Heritage Hill is owned by Scott & Christine Guenther.  They have been married for 30+ years and have always been busy with a variety of projects.  Scott works full time as a parts manager at the same dealership for the last 32 years.  Christine has been a kindergarten teacher for the past 15 years  in the Silver Falls School District. She is a lifetime member of CHA (Certified Horsemanship Association) and was certified as a Master Riding Instructor in English and Western at the age of 18 -- the youngest ever to be certified at the highest level. CHA (Certified Horsemanship Association) is the largest riding instructor certification organization in North America. She has safely taught hundreds of beginner riders as well as more advanced students competing locally, regionally and nationally.

Christine's background with horses spans more than thirty-five years and includes a wide variety of experiences. Her love of horses began at Canyonview at the age of eleven. She began working there the summer she turned fifteen and worked a total of three summers at the camp and later spent 10 years on the Advisory Board of the Horsemanship College & Camp . After working at Canyonview, she spent the remainder of her teen years and into her early twenties at Warm Beach Christian Horsemanship Camp in Stanwood, WA working as a riding instructor and later as a Program Director. She was the CHA Regional Director for more than 20 years organizing PNW and international conferences for riding instructors and horse professionals from all over the world.