By Laura Scaletti Portraits by Kacy Brown For nearly 30 years, when the New York Stock Exchange rang its opening bell at 9:30 a.m. it had a direct impact on Valerie Kalderon’s day. While on Wall Street, Valerie worked for Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, where she became known as “The Fixer.” Regardless of what

By Laura Scaletti Portraits by Melissa Fuller When Tessa Downey was 13 years old, she met an unlikely partner in a 17.2-hand Holsteiner gelding named HH Moonshine, aka Moo. Rather than following the “traditional path” of moving from her medium ponies, Anisette and Happily Ever After, to a large pony, she jumped straight into the

By Britney Grover Portraits by Brenda Black   Horses were Sarah Ingram’s first love. Now, she regularly watches them bring out the first words and first steps of children with special needs.   “From the time I was 2, I would go crazy for horses and begged my parents for lessons until they found an

By Helen Townes Portraits by Lindsey Long One Sunday morning in Petaluma, California, Ned and Hope Glynn were enjoying a rare day off at Sonoma Valley Stables, their hunter-jumper training business and home. From their kitchen window, they happened to spy their 9-year-old daughter Avery riding her white Welsh pony, Wally, around the stable’s outdoor

By Susan Friedland Portraits by Kacy Brown Natalie Keller Reinert claims she has always been a horse girl. The fiction author from Florida, who has written dozens of books set in the Ocala horse world—with two series now in pre-production for an Amazon Prime series—remembers vividly the first horse she obsessed over: a trick pony

By Laura Scaletti Portraits by Melissa Fuller Lauren Chumley has never followed a traditional path when it comes to her equestrian pursuits. One look at her Lauren Chumley Dressage website and you will quickly discover she isn’t your typical dressage professional. In fact, she’s “one of the coolest people on the planet.” “When my friend,

By Laura Scaletti Portraits by Melissa Fuller Rendezvous: a place appointed for assembling or meeting. For Elise Stephens, Rendezvous Farm in Grafton, Wisconsin, is a place where her family’s passions come together. When Elise was 4 years old, she followed in her older sister’s footsteps and began taking lessons at McFadden Farm. “I originally started