4 SIDELINES DECEMBER 2013
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
France and I am sure everyone who goes will experience an
amazing adventure. I attended the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian
Games in Kentucky – where I was able to get away with speaking
English. If I go to Normandy, however, I will need to speak French
so I am brushing up on it now. Instead of learning how to say
“Where is the bathroom?” I am learning more useful phrases such
as “Can I try on your Gold Medal?” If that happens, let’s hope the
answer is “Oui, Oui!”
Another exciting adventure
Sidelines
is about to embark on is the
return of Sidelines TV. I had a great time with our producer Robert
Jordan last year at the Winter Equestrian Festival, and Rob will
be back and ready to interview riders, trainers, owners, celebrities
and more this year throughout all of South Florida. If you see Rob
at a horse show, polo match, dressage class or anywhere, offer
him some chocolate and I am sure he will interview you on the
spot. And make sure you subscribe to the Sidelines TV YouTube
channel – you don’t want to miss a second of the action. (And that
way we can all keep an eye on all the chocolate Rob is eating!)
I hope your holidays are wonderful and filled with many
blessings. I look forward to riding into 2014 together. We have a
lot of exciting news on the horizon, so if you haven’t subscribed
yet, please go to our website and do so. Now is the time to Catch
the Sidelines Spirit!!
Happy Holidays! (Joyeuses fêtes!)
Jan Westmark
Editor-In-Chief
Letter from the Editor
H
appy Holidays from everyone at
Sidelines
Magazine!
I can tell you my holidays have been a little brighter
thanks to working on the Hot Horsemen issue. As the
saying goes: It’s a tough job, but someone has to do
it. And there’s nothing like having your inbox flooded with photos
of good-looking horsemen to make you feel like Santa has you on
his “nice” list this year!
While the guys in our Hot Horsemen photo spread are attractive,
the December issue is so much more than eye candy. The feature
on our cover model, polo player Brandon Phillips, will touch your
heart because Brandon is the total package – striking on the
inside and out.
Brandon isn’t the only one who will pull on your heartstrings. The
story about Taylor Spurgeon, the 16-year-old rider from Canada
who won our
Sidelines
Magazine-Tucci “Anything Is Possible”
contest, is nothing short of amazing. Taylor won the contest, along
with a pair of new boots from our great sponsor Tucci, but she
also won our hearts. After you read her story, written by Sidelines’
own Dani Moritz, watch Taylor’s video. Dani and I both cried like
babies. Taylor’s remarkable journey shows, especially during
this holiday season, that with faith, hope and love – anything is
possible!
In this issue, I am excited to re-introduce our “Juniorside”
column. Sophie St. Clair is a high school student and talented
rider and writer from California and she has signed on to write
the column. She has been blogging on the
Sidelines
website
about her adventures in the USHJA Children’s and Adult Amateur
West Regional Jumper Championships and I know you will enjoy
meeting her. My daughter, Abby, wrote the column for several
years and now, as you can see from the photo above, she has
moved on to activities such as helping with Hot Horsemen photo
shoots. (Another tough job, I might add.) Sophie, welcome to
Sidelines
– I am sure you will enjoy this adventure.
Speaking of adventure, Shawna Karrasch has definitely
cornered that market.
Sidelines
writer Lauren Giannini caught up
with Shawna to find out how she went from training killer whales
at Sea World to training Olympic horses. Shawna has found great
success as a trainer and we are pleased to feature her in our
“Sidelines Success” story this month.
If you read my “Bottom Line” on the last page of this issue, you
will see that I am also up for adventure – in France, that is. The
2014 Alltech World Equestrian Games will be held in Normandy,
Jan and Brandon Phillips
Don’t miss the Sidelines Magazine - Tucci “Anything Is Possible” story in this
issue featuring our winner Taylor Spurgeon (pictured) and her mare Paula.
Abby and Jan Westmark with Nic Roldan during Nic’s Hot
Horsemen photo shoot.
Photo by Barbara Bower,
