Kent Farrington

Kent is intent about helping truly dedicated riders realize their potential while creating an environment for horses to thrive as top athletes. His hyper-individualized approach and commitment to consistency in training has yielded great show jumping success for his students on both national and international levels. Kent has coached multiple students to their first international grand prix victories and Nations Cup appearances and has filled in as Chef d’Equipe on winning teams.

Kent possesses a remarkable ability to match horse and rider; when it comes to executing training programs, his vision is clear, patient and precise.

As he explained at the 2012 George Morris Horsemanship Training Session, “I keep it pretty simple. Training horses is like anything—it’s all about being consistent. You do the same thing the same way every single day—it becomes a habit. Horses understand that.” To learn more about Kent’s style of teaching, read Building Blocks of Success by the Chronicle of the Horse and Train What’s Difficult by Practical Horseman. 

Claudio Baroni

Born in Florence, Italy, Claudio has been working with horses his entire life.  For many years he worked alongside his father, running a training school in downtown Florence. Working his way up through the ranks in Italy to running his own training business, Claudio moved to America to work for Olympic bronze medalist Norman Dello Joio where he stayed for five years.

Part of Team KPF since 2012, Claudio’s skills as a rider and a trainer have been an integral part of its success. Claudio’s abilities reach beyond his riding. As Kent attests, “Claudio is an amazing coach and one of the best horsemen I’ve ever met.”

 Respected worldwide, Claudio’s passion lies not only with the horses but in helping to develop riders to their full potential. “There’s no greater feeling than being part of a winning team and helping a horse and rider reach their goals.”

John French

Truly one of the sport’s most natural talents, John has achieved high performance success in both the hunter and jumper disciplines. He has represented the United States in Nations Cups and FEI World Cup™ Finals and was also the winner of the inaugural $100,000 ASG Software Solutions/USHJA International Hunter Derby Finals.  

For over two decades, John French has consistently proven to be one of the most accomplished hunter riders in the sport. John won the WCHR Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and has held the title of World Champion Hunter Rider four times. He has also claimed the title of West Region USHJA Hunter Derby Rider of the Year annually since 2016. He was awarded the CPHA Pre-Green Incentive Rider of the Year three times. And John was recognized with the PCHA Perpetual Trophy as the professional rider winning the most championships in PCHA-rated hunter divisions almost every year over the last three decades. In 2019 he claimed the distinguished title of WCHR Professional National Champion and in 2020 was inducted into the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame.     

John is highly regarded as a clinician and a coach, has piloted countless horses to fame and success on both coasts, and is enthusiastic about his new chapter with Kent as trainer and rider for Farrington’s hunter division. Visit John’s website here.