Regarding pet horses and the 2nd Tennessee, above: I live in a mid-sized city, and both my wife (fiancee at the time) and one of my brothers worked at horse farms outside of the city as college jobs. They worked for at least one person or family who owned the barn and riding grounds, which was staffed usually by high school and college kids. The horses would be owned by rich families-- doctors, lawyers, etc. Alternately, the grounds of a hunt club/country club would have lots of woods for riding in, as well as barns, horses, and trainers. If there are any pockets of horse ownership and horse-training expertise, places like those, on the edge of cities and their wealthier suburbs are the place to find them.
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My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.
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