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

Story by Susan Friedland Photos by Carolyn Rikje Photography For any horse, visiting a showground for the first time is a momentous, and sometimes stressful, occasion. However, two born-in-the wild Chincoteague Pony fillies hopped off a horse trailer at World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida, for Breyer Fun Day, May 17, and took their new

By Shya Beth There are so many things about being an equine photographer that bring 25-year-old Madison Taskanikas joy. One aspect is that it allows her to travel across the country, meet many different people and learn their stories. Another is that she can explore her creativity in a way that benefits others by memorializing