Owners-Trainers

Katrina Schmitt

Katrina began riding horses as a toddler in Illinois, where THANKS-A-LOT FARM began. She holds a degree in Animal Science with a specialty in animal nutrition, and is a trained farrier. She has evented through the CCI*** level on a mare she broke and trained herself as well as eventing many other horses over the years. She also has experience showing horses and ponies in the hunters and jumpers on the "A" circuit, playing International mounted games and working race horses at the three race tracks in Illinois for many years.Katrina is the farm farrier and keeps all of the horses up and running!

Alyssa Schmitt

Alyssa began riding horses as a toddler in Illinois, where THANKS-A-LOT FARM began. Alyssa has evented through the Preliminary level and competes year round in dressage, eventing, hunters and jumpers depending on what horses are showing that week. She has experience showing horses and ponies in the hunters and jumpers on the "A" circuit, playing International mounted games and working race horses at the three race tracks in Illinois for many years. Alyssa starts and brings along the youngsters taking them out to their first year (or two) of shows before the horses are offered for sale.