By Shya Beth Ancient artifacts, weathered down to their pure essence, embody powerful inspiration for Amy Laugesen’s ceramic and mixed media equine sculptures. Her sculpted creations hearken back to objects of antiquity that are familiar in museums, often with arms, legs and head that have been broken off and lost to time. Even with the

By Laura Scaletti Portraits by Kacy Brown It was only a matter of time before Madison Stewart followed in her family’s footsteps and got involved with horses. “As long as I can remember, horses have been part of my life. When I was younger, my mom, Michelle Radley, had her own horse training business, so

By Laura Scaletti Portraits by Kacy Brown When Jake Parker Wymard aged out of the Juniors and turned professional in 2019, he, his mother/business partner, Ginger Parker, and their business manager, Erika Sentz, agreed that it was a good time to rebrand. They changed the name of their current showing and training operation from Flower

By Laura Scaletti Portraits by Kacy Brown They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. For Jenny Cunningham, a 2012 trip from Ireland to Vegas for her 21st birthday was just the beginning of her American story. It was during that trip that Jenny met Zach, her now-husband. “I was finishing college and had

By Jessica Grutkowski Portraits by Lauren Ann Wagner Isabel McGovern had nothing to lose when she attended tryouts for Auburn University’s National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) team on her first day of school freshman year. The chances of being recruited to play on a D1 NCEA dual-discipline team are quite slim, especially at Auburn, a

By Laura Scaletti Portraits by Melissa Fuller A diehard “My Little Pony” fan, Eva Paliouras was obsessed with horses as a child. Eva relentlessly begged her parents to take her to a riding lesson, without any success. After her parents said no, Eva found a secret weapon—her grandma. “A few weeks after I started begging

By Jessica Grutkowski Portraits by Sara Farrell As a little girl growing up in Washington state, Emilie Goddard devoured every horse book she could find at her local library. No one in Emilie’s family rode horses, but she was largely inspired by her grandfather’s obsession with all things Western, and her father’s passion for art