Sarah Maslin Nir: Still Horse Crazy
Wednesday, March 01 2023
by Elliette Baker
By Kimberly Gatto “Who hasn’t seen a horse and felt its tug on their heart?” Those words, spoken by writer and lifelong equestrian Sarah Maslin Nir, sum up concisely the love affair that humans have long shared with horses. Sarah should know; her passion for equines has virtually shaped her life. Sarah has felt firsthand
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Good for the HEART: Riding With HEART Builds Lasting Community in New Jerse
Tuesday, February 28 2023
by Elliette Baker
By Lyssette Williams It takes a special person to dedicate their life to a philanthropic cause, and few feel the call to such service. Carla Harbourt felt that call in her very bones, working her way from volunteer to therapeutic riding instructor and on to executive director at New Jersey-based therapeutic riding center, Riding With
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Andie Sue Roth: Enjoying Every Step of the Journey
Tuesday, February 28 2023
by Elliette Baker
By Laura Scaletti “You can do hard things” is the mantra Andie Sue Roth’s parents, Drew and Barbie Tilden Roth, have instilled upon their daughter since day one. Adopted from Guangzhou, China, at 15 months old, Andie Sue underwent amputation surgery below the knee shortly after arriving in the United States. Born without enough bones
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Alex Granato: Living the Life He Only Dreamed
Tuesday, February 28 2023
by Elliette Baker
Story and portraits by Lindsay McCall Becoming obsessed with the equestrian sport while he was young was easy for Alex Granato. He loved animals, enjoyed the competition and he was talented. He began by taking opportunities and making sacrifices so he could live a dream equestrian life. There were setbacks, triumphs and one chance in
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Unbridled With Lynn Walsh
Friday, January 06 2023
by Ruby Tevis
By Britney Grover Lynn Walsh is an influential member of the Texas hunter-jumper community—as a passionate volunteer. She’s had the “horse bug” ever since she was a toddler and cherished growing up in Pony Club even as her family moved around Canada for her father’s Royal Canadian Air Force career, but has always ridden as
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Cassandra Kahle: A Life Turned Upside Down
Tuesday, December 27 2022
by Ruby Tevis
By Ruby Tevis Portraits by Adrienne Morella One year ago, Cassandra “Cassie” Kahle had her life turned upside down. As a professional rider and trainer at Emil Spadone’s Redfield Farm, Cassie was riding a sales horse in a 1.40m class at HITS Ocala when her horse took off too early, leading to a catastrophic fall
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Foxhunting With the Moore County Hounds
Wednesday, November 16 2022
by Ruby Tevis
Isabella Tanner Southern Pines, North Carolina 7th grade Pony Club member, foxhunter and eventer How did you get started riding? Four years ago, my grandma put me and my cousin, Grace, into summer horse camp in Maryland. Shortly after camp, I started taking lessons at a hunter barn in Orlando, Florida. My mom and dad weren’t into
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The Value of Nations Cup Team Competitions
Wednesday, November 16 2022
by Ruby Tevis
By Liz Halliday-Sharp I have been lucky through the years to compete on multiple Nations Cup Teams for the USA and it’s always an honor to represent my country. This year I had the opportunity to compete on the team at the Bromont CCIO4*S in Canada and the Boekelo CCIO4*L in the Netherlands, and the
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Ansley Wright: College Adventure From Florida to California
Saturday, October 01 2022
by Ruby Tevis
By Jan Westmark Bauer Portraits by Melissa Fuller Ansley Wright lives in sunny South Florida and is looking forward to her collegiate adventure, which will take her to another sunny state—it just happens to be 3,000 miles away. Ansley is headed to University of California, Davis in the fall as an incoming freshman, and said
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Don’t Forget What To Do When it Goes Wrong
Thursday, July 14 2022
by Ruby Tevis
By Rob Jacobs One thing is for sure: When riding horses, it goes wrong for us all. Whether you show on a nationally recognized level or if you ride throughout your local trails, occasionally, things will go opposite of your plan as both humans and horses make mistakes. The most common mistake is a
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