Founder
Inga´s vision when Abury Stable was incorporated in 2006 was to have a world-recognized sporthorse breeding and training center. That vision is what shapes the direction of Team Abury still today. Inga will often be seen at horse shows and inspections cheering on her own horses, as well as those of our clients. Her enjoyment and pride in the success of each horse and rider is infectious. She´s also still competing in Eventing.
Inga Johannson
President/Owner
Training
Clara Doyle
Co-Owner, Rider
Clara grew up with horses on her family’s small warmblood breeding farm in Maine and raised and started a number of homebreds. Clara first joined the Abury team in 2006 as a working student with James Madison. She left to pursue her Bachelors degree in Kinesiology from the University of Massachusetts. While finishing her Masters degree, Clara had the opportunity to further her training abilities by working as the assistant trainer/barn manager for Grand Prix trainer and competitor, Sharon McCusker. Clara´s passion for young horse education, and her knowledge of kinesiology provide a unique foundation for developing today’s sporthorses.
James Madison
Head Trainer
Originally from England, James joined the Abury team in 2006. He is well-known for his young horse services and has handled hundreds of horses in inspections and breed shows. James has won numerous Championships with the stallions as well as client horses that are in training. He teaches a dedicated group of riders both at Abury and in clinics. James is a USDF Bronze, Silver, & Gold Medalist and is a USDF Certified Instructor through Fourth Level.
Rider
Ashley Vale
Flat Racing
Ashley joined Team Abury in January of 2016, just a month after earning her Bachelor’s degree in Animal and Poultry Sciences from Virginia Tech. She has experience working on a small scale breeding operation as well as managing her family’s Thorougbred farm in Northern Virginia. Ashley loves sharing her passion of the equine world and while attending college, taught horseback riding lessons to children and adults.
Rose Reed
Dressage
Original from Russia, Alina joined Team Abury in the spring of 2014 working part-time in the Main Barn. She has worked as a groom in several breeding and Sport Horse farms and is also a Therapeutic Riding instructor.
James Madison jr.
Vet, Flat Racing
James moved from Texas to join the Abury Team in December 2012. A graduate of Texas A&M University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Science and a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine, James has been involved in the sport horse industry for several years, working at a variety of boarding and breeding facilities.
Audrey Clement
Endurance, Flat Racing
Orignal from France, Audrey came to Abury while she was doing a Work - and - Travel trip through the USA before she starts to study at the University of Massachusetts. She met Clara when they both take their Bachelor degrees in Kinesiology.
Kyla Monroe
Dressage
Kylie is our "baby". She nearly grew up at Abury. She started to come here as a six-year old sassy girl that wants to learn to ride more than everything else. Unfortunatly her family wasn´t able to effort the riding lessons so this little tough girl starts to brush and spoil our horses as the "payment" for her riding lessons.
Phoebe Davenport
Eventing , Halter
Eleanor Dietrich
Eventing
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Inga met Elenor in Germany while they both were visiting the Dressage Stable Weichert to look for new dressage prospects. The two women immediatly felt a symphaty to each other and during their talking Elenor told Inga that she would love to get a new challenge to improve her riding style and that she was bored in the small stable she was riding for. Inga invited her to Abury and well... Elenor is now strengthen our eventing team.
Phoebe is a niece of James Madison. She grew up on her parents Warmblood farm near the Canadian Boarder. It looks like that all Madison family members somehow find their way to Abury. ^.-
Hikari Olsen
Reining & Western Trail
Anne met Hikari during her time volunteering at the St. Claire´s orphanage. This special sweet girl grew up at the orphanage. Her mother died short after she was born. She never met her father, who lives in Japan.
When she was a toddler she was sick with parotitis and some consequences still affect her life.
First Anne asked Hikari to come to us in her spare time coz she told her that she loves horses so much. But when the team met this lovely girl they decided to take her in as a foster-child.
Odette Grey Dusseau
​Dressage & Halter
Odette is our "Irish Whirlwind". This energetic little woman is well known for her explosive temper. She never stood still...
Odette started to study at the UDC in Dublin but than had to stop coz of heavy financial problems inside her family.
She came to us as a stable hand and is now since three years a full member of our team.