Joshua Smithson: Painting Tradition Through Equine Art
Sunday, January 07 2024
By Shya Beth
Joshua Smithson’s painting style can be described as humanist realist tradition. Striving to paint in a direct, realistic way without focusing too much on tiny, unimportant details, Joshua’s goal with each painting is to capture the spirit … [Read more]
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Andras Szieberth: Making American Breeding Better With LotusTeam
Sunday, January 07 2024
Andras Szieberth has a heritage of classical horsemanship: He inherited the passion for horses from not one but both of his parents, who met on a college riding team in Hungary, where Andras was born and raised. When he moved … [Read more]
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Haylie Jayne Rolfe: Family Business, From Showing to Breeding
Friday, January 05 2024
By Laura Scaletti
Portraits by Melissa Fuller
When asked, “Were you raised in a barn?” sixth generation horsewoman Haylie Jayne Rolfe proudly answers, “Yes.” Growing up in Elgin, Illinois, on the family’s Our Day Farm, Haylie and her siblings, Maggie … [Read more]
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Reliving the Pan American Games in Chile
Friday, December 29 2023
By Liz Halliday
I recently had the honor of representing my country at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, with Miks Master C. It has been a goal of mine for many, many years to be on a senior
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Looking Back and Thinking Forward
Friday, December 29 2023
By George Williams
As the year comes to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on the past 12 months yet all the while thinking about what the next year will bring. Looking back, 2023 could be referred to as the … [Read more]
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Unbridled With Jane Fennessy
Friday, December 29 2023
By Britney Grover
Jane Fennessy grew up riding alongside her father and five siblings—despite her mother’s intense fear of horses—in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. “After a year of college, I came home and told my parents they were wasting their money, … [Read more]
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The Life Skills Learned Through Riding
Friday, December 29 2023
By Margie Sugarman
Childhood is a critical period for developing essential life skills. One unconventional yet highly effective method of learning many of these skills is through a life around horses. Equine activities can be a powerful tool for both … [Read more]
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A Reflection Letter to Myself
Friday, December 29 2023
By Rob Jacobs
Dear Robert Lawrence Jacobs,
This year was quite the adventure for you, a year that may prove to be unforgettable. What you had in mind at the beginning of the year shifted quite quickly as an unexpected
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2023 Hot Horsemen
Tuesday, December 12 2023
Neal Tredinnick
When Neal Tredinnick became a farrier 20 years ago, he never would have dreamed that he would shoe all across the world for multiple international championships, including two Olympic gold-medal horses. “I never appreciated the places horses can … [Read more]
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The 2023 Sidelines Hot Horseman of the Year: Woods Baughman: Working His Way to Living His Dream
Tuesday, December 12 2023
By Laura Scaletti
Portraits by Melissa Fuller
Growing up in Lexington, Kentucky, Woods Baughman was surrounded daily by all things horse. Driving through Lexington, he couldn’t help but see horses, whether they were in a field along the road, on … [Read more]
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