Welcome to Higher Ground Farm home of international Grand Prix rider, Judy Garofalo-Torres. Higher Ground Farm is a world-class show jumping farm offering competitive training and top-notch sale horses. Our home is a stunning 250-acre farm in Millbrook, NY, located an hour and a half from New York City.Judy began riding and working with horses at the age of 12, and had many successes as a Junior. She spent many years under the training of two-time Olympic team member and Gold and Silver Medalist Leslie Burr Howard.
Judy competed in her first Grand Prix at the age of 21. With her legendary Grand Prix horse Oliver, Judy qualified for the World Cup Finals in 2004 and represented the United States on the international Samsung Super League Tour. In 2009, with Oliver at the age of 19, the pair placed 2nd in the $250,000 World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix at the Hampton Classic Horse Show.
Taking a year off from the Grand Prix circuit to start a family with husband, Pedro Torres, Judy started back in the Grand Prix ring in 2013 with her mount Quattro Queen. Judy and Queen are moving quickly up the rankings with placings in the money at the 2013 Hampton Classic, the 2013 Gold Cup, and the 2014 Winter Equestrian Festival.
Career Stats:
- 3rd Place in the 2011 $15,000 Grace Smith House Invitational in Millbrook, NY
- 5th Place in the $30,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix at the 2011 Vermont Summer Festival Horse Show
- 1st Place in the $10,000 Giorgio Armani Welcome Stake at the 2010 Vermont Summer Festival Horse Show
- 3rd Place in the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix at the 2010 Vermont Summer Festival Horse Show
- 3rd Place in the $30,000 Vermont Summer Special Grand Prix at the 2010 Vermont Summer Festival Horse Show
- 1st Place in the $7,500 For the Moment Open Jump Off at the 2009 Pennsylvania National Horse Show, Harrisburg, PA
- 2nd Place in the $250,000 FTI Grand Prix and World Cup Qualifier at the 2009 Hampton Classic, Southhampton, NY
- 3rd Place in the $50,000 Garden State Grand Prix, Augusta, NJ
- 4th Place in the $30,000 Raleigh Benefit Grand Prix, Raleigh, NC
- 5th Place in the $25,000 Fidelity Investments Classic, Wellington, FL
- 11th Place Hampton Classic $10,000 News Day Open 1.40m
- 6th Place Gold Cup Horse Show, $33,000 Don Little Memorial Welcome Stakes
- 12th Place Gold Cup Horse Show, Hermes Classic
- 5th Place Gold Cup Horse Show, Porsche/Audi 1.40M
