By Laura Scaletti Portraits by Lindsey Long On an ordinary night in 2018, Irish show jumper Mark Kinsella met his now wife, Sophie, at the White Horse Bar and Grill in Wellington, Florida, and made an extraordinary connection. “It was just happenstance that we both ended up there, but we immediately connected,” Mark said. “Mark

By Kimberly Gatto Portraits by Lindsey Long Carrie Seim has loved horses and books for as long as she can remember. Decades later, Carrie has parlayed both of those passions into a career as a successful equestrian author. Her debut tween novel, “Horse Girl”—which she describes as “Black Beauty” meets “Mean Girls”—was released by Penguin

By Shya Beth June Evers knows the ups and downs of life as an illustrator and graphic designer, and is living proof that pushing through the more challenging times and not giving up one’s dreams is the pathway to living them out. Specializing in graphic design and illustration, June typically does not create custom illustration

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