Amie's involvement in horses spans more than twenty years, and had its
beginning while she was a student at Nonewaug High School's Vo-Ag
program, at which time she served as groom for Cindy McCann Mooney who
was campaigning two horses at the Intermediate and Advanced levels of
Eventing.
After graduation she accepted a working student position at Denny
and May Emerson's Tamarack Hill Farm in Strafford, VT and Southern
Pines, NC. She was soon promoted to groom and later to Farm Manager.
Her ten years there afforded her many opportunities to ride and train,
with Denny and May as well as Lynn Coates Holmes.. She also traveled to
the Seoul Olympics in 1988 as groom for the competitor for the US
Virgin Islands.
Upon returning to Connecticut in 1999 she enrolled at WestConn and
did free-lance riding instruction at various locations, including
Highborn Horse Park and River's Edge Farm in Southbury. She also taught
the Stable Management course at Teikyo Post University. While furthering her education she continued to compete in Eventing,
completing three CCI* and one CCI** events, and split her time between
college, a part-time job as a Rehab Tech at HealthSouth, and
intermittent work and training with Mark Weissbecker of Birch Hill Farm
in Richmond, MA and Southern Pines, NC.
2003 saw her receive her degree and status as a Certified Physical
Therapist Assistant, and also saw the birth of her son Joshua. She also
continued to pursue her competitive goals and maintained her employment
at HealthSouth, and also began her association with Willow Creek Farm.
In 2006 Amie married Tom Loring, and in 2007 their son Aedan was born.
In 2009, they bought their first home, which is directly across the street from Willow Creek Farm.
In addition to the above-mentioned trainers, Amie has participated
in lessons and/or clinics with a number of outstanding professionals,
including Janet Black, Eric Horgan, Jane Savoie, Ann Guptil, Mike
Plumb, Karen Stives, Major General Jonathan Burton, Volker Brommann,
Michael Page, and Cindy Collier.
