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Sarah AshHead TrainerSarah educates our horses and riders with 41 years of riding and training experience. She started riding at age 6, and trained with Chuck Waters and Pam Graham as a junior rider. She competed in the junior hunters and the high junior jumpers as a young rider. After graduating from Upper Arlington High School, and The Ohio State University with a honors degree in history, she began working as a barn manager. She started teaching at age 26, and in 2007 she transitioned to Willow Way Farm as head trainer. Since then she has built an extremely strong and successful program training riders from walk trot all the way to the grand prix stage. She also uses her skill and extensive experience to successfully develop young horses and international imports into top quality competitors. She has been on the OHJA board several years and has won trainer of the year. She has won OHJA horse of the year several times as well as other awards like most improved rider, etc. She has also won horse of the year nationally. She has trained at indoor finals. In 2018 she trained two champion horses at Harrisburg National Horse Show in the 3'3" junior hunters.
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Michaella GerlacherAssistant Trainer and Professional RiderMichaella began riding at age 9 with Pam Graham and Sarah Ash. She competed throughout her junior years starting in the pony hunters and jumpers and progressed as a junior rider in the big equitation, the junior hunters, and jumpers. She competed at Pony finals, Junior Hunter Finals, and Maclay finals as a junior. After spending 2 years as an amateur rider, she began her professional career developing and showing green horses under Sarah. She is a graduate of the Ohio State University. Though her career is still young, she has already had success competing at pre-green incentive finals and was able to qualify for WCHR developing professional class at Capital Challenge. She continues to compete in the green hunters, young jumpers, derby's, and Prix's.
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Jennifer HunkinsBarn Manager/IEA CoachJen brings 27 years of horse experience to Willow Way. As a junior and amateur, she competed in hunters, jumpers, dressage, and eventing. She graduated from Lake Erie College with a B.S in Equestrian Studies. During college she was a part of the ISHA and IDA teams. After graduating she worked as head trainer, rider, and IEA coach at Bookmark farms for 15 years. Her thorough education and experience allows for her to provide top notch care for all of our horses.
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Jacob DelGrecoRoad Manager/Head GroomJake has been a part of the Willow Way team for over 5 years gaining experience working as a barn manager and traveling with horses on the road. His work ethic and skill working with the horses allow for all of our clients to have peace of mind when they send their mounts on the road. Jake monitors the horses care, nutrition, and health as they travel through the 'A' circuit.
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