Instructors

  Sarah Redmondd grew up with a passion for horses. She started out in a 4H “Horseless Horse Club” learning about all things equine before she began taking riding lessons in both English and Western riding at age 10. 

In college she joined the IHSA Hunter/Jumper team and worked for her trainer to get any and all riding experience she could. After earning her Bachelor's degree in Animal Science at the University of Nevada, Reno, she set out for Lexington, KY where she began working at Champagne Run Farm under the mentorship of Maggie Wright in 2012. 

After over a decade of working for Maggie, Sarah purchased Champagne Run Farm in 2025 and now operates Redmond Equestrian at Champagne Run Farm. 

Today, Sarah enjoys competing in Eventing and Dressage and is dedicated to developing both horses and riders to reach their highest potential. Committed to developing confident horses and riders, she creates an environment where riders support each other to enjoy the journey with their equine partners.

  Kelly Masters, a native of Lexington, has been riding since she was five, competing in her first show at six. In 1992, Kelly got her first pony, Eiderdown, and started showing more often in local Hunter/Jumper shows. It quickly became apparent that Eiderdown was a better suited to eventing where Kelly quickly grew to love the sport.

In 1994 when she outgrew her pony, she got her first horse, Royal Sapphire. Since then, she loves competing her horses as well as client and sale horses. Competitions include Hunter/Jumper shows, Eventing through Intermediate/Preliminary level, and Dressage through Fourth Level. Her favorite show experience is riding a long format Preliminary Three-day Event placing 3rd on her mare, Roxy, who she started herself as a 3-year-old.

Kelly’s teaching career began in 1999 when she managed the farm’s summer riding camp for the first time. Since then, she teaches lessons to riders of all ages ranging from beginners to weekly devotees to serious competitors. Kelly especially enjoys encouraging and watching the bonds that form over time between horses and riders. In addition to teaching, she is a coach for the UK Equestrian Team, rides sale horses and horses in training, and does the bookkeeping for Redmond Equestrian.

Rachel Angelucci is a lifetime Lexingtonian. Specializing in Dressage.

she is a USDF Bronze Medalist and halfway to her Silver. 

Enthusiastically teaching Dressage to riders of all levels, she is committed to personalizing instruction for each student so they effectively attain connection between horse and rider! 

She also enjoys teaching beginners wanting to learn the basics of riding and jumping.

Rachel successfully competes through Third Level Dressage. She has a young horse, Vinnie, who will compete this summer in his first Dressage show.

In addition to teaching, Rachel rides sale horses and horses in training.

Gillian Stover is a lifelong horsewoman and Lexington native. Her riding journey started under Maggie Wright at Champagne Run Farm, competing in both eventing and dressage. In 2022, she was awarded the US Eventing Association’s Intercollegiate Rider of the Year for at Beginner Novice. 

Currently, she is working toward her US Dressage Federation Rider Medals with her horse Broken Cloud. When she’s not dancing down the centerline, she can be found retraining off-the-track Thoroughbreds ing helping them transition into successful post‑track careers.

A graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in Equine Science and Management, Gillian rode with the UK Eventing Team while in college. Professionally, she serves as the Activities and Events Director at the United States Pony Clubs, where she blends her passion for grassroots riding sports with her love of organizing horse shows and educational events.

Gillian’s teaching style is shaped by the mentors who guided her, and she strives to bring out the best in every horse‑and‑rider pair. She takes pride in preparing her students to feel confident, capable, and ready to shine — no matter what their goals may be.

Mackenzie Gwin is a professional out of Lexington, Kentucky, specializing in hunters, jumpers and fox hunting. 

She has national titles at Arabian Sport Horse Nationals in the Green Working Hunters, Speed Jumpers, Combined Training and in the Jumper Stake. 

She has also earned her colors at the Fort Leavenworth Hunt.

Raegan Nalls is a sophomore at the University of Kentucky in the Equine Science and Management Program. 

She has two Thoroughbreds, Freddy and Spice, that live at a farm in Paris, Kentucky.

Reagan has competed in Eventing through the USEA Modified Level. In Dressage, she has completed her USDF Bronze Medal.

Brynn Jones is a University of Kentucky graduate with a degree in Equine Science and Management minoring in Business.  

She began her career as an FEI groom through the 3* level, managing competitive event horses in Lexington and Ocala while also producing her own horse through Training Level eventing and First Level dressage. Brynn later served as Assistant Trainer for an Off-the-Track Thoroughbred program retraining and rehoming racehorses for second careers. Twice she competed twice in the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover, finishing in the Top 40 across four disciplines.

In 2020, Brynn and her husband purchased their farm, Where To Farm, where she focuses on rehabilitation, creative problem-solving, and developing horses for long-term success. She also spent four years riding at KESMARC, rehabbing and training horses from green prospects to 1.60m jumpers and top-level hunters.