Team

Emily Hadden-Morris

Emily Hadden-Morris began riding at age five and rode Hunter/Jumpers competing in Medal Maclay and USET classes. She was a working student for the renowned jumper, Michael Elmore, in Middleburg, Virginia. Once she discovered the discipline of Dressage, she had discovered her true passion.

Emily has trained all of her own horses with guidance from a number of distinguished trainers including; Eike von Weltheim, Ryan Yap, Kenneth Borden, Lauren Spreiser, Krista Tycho Noone, Britta Johnston, Phobe Devoe-Moore and the esteemed Natalie Lamping. In 2016 she was the recipient of the Carol Lavelle Gifted Grant allowing her to work intensively with Phobe Devoe-Moore.

Emily has successfully competed at 4th level and in the National and FEI Young Horse divisions. She has competed at Dressage at Devon since 2015. Her Hanoverian, Don Ahlerich was the Champion 3-year-old US Bred Colt/Gelding in 2018.

Emily is currently the Owner/Trainer of Russell’s Landing Dressage based out of Janet Hadden’s Russell’s Landing Farm in Avella, Pennsylvania.

Emily holds a B.S. in Nursing and when not working with her beloved equines she works as an Emergency Room nurse. She was previously a Trauma Nurse at a Level 1 trauma center and has served as a Flight Nurse.

Jim Boyce

With almost two decades of experience as a hunter jumper trainer, Jim Boyce began his professional career when he joined BarGee Farms in 2007. Since that time, Jim has built a wonderful clientele of riders and their horses. Jim’s instruction is dedicated to horse and rider safety, sound horsemanship, and solid flatwork and jumping skills at all levels of riding. He values providing his students with the knowledge they need to enjoy a lifetime of riding. His patience, dedication, open communication and passion for bringing people and horses together have helped Jim to produce successful students both in and out of the show ring. His approach has also allowed him to enjoy matching riders and horses and to successfully source and train new prospects.

In 2011, Jim was appointed as the head coach for the University of Pittsburgh Equestrian hunt seat team which competes as part of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. He continues in that role today, and over the years has coached riders to qualify and compete at IHSA National Championships. Jim frequently serves as a clinician at barns throughout Western Pennsylvania.

His own riding has been developed through study with Barbie Bancroft, lessons with Paul Valliere and riding in clinics with industry legends such as George Morris, Jeff Cook and Melanie Smith Taylor. When not training clients and their horses, Jim can be found in the hunter and jumper rings competing his own horses. Jim is a member of USEF and USHJA and is a USHJA Certified Trainer.