Bringing Bloodlines to North America at Rising Star Farm

Ronda Stavisky Silver Creek, Georgia Horse breeder   How long have you been part of the horse world?  I began riding at the age of 5 and fell in love with horses. Since that time, I never looked back. Growing up in western Massachusetts, I was a member of the Berkshire Hills Pony Club and
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Rollingwoods Farm: Three Sisters, One Dream

By Laura Scaletti Portraits by Tracy Kujawa The family that works together, grows together. For nearly 40 years, the Wilburn sisters have been producing top Welsh ponies at their Rollingwoods Farm in Olive Branch, Mississippi.  What started out as Dr. Ruth Wilburn’s dream to breed quality ponies eventually ended up as a way of life
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Guy & Sharon McElvain: Hearts for Horses

By Laura Scaletti Portraits by Kristie Nichols There’s nothing quite like life when you have love in your heart. From their very first meeting, Guy and Sharon McElvain have let their hearts lead the way in everything they pursue. Together they are not only carrying out the McElvain family tradition of breeding, developing and showing
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Impacting Warmblood Sport Horse Breeding in North America

Name:  Carol Austin City/State:  Spokane, Washington Occupation:  Frozen semen broker. “This really cracks up the people I meet; my friends use it as an introduction at parties — ‘Hey, guess what she does for a living?’”  How long have you been part of the horse world?   Since the age of 6, when I lived in
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Classifieds

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Hannah Selleck: Enjoying the Process on the Way to the Top

By Molly Sorge Portraits by Kristin Lee When her groom didn’t show up at the Del Mar National show in May, Hannah Selleck didn’t panic. She got to work. Hannah had four horses from her family’s Descanso Farm showing at Del Mar and then the next week at Showpark Ranch & Coast, so she rolled
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Karen Cudmore: Happy in the Heartland

By Kim MacMillan Home is where the heart is, and for professional jumper rider Karen Cudmore, where the horses are too. Karen has found success and happiness in basing her family’s Heartland Farms operation out of the centrally-located, easygoing Midwestern city of Omaha, Nebraska. A native of Canada, her journey to the heartland was a
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Kc Branscomb Kelley: From Cow Horses to Elite Breeding

By Katie Navarra Raised on a ranch in Colorado, Kc Branscomb Kelley grew up riding working cow horses and competing in barrel racing and stock horse events aboard American Quarter Horses. At 17 years old, she transferred from the University of Colorado to attend college on the East Coast. “I found myself sharing a barn
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Improving Horse Welfare: Responsible Horse Breeding and Ownership

HSUS logo Nothing compares to the special bond people can share with horses. So, it’s no wonder that many equestrians yearn for a horse to call their own, a familiar face peering over the stall door—ears pricked and muzzle outstretched for a treat—day after day.
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Born & Bred in the USA

By Lauren R. Giannini   Christine Vanneck lives by lessons she learned from her polo-playing grandfather, John Vanneck. “He always said don’t push the envelope, because the envelope will break,” she recalled. “We don’t push our horses, but they learn everything important by the time they are yearlings: to stand quietly for grooming, the farrier,
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