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Stacey Giere is a seasoned trainer and equine enthusiast who manages and operates a full-service boarding and training facility on her 7th generation farm in Brecksville, Ohio.
    Stacey attended Ohio State University, where she received a B.S. in Education, focusing on K-12 Physical Education, and a Master of the Arts in Education for Physical and Mental Disabilities. She rode for both the Huntseat and Stockseat Equestrian Teams and went on to several championships.
    During the show season, Stacey has been able to compete some of her own horses/ponies while training and competing for a variety of clients. Her focus has gone from hunter jumpers to breed show accomplishments to combined driving and all over in pleasure driving world, with championship titles throughout. Even though she loves to compete, she always focuses on training, exposure and quality skill building for the equine athletes.
    When you interact with Stacey, she will answer your questions honestly and will always find that the cup is half full. She passionately wants people to understand how the animals think and will be the first to help you make safe and skill-appropriate decisions.   $100

Kerri Rochon's passion is sharing her knowledge as she has a talent in communicating each aspect of the sport of Combined Driving. She works with beginner drivers and their equines to establish a safe, solid foundation. Kerri takes select equines in for training.
Kerri’s calendar stays full as she is a highly desired navigator for drivers all over the United States and Canada, sharing obstacle and cones strategies. Her experience includes singles, pairs and four-in-hand teams. She has competed in pleasure and combined driving shows. This year she will be bringing along her young pony gelding for his first show season.
COMBINED DRIVING EXPERIENCE:
2021 Worked with Thorsten Zarembowicz for two years.
In 2023 trained in Holland with Melanie Van de Bunt, World FEI Driving silver Medalist at Pony World Championships.
Groomed for Boyd Excel at Beebergen NL.
2024 Kerri navigated and assisted US Single Horse Championships in Europe.
2025 Scheduled to go back for the Single Pony Championships in France and the Pair Championships in Holland.
Outside of the driving world Kerri is a certified Equine Dentist.

$100 or multiple lessons at $85

Joanna Wilburn is the co-owner of Rollingwoods Farm which specializes in hunter and driving ponies located in Olive Branch, MS. As a farm Rollingwoods Farm has bred/trained/owned either the National or Reserve National Welsh driving pony from 1991 to present. Moving from farm trainer for the ponies to training people to drive was a natural progression for Joanna as driving is a real passion for her. Joanna has competed in CDEs as a Navigator for several years from Single Training Level to Advanced four-in-hand. Joanna loves beginners and children as that is the chance to start a great foundation. Her heartfelt enjoyment of the equine brain mixed with her wit, enthusiasm and practical advice will benefit drivers of any skill level.