Winterwood Farm is a full-service boarding and dressage training facility in a beautiful rural setting just outside the Village of Ballston Spa, near Saratoga Springs, New York. Established in 1984, the farm is owned and operated by Barb and Tom Sanford. Their daughter Cailin Sanford-Rotkowitz and son Jud Sanford are also part of the team.

The primary focus of Winterwood Farm is to provide correct, methodical, and fair training for the horse and rider in a relaxed, positive, and supportive atmosphere. While every breed of horse is welcome at Winterwood, the Sanfords specialize in Baroque horses, raising and training their own Spanish Normans.

A student of dressage for more than 40 years, Barb passed her love of horses and the art of dressage to her daughter Cailin, who began her riding career over 30 years ago. The successful mother-daughter team continue with their dressage education today by regularly riding in clinics with international trainers, while always seeking to expand their collective experience.

Winterwood Farm tailors its training program to riders of all levels with their own horses. We especially enjoy working with adult and returning riders. Lessons are available at the farm in indoor and outdoor arenas and an outdoor round pen. Arrangements can be made for off-site lessons at locations within a 20 mile radius of the farm. We train horses of any age, level, or breed, and have worked with and started young horses, including stallions, based upon the principles of Natural Horsemanship.