LAUREN ORGO
Owner, Trainer, Rider
Lauren Orgo spent her junior years apprenticing for Frank Madden, learning the ins and outs of the hunter and equitation rings. While in college she got certified for therapeutic riding instruction and started training at a therapy center. Lauren created and ran the therapeutic program there bringing students to special Olympic finals at the prestigious Hampton classic. In 2010 she decided to start her own therapeutic riding program, Happy Tails. After a few years Lauren started her jumper career, training under the eyes of Carol Thompson, Hugo Huesca and most recently Devin Ryan. While chasing her riding goals she started Copper Hill Stables in 2014 and since then has focused on bringing young riders up from the beginning to numerous finals up and down the East coast. In April 2022 Lauren gave birth to her beautiful baby girl and has now switched her focus on bringing a select few riders to the top shows as well as importing quality horses for sale and lease to the US.
LORI THOMPSON
Barn Manager,Trainer, Rider
Lori's love for horses began at a very young age. Growing up in Monmouth County, she started lessons at a local barn at age 7. From there she rode with Carol Thompson at Quiet Winter Farm competing in the pony hunters, junior hunters and jumpers on the east coast. As an adult, her education continued with Hugh White in California, where she successfully showed in the jumpers on the west coast.
From there her passion has brought her to many corners of the country and even abroad to Sydney Australia. She has experience riding in local shows, fox hunting, top A rated shows, and Dressage. Lori has been a certified therapeutic instructor, farm owner, barn manager, IEA coach, trainer, and instructor for beginners to professionals.
Her philosophy is to always continue learning and enjoys participating in hunter/jumper clinics with professionals like Bernie Traurig, Peter Leon, Joe Fargis, Frank Madden, and Karen Healey to name a few. Before being a team member at Copper Hill, she was a trainer and winter manager for Stonehenge Stables in Colts Neck NJ.