Georgia trainer Jamie English says once you really understand and accept that no two horses are alike, it makes you much more successful at training horses.

That is the premise behind Jason English Show Horses, where she and her new husband prepare youngsters for Western Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle futurity classes and older horses for Trail, Western Riding and All-Around events.

“Our theory is to fit the horses and their need,” she said. “We always strive to have the horse’s best interest at heart and to do what is best for each of them.”

Seeing the improvements in the horses every day and improvements in the customers as they grow and develop in to finished products is what keeps Jamie and Jason working hard every day.

But it’s not all fame and glory.

Jamie says the worst part of the job is “the uncertainty of a horse finishing up in the training program and giving the owner a full understanding of the process.”

“Because all horses are different some take longer to finish than others, that can sometimes be frustrating and helping owners understanding that process can also be difficult,” she explained. “You just have to be able to accommodate to fit the horse.”

Growing up in High Point, North Carolina, Jamie attended Southwest Grade School and kept busy playing softball and riding horses.

“I roped and ran barrels and poles in addition to riding show horses,” she said. She also started working as an assistant trainer for Tony Burris.

After high school Jamie attended Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina where she earned an associate’s degree in business.

To gain experience in All-Around events, Jamie went to work for Beckey Schooler in Ohio for two years and then moved to CT Quarter Horses in Roberta, Georgia to work for Carl and Trisha Yamber to learn more about Hunter Under Saddle and Western Pleasure.

In 2009 Jamie moved back to North Carolina, and established her own training operation at age 22.

“When Jason and I started dating I made the move to Madison, Georgia,” she explained.

Married this past April, Jamie and Jason now train out of a 30-stall barn, situated on 42 acres in Madison, Georgia. There they have a large outdoor riding arena and a round pen for starting colts. In addition, they have four large pastures and six grass turn-out lots, to accommodate the many mares they now have raising foals that will grow into the training program.

Over the years, Jamie has had the opportunity to train and or exhibit such accomplished show horses as Big League Potential, a 2003 bay gelding by Gota Lota Potential and out of Kizzy Nostra, who went on to win the Congress, earn a Reserve World Championship at the AQHA Amateur Select World Show and numerous futurity championships. She also has recently been working with and showing James Deen Daydream, a 2013 bay gelding by Machine Made and out of Miss Heartrodder. The 2013 bay gelding placed in the Top 5 in Western Pleasure at the All-American Quarter Horse Congress and is now working on Western Riding.

Jamie says her greatest accomplishment was winning the 2-Year-Old Limited Open Western Pleasure at the 2016 Tom Powers Futurity aboard Upp Close N Personal, a 2014 bay mare by Certain Potential and out of Invited I Am.

Jamie is equally proud of the Non-Pro competitors she has helped coach. Many have placed in the Top 3, Top 5 and Top 10 at the Congress, as well as at the Tom Powers Futurity, NSBA World Show and the AQHA World Championship Show.

When she is not riding, Jamie enjoys interior design and decorating but she absolutely loves being on the lake.

“There is no better place,” she said. “I love to fish and ride jet skis. I also love to play softball. I just like a ball and glove to throw the ball in the back yard on a beautiful day.”

Jamie says her family– husband, Jason and Corgi, JJ – are among her most treasured possessions and she is taking time to enjoy life.

To reach Jamie Murrow English call her at (336)688-4738; email her at jamiemurrowshowhorses@yahoo.com; or message her on Facebook.