Charlotte Jorst: Working Hard at Living Her Best Life

By Laura Scaletti

Portraits by Melissa Fuller

Charlotte Jorst believes if you want to do something—just start doing it. This philosophy has led Charlotte to create Skagen Designs Ltd., Kastel Denmark and five Grand Prix dressage horses. Regardless of the … [Read more]

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Emily Wygod Bushnell: An Endeavor to Change Lives

By Britney Grover

Emily Wygod Bushnell grew up valuing horses in her own life. She began riding first in New Jersey and then continued in San Diego, California, at Newmarket Farm under Cece Durante Bloum, Erin Durry and Lorrie DeRosa. … [Read more]

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Cornelia Fletcher: Horses & Family

By Laura Scaletti

Portraits by Kacy Brown

Cornelia Fletcher has always known she wanted a life filled with horses and family. A young eventing trainer and rider, Cornelia was determined not to let her professional goals derail her desire to … [Read more]

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2025 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Induction Gala

2025 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Induction Gala – Wellington, Florida

Four-time U.S. Olympian Laura Kraut, and Sandsablaze, Buddy Brown’s 1976 Montreal Olympic mount, were inducted into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame during the Hall of Fame’s … [Read more]

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JJ Torano: Carrying On a Legacy of Excellence

By Laura Scaletti

Portraits by Melissa Fuller

JJ Torano is not only following in his family’s footsteps, he’s carving his own path at his family’s JET Show Stable. The son of hunter-jumper professionals Jimmy and Danielle Torano, JJ can’t remember … [Read more]

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Morgan Measey: Anything But Typical for Brooke USA

By Britney Grover

Portraits by Melissa Fuller

Morgan Measey’s life has almost always revolved around horses, but their role in her life is very different from the role of horses in the lives of those Brooke USA Foundation helps. Brooke … [Read more]

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Alex Baugh: Overcoming Heartbreak to Continue the Race

By Laura Scaletti

Portraits by Sara Farrell

Alex Baugh’s equestrian journey changed with a grandma/granddaughter trip to the 2009 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event when she was just 8 years old. “I watched a rider gallop out of the Head of … [Read more]

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Anna Marek: Finding Joy in Dressage and in Life

By Laura Scaletti

Portraits by Kacy Brown

Horses have always been a family affair for Anna Marek. As a child, Anna and her mother took lessons together at the local barn where her mother had ridden as a teenager. Now … [Read more]

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Divertimentos & Dressage Returns to Wellington on February 20th

Brooke USA’s Signature Event Features a Dressage Musical Freestyle Performance to the Palm Beach Symphony’s Live Orchestra
 
LEXINGTON, KY (January 3, 2025) – Brooke USA Foundation (Brooke USA) returns to the winter equestrian capital of the world, Wellington,
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Leslie Butzer: Cloning and Breeding at Ponies & Palms

By Jessica Grutkowski

Portraits by Molly Kennedy

 

Leslie Butzer founded Ponies & Palms Show Stables—aptly named, as a pony breeding operation based in Boca Raton, Florida—in the 1990s with the goal of breeding championship hunter ponies. “When I first … [Read more]

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