INSTRUCTORS:

Melynda Legg - Owner

A native of Northern Virginia, Melynda started riding horses at the age of eight, and chose the horse business as a career because it was always a great love of hers. Acquiring the farm, now known as "Century Manor Farm" because of its house built over a hundred years ago, was her life's dream.

Melynda has shown successfully for more than 20 years, and continues to do so. She has been teaching the equestrian arts since 1985, specializing in the Hunter Classes, but also teaches the "Balance Seat" and lower levels of Dressage. As an active breeder of horses, Melynda has an advantage in equine expertise. She not only cares for and works with the mares, she also helps to deliver the foals and starts their training as they take their first breath. She has trained horses of all types, helping to break them in, and in the process, trains their new owners in horsemanship as well.

In her first year as Coach of the Century Manor Farm Equestrian Team, who compete in the National Capital Equitation League (NCEL), Melynda received the "2002 Reserve Coach of the Year Award," for her talents in the show ring and with her students. In 2008 she received the Coach of the year for both A and B teams.

Melynda Legg

Kim Bork

From Buffalo, New York, Kim has been working and teaching at Century Manor Farm since 2002. She and her husband live not even a mile from the farm, and she has become an asset to the farm. Kim spends at least five or six days a week caring for and feeding all the horses boarded at the farm. She also finds time to work with her own horse in between her work as a horse trainer and exercising horses for other owners. She is teaching lessons to new riders as well as helping with the farm's equestrian team.

Kim has shown successfully in New York, and now in Virginia. She has been asked to ride and show other owner's horses as they are trained and has done very well. She recently took her three year old "Roman," a promising Warmblood gelding by Romancer, to his first show and all of her hard work and training were finally rewarded when he did so well.

Kim Bork

Kim with her horse Romance On Ice

(One of Romancer's babies!)

Lisa Orlowsky

Lisa Orlowsky started riding when she was 5 years old, and was hooked on horses from that day on. She began when young, working at Great Falls Horse Center, where she stayed for six years. During that time, Lisa rode in their lesson program, and with two show teams, where she participated in hunter and combined training events. She also rode and trained for a short time with Red Revelle.

Lisa later attended Virginia Tech where she participated in their riding program, rode on their drill team, and trained in dressage. After graduating, she became a school teacher in Stafford County and continued there for nine years. She decided to leave the classroom when she became a mom to her son Devin.

Since college, Lisa has trained horses and riders at various barns in the area. She has taught at Cedar Ridge in Dumfries, Oak Ridge in Nokesville, as well as Angelica Run in Oakton. She currently teaches a few students at Union Ridge in Centreville in addition to her students at Century Manor Farm. Lisa has been teaching at Century Manor since 2003 and enjoys watching her students grow from new riders to true competitors in the show ring. This year she has started riding her filly, Romantic Event (a Romancer baby) and is enjoying her third year as assistant coach of one of Century Manor's NCEL show teams.

Lisa was recently married to Kevin Orlowsky  on April 6, 2009.

Lisa with her husband Kevin Orlowsky

Lisa and her horse Romantic Event “Zoey”

Meredith Lohr

As Meredith has always had a goal of developing a career in the horse industry, she began her riding career taking lessons from Melynda at age 11. Loving horses as she did, she then purchased her first horse from Melynda at 16.

Fulfilling her dream of working with horses and animals, Meredith graduated from Virginia Tech in 2001 with a degree in Animal Science. She has taught Biology and Environmental Science at Spotsylvania High School for three years. She has several of her own horses (including Romancer’s mom and two half siblings) which were boarded at Century Manor Farm until recently when her family acquired a farm in Spotsylvania, Virginia.

The majority of her showing experience has been in hunters, but she also has interest in developing her young horses into show horses. Meredith has returned to Century Manor Farm to teach beginner riders, and is thrilled with her students so far. She is also enjoying her time being an assistant coach for the NCEL B team.

Meredith with husband Andy Lohr

Meredith and a young prospect.

Lessons

On your own horse:

• One hour private - $55
• 1/2 hour private - $35
• Semiprivate - $40

On school horse:

• One hour private - $60
• 1/2 hour private - $40
• Semiprivate - $45

You will be charged for a full hour if you go over 30 minutes.

Show Services

• Coaching at shows on your own horse - $55
• Coaching at shows on a school horse - $60 with an additional $10 per division not including Equitation.
• Transportation to show - $1 each mile traveled one way per horse with a $5 minimum. If you share your horse you split the fee.
• Braiding mane - $40
• Braiding tail - $30