Brian Lenehan is a respected horseman and has been a successful trainer for decades, riding and training numerous top show hunters to championships. Coming from a prominent hunter/jumper family, Brain was inducted into the Show Hunter Hall of Fame in 2014 for his contributions to the horse industry.
Besides every top hunter jumper circuit and show on his resume, Brian has also judged AQHA’s World Championship show.
Linda Andrisani is a 30+ year veteran of the judge’s stand in the hunter ring and one of the most well-known and well-respected hunter judges in the country. Her home base is in Maryland where she ran a full-time horse show operation until 2006. Horses from her barn won numerous national championships and she gained a sterling reputation throughout the country.
Today, Linda spends her winters in Wellington, Florida, and her summers traveling about the country. She has been a judge at all the major horse shows in North America including the National Horse Show, Harrisburg, the Washington International and the Royal Winter Fair in Canada.
Linda Andrisani produced The Judge’s Eye DVD, explaining the ins and outs of hunter judging.
USEF “R” Rated Judge Frank Willard was a popular (and always quotable) successful rider and respected trainer. Traveling annually across the country to judge WEF, HITS, Coachella, Indoors and numerous equitation regional and national finals. Frank had also trained hunters to numerous east coast championships, and has been awarded the NCHJA (North Carolina Hunter Jumper Association) “Horseman of the Year.”
Frank operated Deep River Farm in North Carolina with his wife and daughter. With a hunter, Frank feels that riding is an art and style is everything. After decades of training horses, Frank knew victory is fleeting. He said that in this business, you’re only as good as your last show. One week you may fall off and people laugh, and the next week you’re champion.
Frank was a memorable horseman and character, and a personable addition to any horse show judging panel. Sadly, Frank passed away in September of 2014.
Leo Conroy has served as a judge at every major show in the US as well as The Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Canada and The Dublin Horse Show. In 2009 he judged the USEF National Medal Final in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
As a trainer Mr. Conroy has had success on a National level over his 35 year career, winning classes and Championships at every major horse show in the country including Devon, The Pennsylvania National, The Washington International, The National Horse Show, The Hampton Classic and The Winter Equestrian Festival, Florida Circuit. He has trained a string of successful show horses such as Overdressed, Southern Lights, The Winning Edge, Spectacular Ruler and Calling Card. Leo Conroy has trained ribbon winners in both National equitation finals and trained a past winner of the “World Equitation Final“ at The Capital Challenge Horse Show. In addition, he was honored as the 1997 Chronicle of The Horse Horseman of the Year.
Leo Conroy has served on or chaired many committees for the USEF including the Pony Hunter Committee, the Open Hunter Committee, the Hunt Seat Equitation Committee, and the Zone 2 Committee. He currently serves as a Vice President of the National Horse Show.
Sadly, Leo Conroy died in January of 2015 at the age of 58. He was that year’s recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association.
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Scott Fitton is a US Equestrian Federation “R” hunter and hunt seat equitation judge, successful trainer and horseman out of Wellington, Florida. Born in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area, Scott grew up competing successfully as a junior and amateur rider. For nearly 25+ years, Scott has served as a licensed official for the USEF.
On the road extensively from east coast to west, Scott’s show schedule venues includes the Gulf Coast shows, WEF, HITS on the Hudson, HITS Ocala, Thunderbird Show Park, USEF Pony Finals, HITS Coachella Desert Circuit and every place in between.
