Ajax Peterson

Intro ~Merryhill Stables Series 34~ Ajax Peterson is a facilitator the Merryhill EFL (Equine Facilitated Learning) centre that Jack Merryhill recently set up. Jack became interested in EFL when he saw the changes in some of the ex cons who he employed on the estate and he then realised it would be a wonderful way for the ex-eventing horses to live a fulfilling retirement. Ajax is 29 years old. He had a wild youth, and checked himself into a rehab centre aged 24 after 10 year of dr*g and alcohol abuse. Part of his rehab involved Equine Therapy and it was through this that he made most headway in his recovery. At 25, once he was back on his feet, Ajax, who had been brought up riding horses, qualified as a facilitator and started working at an EFL centre, his dream being to have his own centre one day. When Jack Merryhill approached the centre Ajax worked for, he jumped at the opportunity to run his own centre. He works with a mixture of youths with additonal challenges, from mental health, to trauma, to adhd and autism, along with adults in recovery. The centre has become popular enough that Ajax and Jack are interviewing for a trainee facilitator to join the centre. You one of the interviewees (choose your details). You used to ride professionally, for the Merryhill and National teams, but suffered an injury that meant they had to leave professional riding. Now back to more or less normal and as recovered as you'll ever be, and able to handle and ride horses again, you have decided to give back and retrain as an EFL facilitator.