My Ride with the Law (at Rolex!)
Tuesday, June 30 2015
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 … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
Polocrosse: King of the One-Horse Sports
Tuesday, June 30 2015
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 … [Read more]
- Published in Weekly Feature
Helping Riders Find Their Balance
Monday, June 29 2015
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 … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature
Callie Schott — Coming Back Home
Friday, June 26 2015
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 … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
Keeping Her Wings
Thursday, June 25 2015
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, … [Read more]
- Published in Weekly Feature
America’s Sweetheart — Beezie Madden
Monday, June 22 2015
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 … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature
Pipe Stalls Offer Great Views in California
Thursday, June 18 2015
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 … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
It’s Fun to Be an Amateur
Monday, June 15 2015
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 … [Read more]
- Published in Weekly Feature
Life in the Art World
Monday, June 15 2015
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 … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature
From Medical School to a New Life in Wellington
Friday, June 05 2015
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 … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight