It’s All Horses, Horses, Horses for Samantha Schaefer

 

By Lauren R. Giannini
Portraits by Isabel J. Kurek

“I love to show,” said Samantha Schaefer, who goes by Sam. “Horses have always been part of me, and I think that you learn a lot just by being around … [Read more]

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Equestrian Destination: Franklin, Tennessee

By Britney Anderson
Imagine a town that’s neither forgotten the past nor remained stuck in it; a town with a rich history, including one of the Civil War’s largest battles — regularly reenacted — but also one of the fastest … [Read more]

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Sissie Anderton: Building the Brownland Farm Legacy

 

By Lauren R. Giannini

Brownland Farm owes its place in the horse world to “Sissie” — born Margaret Brown — Anderton. During her childhood in Franklin, Tennessee, she set her sights on an equestrian career although her family specialized … [Read more]

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Olympic Dressage — Looking Toward Rio with Steffen Peters: Dancing Horses and Riders Aim for the Podium

 

 

 

By Lauren R. Giannini

Beautiful dancing horses and their riders make Grand Prix look easy, but dressage is anything but. It requires years of training and practice, incredible focus and concentration, superior core strength and skills. Horses … [Read more]

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Antonio Martinez: It’s All About Family

 

By Doris Degner-Foster

Family has always played an important role in show jumper Antonio Martinez’s life. So when Antonio was ready to venture out on his own from the family horse business, the separation was especially difficult for his … [Read more]

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Unbridled with Missy Clark

By Lisa Engel

Missy Clark, one of the country’s top trainers, owns North Run Farm in Vermont and Florida with her husband John Brennan. For most of the last 20 years, North Run riders have won a national equitation championship … [Read more]

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Billy Glass: Advocate for Equitation – Leader in the Horse Show Industry Is a True Equine-Inspired Success Story

 

By Lindsay Brock

Billy Glass remembers the first horse show he attended like it was yesterday. A self-proclaimed city kid growing up in Buffalo, New York, his first steps near a show jumping ring were in his hometown at … [Read more]

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Unbridled with Leopoldo Palacios

By Lisa Engel

Leopoldo Palacios is a horse sport personality easily recognized around the world. An FEI ‘O’ course designer, Leopoldo set the tracks at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was the course co-designer for the 2008 Olympic Games with … [Read more]

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HEART: Humane Equine Aid and Rapid Transport

By Hilary Winocoor

During the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, a group of investors got together and sponsored an equine ambulance. Following the Games, the ambulance owner planned to have the equine ambulance disabled.

Meri Straz, an attendant who worked with … [Read more]

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Show Jumper Brian Walker Answers Your Questions

Brian Walker, a dual Canadian and American citizen, has trained, worked and ridden alongside the best in the world over the last 25 years. As a junior, Brian won the Maclay Medal Equitation Championship in 2001. Brian has made a … [Read more]