About Jane
Jane has been in the competitive horse world since 2003 when she started in the hunter/jumper rings of the Chicagoland area. Her first horse, Otis, was spooky and timid when they first met, but she fell in love almost instantly. They learned to jump together, and by the end of their partnership, she was competing him in the A-circuit jumper ring. Sadly, his life ended early due to a mysterious illness, but it was this initial journey with Otis that helped her realize her love of green horses, and her desire to show them the way.
Jane and Otis
Jane started her eventing career as a working student in Kentucky during the summer of 2008. Since then, she has sat on all types of horses from green beans only recently started to 4* veterans. She spent a year and a half working for Phillip Dutton where she was exposed to the upper echelons of the sport and learned about top horse management from his groom Emma Ford. She left in 2012 to start out on her own and has gone from Ohio, to Kentucky, back to Ohio, and now in Aiken, South Carolina
While working for Phillip, she bought her heart horse, Norman. At the time, Norman Conqueror was a 3 year old off the track who had run his last race a month before Jane sat on him. She bought him for his quiet temperament, balanced canter, and glimpses of careful athleticism she felt over his first cross-rail. She shortened his name to the more fitting “Norman” and he took her on the most incredible journey up the levels. Click here to read more about Norm.
Jane is currently teaching and training in Aiken full time after making the permanent move in Fall of 2022. She is accepting horses in training with an emphasis on developing young and green horses into safe, reliable, and content equine partners. Click here for more information on services she provides.