Meet the Judges
What can we say except, WOW!! What a super group of qualified and friendly judges we have for our exhibitors!
Lukas Scheiber
Halter
Lukas Scheiber comes from a long line of Haflinger breeders. Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, Lukas has continued the tradition of producing top-quality Haflingers while helping lead the Haflinger horse to new heights worldwide. Lukas is currently the Chairman of the Tyrolean Haflinger Breeders' Association and President of the World Haflinger Breeding and Sports Federation and has been extremely active in the Haflinger community as a whole. When not helping run the World Haflinger Show or organizing Haflinger inspections, Lukas continues to operate the Hotel Edelweiss & Gurgl, founded by the Scheiber family in 1889 and located in the beautiful, mountaintop town of Obergurgl, Austria. There, his two daughters continue tradition by managing Haflingerzucht Scheiber for visiting tourists as well as local participants in their riding program.
Jennifer Howlett Rousseau
Halter & Hunter
A career horsewoman, Jennifer was recruited in 1992 to manage a private equestrian estate in Northern Illinois and immigrated to the United States from her home in Montreal, Canada. At Tudor Oaks Farm, she was responsible for developing a Haflinger breeding, training, and marketing program which revolutionized the Haflinger breed market in North America. During her tenure at Tudor Oaks, she served on the very first AHR board, led the project of developing breed classification for North American Haflingers, initiated the education and certification of judges for breed classification, and was both an AHR and a World Haflinger Federation accredited judge. In her 30 years at Tudor Oaks Farm, the farm became known worldwide for importing the best bloodlines, including the stallions Aristocrat TOF, Stars ‘N Stripes TOF, Nobleman TOF, Neumeister TOF, and Standard of Excellence TOF, and the foundation mares Malvina TOF, Caro TOF, Maserata TOF, Arrifa TOF, Heike TOF and Rivella TOF. Along with the numerous Haflinger Breed National Championships won by this breeding program, Tudor Oaks Farm Haflingers competed with winning records against all breeds in USDF dressage competition, USEF pony hunters and jumpers, USEA Eventing, and ADS Combined and Pleasure driving.
In the early 2000’s Jennifer began building an active teaching and training program for the sport of Eventing under her own business banner, L’Esprit Equestrian, LLC, in addition to her role at Tudor Oaks Farm. L’Esprit Equestrian is now thriving as one of the premiere training programs in the country and is located at the beautiful Jigsaw Farms in Woodstock, Illinois.
Jennifer is a United States Eventing Association (USEA) Certified Level IV instructor, serves as an Advisor to the Eventing Coaches Program, and is co-chair of the USEA ECP committee.
She chaired the committee which authored the recently published USEA Eventing Handbook by the Levels. Jennifer was awarded the Going Forward Grant for licensed officials funded by the Broussard Family Trust and has successfully completed the requirements to become a “r” Eventing judge for all three phases of the sport. Jennifer is currently a member of the USEA Board of Governors and is VP of Education.
Krystal Wilt
Classical & Western Dressage
Krystal Wilt is a USEF r Dressage Judge and has earned her USDF Bronze and Silver Medals. She enjoys training horses and riders at all levels and especially enjoys developing young horses. Krystal has competed through Grand Prix and trains regularly with FEI 4* Judge Sarah Geikie (CT). Krystal believes that dressage can improve the communication, harmony, and overall wellness of every horse and rider combination, and strongly believes in continuing education to become the best advocate possible for all horses. Krystal owns and manages Cherry Ridge Dressage in Glenville, NY.
Dodie Howard
Western
Dodie is an AQHA professional horseperson residing in Chittenango, NY. After graduating from Morrisville College with an Equine Science degree, Dodie managed the Morrisville State College Western Breaking & Training Program while also running her own training business. She has been training horses professionally for over 25 years. Today, along with her husband Ryan, Dodie owns and operates Howard/McKillips Show Horses, where they specialize in top-level hunter under saddle, western pleasure, and all-around horses. One of her favorite parts of training is starting young horses and bringing them along to their show career. In addition to judging shows throughout the Northeast, Dodie also coaches Non-Pros in Showmanship, Horsemanship, and Equitation and continues to add to her own long list of show ring accomplishments.
Lauren Wentworth
Hunter
Lauren Wentworth is originally from Skaneateles, NY and has competed in equestrian sports for nearly three decades. She judges hunter shows locally across New York State. She's won the NAL Hunter Finals and Zone II Hunter Finals and earned competitive ribbons in Medal and Maclay competitions. A former member of the Cornell University Polo and Equestrian teams, she now dedicates herself to retraining Off-The-Track-Thoroghbreds (OTTBs) to hunter/jumpers and competes with them throughout the summers.
David Remley
Driven Dressage, Obstacles & Pleasure Driving
Dave Remley resides in Honeoye Falls, New York, along with his wife, Cindy. He has an extensive background among the carriage driving sports and has competed with horses and ponies for over 50 years in both the U.S. and Canada. He has been actively judging for over 35 years and holds registered (R) status with the ADS and USEF in both Pleasure Driving and Coaching disciplines. Dave has had the privilege to study and work under the direction of Dr. Leslie Kozsely for several years, putting together pairs, tandems, four-in-hands and coaching turnouts of many different horse and pony breeds. He also served as head coachman for Mr. and Mrs. Henry DuPont of Greenville, Delaware, working with their Morgans, and for Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fafard of Framingham, Massachusetts, working with their Lipizzans. Dave has also been very fortunate to have trained with Philip and Jennifer DuBois, working with their Morgan horses in Peterborough, New Hampshire. As a competitor, Dave has competed at various pleasure driving venues, including the Canadian Carriage Driving Classic, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Walnut Hill Farm Driving Competition, East Aurora Driving Competition and the Lorenzo Driving Competition. He has also competed at several combined driving events, including Gladstone, New Jersey and the Myopia Driving Event in Massachusetts.
Dave grew up at Walnut Hill Farm in Pittsford, New York. His parents, Bill and Sue Remley, were founders of the popular Walnut Hill Farm Driving Competition, which was the site of the largest pleasuring driving competition in the United States for several decades. One of Dave’s hobbies is sounding the coach horn. He often travels with one or two of his horns when attending driving competitions and carriage meetings. He enjoys getting together with other coach horn enthusiasts and exchanging information regarding the coach horn, as well as helping and encouraging newcomers in sounding.
Dave and Cindy continue to enjoy riding and driving their Friesian Sport Horse and their Morgan horse as much as they can.