The Johnsons offer a wonderful combination of teaching and training riding and driving horses. Ferial grew up in Sussex, England, where she was surrounded by horses from a young age. Her mother was the local Pony Club District Commissioner, and Ferial participated in Pony Club activities including mounted games, show jumping, dressage, and eventing. She also fox hunted with such famous packs as th
e Eridge and Mid-Surrey farmers drags and the Coakham bloodhounds. A small horse named Master Buster gave Ferial her introduction to the Classic Three Day event and took her to the Advanced level. Ferial also tried steeplechase and point-to-point racing, where she had some success on Late Harvester. Ferial’s cousin, Jimmy Frost, won the Grand National in 1989 and twice won the Breeder’s Cup Steeplechase on Morley Street. Marc focuses on carriage driving, including competing, teaching, and marathon course design at all levels. Marc trained and competed in Europe with a four-in-hand of horses owned by Dierdre Pirie. In 1993, Marc represented the USA at the World Pair Driving Championships.Since then Marc has designed many driving courses including the one at Black Prong Equestrian Centre in Florida, the winter home of Maureen and Alan Aulson. Marc has navigated at FEI events in Europe and here in the USA. Currently he is a selector for the 2006 USA Four–in-Hand Team, Northeast Director for the American Driving Society, and an ADS combined driving Technical Delegate.
