Brooke Giacin: Focusing on Equitation and Photography
Monday, July 30 2018
By Alannah Castro For 17-year-old Brooke Giacin, life is about embracing your passions, and her passion is the equitation ring. While she was born into a horsey family, her beginnings were decidedly Western. When first teaching Brooke how to ride, her mother, Page, wanted her to learn something simple with an easy pattern to memorize,
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Hannah Murray: In Tune With Music and Horses
Wednesday, July 25 2018
By Doris Degner-Foster Hannah Murray was 5 years old when she heard violin music for the first time. She was so impressed, she demanded on the spot to take violin lessons. Luckily for Hannah, the young lady whose playing had captivated the group with a rousing rendition of a tune from “Fiddler on the Roof”
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Lissa Bachner: Blind Trust and an Incredible Partnership
Thursday, July 19 2018
By Heather Wallace Portraits by Isabel J. Kurek Most hunters count strides between the jumps, but that’s not easy for blind rider Lissa Bachner. Imagine entering the show ring and only seeing the jump colors with one eye at close distance, or listening for a friend to tell you when to turn. “My friends discuss
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National Titles for Caitlin Boyle and Auburn University Equestrian
Monday, July 09 2018
By Carter Anderson Caitlin Boyle knows a thing or two about riding into the winner’s circle, not only from her junior career but in her collegiate career as well. Caitlin attends Auburn University, where she is a vital piece to a very competitive team. At the 2018 NCEA National Championships, held in Waco, Texas, Caitlin helped
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Maggie Hill: From Wyoming to Wellington
Tuesday, June 26 2018
By Mandy Boggs Portraits by Kim MacMillan Many riders have dabbled in other disciplines, but not many have experience in the variety of disciplines that Maggie Hill has, and all before the age of 15. Maggie started her riding career in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where her family lived, riding western in 4-H before moving on
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Ryan Beckett: Always Up for a Challenge – Hiking, Biking, Riding and Learning from Real Estate to Reality TV
Friday, June 22 2018
By Britney Grover Portraits by Isabel J. Kurek Though he laughingly refers to himself with the age-old adage “jack of all trades, master of none,” Ryan Beckett’s affinity for stepping out of his comfort zone has given him a list of impressive, if eclectic, accomplishments. A successful Wellington realtor, Ryan has also competed in an
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Kasia Bukowska: Passion, Poland & Painting
Friday, June 01 2018
By Britney Grover Equestrian artist Kasia Bukowska doesn’t just love horses; her passion has led her to relocate across the world, attracted her now-husband across an immense language barrier, given her the fortitude to overcome debilitating illness and driven her to create and market her unique equestrian art. “When he first took me for a
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Diane Roth Combines Horse Sense With Fashion Sense
Tuesday, May 29 2018
By Dani Moritz-Long Horse. Of the millions of words in the English language, this was Diane Roth’s first uttering — a word, mind you, that completely perplexed her urbanite parents, who found the equestrian term to be nearly as foreign as a word spoken in an entirely different language. Nonetheless, despite her parents’ confusion, horses
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CANTER Kentucky: On the Forefront of Rehoming American Ex-Racehorses
Wednesday, May 23 2018
By Britney Grover Known as CANTER, the Communication Alliance to Network Thoroughbred Ex-Racehorses is now a nationwide effort to help find off-the-track Thoroughbreds (OTTBs) new homes, and has succeeded in transitioning over 25,000 OTTBs nationwide. CANTER is run 100 percent by volunteers both at a national level and in each of the 18 independent affiliate
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Cornelia Dorr: Rising Talent in U.S. Eventing – Named the USEA’s 2017 Young Rider of the Year, This “One to Watch” Is Taking the Eventing World by Storm
Wednesday, May 09 2018
By Britney Grover Portraits by Barbara Bower After earning team gold and individual bronze at the CCI* FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships in 2016, then-18-year-old Cornelia Dorr decided to take a gap year between high school and college to determine if she had what it took to make a career out of
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