A cheerful group of Hermitage Farm staff members work together, using hoses to spray down two teams of horses in competitive gear.

The team: Staff

Barn Manager and Head Groom Sonia Williams smiles with a horse peering over her shoulder, long white mane hanging over its brow.

SONIA WILLIAMS

HOMETOWN
Concord, MA

HOME

Kentucky & Florida

ACCOLADES

  • 2022 & 2023 USEF Combined Driving Pair National Championship

  • Winning the 2022 USEF Preliminary Single Horse National Championship with Locksley

  • 2021 & 2023 FEI Driving World Championships for Pair Horses

JOINED THE TEAM
November 2020


POSITION

Barn Manager & Head Groom

FAVORITE MEMORY SO FAR

Spending two months in Europe during the summer of 2023 training and competing with Jacob.

Getting the opportunity to train and compete with Jacob and my personal horse, Locksley.

Groom Katie Long stands outdoors, holding the reigns of a chestnut horse.

Katie LONG

HOMETOWN
Kansas

HOME

Kentucky & Florida

ACCOLADES

  • 2022 & 2023 USEF Combined Driving Pair National Championship

  • 2023 FEI Driving World Championships for Pair Horses

JOINED THE TEAM
2022


POSITION

Groom

FAVORITE MEMORY SO FAR

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Expert Navigator Colten Parker participates in a Marathon event, riding with Jacob Arnold behind a pair of horses--one black, one white.

Colten parker

HOMETOWN
Batavia, OH


HOME

Batavia, OH

ACCOLADES

  • Navigated 2018-2023 USEF Pair Driving National Championships

  • Navigated 2019 – 2023 FEI Pair Horse Driving World Championships

JOINED THE TEAM
2018


POSITION

Expert Navigator

FAVORITE MEMORY SO FAR

Driving through the night from Holland to France & then having the car break down just 10 minutes from the venue. Don’t ask him how they eventually got it there, because he won’t tell.

Helmeted and standing in a barn, travel show groom Kiri Freeman Parker smiles broadly while holding the bridle of a brown horse.

KIRI FREEMAN PARKER

HOMETOWN
Huntsville, AL


HOME

Batavia, OH

ACCOLADES

  • 2021 Travel Head Groom for the European Show Season

  • 2022 USEF Combined Driving Pair National Championship

JOINED THE TEAM
December 2020


POSITION

Travel Show Groom

FAVORITE MEMORY SO FAR

Travel Head Groom for the 2021 European Show Season

Gaining top knowledge from some of the best drivers in the world.