Name: Carpenter Farms
Address: 7815 Unity Road, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401, United States
Telephone: 256-393-1275

256-393-1275

The Carpenter Farms Team

Our team is made up of a carefully selected group of employees, family members and partners equipped to provide deep resources in breeding, training and development of horse and rider. We are a diverse group as to background, each with specific tools and talents to support our mission of guiding owners and riders to their lifetime horses.

Todd Carpenter

CEO, Trainer Natchez, MS and Tuscaloosa, AL Todd is a fourth-generation horseman in a family whose horsemanship roots span from sharecrop farming to western pleasure, field trial and quarter horse racing. Carpenter and his wife, Emily live in Tuscaloosa, Ala. ...Read More

and Natchez, Miss. Both are University of Alabama graduates. Todd is Chairman of Carpenter Media Group, Newsmedia Leasing, LLC and co-owner of The Settlement, a private waterfowl hunting operation near Tillar, Ark. ...Read Less

Matt Williams

COO, Head of Training, Breeding and Operations Tuscaloosa, AL Matt is a third-generation horseman and the founder of Matt Williams horsemanship. He grew up learning under Phillip Dubois, the former president of the Morgan horse association, where he learned from ...Read More

one of the best how to start colts and train horses to drive carriages. Continuing his education Matt became a John and Josh Lyons certified and accredited trainer and now has 15 years of experience. Matt joined Carpenter Farms after nine years as the cattle and horse director at Big Oak Ranch in Springville, Ala. Matt has a unique touch for imprinting and raising foals as well as an eye for paring studs and mares. His nickname is the mare man for his expert handling of our broodmares. He a graduate of the University of Alabama. ...Read Less

David Carter

Trainer Natchez, MS David is the owner of the Double C Ranch and founder of David Carter Horsemanship. He is an affiliate trainer in partnership with Carpenter Farms. David has an immense background in public speaking and agriculture. He holds ...Read More

multiple degrees in agriculture, business, and education. A well-known master horseman and trainer, David has many titles, achievements and honors confirming his abilities. These skills are displayed daily throughout the year working on the ranch, at clinics, demonstrations and during tours of the property. He has worked for more than 16 years as a 4-H and county agent for Mississippi State University as well as the LSU AgCenter Extension Service. David and his wife, Paige, live near Natchez, Miss. on their family ranch. ...Read Less

Sam Carpenter

Apprentice Trainer Tuscaloosa, AL Sam is fifth-generation horseman in the Carpenter family and a practicing architect and an accomplished musician. He works regularly with our horses in ground work, colt starting and multiple riding disciplines. He also assists with farm ...Read More

projects and daily farm chores. Sam is a graduate of Mississippi State University. ...Read Less

Henry Carpenter

Apprentice Trainer Tuscaloosa, AL Henry is a fifth-generation horseman in the Carpenter family, an accomplished ultra-endurance athlete and owner of Fleet Feet Tuscaloosa, a specialty running store. He works regularly with our horses in ground work, cost starting and multiple ...Read More

riding disciplines. He also assists with farm projects and daily farm chores. Henry is a graduate of the University of Alabama. ...Read Less

Jackson Carpenter

Land and Habitat Manager Tuscaloosa, AL Jackson is a fifth-generation horseman in the Carpenter family and an experienced habitat manager. He works regularly with our horses but focuses his time primarily on development of the farm’s habitat for horses and ...Read More

wildlife. He is the founder and CEO of Tankr, an app-based on-demand fuel service. Jackson and his wife, Caroline, are both University of Alabama graduates and reside in Northport. ...Read Less

Owen Carpenter

Land and Habitat Manager Tuscaloosa, AL Owen is a fifth-generation horseman in the Carpenter family and an experienced habitat manager. He works regularly with our horses but focuses his time primarily on development of the farm’s habitat for horses and ...Read More

wildlife. He is employed by Power and Rubber Supply of Tuscaloosa and is a co-founder of Tankr, an app-based on-demand fuel service. Owen and his wife Leah are University of Alabama graduates and reside in Northport. ...Read Less

Wyatt Allen

Ranch Hand Tuscaloosa, AL Wyatt is fifth-generation horseman in the Carpenter Family, a student at American Christian Academy in Tuscaloosa. He is an avid cross-country runner, A-student and trusted daily hand who handles feeding, barn maintenance and other facility responsibilities.

Mary Kathryn Carpenter

Creative Director Tuscaloosa, AL Mary Kathryn is a fifth-generation horsewoman in the Carpenter Family and a full-time photographer for The University of Alabama and owner of MKC Photography. She grew up visiting Carpenter Farms regularly and assists with various farm ...Read More

projects while also documenting the progress and goings-on at the farm. ...Read Less

Jerry Carpenter

Breeder, Co-Founder Tuscaloosa, AL Jerry Carpenter ran a successful race-breeding operation for many years at Carpenter Farms. He bred and ran winners from Florida to Louisiana to New Mexico. With longtime training partner, the legendary Sarge Darden, along with numerous ...Read More

other training, breeding and owning partners, Carpenter built his racing operation from the bootstraps up, one successful breeding at a time, into one of the most respected in the industry. At 80, Carpenter serves as a top advisor, lives on the farm that has been his home for 30 years, and still has a hand daily in the imprinting and raising of weanlings and yearlings. ...Read Less

Gavin Carpenter

Advisor Lawley, AL Gavin Carpenter, who is Jerry’s son and Todd’s brother, is a walking encyclopedia of race breeding and horse knowledge. Now retired from UPS, he devotes the majority of his time with his wife, Donna, to their farm ...Read More

in Bibb County, Ala. but also serves as a trusted advisor on breeding and key farm projects for Carpenter Farms. Gavin has more than 30 years’ experience in the racing operation. ...Read Less

Our Team