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      About Us 
      
        
      
        
        
          
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            Willowbrooke 
            Farm was founded by Jennifer Blades
            in 1990 as a small business with just a few lessons given each week.  
            Over the years, we have grown into a full service business which 
            includes boarding, lessons, training, shipping, sales, camps, and 
            horse shows. Since we 
            have grown, we have added to our staff.  It now includes: 
            
              - Jennifer Blades 
              as Head Trainer
              
 - Jan Dooley as 
              Assistant Trainer 
			   
 - Kelsey Buckberry as 
              Assistant Trainer 
			   
 - Madi Huff as 
              Assistant Trainer 
           
 - Ally Stanley as 
              Assistant Trainer 
           
            
            
  
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             Jennifer 
            has been involved with horses her entire life.  As a junior 
            rider, she was actively involved in local 4-H and Pony Clubs.   
            She learned Dressage at a Trakehner breeding farm, and she has shown 
            in Dressage and Jumping. 
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            Growing up, she began to focus more on training young horses for the 
            hunter ring, which brought her to a large sales and lesson barn 
            where she worked for 6 years.  She has competed both locally 
            and nationally on her own horses and with her students, including 
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            Currently, Jennifer is head trainer of Willowbrooke Farm, and the 
            coach of the University of Michigan Intercollegiate Equestrian Team 
            (where she has had a student win the 2001 National Championship in 
            Open Equitation Over Fences).    
             
            She is currently on 
            the Michigan Hunter Jumper Association (MHJA) Board of Directors, 
            and also the Board of Directors for the Hunter Jumper Association of 
            Michigan (HJAM). 
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      Willowbrooke Farm  
      
      
       
      All rights reserved. 
      Revised  4/4/2024 
       
      
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