Wayne Conkle’s love for horses dates back to his childhood.  Aside from a few year hiatus in the corporate world, Wayne has been professionally training Walking Horses for over 40 years and his resume’ lists multiple World, International, and State Championships in various disciplines including Western, English, Performance, Driving, Halter, and Versatility.  He also specializes in starting colts and making well-rounded horses that are great trail or pleasure mounts.  Additionally, Wayne has coached several equitation champions and prides himself on training horses for the amateur rider where finding the right fit between horse and rider is paramount.         

        Tracy Pinson is living a life-long dream with TWH’s….to show the horse world that walking horses can be taught to do anything that other breeds can, and do it smoothly.  Any time off from her career in consumer goods marketing is spent working with her horses.  In addition to raising and training several Supreme Versatility Champions, Tracy’s accomplishments span over 30 years and include a host of rail and versatility titles including world and international championships.  Most recently, she won Craig Cameron’s Extreme Cowboy Race Non-Pro World Championship in Topeka, KS.  She is also a certified riding instructor, certified trail riding instructor, and clinician for versatility and youth judging. 

Some of the titles won by Darby Oaks Stables include: 

2009 Extreme Cowboy Race World Champion

2009 TWHBEA Pleasure Horse Ambassador

6 International Versatility High Points & 2 Reserves

4 Supreme Versatility Champions

2004 National Sire of the Year

Battle of the Breeds Champion

State Champions