Ask the Judge: Stephanie Cumming
Wednesday, April 10 2019
By Carter Anderson
Have you ever wondered what the judge is looking for? Stephanie Cumming has been judging collegiate meets for eight years and has a specific process when choosing the winner. If she’s not in the judge’s booth, you … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
Everything Eventing with Boyd Martin
Wednesday, April 10 2019
What do you like or dislike about arena eventing?
To be quite honest, I love it; I think it’s a new and different form of our sport that’s very, very exciting for the riders and the spectators. One of the … [Read more]
- Published in General
Adrienne Sternlicht’s Star-Lit Path to Self-Confidence and Success: Beating Mental Blocks to Claim the Team World Championship
Tuesday, April 09 2019
By Britney Grover
Adrienne Sternlicht knows it takes more than wishing on a star to be successful. She knows it takes hard work, dedication, strength, talent, top trainers and the right horse. Mounted on her “horse-of-a-lifetime,” Cristalline, and trained by … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature
Great and Small: Using Horses to Ensure All Know They’re Great
Friday, April 05 2019
By Britney Grover
Some hope to find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. For others, it would be far more valuable to find a horse. Even just a few minutes with a horse can do wonders … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
Unbridled with Beezie Madden
Thursday, April 04 2019
By Jan Westmark
Social media influencers are all the rage now, but show jumper Beezie Madden has been influencing generations of young riders since long before social media existed. When young riders were asked who they looked up to the … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature
Hattie Gilpin: Horses, Tiffany’s and Her Own Jewelry Line
Tuesday, April 02 2019
By Alannah Castro
Portraits by Kathy Russell
As a young girl, Hattie Gilpin took an unconventional route to the horse world: She got involved in competitive swimming at a very young age, and her assistant swim coach introduced her to … [Read more]
- Published in Weekly Feature
Melinda Van Dyck: Life on Stage and on Horseback
Friday, March 29 2019
By Hope Ellis-Ashburn
Portraits by Shawna Simmons
Actress Melinda Van Dyck is a lifelong equestrian with Hollywood roots. The daughter of thespian Joan Bennett and screenwriter and producer Gene Markey, she was born in the 1930s and raised in the … [Read more]
- Published in Weekly Feature
Tracey Noonan: One Wicked Good Woman
Wednesday, March 27 2019
By Kathryn McMackin
Portraits by Shawna Simmons
There’s something about a horse — and a barn, for that matter — that teaches lessons and builds character. From focus and drive to empathy, the traits honed from a partnership with a … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
Michelle Durpetti: An Old-Fashioned Work Ethic
Monday, March 25 2019
As Michelle Durpetti waits to jog her amateur-owner hunter, Lucca, at the Kentucky Horse Park, she’s talking animatedly into headphones tucked carefully under her helmet with her cellphone in hand.
The 40-year-old Chicago native is on a conference call with … [Read more]
- Published in Weekly Feature
Dressage & Beyond with Charlotte Bredahl
Monday, March 18 2019
Charlotte Bredahl was a member of the 1992 bronze medal U.S. Olympic dressage team in Barcelona riding Monsieur. In 1997, she was part of the silver–winning team at the North American Championship on Lugano. She trained both horses … [Read more]
- Published in General