Archie Cox
Archie Cox – As a junior rider on the East Coast, he was competing on the national level; In 1985 he was the first male rider in ten years to win the United States Equestrian Team Gold Medal. Archie was earning ribbons at the AHSA Medal and ASPCA Maclay finals. Riding for the Equestrian Team at New Jersey’s Drew University, he repeatedly captured individual and team regional and national Intercollegiate Horse Show Associate titles.
Archie moved to California in the spring of 1992 where he worked for the next several years with top trainer, Karen Healey. In December 2000, he opened his own business, Brookway Stables – named after his grandparents’ farm in Maine. At his farm he typically has thirty to thirty-five hoses in training and twelve to fifteen students/clients. From pony riders to older amateurs.
Archie has students who have won the junior and senior Pacific Coast Medal Finals and the California Professional Horseman’s Association Medal Finals. Brookway horses have been Champion or Reserve Champion at Devon, Harrisburg, Washington, the Metropolitan National Horse Show, and the National Horse Show in West Palm Beach. Brookway Stables has had 45 USEF National Champions, and his student, Matthew Sereni won the 2003 ASPCA Maclay Finals.