Joni Werthan: A Real Life Dr. Dolittle
Tuesday, December 12 2023
By Laura Scaletti
Portraits by Brenda Black
As a child, Joni Werthan loved traveling with her parents to New York City. Although the Werthan family had horses at home in Tennessee, Joni was fascinated by the carriage horses she saw … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature
Jenna Steffens: Real Estate From “Beach to Barn”
Tuesday, December 12 2023
By Britney Grover
Jenna Steffens first started frequenting Wellington, Florida, at 15 when she competed there in dressage. Now, she is intimately familiar with the area not as a competitor but as the real estate advisor behind Steffens Equestrian at … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature
Kay Witherspoon: From Lipstick Scribbles to Painting Polo Ponies
Tuesday, December 12 2023
By Shya Beth
Kay Witherspoon’s goal as an artist has always been to create paintings that offer more than just visual appeal. After Kay’s first scribbles with her mother’s lipstick on her childhood home’s walls at a mere 4 years … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature
Ariana Marnell: Born to Jump, Mental Mastery to Win
Tuesday, December 12 2023
By Laura Scaletti
Portraits by Shawna Whitty
Ariana Marnell had a breakout year in 2022 with her partner Babylon in the Small Junior Hunters. After taking the reins from trainer John French, Ariana piloted Babylon to champion at Devon, Junior … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature
Unbridled With Tony Sgarlata
Thursday, November 16 2023
By Britney Grover
It’s hard to get Tony Sgarlata to talk about himself—much easier, in fact, to get him talking about horses, his dogs or the people in his life. That doesn’t mean he and his career aren’t worth celebrating. … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature
The Secrets of Whorls in Horses
Thursday, November 16 2023
By Margie Sugarman
What do Marie Claire, Anne Hathaway, Megan Fox, Kate Bosworth, Lindsay Lohan, Blake Lively,
Madonna and maybe your horse have in common?
Cowlicks and whorls. These terms come from a rather interesting definition: They are nouns that … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature
Managing the Journey That Is the Equestrian Industry
Thursday, November 16 2023
By Rob Jacobs
As competitive equestrians, we may go through phases of winning and having success so routinely that it may become expected. When this is the case, it’s likely more challenging to comprehend a horse show that was unexpectedly … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature
The Pan American Games Final Outing at Loch Moy Farm
Sunday, November 05 2023
By Liz Halliday
During the first week of October, the U.S. eventing team gathered at Loch Moy Farm in Maryland for the mandatory final outing ahead of the 2023 Pan American Games. The event offered a unique and invaluable preparation … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, What's Happenin'
Taylor Manning: Turning Her Vision Into Reality
Tuesday, October 31 2023
By Tafra Donberger
Portraits by Kristie Scholten
Taylor Manning was a very determined 11-year-old with a plan when she called her parents into their family living room one afternoon. Unbeknownst to them, she had decided she wanted to ride horses
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature
Peighton Deitz: Riding, Studying & Sewing Belts
Tuesday, October 31 2023
By Britney Grover
Portraits by Johanna Henjes
Peighton Deitz is 16 years old, a junior in high school preparing for riding in college, and the owner and operator of Grey Horse 
Equestrian Belt Co. She started making her own belts … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature