonderful fundraising trail ride at Manchester Water Works. This event is sponsored by Derry Trail Riders and includes lunch. Please go to their website to sign up and complete the registration forms. The cost is $25.
For more information, please contact Kelly Leblanc at kelleblanc603@gmail.com.
Derry Trail Riders website at www.derrytrailriders.com/publicEvents

Horse Camping with Cross State Trail Ride
2026-06-12 08:00 - 2026-06-14 17:00 | Myles Standish State Forest in Carver, MA, 194 Cranberry Rd, Carver, Massachusetts
Interested in horse camping or interested in learning how to horse camp? Gaited Horses of New England club members will come alongside you and teach you the ropes! We will be joining Cross State Trail Riders for their weekend ride at Myles Standish State Forest in Carver, MA. With over 12,400 acres, Myles Standish State Forest is the largest public open space in southeastern Massachusetts. For the trail rides, the mileage each day is usually between 10 and 15 miles, and a route is planned for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Shorter rides to your preferred length are out-and-back trails.
For more information or to sign up, go to https://cstronline.com/june-ride
or contact Loren Stevens at Loren.Stevens202@gmail.com.

Scot MacGregor: Gaited Dressage and Horsemanship: Private Lessons
2026-07-30 09:00 - 2026-08-02 18:00 | Mt. Lane Farm, 11 Stone Lane, Temple, New Hampshire
Private 1-Hour Lessons
Based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Scot MacGregor is a professional trainer, Western dressage instructor, and competitor who works with all American gaited breeds. In addition to having amassed 40 years of experience as a professional trainer, Scot is an experienced competitor with 3,000 wins in fifteen years to his credit. He has won twenty-three consecutive victories at the NWHA National Championships and has been crowned as a Western Dressage Association of America Division Winner eight times. Scot and MacGregor Stables were also the top-winning trainer and barn at the NWHA National Championships for three years in a row, winning one-fifth of all classes offered. One of his many specialties is in bitting the horse for comfort, response, and gaited dressage. He has also served as a past president of the USDF GMO Central Tennessee Dressage Association and the Pleasure Walking Horse Association of Tennessee.
Hosted by GHNE, Scot will give each horse and rider team a 1-hour private lesson on focus on the horse and rider’s goals. 1-hour lessons are $150 per hour and the audit fee per day is $40.
For additional information or to be on the waitlist, please contact Loren Stevens at loren.stevens202@gmail.com.

Trail Ride at Felton Field
2026-08-22 10:00 - 13:00 | Felton Field, 120 Old Coldbrook Road, Barre, MA
Join us for our GHNE Trail Ride at Felton Field, Barre, MA (Felton Field, Old Coldbrook Rd, Barre, MA 01005). Ride-out time is 10:00 am. We have marked a 6-mile ride and a 13-mile ride. Please bring your own lunch and beverages. The ride is complimentary. Please contact Stacy Hayes for any additional information at stacyhayes006@gmail.com and please RSVP to Stacy as well to help plan for the number of horse and rider teams. We are looking forward to seeing you there for a super fun trail ride with smooth-moving gaited horses.

Trail Ride at Branch Hill Farm with Derry Trail Riders
2026-09-12 10:00 - 13:00 | Branch Hill Farm, 307 Applebee Road, Milton Mills, New Hampshire
Gaited Horse of New England will join Derry Trail Riders on September 12, for a wonderful fundraising trail ride at Branch Hill Farm. This event is sponsored by Derry Trail Riders and includes lunch. Please go to their website to sign up and complete the registration forms. The cost is $25.
For more information, please contact Kelly Leblanc at kelleblanc603@gmail.com.
Derry Trail Riders website at www.derrytrailriders.com/publicEvents

Carl Bledsoe 3-Day Clinic in Temple, New Hampshire
2026-10-09 08:30 - 2026-10-11 17:00 | Mt. Lane Farm, 11 Stone Lane, Temple, New Hampshire
CLINIC SOLD OUT!
Audit Tickets Available below and clinic tickets available in Saco, ME!
Back by popular demand in New Hampshire, Carl Bledsoe is returning to New England to continue his teaching tour with GHNE. This three-day clinic will focus on gait, softness, connection, and principles that support your horse’s physical and mental development. For those of you who rode with Carl in the past, he will bring new techniques and more advanced teaching instruction. To those of you new to Carl’s unique, horse-first, and gentle style of instruction, Carl will meet each horse-and-rider team at their level and help with individual goals. Additionally, clinic riders can purchase an individual, one-hour lesson, after the clinic fills, to synthesize and conclude the lessons learned during the clinic. For more information, or for the waitlist, please contact Loren Stevens at loren.stevens202@gmail.com.
CARL BLEDSOE BIO
Carl & Tammy conduct clinics and attend expos, sharing his story of his progression from the show ring to now teaching and training with the best interest of the horse as his primary focus. They hope to prove just how wonderful, versatile, and extremely talented the Tennessee Walking Horse, as well as the other gaited breeds, truly are. Carl has been a guest speaker at the Sound Horse Conference in 2014, a guest speaker representing the Tennessee Walking Horse in 2019 at the Equus Film Festival, a gaited clinician in 2018 at Equifest and the featured gaited clinician at the 2020, 2023, and 2024 Horse World Expo, 2021 Georgia Horse Fair, 2022 Southern Equine Expo as well as 2023 Equine Affaire Ohio and Massachusetts. Carl was also a guest judge at the Appalachian Trainer Face-Off in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Additionally, he was featured in the 2023 July edition of Horse Illustrated. Carl was also awarded 2022 Humane Horseman of the Year by the Humane Society of the United States for his work in advocating for the sound, humane training of Tennessee Walking Horses and other gaited breeds. The annual award honors individuals who demonstrate an outstanding commitment to protecting America’s equines. Carl and Tammy are, above all, advocates for the horse!

Carl Bledsoe 3-Day Clinic in Saco, Maine
2026-10-16 08:30 - 2026-10-18 17:00 | Setting Sun Stables, 146 McKenney Rd, Saco, Maine, 04072
Back by popular demand in Saco, Maine, Carl Bledsoe is returning to New England to continue his teaching tour with GHNE. This three-day clinic will focus on gait, softness, connection, and principles that support your horse’s physical and mental development. For those of you who rode with Carl in the past, he will bring new techniques and more advanced teaching instruction. To those of you new to Carl’s unique, horse-first, and gentle style of instruction, Carl will meet each horse-and-rider team at their level and help with individual goals. Additionally, clinic riders can purchase an individual, one-hour lesson after the clinic fills, to synthesize and conclude the lessons learned during the clinic. For more information, contact Loren Stevens at loren.stevens202@gmail.com.
CARL BLEDSOE BIO
Carl & Tammy conduct clinics and attend expos, sharing his story of his progression from the show ring to now teaching and training with the best interest of the horse as his primary focus. They hope to prove just how wonderful, versatile, and extremely talented the Tennessee Walking Horse, as well as the other gaited breeds, truly are. Carl has been a guest speaker at the Sound Horse Conference in 2014, a guest speaker representing the Tennessee Walking Horse in 2019 at the Equus Film Festival, a gaited clinician in 2018 at Equifest and the featured gaited clinician at the 2020, 2023, and 2024 Horse World Expo, 2021 Georgia Horse Fair, 2022 Southern Equine Expo as well as 2023 Equine Affaire Ohio and Massachusetts. Carl was also a guest judge at the Appalachian Trainer Face-Off in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Additionally, he was featured in the 2023 July edition of Horse Illustrated. Carl was also awarded 2022 Humane Horseman of the Year by the Humane Society of the United States for his work in advocating for the sound, humane training of Tennessee Walking Horses and other gaited breeds. The annual award honors individuals who demonstrate an outstanding commitment to protecting America’s equines. Carl and Tammy are, above all, advocates for the horse!

Equine Affaire 2026
2026-11-12 09:00 - 2026-11-15 17:00 | Big E, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA, 1305 Memorial Ave, United States
Please join us at Equine Affaire for an exciting horse weekend of learning, shopping, and friendship. The gaited clinician (TBD) will most likely have presentations on Saturday and Sunday for 2026.

We will also host a Club dinner and brief business meeting at the Storrowton Tavern on the Big E campus (most likely on Saturday evening, so plan your Fantasia nights for Thursday or Friday). We will invite the gaited clinician to be our guest. This is a great opportunity to speak one-on-one with a nationally ranked gaited horse clinician, as well as a wonderful time to catch up with old GHNE friends.
Stop by our GHNE booth in the Stroh Building. We will have complimentary snacks, water, coffee, and tea for our members, and a place to sit, relax, chat with friends, and charge your phone.
Interested in participating in a gait horse demonstration at Equine Affaire? Please let us know; there will be several required practices in order to take part the demo team.
For more information, contact Loren Stevens at lhhstevens@myfairpoint.net.
