PRESS RELEASES
PRESS RELEASE: HEAD TRAINER & DIRECTOR OF HORSEMANSHIP
Chagrin Falls, Ohio—Monday, July 29th, 2024— Chagrin Valley Farms is excited to announce Aubrey Fait as our permanent Head Trainer & Director of Horsemanship, taking the reins from Joy Lambert who has held the position this summer in an interim capacity.
Aubrey is a professional hunter/jumper trainer and instructor with a proven track record of building, growing, and managing high revenue-producing lesson programs, coaching students to success at top national shows, and matching clients to horses in pursuit of their goals. She has guided clients from their first pony to their first Pony Finals, and from their first horse to their first International Hunter Derby. Not only is she passionate about helping her students grow and meet their goals, but she also has the experience necessary to chart their paths to success. Throughout her career, she has had the opportunity to take clients to major shows and finals across the country, including venues like Saugerties, Kentucky Horse Park, Ocala, Chicago, Aiken, and Devon, to name a few, and has coached students successfully from the local level through the “AA” rated level.
At Chagrin Valley Farms, she will oversee the evolution of our riding and horsemanship curriculum with a goal of making CVF the top foundational riding academy program in the region, as well as the launch of our national level competition program, and our Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) and Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) programs. She is also a passionate supporter of the Pony Club mission and will help us continue to grow that program to produce well-rounded and well educated young horsemen and horsewomen.
Any riders who would like to consider boarding at CVF and training with Aubrey as a client should contact her directly at [email protected] and review information on our new national-level competition program at www.chagrinvalleyfarms.com/national. More information on our other programs can be found at www.chagrinvalleyfarms.com.
Joy Lambert will transition to a new role as a strategic advisor for Chagrin Valley Farms, leveraging her extensive experience as a rider, trainer, and judge to help us evolve our show, competition, and training programs to ensure that CVF remains relevant and strong well into the next exciting chapter of its existence.
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Press Contact: Justin M. Klein, CVF Operations Director
[email protected]
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CHAGRIN VALLEY FARMS HISTORY
In 1982, Linda Lybarger was operating the Chagrin Valley Athletic Country Club with her father, Don Lybarger, when an investment opportunity arose. The former Post Farm, 135 acres of land across the road from the Athletic Club, was offered for sale by Forest City Enterprises. The Post family was among the early area settlers in the area and built there in 1837. Forest City had purchased the property as a future housing development site, but decided to offer the parcel for sale. The Lybargers saw this as a perfect investment and the chance to build a year-round equestrian facility which the members of the Athletic Club could enjoy.
She began planning and constructing the main barn and its adjoining 80’ by 250’ indoor arena, which was larger than most local arenas. She had in mind a year-round facility which could host horse shows and special events, in addition to providing riding lessons for members of the Athletic Club who didn’t own horses. With the added luxury of an all-weather sand ring and pastures, it wasn’t long before the barn was filled to capacity with boarders.
In 1984, Linda purchased a smaller 40-acre horse farm which was located a half mile from Chagrin Valley Farm. The former Krames farm became Chagrin Valley Farms’ West Barn. The smaller facility was a perfect location for the Farm’s lesson program and was later sold in ‘90s. However, the focus on introducing horses to new riders and developing them, continued through a growing lesson and summer camp program.
Chagrin Valley Farms continued to grow and expand with a new nine-acre grassy polo field, and in 1990, a new indoor arena was constructed adjoining the original arena which allowed room for riding and space for temporary stalls to be constructed for the horse show exhibitors. Spectators and exhibitors could relax in a spacious viewing lounge with its own snack bar and cabaret style seating.
The facility was well known and in the 1990’s it was selected to host the Chagrin Valley PHA Horse Show and the Cleveland Grand Prix when it relocated from its home at the Cleveland Metroparks Polo Field, as well as the National Equestrian Festival of Cleveland consisting of two major horse shows and a grand prix managed by Stadium Jumping and Gene Mische.
In 2017 the Schneider family, owners of Schneider Saddlery in Bainbridge, Ohio, purchased Chagrin Valley Farms with the goal of building the worn facility back into a top equestrian campus.