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Sarah Ash
Head Trainer
Sarah brings our horses and riders with over 41 years of riding and training experience. She started riding at age 6, and trained with Chuck Waters and Pam Graham as a junior rider. She competed in the junior hunters and the high junior jumpers as a young rider. After graduating from Upper Arlington High School, and The Ohio State University with an honors degree in history, she began working as a barn manager. She started teaching at age 26, and in 2007 she transitioned to Willow Way Farm (now called True Course) as the head trainer.
Sarah has built an extremely strong and successful program training riders from walk trot all the way to the grand prix level. She also uses her skill and extensive experience to successfully develop young horses and imports into top quality competitors. Sarah's other past and present accolades include Ohio Hunter Jumper Association board member, many Trainer of the Year awards, several OHJA Perpetual Awards including Horse and Pony of the Year, Most Improved Rider, and Junior and Amateur Sportsmanship, and many USEF National Titles. In addition, Sarah has trained numerous students at the equitation finals and won multiple champion titles at indoors, including 2018 Small and Large 3'3" Junior Hunter Champion, 2023 Children's Jumper Champion at Pennsylvania National Horse Show, 2023 & 2025 Adult Equitation Champion and 2024 Adult Equitation Reserve Champion at The National Horse Show, THIS Adult Eq Regional Champion, and Best Equitation Horse Adult Gladstone Cup.
Phone: (614) 206-5452
Email: ridetruecourse@gmail.com
Michaella Del Greco
Assistant Trainer
Michaella began riding at age 9 with Pam Graham and Sarah Ash. She competed throughout her junior years starting in the pony hunters and jumpers and progressed in the big equitation, junior hunters, and jumpers. She competed at Pony Finals, Junior Hunter Finals, and Indoors as a junior.
After spending 2 years as an amateur rider, she began her professional career developing, showing and selling horses under Sarah. While continuing to focus on young horses, she has had success competing at Green Incentive Finals, WCHR developing professional classes and continues to compete in the green hunters, young jumpers, derbies, and prix. Michaella has countless derby wins, jumper prix top placings, and Open Rider of the Year awards. She has also finished top ten in WCHR Developing Professional Finals multiple times.
She is a 2017 graduate of The Ohio State University.
Phone: (614) 205-4723
Email: michaellagerlacher@gmail.com
ridetruecourse@gmail.com
Jake Del Greco
Road Manager/Head Groom
Jake has been a part of the True Course team for over 10 years. He previously managed a farm filled with over 40+ show horses and now manages our horses on the road. He oversees the horses' care, exercise, and health at competitions.
Impeccable horse care and attention to detail is his top priority to give the clients peace of mind when competing away from home.
Jake is also a licensed FEI/USEF Steward at shows both in the US and Canada when True Course horses are not competing.
Phone: (614) 312-9883
Email: jake.delgreco@yahoo.com
Leah Smaller
Assistant Trainer
Leah is a 2006 graduate of the University of Findlay receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in Equine Studies. With over 15 years of experience in all aspects of the equine industry she brings a wealth of knowledge to our team.
She has shown on the 'A' circuit since the age of 10 and competed in numerous finals as a junior rider. She has won multiple national derbies, as well as national year end titles.
Leah helps manage and train our IEA team, school lesson program, as well as our A Circuit riders. She competes in both jumpers and hunters with many of the clients horses.
Phone: (708) 362-2089
Email: smallerl@gmail.com
Charlotte Oulanoff
Assistant Trainer
Charlotte is a 2025 graduate from The Ohio State University where she earned her Bachelors of Arts in The Fine Arts with honors. Beginning to ride at the first chance she could, Charlotte has grown up not only around horses, but within this program that her mother founded and continues to operate. With a unique perspective as a young professional who has ridden with True Course her whole life, Charlotte knows the ins and outs of all things showing, training, and riding with us.
As a junior, Charlotte competed various horses in the hunters, jumpers, and equitation. She competed in the upper levels of jumpers and hunters where she placed multiple times as Pennsylvania National and Capital Challenge. She has also earned many year end titles both locally and nationally. She now continues to show, develop, and maintain our horses as well as our next generation of riders as a professional under the guidance of True Course.
Aside from her riding and training, Charlotte also owns and operates True Oulanoff Photo, a boutique professional photography company. She is the official photographer for Brave Horse Ohio, and does private client photography. Find out more by clicking on her logo under our partnership page!
Email: charlotteaoulanoff@gmail.com
Phone: 614.206.5453
Sophie Carlin
Social Media, Sales, and Assistant Road Manager
Sophie is an actively competing amateur rider. She has over 20 years of riding experience in the hunters and jumpers, including numerous appearances and placings at USEF Pony Finals and Indoors. She also has a plethora of year end titles both nationally and locally, as well as multiple derby wins. Sophie has a degree in Sport Management from Elon University, and has experience working shows in many different facets.
Sophie brings her competiton knowledge and previous work in show offices, in gates, and logistical show management to the shows we attend in order to assist with administrative work, management, and all other aspects of helping our show horses perform at their best.
With her background in social media and management from her college experience and her background in sales, Sophie helps search for and create social media to assist in the advertisement of horses and ponies. Please see our sales page or contact us for inquiries on sale horses.
Phone: (614) 593-9549
Email: Sophie.carlin3@gmail.com
Jenna Rieder
Social Media and Sponsor Coordinator
Jenna is an adult amateur competing in the hunters and jumpers. She has been riding for almost 20 years and has spent the last seven training with Sarah Ash and Michaella Gerlacher. She owns a retired Oldenburg named Landon, and finds any opportunity to be in the saddle and at shows! She works in corporate finance and in her free time she loves to foster dogs and go out with friends. Jenna is also the best mom to her son, Oliver.
Jenna brings her social media acumen, passion for horses and positive spirit to our team as well as assisting in aspects of sponsorships.
Phone: (740) 334-7821
Email: Jm923009@gmail.com
