Rockin’ Mental Tools in Riding and Competition
Thursday, July 15 2021
By George Williams
“It’s all because your mama don’t dance and your daddy don’t rock and roll!” The Loggins & Messina lyric is definitely catchy. I’m not sure why it popped into my head when it did. However, … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature
The Risk and Duty of Designing Jumping Courses
Saturday, July 10 2021
By Armand Leone Jr.
When it comes to course designing in the jumper rings, safety of the horse and rider are the greatest concern. However, it’s also a course designer’s job to create a track that presents a level of … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature
Louise Atkins: Getting a Star Ready to Re-Shine
Friday, July 02 2021
By Haylie Kerstetter
Louise Atkins is a dressage queen with a love for fancy off-the-track Thoroughbreds, so when she met Imperative, winner of $3.3 million on the racetrack, she was worried that he may not be meant for the dressage … [Read more]
- Published in General, Sidelines Feature
Equest: Celebrating 40 Years of Royal Achievements
Thursday, June 24 2021
By Britney Grover
Excitement filled the air at Equest, Texas’ largest and oldest therapeutic horsemanship center, on a warm October day in 2000. The horses gleamed; the stable was clean; demonstration riders were at the ready. A 14-year-old girl with … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature
Kate Mathews: Writing Her Riding Story
Monday, June 21 2021
By Ruby Tevis
Portraits by Melissa Fuller
Kate Mathews is a storyteller, and at just 17 years old, the young dressage rider has only written the beginning of her own story. With a passion for horses, writing and the arts, … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature
Focus and Family in the Hunter-Jumper Ring
Saturday, June 19 2021
By Nicki Shahinian-Simpson
Nicki Shahinian-Simpson had a successful career as a junior rider in the East, where she won both the ASPCA Maclay National Championship and the U.S. Medal Championship. After moving to the West Coast, Nicki continued to place … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature
Clare Christie: The Journey of Sculpting Movement
Monday, June 14 2021
By Shya Beth
Equine artist Clare Christie finds that sculpting brings forth an intuitive skill to capture and present the energetic form of the horse in clay. “I’m constantly training my eye to catch the subtleties of the horse,” Clare … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature
North American Youth Championships and the Importance of Friendly Rivalry
Saturday, June 12 2021
By George Williams
Every year as the days get longer and summer is almost here, I start looking forward to what has become an institution: one of the most instrumental dressage competitions we have in North America, the FEI North … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature
From Polocrosse to Eventing Nothing Stops Andrew Diemer
Friday, June 11 2021
By Ruby Tevis
Portraits by Pam Jensen
Andrew Diemer has learned to seek the silver lining in every challenge he has faced. Through the highs of international polocrosse and eventing championships to the lows of open-heart surgeries and a lower-leg … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature
Barbara Phillips: Saving Gracie & More One Horse at a Time
Monday, June 07 2021
By Britney Grover
Deep in the Wasatch Mountains near Park City, Utah, Barbara Phillips and her husband, Mike, own 4,000 acres that is now known as Blue Sky. Barbara retired from her 20-plus-year career in the fitness industry in 2005 … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature