Amy Hanssen Training Center

Amy Hanssen Training Center If you want to learn to ride for pleasure or competition, we can help! We specialize in both English and Western Riding. We welcome visitors. Most

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Amy Hanssen’s Training Center in WNY proudly offers a wide variety of services including horse riding lessons and training, horse leasing & boarding accommodations, summer horse camp, horse sales and horse shows. Some of our riding disciplines include Working Hunter over fences, Equitation, Under Saddle, Showmanship and Western Pleasure classes. Amy Hanssen’s

Training Center provides a very professional and family-like atmosphere. Please stop by and see what we have to offer you! Amy Hanssen, Owner/Trainer
Amy has over 35 years of horse riding experience and has owned and operated the family farm for the last 21. Amy is an AQHA Professional Horseman and competitor. She has served as a Director on the board for the Western New York Quarter Horse Association for over 10 years. Other club memberships include Empire State Quarter Horse Association (ESQHA) and the National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA). Virginia Beaton, Assistant Trainer
Virginia has been involved with Amy and the horses for over 20 years now making these two a fantastic duo! She helps with the training of the horses and also the riding lessons, both beginner and advanced. She competes at the AQHA shows in the professional classes, earning many awards and accomplishments. Virginia has been a director for the WNYQHCI for the past several years. She too is a member of ESQHA and NSBA. Both Amy and Virginia take pride in the training center, their training program for both horse and rider and the atmosphere that has been created at the farm. They are extremely proud of their accomplishments as well as the accomplishments of their customers and students. They work extra hard, pay attention to detail and are exceptionally professional and honest.

05/31/2026

Took a day trip to the Archibald Cox III clinic at SBS Farms
Thank you Susan Schoellkopf, staff, and of course Archie for putting together this incredibly informative clinic and for welcoming us and our “quarter horses” to the group. And We had a great time and can’t wait to return in the future.

05/18/2026

Home from a great weekend at the Spring Fling QH Shows, Inc. May Flowers show 🌺
A fun and rewarding weekend was had by all! Congrats to all AHTC members, and all exhibitors that attended the show.
Already can’t wait for the next one

04/22/2026

Yesterday, ML Sweet Irony had a birthday wish to get a gold trophy….
Well he got 3 🏆🏆🏆 🎉
Congrats Jennifer Stossel (apparently the bronze trophy he got the day before weren’t exactly why he was looking for. 😂)

AHTC does AQHA!!Each rider made us so proud this week! Thank you AQHA Showing for a fantastic show at the Level One East...
04/22/2026

AHTC does AQHA!!

Each rider made us so proud this week! Thank you AQHA Showing for a fantastic show at the Level One East Championship show.

Expect more details in the upcoming days, but for now - congratulations to:
Ava Hyjek, Addison Higley, Christine Halliday , Sydney Neuhaus, Lukan , Jennifer Stossel , Mackenna Stevens , Layla Peters , Casey Kubala as well as our special guest team members Laura Dickerson & Libby Ramsuchit

Thank you Jenna Striffler for helping prep all horses and riders for this show. We all missed you, but are grateful that you hold the fort down at home while we are away.

04/13/2026

Time flys when your having fun. The first show of the Spring Fling QH Shows, Inc. series came and went in a flash. Congrats to AHTC on a great show. Next up is the AQHA Level One East Championship show. Good luck to all riders.

Hey gang….. You all know how much Lauren Mandel does for us and for your horses. She is a dedicated team member that tak...
03/24/2026

Hey gang….. You all know how much Lauren Mandel does for us and for your horses. She is a dedicated team member that takes care of the farm all summer long so that we can travel to horse shows without worry. Let’s return the favor and help her college riding team out. She is personally trying to raise $250. If you feel inclined, a simple $5 or $10 donation could make that happen for her

She said. Click the link below and scroll to “equestrian program”.

If your still reading, she says thank you 😊

03/24/2026

2026 season has officially began. No better place to kick off the season than at Lakeside Arena! Thank you Bruce Brown for always putting together fantastic AQHA hunter shows. Your courses, judges, staff, and of course YOU are simply the best!

Congrats to our AHTC gang on a great show and here’s to another great year together!!

Thank you to Jenna Striffler for holding the fort down at home (as well as your helpers, Jennifer Stossel, Tracy Kalinski, Anne Spivak, Sam Brosius, & Taylor Porter)
You are the real MVP’s 🙌💪😍👏🫶

03/11/2026

Excited to congratulate Renee Ann Hopfer on the purchase of this special guy. We can’t wait to get “Happy” home ❤️
We can’t thank Ryan Painter Show Stables enough. Our program has SO MANY of your sale graduates for a reason! Lance Bryson, Ryan Painter We are grateful for what you guys bring to the industry! Thanks for sharing them with us.

03/02/2026

Today was the annual Snow Time Show. It’s always a great way to kick off the winter dust and rejuvenate ours riders for the upcoming season. Thank you to everyone who joined today’s staff, to those who volunteered to help and to those who exhibited. Great job to all riders

AHTC is happy to support this event 🎉  members…. Get ready to join the fun. Our trailers will be traveling to many shows...
02/26/2026

AHTC is happy to support this event 🎉
members…. Get ready to join the fun. Our trailers will be traveling to many shows that hold this event, many of which will be included in the national series. (One of which is our own WWestern New York Quarter Horse ClubCandy Apple Show 🍎)
Also several other local shows will hold the pilot class (SpSpring Fling QH Shows, Inc. May & June show) Lucky to have many times throughout the year to enjoy this event.

Big news for English and hunter disciplines 🎉

The VS CODE RED AQHA English Versatility Series and VS Code Red AQHA English Versatility Challenge are here – and they’re putting the adaptability, athleticism and all-around talent of the American Quarter Horse front and center.

From local pilot classes to a season-long national series – and all the way to a championship spotlight at the 2026 Markel AQHA & Adequan® Select World Championship Shows – there’s a place for every English competitor to shine. 🌟

Three Ways to Compete in English Versatility: aqha.com/-/aqha-introduces-english-versatility-series-and-challenge

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9063 Chestnut Ridge Road
Middleport, NY
14105

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