The Importance of Being Proactive

By George Williams     Rumors of photographers lurking in the trees taking pictures of the warm-up spread quickly at a major competition in France last month. Our riders are not used to that kind of unfriendly scrutiny and it was easy for them to be distracted, causing them to become immediately suspicious of individuals occasionally
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Unbridled with Bev Bedard

By Britney Grover     Other than leaving for college, Bev Bedard has lived within 20 miles of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, all her life. She’s also loved horses all her life, so of course, whenever the Pennsylvania National Horse Show was in town, she begged her parents to take her every single day.   When she
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Katie Duerrhammer: Driven by Love and Respect for Horses

By Kimberly Gatto Portraits by Melissa Fuller   It’s been said that the harder you work towards a dream or goal, the greater you will feel when you achieve it. While FEI dressage rider Katie (Johnson) Duerrhammer’s elegance in the saddle appears to be effortless, her success is, in reality, the culmination of years of
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2022 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Induction Gala — Wellington, Florida

The Show Jumping Hall of Fame Induction Gala, held in March in Wellington, Florida, inducted Olympic veteran Beezie Madden, media executive and fundraiser Mason Phelps, Jr., Olympic rider Margie Engle and McLain Ward’s two-time gold medal Olympic mount, Sapphire. The induction dinner also recognized 10 others in attendance who have previously been inducted into the
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Cutest Horse Races Ever: Leadline Racing at the Aiken Horse Trials

Photos by Barbara Magrogan   Young participants in leadline racing at the Aiken Horse Trials show off their goodie bags.       Imogen Weaver obviously takes leadline trot racing very seriously, led by Regina Welsh and riding Olney Quick Draw McGraw.     Rider Carson Lily Moyer is absolutely adorable on pony Olaf, led
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Industry Innovator: Cathy Sacher & Essex Classics

By Britney Grover Portraits by Isabel J. Kurek Cathy Sacher founded Essex Classics in 1985.   Cathy Sacher knows show shirts: She’s been wearing them even longer than she’s been making them. She began taking riding lessons at 10 years old, showing locally through her teenage years. “I got a taste for the ‘A’ show
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Jesse Hall: The Blind Blacksmith

By Britney Grover     If it looks like blacksmith and craftsman Jesse Hall isn’t looking directly at the red-hot metal he’s working with, it’s because he’s not. Jesse is legally blind. He has Stargardt disease, a rare, hereditary eye disorder that affects the central field of vision—the vision most of us use on a
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Photography, Horses and a Photographic Memory

Melissa Fuller Palm City, Florida Editorial and Freelance Photographer Melissa Fuller   How long have you been part of the horse world? My best friend in middle school had an Appaloosa mare that kicked off my love of horses. All my horse-crazy friends and I used to make our “dream horse” list by picking out
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Occupation: Horse Show Doer of Many Things

Liz Soroka Shelter Island, New York (“But really it’s wherever our camper is!”) Event Coordinator, Co-Founder of StableMaster LLC, Jump Designer, Etc. Liz enjoying a hike in Lake Placid, New York. Photo courtesy of Liz Soroka   How long have you been part of the horse world? My parents moved our family from New Jersey to
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Cosby Green: Talking About Horses

  By Jan Westmark Bauer Portraits by Alex Banks Cosby is a student at the University of Kentucky and was the Advanced Intercollegiate Champion in 2021.   Eventer Cosby Green’s propensity for talking about horses developed in early childhood. Although born to non-horsey parents, she was fortunate to have grandparents who owned a Thoroughbred breeding
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