Meet Our Trainer & Ranch Manager
Jewel Gansley
Jewel, owner of Platinum Jewel Performance Horses / Platinum Jewel Horse Shoeing, is a 24 yr old from Holly MI. She has been training horses for 12 years and farrier work for 6 years.
Starting out as a horse crazed kid getting her first horse at 12 years old, that was an un broke 2 year old mare , to training colts, western pleasure / hunt seat horses, barrel racing, EXCA, and Liberty. Not only is Jewel talented in the horse world but she was an automotive painter at Prefix in Auburn Hills , paining / prepping parts for the Ford GT 40 Super car that was all carbon fiber and is currently building a 1985 Chevy k20 (squarebody).
Jewel's Accomplishments
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In total has over 500 ribbons mostly first place, highpoint, supreme, and grand champion
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Trained horses that were in Hallmark type movies
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Competed in many states and disciplines
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To date has started 20 horses to saddle
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Competed in the 60 day Michigan Horseman’s Challenge winning reserve champion and the sportsmanship award out of 10 trainers when she was the youngest trainer. She also only had 25 days with her horse because the horse got injured
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Competed in her first Extreme Cowboy Race at the Ventura co. fair on Ventura beach California and ended up beating the state / regional champion
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Certified BWFA Farrier
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Certified Collision repair and refinishing
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Knows how to weld
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Has built and drove figure 8 / demo derby cars