About - Jen Hauser

Jen has been riding since the age of 9 with her start on a horse named WinDancer. This horse helped instill a love of the sport and the love of the animal which Jen still carries today.

In her junior years, Jen trained with Wendy Newby and successfully showed in all 3 rings including professional divisions as a junior.

Jen had a successful career showing in the Indiana Hunter Jumper Association and as young junior being named the IHJA junior medal finals champion in 2003 and 2005. She also qualified and competed at Maclay Finals in 2004 and 2005.

In 2005 Jen really found her stride in the jumper ring competing in her first Grand Prix at the age of 17 in Traverse City, Michigan. During that year she was also the inaugural winner of the zone 5 horsemanship class at the Kentucky National Horse Show. She was also champion for the Zone 5 regular conformation hunter and older small junior hunters. That same year she also top honors in the World Champion Hunter Rider midwest region junior hunter overall standings. She had numerous ribbons in the high junior jumpers and older small junior hunters at the Winter Equestrian Festival, Devon, and Indoors.

Jen attended Purdue from 2007-2010 where she graduated, with distinction, with a degree in business management. She also rode on Purdue’s IHSA team and was a showing team member earning regional and zone ribbons.

In 2013 Jen declared professional status with the United States Equestrian Federation and has never looked back.

Since declaring professional status Jen has had numerous national hunter derby ribbons at WEF, Tryon and across with southeast. She was also a FEI groom at the Central American Games in Bogota, Columbia in 2018. She was on the bronze medal team for the Platinum 1.35m Southeast Zone Jumper Finals in 2023. She has continued to show in the grand prix’s and has successfully brought along numerous young hunters and young jumpers.

Jen’s success is not limited to her personal riding ability but also her ability to match, train, and support riders on their own personal horses. Jen’s students have won ribbons at WEF, Devon, The Pennsylvania National Horse Show, Washington International Horse Show, National Horse Show, and Junior Hunter Finals.

Student highlights include a 4th place finish in the NAL Children’s Hunter Finals and a 5th and 8th place finish in the NAL Adult Hunter Finals at the 2020 Washington International Horse Show. Jen was also a part of the team when A Timely Affair and JusD’o were selected as “Best Turnout” at the WIHS in 2020 and 2021 respectively. She has also helped riders qualify and compete at the Hamel Finals, Medal Finals, and Maclay Finals.

While Jen loves all aspects of our sport, she has as special place in her heart for the jumper ring. In 2023 not only was she a medal winner at the USHJA Zone 4 Southeast Jumper Finals but she also coached the individual 1.15m gold medal winner and 5th place individual rider. She also trained the anchor rider for the teams event in the 1.15m who helped secure the silver medal for their team. This year, a student of Jen’s was a member of the gold medal team in the 1.25m AO Jumpers at Zones.

Jen and the team pride themselves on setting goals and meeting them head on.

One of Jen’s favorite parts of her role at Fox Lake Farm is “Getting to see the kid’s progression over the years. Watching them grow up and achieve their goals is such a treasure and I love being a part of the team that makes those dreams happen”.

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