Meet Our Team
Taylor Hanes
Taylor Hanes, owner of Hane's Performance Horses
Check back for more information about Taylor soon.
Kenny Knowlton
SGVH is pleased to add to our team of Trainers Kenny Knowlton, a professional horse trainer.
List of Kenny Knowlton's participation's in the equine world:
Past Chairman of the AQHA International Committee, (3years)
Past AQHA Director for Latin America, (5 yrs)
Past International Director ABQM, (15 yrs)
Past Chairman of the Judges Committee ABQM, (17 yrs)
Official Judge AQHA, ABQM, ABPH, ABCA, ANCA, ANCR (30 yrs)
International Director for NBHA, (4 yrs)
Member of the AQHA Studbook and Registration Committee (2 yrs)
National and International Reference in Horse Shoeing
National and International Reference in Genetic Selection
Consultant for several Breeding farms in Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, USA and others.
Founder of Lone Star Trailers, the first gooseneck horse trailer factory in Brazil.
Founder of JK Horseshoe Manufacturing Company, now the largest in South America.
Published over 20 articles in Equine Industry magazines, published videos on trimming colts and shoeing and given lectures at over 30 Veterinary Universities.
Guest speaker at the World Laminitis Symposium in São Paulo, Brazil. (2009)
Given clinics to the Mounted Police farriers in 6 states in Brazil and also to the Calvary Units in Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
Has worked with the top Polo teams in Argentina, assisting them with their horsemanship and farrier work.
Principal Titles Won by Kenny Knowlton
- Arizona State Champion – Youth Barrel Racing (USA)
- Arizona State Champion – Youth Tie-down Roping (USA)
- Reserve Champion Individual - “International Cutting” (Houston-USA)
- Top Ten Sr Cutting AQHA (USA)
- Top Ten NCHA Non Pro Super Stakes (USA)
- Two time National Champion Open Western Pleasure ABQM (Brazil)
- Five times National Champion Open Cutting ABQM/ANCA/AQHA – (Brazil)
- Open Cutting Futurity Champion ABQM (Brazil)
- Open Cutting Futurity Reserve Champion ABQM (Brazil)
- Reserve National Champion Open Reining ABQM (Brazil)
- Champion 5,000 Novice Horse FCHA 2015 (USA)
- Top Ten Open FCHA 2015 (USA)
- Top Ten Open Cutting FCHA 2018 (USA)
From 2003 to 2010 Kenny owned and managed an International Training Center in Brazil, from which he and students, through team work, obtained the following titles
- AQHA and AACCCM All Around Stallion 2003 (Argentina)
- National Champion Reining 2003 (Argentina)
- National Champion Western Pleasure 2003 (Argentina)
- National Champion Reining ABQM 2004 (Brazil)
- Top Ten Open Cutting Futurity ANCA 2006
- Champion Novice Horse Open Cutting – Mega Cutting 2006 (Brazil)
- Congress Champion Barrel Racing ABQM/AQHA – 2006, 2009, 2010 (Brazil)
- Champion in Open, Amateur, Female Barrel Racing Champions Cup ABQM 2007 (Brazil)
- Champion Open Cutting AQHA 2005 , 2007
- Top Ten Open Cutting - National Championship ABQM 2006 (Brazil)
- Champion and Reserve National Champion Youth W. Pleasure ABQM 2005 (Brazil)
- In-numerous Titles in Amateur and Youth Cutting ABQM/AQHA/ANCA (Brazil)
- Bronze Medal Open Cutting Champions Cup ABQM 2007 (Brazil)
- National Champion Sr Cutting AQHA 2009 (Brazil)
Jamie Morton
We are so happy to have Jami Morton join our team!
She is our apprentice trainer working under Taylor Hanes at the shows and Kenny Knowlton at our farm here in Florida.
She is such a natural with all of our horses and it shows. She has even shown all of us what Maybelline can do when it comes to Trail in Hand and Under Saddle.
Our babies just love her. She has this natural ability to get them all to understand what she is teaching them with such ease. And the best part? She truly loves each and every one of them as if they were her own.
Welcome Jami!
