Lauren Underhill is a hunter/jumper trainer who has been a passionate equestrian and lover of horses for her entire life.  As a junior she competed in the hunters and equitation, winning the Large Junior Hunter 16-17 year end Zone 5 championship in 1999, and as an amateur Lauren competed in the jumpers and hunters.  Lauren has qualified for, and competed and trained riders at, indoors in the hunters, jumpers, and equitation.  

 

    After graduating from Miami University in Ohio with a B.S. in Marketing, Lauren worked her way up the ranks of the horse industry as a groom, barn manager, assistant trainer, and professional rider, and in 2013 started Greystoke Farm, a full service hunter/jumper show stable in Zion, Illinois.  There she stressed safety, horsemanship, and discipline and helped adults and children of all levels meet their goals at home and at local and national horse shows. 

 

In 2019 Lauren joined her husband, Christopher, to train at Underhill Farm in Long Lake, Minnesota, but kept her Greystoke Farm through which she gives clinics, does sales, and professional riding.  Lauren is committed to lifelong learning, and participates in riding and equine care clinics to further her own education.