About

The Ashby Stock Farm located in Ashby, Ma. is set on 249 acres, and has a rich heritage amongst New England farms, once a thriving dairy farm and today a premier equestrian center with a Dressage focus.

Our story began in 1987 when Jason met Georgette taking his first Hunter/Jumper lesson from her. Since then we have raised a family, traveled the world (often horse related), met many wonderful people, and shared many fabulous meals (yes, we are foodies too), and now our next chapter begins.

The Stock Farm is our home, and together we run the business with the help of an excellent team. Georgette takes the lead on all Horse related matters, as does Jason for the Farm.

Our vision is to create a place where our boarders want to come and spend time as “part of the family” knowing we are here to help you achieve your goals, and of course provide the utmost of care for our four legged family.

We look forward to meeting you,

Jason & Georgette

Mission

Build a community of like minded horse people that support each other in their equestrian endeavors, in an environment you won’t want to leave

Vision

The Equestrian facility of choice for those that appreciate our balanced approach towards excellence, humility, and horsemanship

Values

Team

Rebecca Eccard – Trainer

Rebecca’s love for riding started as a little girl, she was lucky enough to learn under the direction of Mason Grey and his daughter Jude of Hopkinton, RI. It was in the quite moments watching Jude and her father start horses that she learned to appreciate what riding and working horses actually means.

Rebecca started training and showing Friesians in 2007 after a chance meeting with friesian owner and designer Dianne Dakowicz. She has had a tremendous amount of success in the pleasure arena both under saddle and in carriage. And although she lives to show the Friesians to the world, Keuring preperation is actually her favorite training job. Rebecca has successfully presented 3 stallions to receive their Ster status. She has also had good results with re-presenting horses for Ster or Upgrade like Liske E whom Rebecca took for her 4th time and she received her Ster Status completing her papers.

After enjoying the breed in these disciplines Rebecca decided to accept an opportunity to learn more about the sport of dressage. Her love of allowing the horses to have a natural movement and the ability to continue a horse’s training up the levels. Rebecca enjoys being able to offer her clients many different options for training goals for their horses.

While mostly known for her success with the Friesian Bred, Rebecca has also worked with and trained Gypsy, Warmblood and Stock horses. Some of these amazing horses were trained for competition, while others were trained for their owners to campaign or enjoy at home.

Rebecca enjoys working with horses to make them the very best they can be. Her training program is based on the goals of each individual horse and owner.

Rebecca’s Accomplishments:

USDF Bronze Medalist
2015 NEFHC Horse of the Year with Hannah f/t Friesian Connection
2019 Driven Dressage USEF 5th place Nationally with Wessell fan de Berkenhouve
2019 USEF Year End Regional Friesian Dressage Reserve Champion with Mia fan Anemia, Frans CJF and Hank P
2013, 2014 & 2015 Winner of the NEFHC Bronson Memorial Trophy
2009 3x IFSHA Reserve National Champion
2011 2 x IFSHA National Champion
2011 3x IFSHA Reserve National Champion
2013 2x IFSHA National Champion
2013 5x IFSHA Reserve National Champion
2016 1x IFSHA Reserve National Champion
2017 1x IFSHA Reserve National Champion
2018 1x IFSHA Reserve National Champion
2018 3x IFSHA National Champion

John Eccard – Farm Manager

John is a New England native, growing up on the family farm in New Hampshire John was raised in all aspects of farming from managing fields to livestock and everything in-between . Many people know John from his years at Frost Farm where he sold all types of farm equipment, and shared his advice on all things farm related.

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