Windswept Acres was founded in 1995 in the hills of the Oley Valley at the home of the Gilbert family. The original Windswept Acres was a family stable on five acres where daughters Jennifer and Jamie took care of the family's four horses while competing successfully as members of Berks Pony Club and individually in dressage, eventing, jumpers, polocrosse and mounted games. In 2005, upon graduating from West Chester University with a Bachelor's Degree in Physcial Education, Jamie began a lesson and leasing program at the farm and neighboring facilities.



In 2008, Jamie and her husband Joe Faller purchased the facility on Stonetown Rd. in Exeter Township in order to expand their dream of providing quality boarding, training, leasing and lessons to the local equestrian community. The farm, which opened as Windswept Acres at Stonetown in April 2008, is a family venture with involvement from Joe's parents, Gene and Cathy Faller; Jamie's parents, Jim and Cyndi Gilbert; Jamie's sister and brother-in-law, Jennifer and Matt Goss; Joe's brothers Jonathan and Josh Faller; Jonathan's fiance Laura Williams; Jamie's grandmother Anna Gilbert and Joe's uncle, aunt and little cousin.

Our Equine Staff

Jamie Gilbert, Owner & Trainer
Jamie Gilbert is the head trainer and owner of Windswept Acres. An upper level graduate of the United States Pony Club system, Jamie competes today in jumpers, mounted games, dressage, and horse trials. Currently competing at level 3/4 jumpers, she is also an international competitor in mounted games. She continues to hone her own skills with a number of trainers, including Melissa Michelson, Robert Taylor, and others.

Melissa Vettleson, Assistant Instructor & Trainer
Melissa has a strong background in hunters, dressage, and English. She has a wide range of experience instructing young students to those young at heart. Melissa also enjoys working with green thoroughbreds.


Sara Kramer
Good background with equitation. Sara loves working with beginner students and molding them into the riders that she thinks they can become. Sara is continuing to hone her own skills with her 4yo TB. We are so happy to have Sara join our staff.

Jennifer Goss, Facilities Manager
Jennifer Goss acts as the facilities manager of Windswept Acres at Stonetown. An HA graduate of Berks Pony Club, Jennifer has competed extensively in dressage, eventing and jumpers. Now an adult amateur rider returning to the equestrian world after an eight year absence, she assists the Fallers with making sure things run smoothly at WSAS.

Kelli O’Brien
Kelli has been with Windswept acres for a little over a year. Her experience in handling the horses is phenomenal and the barn is always in top shape with all of her hard work. Kelli is well known for her excellent care of all the horses.

Special Thanks
To Cathy Faller, and Sara and Sandy Kramer for all their hard work and much appreciated support. Many thanks also to Cyndi Gilbert for being an amazing secretary and super supportive mom.