Love On A Leadline

Small Riders, Big Smiles and Even Bigger Dreams It was a family affair when Liv Slijepcevic rode Copperfield at HITS Ocala. “Sometimes the leadline life is a hard life,” joked Danika Grenier, whose 2-year-old son, Noah, took a nap on his pony Get Bugsie—while in the ring at the Partridge Series horse show last October.
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Dressage in Two Worlds: Entertainment and Competition

By George Williams Wild and crazy are not the first words that pop into your mind when thinking about dressage—yet that’s what sometimes seems to happen during the evening of the Challenge of the Americas held in March each year in Wellington, Florida. It’s a classic example of dressage tossing its hat into the entertainment
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Manufacture Your Fit: Advice to the Young Professional

By Rob Jacobs   Within any industry, it’s challenging to find a business that has most of what a person is looking for professionally. This is especially true within the equestrian industry. The industry is designed for the workaholic who is detail-orientated and willing to work more than the traditional 40 hours per week. In
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Juan Andres Rodriguez: Changing Lives Through Horses and JustWorld

By Laura Scaletti Portraits by Melissa Fuller There are three things Juan Andres Rodriguez loves: his family, his home country of Guatemala and horses. Together, family, horses and Guatemala have enabled Juan Andres to travel the world to pursue his show jumping dreams. No matter how far the journey takes him, Guatemala has always had

Jessica West: Working Hard and Winning Big With the Auburn Equestrian Team

By Haylie Kerstetter Jessica West always rode any horse that was available to her throughout her Junior career, so she knew she had an advantage when she decided she wanted to ride on an NCAA team in college. Now a senior at Auburn University and majoring in psychology, Jessica has enjoyed everything about the equestrian

Moving Your Horse Up to the Next Level 

By Liz Halliday-Sharp In a sport with three phases to compete in, knowing when you and your horse are ready to step up to the next level in eventing is an important decision to make.  This is something that I think a lot about for both my clients and my own horses, and there are
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John Plishka: Rekindling His Artistic Fire

By Shya Beth  John Plishka has a love for animals and history that has led him on a path to becoming a small animal veterinarian as well as an artist, and he’s had several once-in-a-lifetime adventures along the way.  Always having an interest in both art and animals from a young age, John grew up
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Derek Petersen: From Africa to the Promised Land

By Lyssette Williams Portraits by Melissa Fuller Morning light dawns on the green pastures of Legacy Farm’s 45 acres in Archer, Florida. As Grand Prix show jumper Derek Petersen starts his day, he can’t help but reflect on his long journey to this peaceful place: A journey filled with high-stakes risks, faith in opportunity and
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Bay Noland-Armstrong: From Heritage Farm to University of Georgia Equestrian Team

By Haylie Kerstetter Portraits by Melissa Fuller Bay Noland-Armstrong had a later start to the ‘A’ and ‘AA’ circuits, just beginning when she was 16, but her hard work and determination earned her a spot on the University of Georgia (UGA) Equestrian Team. Bay is currently in her junior year, majoring in wildlife sciences and
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A Long Look at the Short Grand Prix

By George Williams As we approach the 2022 FEI World Cup Finals in Leipzig, some of you may be asking, why in the world do we have a short Grand Prix and what is the history behind it? The simple answer has to with practicality. Of course, it makes sense in Western and Central Europe,