Noah Heft has been riding horses since the age of seven, and has had a lifelong dream of being a riding instructor. At eighteen years old he traveled to Waco Texas and became a Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) Certified English and Western Level 2 instructor. Noah is also a third degree black belt in the World Tang Soo Do Association and is learning to build western saddles.

Noah combines his mind for craftsmanship, the life skills and teaching style he learned as a martial artist and plugs them into his riding instruction. Focusing on building a strong foundation with both horse and rider that can be built upon to create solid and versatile riders, all while teaching his students the value of various life skills like perseverance, confidence, and courage. Noah seeks for all of his students to become better riders than he is, seeking to build confident riders who love the art of riding as much as he does!

Grayson has been around horses since the age of 11, she started riding with a family friend until she decided she wanted to grow as a rider. She began taking lessons at Rivendell until she was offered her first job as a farm hand during her freshman year of high school. After attending the summer camps there for several years, she grew and transitioned from camper to staff, eventually taking on the responsibility of running the camps. In high school, she also rode for Rivendell’s IEA team, competing and gaining valuable experience.

She enjoys coming to the barn simply for the love of the animals and the people that surround them. Her co-workers and staff she thinks of as family, and cares for our horses as if they’re her own.

Sage has grown up with animals always at the heart of who she is. From owning a large pack of dogs, working in animal rescue, and riding and owning horses she believes that there is nothing more rewarding than the bond with an animal. She did not get to grow up riding as a kid but came to the equestrian community as an adult. After more than a decade of riding, owning and showing she decided to take the leap and combine her passions of building teams and taking care of animals into owning her own farm.  Buying Rivendell Farm was the biggest, scariest, but also the most rewarding thing she has ever done, in fact she named her parent LLC, Rosemoore Acres, with the same sentiment. Have you ever seen the movie ‘We Bought A Zoo’ with Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson? Well, the movie features a newly widowed father searching for a new home and start with his kids after the loss of his wife. He eventually goes on to take a chance on ‘Rosemore Zoo’ an old zoo that had been partially abandoned and left in the hands of a few caring (and quirky) individuals. When he’s reflecting on buying this zoo on a whim he says “You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it. This is the biggest, scariest thing I have ever done, but it’s an adventure! Life is all about adventure! And at the end we will look back and see that this was the best adventure of my entire life.’

Rivendell Farm and Rosemoore Acres are my biggest adventure. At the end of the movie, he realizes not only that he bought a zoo, but also that he found his family in it. He found his new family amongst the staff, caregivers, clients and animals that he was able to provide a place for them to call home. That is my goal and dream here at Rivendell Farm. Is that we all find our family, our community and we enjoy this crazy adventure together.