Meet Our Amazing Staff

Theresa Gormley

Horse Riding Instructor

Theresa is a MA Licensed Riding Instructor and currently has students ranging in ages from 5 to 75. She loves the joy of teaching and continually learning from her horses and students every day since joining Serendipity Stables. She specializes in helping you in communication with your horse and effective use of your aides. You will learn to ride with your heart as well as improve your skills. She will customize a program that will be right for you and your goals. You will take away a clear understanding of how to communicate with correctness to your horse in a happy, joyful way.

Theresa brings experience from a lifetime partnership with horses. The special bond with these incredible animals has been a constant in Theresa’s life. Theresa has also owned, trained and competed on Western Reining horses and integrates all her Dressage training into Western riding and Western Dressage. Theresa has a Balance Seat and Classical Dressage foundation starting with training with Lalla and Kathryn Brewster for 10+ years and continuing on from there for decades riding, training and owning many horses.

Theresa brings with her the talents of being an Early Childhood Teacher/Administrator for 25+ years. A goal for all her riders is building from a strong foundation to create success trough small positive steps which builds confidence. This is something all riders of all ages can benefit from. She believes that Dressage Training can improve every rider and every horse.

Most special of all is Theresa’s program of Recreational Riding for Special Needs students of all ages. She is a Special Needs Education Advocate and carries experience teaching Special Needs students. An individual program will be developed for you and include your goals. Joyful smiles and confidence with strong Mind/Body connection to the horse are the desired results and provides therapeutic benefits to us all regardless of age or ability. Theresa first joined Serendipity Stables in 2008 as a boarder which has allowed her to witness the growth of the program and “piece of heaven” farm Dausha has developed. She loves being a part of this special place.

    Aisling Mahoney

    Beginner Instructor

    Aisling has been riding at various barns throughout her childhood. She started when she was three years old as her babysitter owned two horses and a small farm. From there her passion for animals and the spark of riding was born. As she grew older, she found herself at many different barns, the love of riding was always there but none of the barns stuck or truly felt like home. That was until she found herself outside of Serendipity Stables. Aisling was sixteen years old and began to apprentice under Dausha’s instruction. Dausha built upon the foundation that already existed but under her instruction Aisling began to flourish not only as a rider but found herself falling in love with the art of teaching. When she was twenty years old she passed the state instructors exam and has been teaching on her own for the past three years. She specializes with the beginners and tries to make each lesson a little different as every child is different. Her goal is to ensure the child feels comfortable not only on the back of the horse but also on the ground. Aisling remembers starting out in her riding career and the magic and joy horses brought to her childhood and even into her young adult years. Aisling’s goal is to ensure every rider develops confidence within themselves as they learn the art of riding and finding the joy and passion they bring into our lives. Aisling will teach any beginner rider and bring out the freedom and joy that horses bring into our world.