Although Chris Armstrong has had a deep love of horses for as long as she can remember, she never thought of it seriously as a career.  She started out at UVM majoring in Business Administration with the intention of becoming an accountant.  After her sophomore year, she decided to follow her heart and study Animal Science, concentrating in Equine Studies.  She didn’t have the opportunity to ride until the age of 19 when she got her first job as a working student at a small Fjord breeding farm in East Ryegate, Vermont.  She graduated from UVM in 1994 and worked as a veterinary assistant for two years before she took her first position as barn manager.  She has developed a knack for organization and pays attention to detail.  She has spent years gleaning information from colleagues, veterinarians and farriers; she is continually expanding her education. 

Chris enjoys ground work and working with young horses; she purchased her own horse as a weanling and has brought him along herself.  She likes taking the time to figure out each horse’s individual personality, where they fit into the herd and how their herd instincts correlate to their interaction with people. 

Chris lives with her husband Jim and daughter Katie along with a menagerie of dogs and cats in North Ferrisburgh, just one mile from the farm.  She spends her spare time baking, gardening and riding her 6 year old Morgan gelding, Diablo.