Lou Cirignano – Riding and Thriving Through Cancer
Wednesday, October 05 2016
Lourdes “Lou” Cirignano assumed she needed to wear a more supportive bra for horseback riding in 2013 when she developed a stubborn rash that wouldn’t go away on her left nipple. The spunky brunette from Lake Forest, … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
It’s All Horses, Horses, Horses for Samantha Schaefer
Thursday, September 29 2016
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]
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
Equestrian Destination: Franklin, Tennessee
Monday, August 22 2016
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]
- Published in General, Sidelines Spotlight
Sissie Anderton: Building the Brownland Farm Legacy
Sunday, August 07 2016
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]
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
Olympic Dressage — Looking Toward Rio with Steffen Peters: Dancing Horses and Riders Aim for the Podium
Monday, July 25 2016
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]
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
Antonio Martinez: It’s All About Family
Monday, July 18 2016
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]
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
Unbridled with Missy Clark
Monday, July 11 2016
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]
- Published in General, Sidelines Spotlight
Billy Glass: Advocate for Equitation – Leader in the Horse Show Industry Is a True Equine-Inspired Success Story
Monday, June 20 2016
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]
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
Unbridled with Leopoldo Palacios
Tuesday, June 07 2016
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
Thursday, June 02 2016
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]
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight