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Triton Stables is a beautiful facility offering horseback riding, lessons, boarding, professional training, summer camp and IEA team participation

Shep Welles is the owner and operator of Triton Stables and has been riding since the age of 7. He has over 35 years of riding and teaching experience as a professional, and currently instructs the more advanced students at Triton Stables. Shep has competed at shows throughout the eastern U.S. including Washington, Harrisburg, Devon and the Florida Circuit. In recent years he has focused on riding and teaching aimed at preparing riders for the NCHJA horse shows. Shep is known for producing excellent riders and horses who consistently win top awards at the NCHJA “C” shows. Shep’s main objectives include providing quality instruction and training for the horse and rider in a fun and enthusiastic atmosphere. He strives to educate each individual to reach his or her maximum potential so they can thoroughly enjoy the equine sport. He has been awarded the Horseman of the year award twice and the Sportsmanship award of the year from the NCHJA. Megan Ward Trump is the head instructor and coordinator of the beginner and intermediate riding school at Triton Stables. Coming from an established horse family, she began riding at Triton in 1994. By 1996 she began showing successfully at the NCHJA “C” shows. She spent many years as a junior traveling on the east coast showing ponies and horses in the Pony Division and Children’s Hunter Division. At the age of 16, she began an apprenticeship with Shep to further expand her riding and understanding of all aspects of the horse industry. In the fall of 2004, Megan began riding and teaching alongside Shep as a professional. Since then she has continued to teach, ride, and coach to expand the riding program at Triton. Additionally, Megan has developed, and coaches, the Triton IEA team. Megan is a hands-on, enthusiastic instructor that produces riders with a strong understanding of the horse and the basic fundamentals of successful riding.

10/16/2026

Hi everyone! Due to the rain we have decided to cancel our show tomorrow. We look forward to seeing everyone next month for our year end show and awards!

10/14/2026

We had a great time at NCHJA C Finals! Thank you to Danielle Ackley and everyone involved to help run such a great show! We are so proud of all of our horses and riders and the hard work they have put in to get ready for this show!

Shep Welles and Megan Ward received the Leading Hunter and equitation trainer award across all of the divisions!

Conngrats to all of our riders in each of their divisions!

Out of the Balou and Jordan Krueger had fun in the Adults earning 7th overall in the hunters and 6th in the medal!

Otto Correct and Isabel had a blast in the Children’s earning 6th overall in the hunters and 3rd in the medal!

Semi Charmed Day and Dawson Stansell earned 5th overall in the Low Children’s hunters and 4th in the medal! Thanks Lainey Dickens for letting us borrow your sweet boy this weekend!

Isn’t She Something and Penny Zimmerman had fun in the Low Children’s earning 2nd in the hack and 9th in the handy out of a large group!

Nenette Normandy and Caroline Nolte had a blast in the Low Children’s earning 6th in the hack and 8th overall in the medal! Thanks to Laura Gaither for letting us borrow Netty on such short notice!

Valley Run’s Enzo and Peyton Bednaz earned 3rd overall in the Children’s Pony hunters and 4th in the pony medal!

Knock on Wood W.N.E and Saylor Stansell were great in the Children’s ponies earning 6th overall in the hunters and 8th in the pony medal!

Bedazzled and Penny Trump were 8th overall in the Children’s ponies hunters and took the win in the pony medal!

Finn’s Up and Kylie Weeks put down some great rounds all weekend earring 4th overall in the Long Stirrup Hunters and 3rd overall in the medal!

Casaki SZ and Stella Sebastianelli had fun in the Long Stirrup hunters earning 9th overall and 2nd in the hack and placing in both over fences!

Moulin Rouge and Sylvie Moreschi were 10th overall in the Long Stirrup hunters earning 3rd in the hack and 2nd in the handy!

Mary Jane and Coco Rowe had fun in the Long Stirrup hunters and put down some good rounds and earning 9th in the hack!

Kiddin Around and Amelia Kohn knocked it out of the park in the Short Stirrup earning 2nd overall in the hunters and took the win in the medal!

Annie B Good and Sofia Caravello killed it in the Short Stirrup earning 3rd overall in the hunters and 2nd in the medal!

Hidden Springs Hot Fudge and Olivia Szen had fun in the Short Stirrup Hunters earning 7th overall and 3rd in the medal!

Daddy’s Paycheck and Emerson Welles knocked it out of the park in Crossrails winning both over fences and 4th in the hack and taking the win overall!

Brownie Points and Victoria Holton killed it in Crossrails earning 2nd in both over fences and 1st in the hack and 2nd overall!

The Heartbreak Kid and Jane Francis Zani had a blast in Crossrails and took 3rd in the hack!

10/08/2026

Hi everyone! We are moving our Triton show from 10/10 to 10/17. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

09/14/2026

Triton had so much fun at the Harmon Classics Pink Show!

🩷Kiddin Around and Amelia were on fire all weekend taking the win in the $2,500 tadpole derby out of 71 entries with a score of 85! They were also champion in the short stirrup hunters and reserve in the short stirrup equitation!

🩷Annie B Good and Sofia had a great weekend earning champion in the short stirrup equitation and some solid placings in the short stirrup hunters!

🩷Brownie Points and Victoria had a blast in crossrails even taking home some blues in a field of a huge group! They also had a blast in the crossrail derby!

🩷Sa-Lyn’s Rainy Day Blues and Natalie had so much fun in walk trot and walk trot poles taking home some top ribbons all weekend!

🩷 Sa-Lyn’s Rainy Day Blues and Cat were great in WTC earning some great ribbons as well!

🩷Sa-Lyn’s Irish Flair and Zuri had fun in long sturrip even getting some good placings on Saturday!

🩷The Heartbreak Kid and Jane Francis had a blast in crossrails earning some top ribbons as well as a class win out of a huge group!

09/05/2026

Triton had an another great weekend at SATP Late Summer a few weeks ago!

Finn’s Up and Kylie took another derby win in the SATP Mini Derby with scores of 85 and 80, as well as top ribbons all weekend!

Annie B Good and Sofia had a great weekend earning reserve champion in short stirrup both days and 6th in the SATP Mini Derby!

Woodlands What’s Poppin and Sofia had a blast in the $1,000 Young Horse Class earning 3rd! We are so proud of how this pony is coming along and can’t wait for her future!

Daddy’s Paycheck and Emerson blew it out of the park earning champion both days and weekend champ in crossrails and second in the crossrail derby!

Semi Charmed Day and Shep had a blast in the $1,000 Sedgefield Hunter Derby earning 3rd!

Bedazzled and Penny had a great weekend in the Children’s Pony earning some good ribbons all weekend and 5th in the SATP Mini Derby!

Woodlands Cruise Control and Kardin brought home Reserve Champion on Saturday and Champion on Sunday in the Large Pony Division!

09/01/2026

"There are friendships imprinted in our hearts that will never be diminished by time and distance." — Dodinsky

The Triton family gathered last week to say goodbye to a special friend, coach and rider. Maddie Ma is moving on and chasing her dreams in NJ and Florida! What a blessing it is to watch someone you love grow from (possibly the cutest) child pony rider to an accomplished trainer, coach and hunter/jumper rider. We are so grateful for the last 6 years during which we have both witnessed and benefitted from Maddie's growth as an equestrian professional. While we are beyond proud and look forward to what Maddie will accomplish, we are left with a large hole in our collective hearts....roughly the size of a petite woman, sassy corgi and goofy hunk of labrador love 🩷❤️💜

Good Luck, Maddie! We love you and look forward to saying "We knew her when...."

08/22/2026

Triton had a fantastic two weeks escaping the heat at the Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show!! It is such a beautiful venue, and our horses and riders blew us away both weeks!

Isn’t She Something and Penny had an absolutely knockout time, bringing home Champion week 1, Reserve Champion week 2, Overall Grand Champion, and even received the Goshen Hill Peak of Excellence Award for their high scoring round week 1!

Moulin Rouge and Shannon blew us away joining us week 2 taking home Champion in the Long Stirrup!

We borrowed the lovely Sir Pepper week 2 and him and Saylor brought home Champion in the Short Stirrup! Dawson also paired up with Pepper week 2 to put together some great trips in the younger children’s taking home some good placings!

Out of the Balou and Jordan made their debut in the younger adults week 1 and we couldn’t have been more proud! They put together some great rounds.

Otto Correct and Isabel were fantastic in the Younger Children’s taking home some good ribbons including 7th in the Classic!

Nana Folia and Dawson had a good week 1 putting together some really solid rounds across the equitation, and the younger 3’3 juniors!

Dawson also got the ride in the Hamel and Jumpseat on First Edition RL and they were so lovely to watch. Huge thanks to the Ley family for the ride!

Knock On Wood WNE and Saylor had a great week 1 in Short Stirrup putting together some great rounds. We’re so proud of this young pony’s progress!

07/06/2026

Our crew had a blast at NCHJA Annual @ Tryon!! Turned out to be beautiful weather. Huge thanks to the NCHJA for putting on such a great show. The prizes, hospitality, and events were all fantastic.

Nana Folia and Dawson Stansell made their debut in the big equitation classes this weekend taking home the win in the 3’3 Jump Seat Medal, and took home top 3 placings in the 1.0m junior jumpers, and 8th in the Classic!

Otto Correct and Isabel are coming along so beautifully as a team, and put together some beautiful rounds in the Younger Children’s, even bringing home 2nd one of their trips out of a large group.

Lauren Liles’ Cafe Americano Z stepped into the 3’ greens and he put together some really beautiful rounds. We could not be more proud of this young horse and how far he’s come!

Brownie Points and Victoria killed it in the Crossrails taking home Reserve Champion!

Undoubtedly our cutest pair, Sa-Lyn’s Rainey Day Blues and Natalie were Champion in the Walk Trot!

Knock On Wood WNE and Saylor put together some really standout rounds in the SS and brought home the hack win!

Also, congratulations to our friends at Coastal Ride Farm! First Edition RL and Kendall brought home 9th in the National Derby. It was so fun to see Dawson and Robbie go head to head in the jumper ring once again for the first time since Short Stirrup.

06/22/2026

Due to unforeseen scheduling circumstances, we have made the decision to cancel our Triton C Show scheduled for July 25.

We appreciate everyone’s understanding and apologize for any inconvenience. We look forward to welcoming you all back for our next show on August 8, and hope to see everyone then!

Thank you for your continued support, and we wish you all a wonderful July! 💙

06/20/2026

Our Triton crew had a fantastic weekend in tryon for Harmon Classics Derby Mania last week! Despite the heat, our riders showed up and showed out and we could not be more proud!!! Thank you to all the Harmon Classics and Tryon staff for putting on such a fun and well managed show every year!!

Nana Folia and Dawson stepped up to the 3’3 junior hunters this weekend and put together some beautiful rounds for some top placings! This pair also returned in the top 20 of the Derby on Friday!

Out of the Balou and Jordan put together some lovely trips in the adults, and put together a great round in the Derby for their first time in the stadium

Isn’t She Something and Penny were stars in the Low Children’s bringing home champion in the equitation, reserve champion in the Hunters, and put together a great derby trip

Semi Charmed Day and Lainey brought home Champion in the Low Children’s equitation, and had a super solid derby trip on Friday.

Just Imagine and Caroline brought home Reserve Champion in both the Low Child hunters and equitation!

Valley Run’s Enzo and Peyton stepped up to the larges and put some great trips together. We are so proud of them!

Woodlands Cruise Control and Kardin also stepped up to the larges and had beautiful trips bringing home some top ribbons in a huge and competitive class!

Kiddin Around and Amelia were Reserve Champion in the Short Stirrup and came home with 6th in the Tadpole Derby, coming in to the handy round leading the class with a classic round score of 90!!

Annie B Good and Sofia were Champion in the Short Stirrup and had a beautiful Tadpole Derby trip getting called back to the handy round in the top 20!

Hidden Springs Hot Fudge and Olivia were super consistent all weekend, putting together some beautiful trips in the Short Stirrup, bringing home some great placings out of a giant group, and put together a lovely derby round.

Finns Up and Kylie brought home Champion in both the Long Stirrup equitation and hunters out of a huge group! They also put together a lovely tadpole derby round.

Casaki SZ and Stella had great trips all weekend in the Long Stirrup and glided around the stadium to produce a beautiful Tadpole Derby round!

Sa’Lynn’s Irish Flair and Zuri put together some super strong rounds in both the Long Stirrup and the Tadpole Derby and we are so proud!

Moulin Rouge and Sylvie glided around the Long Stirrup producing super solid rounds, and put together a beautiful tadpole derby round in the stadium for one of their first derbies!

Daddy’s Paycheck and Emerson were super stars in a giant group of crossrailers, putting together some fantastic trips, and looking cute as can be while doing it (Casey Pony our real life unicorn!)

Knock On Wood WNE and Saylor had their first away show together and learned so much together, and put a lot of great pieces together in the Tadpole Hunters! Unfortunately some yucky Sunday afternoon weather kept them out of the show ring, but we can’t wait to watch this pair back at Tryon next week at the NCHJA Annual!

Woodland’s Chicken Nugget and Penny tried their hand at the Puddle Jumpers this weekend and had a blast learning a new ring! This is a first for both of them, and they did great. They also put together a super solid round in the Tadpole Derby!

Address

2521 Baptist Road
Durham, NC
27703

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 6:30pm
Tuesday	9am - 6:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 6:30pm
Thursday	9am - 6:30pm
Friday	9am - 6:30pm
Saturday	9am - 6:30pm
Sunday	9am - 6:30pm

Website

http://www.tritonstables.net/

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