Tom and Clare Mansmann

Living every little girl’s dream

Tom and Clare Mansmann have run Pacific Farms Inc officially for over 25 years. We operated out of a farm in Middleburg, VA for over 20 years before moving down the road to our new farm in Hume in 2020. Both of us grew up in Southern CA riding mainly Thoroughbreds, as those were the available horses. Later, Tom was brought to the East Coast by Dressage Olympian Jessica Ransehousen, before moving to VA to work for Eventing Olympian, Wash Bishop. Clare was brought to the East Coast by Karen and David O’Connor, to later ride extensively with Jimmy Wofford. In the high octane world of the old format, upper level eventing, exercising racehorses for fitness and the only way to truly know how to gallop, was common-place and expected. While Tom worked at a steeplechase farm, Clare worked at a training center with flat horses, and loved the years she spent there above a whole lot of pretty cool experiences. We became involved with the Retired Racehorse Project in 2016, and have had horses there every year since. We have helped dozens of owners with their new OTTBs to transition them off the track and to learn, as riders and trainers, to be what the horse needs. We are very passionate about what can drive a bigger impact for the lasting future of the OTTB and the Thoroughbred as a sport horse.