ELLEN DOUGHTY-HUME
A little background on me: I grew up in Michigan in a non-horsey family. I was first introduced to horses when I was eight years old at Girl Scout camp. After camp, my mom signed me up for lessons and I rode at a few hunter jumper barns, a saddleseat barn, and finally, an eventing barn. I fell in love with eventing after my first time going cross-country, and the technicality of the dressage intrigued me as well.
My parents helped me buy my first horse, an off-the-track-thorougbred (OTTB), when I was sixteen. I trained him for a little less than two years and sold him. I then bought my next OTTB. I took this horse to college with me, and competed him through Training Level, before selling him and buying my next two OTTBs. In my last semester of college at Michigan State University, I participated in a fantastic study abroad program and was able to spend 6 months living and riding in Northern Ireland at Enniskillen College. I took courses such as Equine Nutrition, Equine Sports Medicine, Dressage Equitation, and Jumping Equitation. It was a great experience and I learned a lot while I was overseas.
Upon returning from Ireland in 2006, I did several interviews around the USA, and landed a job in Texas, teaching riding lessons and training horses. I worked there for two years, and then decided to branch out on my own and started Pegasus Eventing. I have been teaching and training since.
I found Obie as a 5-year-old in 2008 while I was searching for horses for a client. I went to try him out and fell in love with him. I knew this horses could be something special, and I bought him that day and brought him through the levels myself. I feel like Obie and I have a special partnership; we know each other so well and have made this journey to the top together. ~ Ellen
5* Eventer • Grand Prix Jumper • USDF Silver & Bronze Medalist • OTTB Advocate • Pony Club Graduate • ECP Level IV Trainer
Accomplishments
- ECP Level 4 Trainer/Instructor
- Sir Oberon ranked the #7 Advanced horse in the US in 2013
- Sir Oberon placed 8th in the 2013 SmartPak Horse of the Year Standings
- Ranked #27 Rider Overall in the US in 2013
- Named to the United States Equestrian Eventing Training List in 2014
- United States Dressage Federation Bronze and Silver Medalist
- Recipient of the $10,000 Rebecca Broussard Developing Rider Grant
- Recipient of the $4,000 Land Rover USEF Competition Grant
- Qualified for & completed Rolex numerous times– the only 5* event in the USA
- Battle of the X’s selected trainer (Off Track Thoroughbred Fundraiser for Remember Me Rescue)
- Achieved the prestigious “A” Pony Club rating
- Silver Medal Winner at the United States Pony Club National Tetrathlon Competition Championship
- Has taken many OTTBs from straight off the track, through successfully competing at the novice, training, preliminary, intermediate and advanced levels
Event Placings
2021
Ocala I Open Intermediate - 4th
Rocking Horse Advanced - 4th
Texas Rose Open Intermediate - 1st & 2nd
Holly Hill Open Intermediate - 1st
Chattahoochee Hill Open Intermediate - 3rd
River Glen CCI3-S - 4th
2020
Ocala I Open Intermediate - 1st
Feathercreek Open Prelim - 3rd
Texas Rose Open Prelim - 2nd
Pine Hill Open Prelim - 1st
Texas Rose Prelim Championships - 2nd & 3rd
2019
Rocking Horse 2 Advanced - 4th
Chatt Hills CCI4*-S - 3rd
Land Rover Kentucky CCI5*-L - 14th
AECs Advanced - 7th
Texas Rose Open Prelim - 1st
2018
Chatt Hills Intermediate - 3rd
Rebecca Farms CCI3* - 4th
2017
Ocala Advanced CT- 1st
Rocking Horse 2 Open Intermediate- 3rd
Chatt Hills CIC3*- 5th
Texas Rose Open Intermediate- 1st
Rolex Kentucky CCI4*- 23rd
Texas Rose CCI1* - 7th
Colorado Horse Park Advanced - 2nd
Stable View Advanced Oktoberfest- 7th
Galway Downs CCI3* - 2nd
2016
Rolex Kentucky CCI 4* - 26th
Galway Downs CCI3*- 2nd
Rebecca Farms CCI 3*-5th
Richland Park CIC 3*-7th
Stable View Advanced HT- 9th
2015
Rolex Kentucky 4* 3 Day Event - 39th
Great Meadows International CIC 3* - 9th
Texas Rose HT Advanced/Intermediate - 3rd
Greenwood CIC 2* - 3rd
Texas Rose HT Advanced - 4th
Rocking Horse HT Advanced - 4th
MeadowCreek HT Intermediate/Prelim - 1st
2014
American Eventing Championships Advanced – 7th
Red Hills International CIC 3* - 3rd
Rocking Horse Winter HT Advanced – 5th
Ocala Winter HT Intermediate - 1st
Ocala Winter HT Intermediate – 10th