Black Ridge Farm

About Our Farm

Meet Our Team

Couldn't ask for more in a horse training center. Brittany is hands-down the best trainer.

Brittany Cooper

Owner/Manager and Head Trainer

Brittany started riding at age eight and has made it her life’s work to have a career in riding. She grew up riding horses and ponies that were never simple. This experience forced her to find new and innovative

Jaclyn Tassey

Assistant Trainer

Jaclyn has over 20 years of professional riding, teaching, competition and equine management experience. Over the years she has developed training programs that focus on the proper development of each horse and rider. Her program has an emphasis on flatwork and cavaletti and gymnastics to give the horse the ability to achieve top performance over fences. This also increases the strength and skill of the rider to reach their top performance. Lessons and training rides are geared toward each horse and rider and their specific needs. She does also have her BS from Centenary in Equine Studies.

Testimonials

KAREN OCHS

parent of rider

You will not find a better trainer or facility, my daughter spent almost 10 years at Black Ridge and couldn't have done better!

We treat every horse as though it is our own. 

Black Ridge Farm is a family-owned and operated full-care boarding facility on 32 acres in the Hudson Valley. Established in 2001, the farm has a long tradition of providing a full range of equestrian services including boarding, lessons, leasing and training, and showing.​

KEVIN MARTIN

parent of rider

ways to make horse riding safe and successful for all her students. Golden Opportunity aka “Sundance” was Brittany’s first horse and lived with her at BRF until she was 26 years old. She taught Brittany how to pursue the passion that is found in riding and to have the drive that leads to success. Brittany went to college at Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ for business management. She graduated in three years with her Bachelors in Business and a minor in Equine Studies. And in 2021 she received her Master's in Business Management. Throughout college she worked and rode with highly skilled trainers to gain invaluable show experience and access to a range of professionals who continue to provide guidance and expertise that have helped Brittany and her students excel on the show circuit.  In April 2012 Brittany took over Black Ridge Farm from her parents and has been running it full time since. "We have a unique quality at Black Ridge that makes us stand out, we LOVE our jobs and the people we work with. At Black Ridge we are a family."