About the Owner

Dru Lucia Roia has been a horse owner for over 30 years. She proudly boasts that she still own her first pony, "Missy," who is now 32 years old. Love of horses is still Ms. Roia's primary motivation for working in an industry that is both time consuming and costly.

After serving her country for 4 years in the United States Marine Corp, Ms. Roia attended Salem University in Salem, WV, where she graduated with her B.S. in Equestrian Education. She continued her education in the prestigious and now closed riding school at Morven Park in Leesburg, VA. After a two-year course at Westmoreland Davis International Equestrian Institute at Morven Park where she trained daily with Olympic Gold Medalist Tad Coffin and his former Coach Raul de Leon. Ms. Roia was invited to stay on to work as an associate instructor for two more years. Ms. Roia taught and rode daily at Westmoreland Davis until the closing of the school in 1989. From then on, Ms. Roia worked as a freelance riding instructor throughout the Northern Virginia area until the opening of Lucia Farm. She still continues to train, ride and breed world class equestrian athletes.

Mailing Address: P.o. Box 70, Lovettsville, VA 20180

Office Telephone: (540) 882-4421 Barn Telephone: (540) 882-3859