Areté Stables is owned and run by  Raymond and Barbara Williams.  Both have been active participants in the Arkansas horse community for  the last10 years.  Barbara grew up in San Diego, CA showing Hunter/Jumpers and Dressage, as well as training with Classical Dressage instructors. 

Both Raymond and Barbara are also teachers at Pulaski Technical College, giving them the experience and ability to instruct and work with students of any age in a comprehensive manner.  Positive reinforcement and clear instruction make lessons at Arete Stables a fun and educational experience for children and adults.

What does Areté mean?

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete

Arete (Greek: ἀρετή; pronounced /ˈærəteɪ/ in English), in its basic sense, means goodness, excellence, or virtue of any kind. In its earliest appearance in Greek, this notion of excellence was ultimately bound up with the notion of the fulfillment of purpose or function: the act of living up to one's full potential. Arete in ancient Greek culture was courage and strength in the face of adversity and it was to what all people aspired.

The meaning of the word changes depending on what it describes, since everything has its own peculiar excellence; the arete of a man is different from the arete of a horse.