Evan Ackerly

Evan Ackerly is based at Tailwind Trails in Palm City FL. He is known for his expertise in ground work. He is on “Speed Dial” for The Liberty Barn Animal Rescue and Dr. Karrie Vader Werf at Treasure Coast Emergency Equine Services for the hardest and most dire cases of injured and sick horses who won’t load into the trailer and gets calls from many distressed horse owners who have difficult loaders. He is a Consultant and Trainer for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Mounted Unit, President and Coach of the Treasure Coast Top Guns CMSA Mounted Shooting Club, and also a frequent guest lecturer for the Keiser University Equestrian Sciences Department. He has been an invited Clinician and Presenter at the South Florida Fair annually since 2020. He was the KeyNote Speaker at Keiser University’s Hawk Talk in March of last year on the subject of Mounted Patrol and Mounted Police training and is co-authoring an accredited curriculum on the subject to be featured in both the Equestrian Science and Criminal Justice Departments at the university. He has competed in Barrel Racing as a youth and more recently, Dressage and Jumpers as high as 1.1M on horses that he has personally developed. Evan specializes in Natural Horsemanship, Saddle Starts and Behavioral Issues and runs his own Board & Train program full time.