Hunter began sitting on horses before he was walking himself. He grew up a very competitive little athlete and started playing polo as soon as he could hold the mallet up when he was 7. Hunter played on the Open High School team and became the captain of his own team when he was 15. He got the opportunity to play for the Cornell High School polo team for his final high school year, winning himself 5 All-Star awards over the years. Hunter enjoys playing professionally, primarily out on the polo field. Beside winning numerous Best Playing Ponies. he also won Player of the Season at the Ocala Polo Club in 2023. He continues to help his parents train giving young Thoroughbreds a second career on the polo field. Hunter coaches and teaches new players and members. Hunter is a Certified USPA Umpire.

Jeff grew up around horses with his grandfather raising perchron draft horses. Later spending many years with his daughters showing western pleasure horses. He has been team roping in the APRA, IPRA professional rodeo circuits for 30+ yrs. He now ropes with his son Connor in the same circuits and The USTRC. Also likes to get the horses out as much as possible trail riding with his wife Kelly and family. He is also a certified farrier for more than 30 years.

Connor grew up in Vermont where he learned to ride and rope on a bay pony named Midnight. As he got older he began juggling his time between horses, hockey and lacrosse. After a couple years of public school, he transferred to Cushing Academy, a boarding school in MA, to pursue hockey and lacrosse at a more competitive level. Connor took a break from the horses as hockey became his passion and priority. He eventually went to the University of New England (UNE) where he played varsity DIII lacrosse for all four years of undergraduate and met his wife, Melissa. He finished college with a bachelors in business administration and a minor in economics. After college, Connor began working for his family’s construction company, Leggett Custom Homes, Inc. He spent a few years roping in the APRA and IPRA with his father Jeff. They then expanded the company to FL and Connor passed the state exams to attain a Certified FL Residential Contractors License. Now he mostly ropes in USTRC ropings and jackpots. Connor also enjoys getting out with the family for trail riding.

Melissa grew up in Chicago playing ice hockey since she was 5 years old. She played varsity DIII ice hockey throughout her four undergraduate years at the University of New England (UNE) where she met her husband, Connor, her freshman year. This was when Melissa was first introduced to horses. She graduated from UNE with a bachelors in Athletic Training. She then went on to receive her masters in nursing from Marquette University and family nurse practitioner from Bradley University. Melissa currently practices as an orthopaedic nurse practitioner. She is passionate helping people return to being active and doing the things they love. She has been learning how to ride horses since meeting Connor and mostly enjoys trail riding. She also has been learning to rope off the ground and on an old rope horse.