Lynn is the owner-manager
of and riding instructor at Gracewood Farm Paso Finos, established in
1984, specializing in the breeding and sales of quality versatile Paso
Fino horses. Formerly she was co-owner of Crickhollow Paso Fino Farm
established in 1977.
Paso Fino Horse
Association Activities
Lynn Gallup has been an active PFHA member
since 1977, breeder, exhibitor, owner-trainer, judge and breed promoter.
She is a Lifetime PFHA member, and has been a member of Piedmont PFHA
since it was started in 1978. Lynn was the Chairperson of the PFHA
Communications Committee and a member of the PFHA Marketing Committee
from 2002 to 2009. She has been the Piedmont PFHA Vice-President and
served on their Board of Directors for four years. Lynn has participated
on the NC State Fair Horse Show Advisory Committee and as Paso Fino
show chair. She has been Piedmont PFHA's breed representative for
the NC Horse Council. In
2010, Lynn is a new PFHA learner show steward, and also an applicant
United States Equestrian Federation Steward.
Inter-Collegiate
Horse Show Judging
Minoring in Animal Science at North Carolina
State University, Lynn pursued intercollegiate horse judging, competing
successfully in national equine judging competitions at the World
Quarter Horse Show, All-American Quarter Horse Congress and the Solid
Gold Futurity.
Paso
Fino Horse Show Judging
In 1992, Lynn Gallup was certified as a
Paso Fino Horse Association judge, and became a Senior Certified PFHA
judge in 2000. She is currently a Registered "R" Paso Fino
judge with the U.S. Equestrian Federation. Lynn is honored to have
been able to serve as judge for the PFHA Paso Fino Grand National
Championship Show in Perry, Georgia in 2000 and 2002. She has judged
twice both the West Coast Paso Fino Championship twice; and two times
- the prestigious Piedmont Classic, including when it became the first
USEF "A" rated Paso Fino show ever - known as "Asheville",
it is the largest Paso Fino regional show in the USA.
Mountain
Horse Show Judging
Lynn Gallup is a Senior Certified show
judge with the Rocky Mountain Horse Association, and is the 2010 RMHA
Chair of the Show Judges Committee. Lynn has also been an "AA"
Judge with the United Mountain Horse Association, and the Kentucky
Mountain Saddle Horse Association, Spotted Mountain Horse Association.
She has judged Mountain Pleasure Horse Association classes also.
Lynn has judged the RMHA Rocky Mountain International Show in Lexington,
Kentucky in 2001, 2005, and 2007, including being the Timed Events
Judge in 2009, and the Equipment Judge in 2003 and 2004. She judged
the KMSHA Futurity International Show in 2007.
Gaited Riding Instructor
and Clinician
Lynn Gallup gives private riding and horsemanship
lessons on her Paso Fino horses to all ages of riders ... in the past
as young as age four to as old as age 65! She has also shared her
knowledge and experience as a gaited horsemanship clinician in North
Carolina, Oregon and Alaska. Private training sessions for horse and
rider have included: Paso Finos, Walking Horses, Rocky Mountain Horses,
and Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horses.
