Meet the Instructors

Sunday and Monday Lesson Instructor:  Abbey is an accomplished horse woman with many years of experience! She is the owner of Bronco Western Supply Co. that, offers western lifestyle apparel and equine supplies 

After taking a break from giving lessons for a time, Abbey is ready to dive back in.  In both her riding and work career, she has attended many clinics and demonstrations in a variety of disciplines, so lessons can be catered to whatever the student may be interested in.  She is looking forward to meeting and working with students of all ages, and furthering their love for the animals she’s built her life around.

Leadership training: Roy and Deborah Duke is an experiential Learning instructors who teache people that the most effective communication relies on our non-verbal actions and personal motivations as much as it does rational thought and speaking. “Horses are this incredible metaphor for leaders and leadership based on themes revolving around partnership, relationship, trust and communication.”

Duke Farm offers many different programs ranging from a few hours to multiple days. When people have difficulty getting a horse to do something they want it to do, it stems from a lack of trust on the horse’s part. By teaching people how to get the horse to trust them and follow their directions, The Dukes are teaching people how to be leaders without using words.

Jenna grew up riding in a hunter-jumper barn after her parents let her host her 6th Birthday Party with ponies! She met the greatest group of friends and leaders in her Monroe County 4-H Horse & Pony program some years later and convinced her parents to let her lease horses and show competitively in local shows and 4-H in many disciplines. Showmanship is her favorite class! Jenna competed in IHSA riding meets in college and then took some time away from horses to focus on her career. After a few years away from the saddle, Jenna is ready to jump back in and help teach others the basics of horsemanship after being mentored by so many great leaders and friends on her horse journey. She also is the head coach of the Summerfield High School Equestrian team and can't wait to introduce as many students as possible to the magic of horses and new horse friends!

One summer, Andrea attended a Girl Scout Camp for horseback riding. She fell in love with horses and riding and continued to take English lessons. She participated in barn competitions and in high school competed in IEA. Andrea attended The University of Toledo and did not want her riding career to end therefore, she co-founded The University of Toledo Equestrian Team through IHSA. Passionate about mental health and horses, she would like to combine the two to help others. After taking a break from lessons, Andrea is looking forward to meeting and helping students learn horse care and riding. 

Thursday and Friday Lessons

Growing up down the street from a local Western Ranch. She spend a lot of time just hanging out there. In her 20s she started taking lessons and showing school horses at a hunter jumper barn and fell in love with riding and being at the barn. What she loves most about riding is that it’s so therapeutic You are so concentrated on your ridding and your horse all worries are pushed out of your mind.  So she decided to pass her love for horses on and started giving lessons to small children. Life got busy so after a long break, she’s back to teach and spend time at the barn.  

Started riding western pleasure at 7 yrs old, found her passion for horses when joining the Fulton County 4-H horse & pony program,  started showing at local western open shows. After spending some time at a friend’s home riding a small jumper pony at 11 yrs old decided she wanted to give English lesson a shot where she leased couple horses attended open shows a crossed Michigan and Northwest Ohio.  In high school was on the local IEA high school team.  Rachel has couple of her own horses and loves to share her knowledge of horses with others. Rachel is excited to be apart of the Duke farm team to share her love and knowledge with students of all ages.