Jessica Gilker has been so grateful for the opportunity to grow up on the farm helping care for, raise, train, ride and show a variety of horses for 38 years. She has ridden, competed in and won in dressage (shown up to 3rd level, training 4th), hunters, hunt seat equitation, hunter hack, jumpers, combined training (dressage & show jumping), western pleasure, western sidesaddle, western horsemanship, showmanship, sport horse in hand, Arabian halter, and Arabian Native Costume. She enjoys trail riding and participating in hunter paces and fox hunts over the years as well. Jessica grew up in the 1990s-2000s eventing with the Atlanta Pony Club, competing in open hunter & dressage shows, Welsh Pony shows, and Arabian shows. Jessica attended Berry College from 2006-2010, where she competed on the Berry Equestrian Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) team in hunter equitation where she competed up the National level in Intermediate Hunt Seat Equitation and the Regional level in Open Hunt Seat Equitation.

Jessica is an Arabian Horse Association Rider of Excellence, Rider of Supreme Honor Champion, and Rider of Honor Champion. Jessica was 2006 Youth Nationals Top Ten Winner HA/AA Ladies Side Saddle Western JTR (Junior to Ride) 17 & Under, 2006 Region 12 Champion HA/AA Ladies Side Saddle and 2006 Region 12 Reserve Champion HA/AA Western Pleasure AOTR with JAG Kalico Kid+//. Competing at the 2016 Arabian, Half Arabian, and Anglo Arabian Sport Horse Championships in Raleigh, NC she and Conkar+/ earned 9 National titles including 2017 National Champion Arabian First Level Dressage ATR out of 22 with a 66.029%, 2017 National Champion Arabian Sport Horse Under Saddle AOTR out of 39, 2017 National Top Ten Arabian Training Level Dressage AAOTR, 2017 National Top Ten Arabian Training Level Dressage ATR, 2017 National Top Ten Arabian First Level Dressage AAOTR, 2017 National Top Ten Arabian Working Hunter ATR, 2017 National Top Ten Arabian Hunter Hack ATR, 2017 National  Top Ten Arabian Hunter Hack AAOTR, and 2017 Top Ten A/HA/AA Hunt Seat Equitation Not To Jump. In 2017 Jessica was ranked Top Ten Nationally in Sport Horse Amateur by Arabian Horse World's "Totally Tops" Rankings.

Jessica is currently a Georgia Arabian Horse Association Board member. Jessica Gilker Ho was the January 2020-May 2021 1st President for the Georgia Arabian Horse Association, was the 2019 1st VP of GAHA, and was the 2017 GAHA Youth Director. Under Jessica's leadership in 2020, GAHA received the AHA Club of the Year Award with a clean sweep in all three club project categories. Jessica received the 2017 GAHA President's Award for her volunteer effort. She also received the Arabian Horse Association Club Level Volunteer Award for 2025 and 2018. 

Jessica enjoys introducing everyone to the world of horses and sharing the joy horses bring to your life. She truly loves every horse she meets and tries to find the way to best connect and communicate with each horse as an individual. She believes a well rounded equestrian can form a happy partnership with any horse they meet along the way in their equestrian journey. Jessica’s calm and reassuring nature with horses allows her to form a positive partnership with each horse. She believes a good foundation of communication, balance, fitness, and safety begins on the ground before ever sitting in a saddle.  

While balancing a busy corporate career, Jessica currently trail rides and continues to expand her dressage, classical dressage in-hand work and working equitation knowledge and education at home and abroad. Jessica is currently working towards completing 3rd level scores for her United States Dressage Federation Bronze Medal with Enzos Inspiration after earning her other scores with JAG Kalico Kid+// and Conkar+/. 

 Jessica loves to see the world from a local equestrian’s and horse’s perspective and explore local equestrian culture with riding trips in Romania, Ireland, Ecuador, and Wyoming. Her next riding trips in the works include Poland, France, England, Portugal and Slovenia. If you would like to join her on an international riding trip please reach out! 

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