Kelsey & Team















Raised in the hunter/jumper world on a hands-on family farm, Kelsey received a comprehensive and varied education in horses under Francesca Mazella, Judy Richter, Nancy Cole, Molly Flaherty, Kate Stoeffels, Bill Cooney and Lisa Sherman. She has ridden professionally in various capacities for twenty years.
With life-long experience, a compassionate approach to both horses and humans, and a passion for horse rescue, she founded Pony Up Rescue Collective in 2022. The collective-style horse rescue operates as a 501(c)(3) through fiscal sponsorship from parent non-profit, Chappy & Friends. Pony Up is currently home to a small herd of rescued ponies & horses undergoing rehabilitation and training with Kelsey.
When not in the barn, Kelsey is Assistant Business Manager of her family's commercial horse farm as well as remote Executive Assistant for Dovetail Commercial Real Estate. KM Equine, LLC is her horse training business.
Her credentials include:
'B-level' Pony Club member.
B.A. & B.F.A. degrees from Brown and New School Universities, respectively.
Hunter/Jumper/Equitation showing through 1.10m.
Eventing/Dressage through Training/2nd level.
Hunter pacing/cross country riding throughout.
Professional catch riding, horse training, correction, schooling, desensitization, and rehab work on all ages and levels of horses and ponies.
Variously: Riding instructor, show groom, stable hand, equine business manager, wrangler.
The Board
President, pro-tem Allen Coulter
Secretary, Julianne Ganton
Jennifer McCarroll
Dr. Alison Buckley
Kelsey Merrow
The Advisory Board
Mary Stuart Masterson
Dr. Michelle Ferraro
David Ping
Linda Wu
Staff
Helena Steger, Assistant Barn Manager
Linda Wu, Chief Information Officer
Pony Up Rescue Collective
45 Stonybrook Rd., Tivoli, NY 12583
Contact
admin@ponyuprescuecollective.com
917-660-2647