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4 SIDELINES MAY 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE

given our website a new life of its own. We’ve been especially thrilled to welcome Dr. Alex Emerson as our newest blogger, his “Injecting Perspective” blog has quickly skyrocketed to popularity since its debut in March.

Before she said goodbye, Erin visited with star couple Will and

Nicole Simpson, and Harley Brown, who is one of the West Coast’s leading grand prix riders.

We couldn’t do without Jan Westmark’s way with junior riders, and this month she found several promising teens to showcase. Brynn Elliott fromAtlanta, knows how to set goals and reach them, and Natalya Jarczyk, winner of this year’s Marshall & Sterling Child/Adult Jumper Classic at HITS Ocala is a bubbly 9 th grader who defnitely knows her way around the show ring.

Rachel Chowanec is a junior dressage rider who also caught our attention, and Jan found this hard working Lendon Gray protégé to be a rising star. Learn to spell her name: she’s going to be in the ribbons for some time to come.

Danika Rice caught up with Trevor Allen and Nic Roldan in two insightful interviews with these young guns of polo.

There is lots more of course. One of the things that makes me proudest of Sidelines is the sheer number of stories we get

in every issue. Most other publications will have four to six stories per issue, and the department columns. Not us! We pack the stories in so there are interesting people to read about who jump, play polo, event, ride dressage and give horses a second chance. So once again, grab the cat and a cup of coffee, sit down and take a breather, and enjoy this issue of Sidelines.

Till next month, Cornelia Henderson

Letter from the Editor

At press time, we still don’t know for sure who is – and isn’t – going to Rolex. What we do know is that our intrepid and ever-dedicated star writer/photographer Lauren Giannini will be there again, trying to do and see it all, and then write about her experiences. Lauren is pretty much an old hand at Rolex, and we rely on her for the vast majority of our eventing stories, so when for our May issue rolled around, deadlines meant she was going to have to wing it when it came time for the preview.

As always, she stepped up to the plate, not only with our fun, gutsy cover shot, but also several delightful stories. My favorite is of course “Behind the Ears” what’s there not to love about a guy with the camera on his helmet and an amazing horse between his knees? Lauren also visited with Jan Byyny, whose remarkable recovery from a stroke continues, and she takes a look at who just might be in the starting box at America’s biggest and only fve star event I know, whatever your main discipline, you’ll enjoy her insights.

This issue marks the end of Erin Gilmore’s all too brief stint as Sidelines’ contributing editor. She’s not leaving us, but is leaving our pages, taking over as our social networking and website guru (guruette?) and I know you will all continue to enjoy her blog “On the Line” as well as our other stable of bloggers, which have

Contributing Photographers

Robbi Meisel - www. fashpointphotography.com Jordan Koepke - www.jordankoepke.com Elisabeth Harpham - www.equidigital.com Laura Cotterman - www.learntotakephotos.com Annelise Reinhart - springtreephotography.com Selena Frederick - www.chevalphotos.com Alan Fabricant www.alfabphoto.com Jack Mancini

www.manciniphotos.com Sharon Packer www.sharonpacker.com Kym Ketcham

http://kymketcham.zenfolio.com/