Sable Oak was established in 1991 by John and Sherrye Johnson Trafton after moving back to  Maine from Indiana where Sherrye worked for McCormick Farms Inc..  John is a well respected farrier and former President of the Maine Quarter Horse Association and now serves on the Board.  He is a Show Committee member for the American Quarter Horse Association and has donated his time and money to numerous organizations in hopes to promote the horse industry in New England.  Sherrye, a pre vet/ equine studies 1985 graduate of Findlay college, has become one of the most recognizable trainers in New England.   She is a lifetime member of the American Quarter Horse Association and the National Snaffle Bit Association, an AQHA professional horseman and a member of  NRHA, NCHA, NBHA, USDF, USET, USEF, GHRA, GCDS and NEHC.  She also serves on the AQHA Youth Committee, Maine Quarter Horse Board and is a member of the AQHA Region 6 Affiliates.  She has earned championships in AQHA, APHA,  TWBEA and has also shown Morgans, Arabians, Friesians and Gypsy Drum/Cob Horses.  She was selected by "Animals for Hollywood" to work with "Go Boys Thunderer" a 4 time World Champion by Merry Go Boy, and super star actor/producer Mel Gibson on the 1993 movie "Man Without a Face" where she was the animal handler/consultant.  In recent years she has ring stewarded for the All American Quarter Horse Congress and AQHYA World Championships and just recently awarded a 4 star AQHA judges rating and is the first Maine AQHA (American Quarter Horse Association) Judge, NRHA (National Reining Horse Association) Judge, ARHA ( American Ranch Horse Association) Judge, GHRA (Gypsy Horse Registration Association) Judge and  NEHC (New England Horseman's Council) "1" Western Judge. She also holds a open show and 4-H judges card as well.