Pam
Umberger has been teaching horseback riding lessons for
over thirty
years
and carriage driving lessons for over fifteen years.
As the owner and operator of Copper Crest Farm, which includes an
indoor riding area, two outdoor riding/driving areas and over 100 acres
of pasture and wooded trails, Pam offers training of most
breeds in English or Western riding, private and group riding lessons,
and
carriage driving lessons. She is also available for private
training clinics and as a guest speaker for clubs and organizations.
Pam taught courses in equine studies at Wytheville
Community College for over twenty years, including such classes as Fundamentals
of Riding, Equine Behavior and Training, Principles of Riding Instruction, and Beginner,
Intermediate, and Advanced Equitation. For several years, Pam also taught
Equine
Behavior and Training at Virginia Tech, a required
course in which Pam and her students were responsible for preparing the horses sold in the
yearly Hokie Harvest Sale held in October at Virginia Tech. Pam's book,
Principle-ly
Horses ~ A Training Manual, was used for this class.
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Pam's
clinics attract people from across Virginia and surrounding
states. She specializes in working with riders and their horses,
building self-confidence with timid horsemen and horsewomen. Her
behavior
Modification Clinics have helped many owners have happier relationships
with their horses. She works with all breeds - minis, light
horses, including gaited breeds, and draft horses. Driving
clinics range from starting beginning drivers to driving pairs, tandem,
randem, unicorn, three-abreast, and four-in-hand.
Pam and Copper Crest students
present demonstrations at educational events and charity
fund-raisers. The Copper Crest Driving Drill Team consists of
four horses and carts performing impressive driven maneuvers to
music. Pam demonstrates driving various combinations of horses
including the challenging randem (three horses hitched in a line) and
ridden tandem (riding one horse while driving another horse).
