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Owners and Trainers Mike and Emma Winter operate Wayfarer Eventing out of New Barn Farm, a fully equipped modern training and competition stable in Chedworth, Gloucestershire. The Winters specialize in sourcing and producing high quality young horses from the breaking-in stages through to the CCI**** level for owners, clients, sponsors, and for Wayfarer Eventing.
Some of the horses Mike & Emma have sourced and competed at the CCI***/CCI**** level include:
Mahogany Chief, Mojo Rising, Wonderful Will, High Society, Manhattan, Troy,
Balista, Twister, Glen Morangie, The Panther, Speed Racer, Deltry Regality, and
Kingpin.
The Wayfarer Eventing facility includes an immaculate American style barn, beautiful safe pastures, 1 mile turf gallop, jump field with numerous XC fences, horse walker, and a 70 x 40 all-weather arena. The farm is located conveniently near Cirencester, in the heart of the Cotswold's and close to many major competitions.It is one hour from Bristol International Airport and 1 1/2 hours from Heathrow.
Mike Winter
Mike Winter has been named to the Canadian Eventing Team Short or Long List every year since 1996 having competed in numerous FEI-level competitions on a variety of horses. Riding Balista, Mike represented Canada at the 2003 Pan American Championships where he was the top placed Canadian, securing the Team Silver Medal. The following year, 2004, the pair made their Olympic debut in Athens where they were again Canada’s top finishers. In 2007 Mike accomplished another pinnacle in his career by being selected for the Pan American Games in Brazil aboard Kingpin. The pair had an impressive result finishing eighth individually and winning a team silver medal.
In 2008, Mike has won the extremely competitive Red Hills International CIC*** on the horse Wonderful Will in March. Both Wonderful Will and Kingpin were then short-listed for the Olympic Games. Mike and Kingpin were chosen as one of the horse/ride pairs to represent Canada and spent the summer at Training Camp and then were off to Hong Kong to the Games.
Emma Winter
 Emma Winter has been an active equestrian athlete for many years, with a long history of representing Great Britain both in the United Kingdom and in the United States. Most recent major accomplishments include British representation at both the prestigious 2005 Rolex Kentucky CCI**** and the 2005 Burghley CCI****. In 2006, Emma was one of the top two finishers for Great Britain at the 2006 Rolex Kentucky CCI**** (U.S.A.). These results at top international competitions have solidified Mrs. Winter as an international 3-Day competitor of the highest level.
While based in England for 2007 and part of 2008, Emma competed her talented Advanced horse Mahogany Chief as well as bringing along many talented young horses. Her most significant work while in England was finding horses for U.S. based riders, serving as an agent and advisor to more than thirty prospective buyers. More than twenty horses were imported to the U.S. under Emma’s guidance in the past year alone.
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