Our Team
Co-Founder / Head Trainer / Professional Rider / Show Stables Manager & Instructor / Accounting
CHANNAY LLOYD
Channay’s life with horses started at a very young age. She has been honoured with World Champion Hunter Rider Awards and top placings in equitation finals and Grand Prix’s. As a junior, Channay had a very successful career, dominating the equitation, hunter and jumper divisions with championships across Canada and the USA. She rode in her first Grand Prix at the young age of 16 and has piloted young hunters and jumpers to year end awards. Channay has been taught and mentored by some of the top professionals in Canada and the U.S. She has a well-rounded education in the hunters, jumpers and equitation ring.
Channay’s teaching style is enthusiastic and positive with an emphasis on building confidence. She educates, motivates and inspires her students. Whether piloting a performance hunter to a winning round, or working with a wide variety of students and horses, Channay is a very hands-on professional and takes pride in being able to provide an individualized program for each horse and rider that produces results. Riding with Channay is like riding in a clinic, and she places a huge emphasis on detail and correct basics.
DARLENE YORK
Co-Founder / Breeding Manager / Boarding
Darlene York is the founder of Country Lane Farm and is our breeding specialist with over 40 years experience breeding horses. Darlene hand picks hunter broodmares of superior quality and selects the best stallion for each mare. She has bred many hunter breeding, Best Young Horse winners at Devon, Sallie B. Wheeler West and East coast champions and International Hunter Futurity winners, Lt. Gov Cup and Gov Cup winners at the Royal Winter Fair.
Darlene is consistently in the top 10 breeders list of both line and performance hunters with United States Equestrian Federation. Her foals have won at Devon, Upperville, and Warrenton, Del Mar, Royal Winter Fair on the line and have been performance winners at Wellington and circuit champions at HITS Coachella.
Darlene has an incredible eye for conformation and has hand selected some of North America’s top hunter stallions including Westporte, and Centre Pointe. Her stallions have been named stallion of the year by the international hunter futurity multiple years in a row. Darlene believes to get good results you need to breed like to like and the best to the best.
BEVERLEY VANGUILDER
Riding School Manager & Instructor / Show Stables Instructor
Bev comes to CLF with 25+ years of experience in teaching, riding and managing large show programs.
We are so thankful to have Bev as part of our Show Stables instruction and pro-riding team. Bev also lends a hand to our Riding School Program when needed, helping riders who are ready to transition to the Show Stables program.
OLIVIA BUFFONI
Riding School Manager & Instructor / Show Stables Instructor
Olivia started her professional career in 2023 and has been involved in our program with her horses for many years. Look for Olivia in the professional ring.
JULIE COLES
Julie is our longest member of the CLF team with roots back to the 90’s at the “Little Red Barn”. Julie has been an instructor since the 80’s teaching the basics to riders that have gone on to successful competition careers.
In addition to instruction, Julie also organizes our Saturday barn chores.