When Oliver, a 13 hand, nine year old paint pony, arrived at WHHOA Horse Rescue (We Help Horses of America) near Aiken, South Carolina, founders Shannon and Jerry Stratton hoped they could help him find a better life. While that’s … [Read more]

High school senior Genay Starr Vaughn grew up riding in sunny California, where her mom, Michele Vaughn, is a dressage rider and trainer. “My mom started riding dressage when I was little which had a big influence on me. I … [Read more]

In 1992, Dot Morgan founded the New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program to re-train and find new “jobs” for Standardbreds and Thoroughbreds after their careers in harness and on the flat came to a halt.  The program, a 501(c)3 public charity; … [Read more]

Events Planner Sean O’Keefe says, “I am a horseman and a part of an incredible community of generous and gifted people.  The EAF represents to me a gathering of like minded, good-hearted people who care for each other and those … [Read more]

A little background on the Sidelines Tetrathlon.

About ten years ago … give or take one or two memory lapses on our part, The Sidelines Equestrian Triathlon came about as the brainchild of some of the Sidelines staff.  While we … [Read more]

The Wild, Wild West returns for the second-annual Sidelines Equestrian Tetrathlon to benefit the Equestrian Aid Foundation on Sunday, February 5, 2012, at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Not your average competition, the Tetrathlon brings … [Read more]

Eduardo Tame spends time in Mexico City and at the house his father bought in Houston Texas.  He’s a writer and served as press officer for the 2011 Guadalajara Pan American Games.  He rides three horses a day and enjoys … [Read more]

Successful junior rider Schaefer Raposa is a star in the show ring and the talented equestrian has learned the horse business from the best possible source – her family.  Schaefer is the daughter of equestrians David and Kara Raposa and … [Read more]

Horses have taken Richard Lamb around the world.  His most recent adventure took place at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico where he coached the US Pentathletes:  Margaux Isaksen (individual women’s gold medal), Suzanne Stettinius, Dennis Bowsher and … [Read more]

Put the best mare to the best stallion and hope for the best sums up the gamble of breeding.  The hopes and dreams that arise during 11 months of gestation escalate when that spindly, splay-legged foal enters the world.  To … [Read more]