SL Editor, Author at Sidelines Magazine

My Ride with the Law (at Rolex!)

Tuesday, June 30 2015 by SL Editor

By Susan Friedland-Smith Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I’d ever have the chance to ride the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event cross-country course during the “Best Weekend All Year” in April! Especially since I’ve had my horse for less than a year and I’m not an eventer. (Details, details!) Thanks to the

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Tagged under: California Hoofbeats, cross-country, Derek di Grazia, eventing, Kentucky, kentucky horse park, Keyhole, Leslie Law, lexington, Rainbell, rolex, Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, sidelines-magazine, Susan Friedland-Smith

Polocrosse: King of the One-Horse Sports

Tuesday, June 30 2015 by SL Editor

By Kerstie Allen This month I’d like to give a big shout out to my fellow teammates of the American Polocrosse Association U.S.A. World Cup team as they head to South Africa in July to represent the United States against five other countries in the 2015 Polocrosse World Cup. Polocrosse is “the king of one-horse

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Tagged under: 2015 Polocrosse World Cup, American Polocrosse Association, Aussi Stock Saddle, australia, kerstie-allen, passion-for-polo, polo, polocrosse, sidelines-magazine

Helping Riders Find Their Balance

Monday, June 29 2015 by SL Editor

By Katie Navarra Aboard a wooden rocking horse stabled in the waiting room of his father’s pediatrician office, Martin David Cohen spent hours with his “first horse.” Alternating between the rocking horse and a smaller rocking donkey, Martin tallied hours in the saddle. “I rode, or rocked, until they were almost off the ground,” he reminisced.

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Tagged under: design, Entrepreneur, Jan Ebling, Katie Navarra, Martin David Cohen, MDC, MDC ‘S’ Pony Classic, MDC Classic™, MDC Comfort Stirrup™, MDC Stirrups, MDC Ultimate Stirrups™, sidelines-magazine, stirrups, Will Coleman

Callie Schott — Coming Back Home

Friday, June 26 2015 by SL Editor

By Doris Degner-Foster Callie Schott has two superstitions. “When I’m riding in an important class, I hate having anything new: no new breeches or a new show coat,” she said. “I also leave my dry cleaning tags on my clothes for good luck.” However, superstition and luck played no part in influencing Callie’s decision to

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Tagged under: beezie madden, Callie Schott, Doris Degner-Foster, Elaine Schott, John Madden, Kentucky, River Mountain Farm, show jumping, sidelines-magazine, wrigley

Keeping Her Wings

Thursday, June 25 2015 by SL Editor

Step By Step Foundation’s Liliane Stransky By Doris Degner-Foster Founder and president of Step By Step Foundation, Liliane Stransky Secchi, spoke of an important childhood memory that had a profound effect on her life. “When I was 6 years old, I was watching a movie on TV about a woman in Mexico that had an

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Tagged under: Abandoned Children Foundation, Ambassador Riders, Children’s Home Society of Florida, Daniela Stransky, Doris Degner-Foster, florida, Haiti, Liliane Stransky, Orphanage, Riders Give, sidelines-magazine, Step By Step Foundation, Stransky’s Mission Farm, venezuela, wellington

America’s Sweetheart — Beezie Madden

Monday, June 22 2015 by SL Editor

By Doris Degner-Foster If someone was a successful working student for Olympic gold medalist and international coach Katie Monahan Prudent, it would probably be a risky move to voluntarily leave and go work at a sale barn. But it turned out to be a very good step for Beezie Madden. “When John [Madden] offered me

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Tagged under: Abigail Wexner, America’s Sweetheart, Authentic, beezie madden, Cortes 'C', cover story, Doris Degner-Foster, Gold Medalist, John Madden, John Madden Sales, July, Katie Monahan-Prudent, Northern Magic, olympic, sidelines-magazine, Simon

Pipe Stalls Offer Great Views in California

Thursday, June 18 2015 by SL Editor

By Susan Friedland-Smith Question: When is a barn not a barn? In the United Kingdom when you go to ride horses at the “yard”? Or perhaps when you’re a home renovator who turns a legitimate horse barn into a house for humans? (I shudder at the thought!) Answer: Definitely when you live in Southern California

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Tagged under: California Hoofbeats, Flag Is Up Farms, Knight, monty roberts, Mustang, Pipe Corrals, Pipe Stalls, Santa Ynez Valley, Shy Boy, sidelines-magazine, Susan Friedland-Smith

It’s Fun to Be an Amateur

Monday, June 15 2015 by SL Editor

By Kathy Serio Riding as an amateur certainly has the good, the bad and the ugly. For many years, the Handy Hunter Over Fences class was removed from the Amateur Owner division and we were given a reprieve from having to show the “handiness” of our mounts. The class came back into popularity within the

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Tagged under: amateur, Amateur/Owner, Amateurisms, Chapeau, handy, Kathy Serio, sidelines-magazine

Life in the Art World

Monday, June 15 2015 by SL Editor

Canadian Artist Melinda Brewer By Katie Navarra Canadian-based artist Melinda Brewer has dedicated her life to chronicling the sport of polo and its most accomplished horses. She’s been honored with countless awards and her artwork has hung in galleries across North America and around the world. This year marks the fourth consecutive year she’s been

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Tagged under: art, artist, Canada, equine, hounds, Katie Navarra, melinda brewer, polo, Polostars, sidelines-magazine, Watercolor, wildlife

From Medical School to a New Life in Wellington

Friday, June 05 2015 by SL Editor

Nataly Leibovitz’s Dreams Have Come True By Doris Degner-Foster Israel native Nataly Leibovitz went on vacation to Wellington, Florida, after her third year of medical school and was so impressed that she left school to move there. “I was star struck! I was like a kid going to Disney World for the first time —