Rosebrook Farm is very proud of it's dedicated and talented staff. The farm hires career minded professionals who are extremely dedicated to the horses they care for guaranteeing your horse is handled with the respect he deserves. Only our staff will handle your horse in your absence, and they will pay diligent attention to his well-being at all times, making sure that he is taken care of the way you would want him taken care of! To show you a few of their career highlights, and what they have to offer your horse:
Darrel Franks, Rosebrook Farm Manager:
Darrel's passion for horses led him back out of the office and into Rosebrook Farm in the summer of 2008. Darrel's family participated in Rodeo, so he had the opportunity to start working with horses quite early in life SInce that time, Darrel has worked with racehorses as groom and exercise boy, as a groom at Lazma Arabians, Ltd, in Scottsdale Arizona. He has shown Arabians as well. Upon arrival in Ocala, he got a job as groom at one of the hunter jumper stables there. Darrel arrived on the North Shore of Boston, where he got involved in both dressage and combined training barns. Prior to working at Rosebrook, Darrel was head groom for Roel Theunissen at Wadsworth Farm, and also worked at Rowley Harness shop.
Susan Po, Rosebrook Farm Assistant to Cindi Wylie
Sue brings 38 years of equestrian experience to the Rosebrook Staff. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Animal Science from UMass in Amherst, participated in the intercollegiate riding team there, as well as working as the Assistant Superintendent of horses in charge of Horse Health the last year she was there. During that time she trained under well known area professionals Sue Blinks and Sarah Geike. After leaving UMASS, Sue worked as a small and large animal surgical assistant, and at Thoroughbred breeding farms, handling mares and foals, as well as assisting in the breeding operations and sales prep. She holds an associates degree in Radiology as well. More recently she worked at Bradford Equestrian Center and trained under Keith Angstadt. She has owned three horses during her life-long equine career. Currently she owns Poppi, a Dutch Warmblood cross, who she is working towards competing at Third Level.
Greg Stashis, Rosebrook Farm Staff
Life long equestrian and north shore resident Gred Stashis joined the Rosebrook Staff in the winter of 2009. His experience with horses also started early with his family horses. He started doing combined training at the age of 12, and worked his way up through the preliminary level. He also rode in the AA hunter circuit until the age of 18. Greg trained with such well known professionals as Tuny Full and Tad Coffin. Greg then received a scholarship to Mass College of Art, where he graduated, while also doing coursework in Florence, Italy, with the Studio Art Centers International program from UMASS at Amherst. After college Greg developed an interest in Arabian horses, and started competing them, qualifying for National Championships in both 1994 and 1995. More recently, Greg was full time barn manager for Wadsworth Farm in Danvers.
Kristen Cavic, Rosebrook Apprentice
Kristen Cavic recently came to Rosebrook as a boarder and student, but has decided to take things a step further, and spend time apprenticing at the farm to learn more about horses and training. Kristen is a caring and compassionate young equestrienne, that all the horses take very naturally to. Her current mount, Nazar, is a dutch warmblood owned by Rosebrook boarder Michele Doucette. We look forward to seeing great things from this pair in their training level debut this summer!
Beth Goss, Rosebrook Farm Staff
Hannah Bachellor, Rosebrook Farm Staff
