Jill & Marshall McGrady

Jill McGrady - Owner/Trainer

Jill began riding at the age of 7. She trained with Don and Kathy Kerron at Sunwood Farms in Beaverton and with Vicki Zacharias at Rain Creek Farms in Oregon City. Her passion for horses led her to compete in the AA Show Circuit from California to Canada as a junior and into her adult years. She won numerous awards, locally and nationally in the Children’s Hunter and Equitation Divisions. She then moved into the jumper ring to learn the ins and outs of the jumpers competition.

Jill took a brief hiatus from the hunter/jumper world to get married and have a beautiful daughter. As her daughter developed the same passion for the sport, it is then that she realized that she was meant to teach. She founded the Quiet Rein Riding School in 2008. She first started with a handful of customers. A few years later, she has grown her business to well over 40 clients. In 2010 Jill and Kathy formed Quiet Rein, LLC . Jill has coached her green riders through their first local shows and her more seasoned riders through rated shows with great success. Her students have won numerous awards in both local, regional, and open level of shows.

Additionally, Jill is highly involved in the hunter/jumper community.

· Level I United States Hunter Jumper Association certified www.ushja.org
· Help founded and developed the educational pieces of the Northwest Passport Series
· Works directly with USHJA to help develop the outreach program and expands it to our zone

Kathy Kerron with Marielle (student)

Kathy Kerron - Owner/Trainer

Kathy’s love for horses began at an early age. At the age of 10 she began working at a local Hunt Club in exchange for lessons. She competed very successfully throughout her junior years in the Hunter, Jumpers and Dressage and won several AHSA medals in Hunt Seat Equitation and Dressage Seat Equitation. She was very successful in the Adult Amateur & Amateur Owner Hunter and Jumper divisions and earned the World Champion Hunter Rider, NW Region award in 1994.

Kathy has taught beginning thru advanced level riders and trained horses thru all levels of hunters and jumpers, some of which have gone on to compete on the east coast. Kathy has produced riders who have gone on to become professionals in the Hunter Jumper industry, riders who have won the AHSA zone 9 medal finals and horses who have gone on to become AHSA champions throughout the country.

Kathy offers customized programs for each individual horse and rider at all levels. Her positive training technique promotes a fun and educational environment along with a high standard of excellence.

· Certified USEF “R” judge in the hunter and equitation divisions
· Certified by USHJA for the Trainers Certificate Program for level one