Debi began riding at an early age on a backyard horse exploring the woods and fields around her home. She sold her horse when she went off to college, but purchased another one immediately after graduation. Initially, she rode western, but then began taking English riding lessons at a nearby barn and quickly became hooked. She competed in local hunter-jumper shows for several years until she acquired an off-the-track Thoroughbred named "Grandpa's Cadillac". Gramps was just too rambunctious for the hunters and Debi, although not really knowing much about the sport of eventing at the time, decided to give it a try and began taking lessons at Jim Graham's Meadow Run Farm in Florence, Alabama. She knew immediately that this was her niche in the horse world.

Since that time, Debi has trained several horses to the upper levels of eventing. Most notably, she competed Mighty Mite ("Beau") at the Advanced level and won the Radnor International Hunt CCI** Championship on him in 2003 among a field of over 100 competitors. Debi was one of approximately 30 event riders in the nation to be selected to participate in the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Eventing Developing Rider Program in 2003 and again in 2004. This program is aimed at promising horse and rider teams that have not previously represented the U.S. in competition and allowed her to participate in three days of intensive training conducted by the USET's Developing Rider Coach, Olympic gold medalist David O'Connor in 2003, and Kim Severson in 2004.

Debi and Beau have also been featured in numerous magazines including the August 2002 issue of the American Quarter Horse Journal, a magazine published by the American Quarter Horse Association and internationally circulated, the May 2004 issue of Practical Horseman, and the December 2003 issue of Eventing, a British magazine dedicated to the sport of eventing.

In late 2005, Debi began competing Beau in recognized dressage shows at FEI Prix St. Georges. Debi completed the requirements for her United States Dressage Federation Silver Medal in early 2006.

Debi is now concentrating on training and teaching at Cotton Meadows Farm. While she will continue to compete in dressage and eventing, her primary focus has changed to helping others achieve their riding goals and raising and training quality dressage and event prospects for sale. Debi is committed to developing Cotton Meadows Farm into a premier boarding & training facility in the area with an emphasis on first class facilities and services.

Karin was born in Frankfurt Germany and has ridden all her life. In 1997, Karin achieved the German junior bronze medal which includes testing for dressage, hunters, jumpers and theory. Since then Karin has achieved the German senior bronze and silver medals, all of which include testing for dressage, hunters, jumpers and theory. Karin also has a German bronze medal for lunging.

Most recently, Karin has achieved her Trainer B License for levels 3 and 4 with the German Equestrian Federation. This license covers hunters, jumpers, lunging, stable management and dressage with a specialty in stadium jumping. This is the second highest trainer license awarded by the German Equestrian Federation Since Germany is a member of the International Group for Equestrian Qualifications (IGEQ), Karin holds an international equestrian passport for Instructors of Riding, Level 2.

Karin believes in always treating horses with kindness and respect, giving them time to understand and process your requests. Karin also believes that riding is supposed to be FUN for both the rider and the horse and if the horse is treated like a best friend and partner, you will have a team built on trust and a friend that you can always count on.