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]

Totilas. Exquis Nadine. Ravel. Judgement ISF.  These are just a few of the international superstars carrying the blood of Iron Spring Farm stallions.  For more than 35 years, the farm has made some of the best European bloodlines available to … [Read more]

My horse, Petey, has been on pasture rest since an injury in early June.  He hurt himself while jumping 3’6” and we made the decision to sell him.  Petey will always have a special place in my heart since he … [Read more]

Aimee LaFayette began riding when she was five years old, when her grandmother, Janice MacLean took her to her first lesson.  Five years later, Aimee’s grandparents built Franktown Meadows Equestrian Facility so that both her sister Sarah and she could … [Read more]

Declining membership numbers in polo clubs are linked to much more than the declining state of the stock market.  Take a look at successful sports that have had explosive growth over the past decade like baseball and soccer.  Youngsters progress … [Read more]

Nona Garson has experienced the entire spectrum of excitement, thrills and disappointments offered by international grand prix jumping without ever losing her positive attitude.  Her passion for horses dates back to her childhood and it’s probably stronger than ever today:  … [Read more]

Axel Steiner is a genuinely gracious, unofficial global ambassador of dressage.  His riding began at the age of nine in Germany where he later attended two schools:  Warendorf, which conducts tests of trainers, and Neindorff, founded by Egon von Neindorff, … [Read more]