About Us:



Hello Everyone! Thank you for taking the time to visit our site and learn more about
our business, our lives together and our long devotion to horses. We look forward
to meeting you in person and discussing how we can help you and your horses
meet your individual goals.

Jennifer and Owen


About ELS:


Owen Preston and Jennifer Queen created ELS in 2005, in Boyds, Md. Both long-time
“horse people,” Owen and Jen feel fortunate to have met and fallen in love, and
able to merge both their personal and professional lives. They share a dedication
to horses – keeping them healthy and comfortable so they will happily allow their
riders to enjoy them in whatever discipline they desire. ELS began in Boyds, Md.,
and relocated to Lenoir City, Tenn., in August 2008. After spending a year in Tennessee
we are so excited to be going back to our home base in Montgomery County, MD.
At ELS we offer boarding, training, lessons, farrier services and sales with an
emphasis on hunters. Please see our service pages to see if what we have can
help you and your horse meet your equine goals.

About Owen:


Before creating ELS, Owen leased and managed Canterbury Farm, a 30-stall,
privately owned 50-acre horse farm in Maryland for 18 years. Not only did he
oversee all operations at the barn, but Owen also worked closely with riders
and trainers from various disciplines. He was associated with members of the
Potomac Hunt, Dr. Roger Scullin, one of the most respected veterinarians in the
area, and studied under several excellent farriers. He worked with many top
names in the hunter/jumper world, including Pam Baker, Tony Workman and
Kenny Krome. He also was mentored by the international-calibre Alex Chertba,
a four-time Russian Olympic equestrian who trained out of Canterbury Farm.
Owen has served as a coach at hunter shows from schooling to A-rated, and
has a great knowledge of dressage principles as well, working with Francie
Doughtery of Seneca Sporthorses and British instructor Mary Wanless.
Considered to have an excellent “eye for a horse,” Owen worked with dozens
of riders over the years to locate, evaluate and buy sporthorses that fit their
needs, skills and budget.

Owen began his long career at thoroughbred farms in Kentucky working for
Nelson Buckner Hunt and Bill Hampton at Jonnabell Farms. Owen then began
fitting and showing Quarter Horses in hand and doing some breeding. He worked
with some of the best animals in the Quarter Horse industry, including Coolest,
Final Te, and Sunny Go Te.

Owen has blended the knowledge gleaned from his many years and many
associations to develop a unique training style dedicated to helping riders build
confidence and meet their goals while having fun and bringing out the very best
in their mounts. He has worked with riders from total beginners to advanced, and
from young children on ponies to long-time riders on 17-hand horses. He particularly
enjoys sharing the showing experience with his students.


About Jen.

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Before creating ELS, Jen owned her own business, working out of
Camelot Farms, in Keedysville, Md. as a riding instructor and horse
trainer specializing in hunter/jumper. It was a path she’d been on since
she was a child. She began riding at age 7 and as a young girl rode
and worked with Marylyn Webster, who owns Idle Hour Farm and is
credited with being instrumental in bringing the Cleveland Bay horse to
the United States. With Marylyn, Jen foxhunted and competed in area
hunter shows. Jen went on to earn her Associates Degree at Hagerstown
(Md.) Junior College and an Associates Degree in Equine Management
from Hiwassee College, in Madisonville, TN where she also showed as
a member of the Intercollegiate team. After graduation, Jen worked with
such trainers as David Wright in Murfreesboro, TN and Sulu Rose and
Gail Thompson in Manakin, VA. While working for both David and Sulu,
Jen was an Assistant Trainer at their barns. She was able to teach, ride
training horses, and take children and adults to horse shows and also show herself.

In 2007, Jen was able to transfer the training and teaching responsibilities
for ELS to Owen and regain her amateur status. Jen is now showing
her seven-year-old rehabbed off-the-track thoroughbred. In addition to
working as the manager for ELS, Jen spends time managing her and
Owen’s family, and continuing to improve their new farm.


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