EEC Staff

Mike Crooks has been a trainer for over 30 years. He competed very successfully in both the hunters and the jumpers,  up through the Grand Prix level for many years. He has much experience as a trainer as he has coached everything from equitation kids and hunter riders through clients competing at the Grand Prix level. Evergreen has been in Mike's family since they opened their doors in 1969.

Jennifer Crooks moved to Washington from Princeton, NJ in 1992. She spent her junior years riding in the east with top trainers, then took some time off to attend Seattle University. She has been here at Evergreen since she and Mike met in 1996. Jennifer currently rides and shows everything from younger horses to Grand Prix horses.  She has enjoyed recent success in the International Grand Prix ring where she competes for Ireland. You can learn more about Jennifer on her website, www.jennifercrooks.com.

Jenna Bolton has been Stella Farm's working student for the past three years. She started riding in the EEC riding school in 1997. Since then she has taken advantage of most of the programs that EEC has to offer, from the riding school, to the local show program and then to showing all over the west coast.

Jocelyn Holmes grew up in Sammamish, WA and has been riding since she was 9 years old.  As a junior, Jocelyn rode and showed in the hunter and equitation divisions before attending the University of Findlay, located in Findlay, OH, in 2005.  She graduated in May 2007 with an Associates degree in English Equestrian Studies.  At Findlay, Jocelyn improved upon her hunter skills, as well as learning about jumpers and breaking out young horses to ride.  Her experience in the horse world thus far has helped her form the belief that strong basics and attention to the well-being of the horse are what make successful riders and passes this belief onto her students.

Chelsea Martin has been riding at Evergreen Equestrian Center for the majority of her riding career (since '96!). She learned how to ride in the EEC riding school and, before she left for college, was briefly introduced into the H/J rated show world. After a two-year stint at Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, and a full semester on their championship intercollegiate Equitation team, she has returned as a working student for the riding school and groom for Full Circle Farm. Chelsea has strong beliefs in good equitation and specializes in a quiet ride. She enjoys the Hunter and Equitation divisions, and is currently working her way up to the A/A Hunters.