About Dun Painted Farm and it's Trainers

    Gerri Lundergan began riding at age 9. She spent 5 years in a mounted drill team performing in California and Nevada.As a teenager She ran barrels, showed Western classes, and participated in parades. Leaving the youth ranks, she judged open shows, had 20 years as a 4-H Leader, showed Appaloosas, AQHA and AHSA. She managed a 55 stall barn standing 5 stallions and hauled a large successful youth and amateur show team in California. In 1991 she moved to Florida, owned a small barn and raised her boys. Her students have excelled in all disciplines, especially equitation. Now that her boys are grown she is ready to devote her time to her students, clinics and work with new Instructors helping them develope their own programs.

   Misty Smith has been working with horses since the age of 12 when she became one of the “Original” Barn Brats volunteering at Bakas Equestrian Center for the Handicapped.  It was during those four years that her love for helping people connect with horses began. Misty then she moved on to further her knowledge and became an apprentice trainer under Sylvia Rice at Sylvia Rice Training Center. Her focuses were starting young horses, Western Pleasure, and Halter as well as working in the breeding program breeding Quality Quarter horses. Misty has spent the last 2 years teaching at A Wilderness Trail Equestrian Center and is looking forward to this new adventure.

    Ashley Poritz will be heading up out Hunter/Jumper division. Ashley came up thru the Youth Hunter ranks showing WEF & Venice A & C circuits in ponies, hunters, equitation, medal classes and jumpers. During her 10 years in the youth division she gathered many Reserve Overall Championships in Children’s and Hunters. She rode with noted trainer Jane Fennessy where her experience grew. While enrolled in Equine Studies at University of Kentucky, she was on the University of Kentucky Equestrian Team and worked at the Kentucky Horse Park riding horses in the Breeds Show Exhibitions. We are very happy to be able to offer Ashley’s abilities to the Tampa Hunter/Jumper community.