Fremont, NH – March 14, 2016.  Jan Brubacher owner. North Road Farm (NRF) is pleased to announce Ray Hackett has accepted the full time position of riding instructor and horse behaviorist trainer.  NRF is a riding school for beginner youth to adult students including recreational, therapeutic and competitive horsemanship.  NRF is home to the Peppermint Ponies 4-H Club.

Ray is already busy with enthusiastic students and caring for the 8 horses and ponies that are the school mounts.  Ray says: “I have a special spot in my heart for the little ones, especially the 4-H cloverbud kids as wee as 5 years old.”  His natural, intuitive approach and patient nature is refreshing and insightful to both people and animals.

Ray is a popular A rated New England 4-H and Open horse show judge with 38 years of experience including many local, county, state shows and Eastern States competition in 2014.  Ray is also holds a MA licensed Riding Instructor certification for over 20 years.

“I couldn’t be more delighted to have Ray here. People are fascinated with horses.  We have so many children, adults, special needs people who genuinely want to safely learn how to interact.  They want to know how to care, handle and ride them.  Ray is a well-rounded expert. His experience and sense of humor along with an empathetic style gives everyone a heartfelt experience. Ray and I look forward to a great year in 2016. We invite you to come over and join us in at North Road Farm.” said Jan Brubacher.

Ray Hackett was a member of the Salem Silver Spurs 4-H club and the Atkinson Chaps and Breeches 4-H Club. Ray earned numerous year-end awards and achievements with his first horse, Cheyenne.  Ray later started his own thriving 4-H club, the Plaistow Snappy Striders and ran horse shows to benefit Therapeutic Riding.

Ray has won numerous A rated multi-discipline championships including NH Horse and Trail Assoc., Seacoast Horseman’s Assoc., New England Pinto Horse Assoc., and New England Tennessee Walking Horse Assoc.

With his vast years of experience, Ray developed New World Riding horsemanship to provide safe, proactive foundation work for beginners through advanced riders. Ray believes students all have “special” needs and that working with horses helps us heal emotionally and physically, develop important friendships and find joy and peace.

Ray has been featured in:

• The Boston Globe “Horse Sense Redefined,” by Susan Chaityn Lebovits, May 25, 2008
• WCVB Channel 5’s Chronicle, “Horses” Airdate July 25, 2009
• Filmed by ABRI (Animal Behavior Research Institute) as well as Boston.com in 2012
• Ray Hackett Healing Horses (And Their Owners).  Oats News.com by Annemarie Field November, 2013
• Protagonist in documentary film “Back Roads USA” (Part One: The Mohawk Trail) by academy award nominated filmmaker Katia Esson – shown in Germany, France and USA April 2013.

Ray is also a published freelance writer and is working on his new how-to books about Healing Horsemanship and Equine Behavior.