Ryan Beckett: Always Up for a Challenge – Hiking, Biking, Riding and Learning from Real Estate to Reality TV
Friday, June 22 2018
By Britney Grover Portraits by Isabel J. Kurek Though he laughingly refers to himself with the age-old adage “jack of all trades, master of none,” Ryan Beckett’s affinity for stepping out of his comfort zone has given him a list of impressive, if eclectic, accomplishments. A successful Wellington realtor, Ryan has also competed in an
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Bill Schaub: Far From Over the Hill
Thursday, June 07 2018
By Britney Grover Portraits by Shawna Simmons In the pony and junior hunter circles, Bill Schaub is nearly idolized as a top trainer. Many of today’s most successful riders have trained with Bill at some point, like Taylor St. Jacques, Adam Edgar, Taylor Ann Adams and Shawn Casady. Bill’s students from Over the Hill Farm
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Kasia Bukowska: Passion, Poland & Painting
Friday, June 01 2018
By Britney Grover Equestrian artist Kasia Bukowska doesn’t just love horses; her passion has led her to relocate across the world, attracted her now-husband across an immense language barrier, given her the fortitude to overcome debilitating illness and driven her to create and market her unique equestrian art. “When he first took me for a
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Unbridled with Chester Weber
Thursday, May 24 2018
By Britney Grover In March, Chester Weber won the USEF Four-in-Hand Combined Driving National Championship — for the 15th time. Having grown up on his parents’ Live Oak Plantation in Ocala, Florida, Chester nurtured an early-emerging talent and became the youngest driver to be named to the U.S. Equestrian Team at just 18. He blazed
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CANTER Kentucky: On the Forefront of Rehoming American Ex-Racehorses
Wednesday, May 23 2018
By Britney Grover Known as CANTER, the Communication Alliance to Network Thoroughbred Ex-Racehorses is now a nationwide effort to help find off-the-track Thoroughbreds (OTTBs) new homes, and has succeeded in transitioning over 25,000 OTTBs nationwide. CANTER is run 100 percent by volunteers both at a national level and in each of the 18 independent affiliate
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Cornelia Dorr: Rising Talent in U.S. Eventing – Named the USEA’s 2017 Young Rider of the Year, This “One to Watch” Is Taking the Eventing World by Storm
Wednesday, May 09 2018
By Britney Grover Portraits by Barbara Bower After earning team gold and individual bronze at the CCI* FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships in 2016, then-18-year-old Cornelia Dorr decided to take a gap year between high school and college to determine if she had what it took to make a career out of
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Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave: Real Housewife, Real Horse Life
Thursday, April 26 2018
By Britney Grover Portraits by Kristin Lee As the daughter of Hall of Fame rock star John Mellencamp and now a star of her own on Bravo’s reality TV series “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” one might expect Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave to be a model of glamourous entitlement with an idealistic life and a
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Brian Feigus: Succeeding by Being Himself
Tuesday, February 27 2018
By Britney Grover Portraits by Allen MacMillan From his fun-loving side to his determination, Brian Feigus’ personality has set him up for success as a rider and trainer. His attention to detail has earned top awards in the hunter and equitation rings; his love of life and sense of humor make him a favorite of
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Jamie Barge: Hearing Loss Doesn’t Hold Her Back
Thursday, February 08 2018
By Britney Grover Portraits by Kristin Lee Photography Like many equestrians, Jamie Barge’s passion for horses and riding was inherited from her mother, but has turned into something much bigger. “I begged for riding lessons for Christmas,” Jamie recalled. “Santa brought me a package of 10 riding lessons.” Her family moved from Pasadena, California, to
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Christopher Webb: Hot Horsemen Finds Happiness in Virginia
Sunday, December 17 2017
By Britney Grover Photos by Shawna Simmons Though Christopher Webb was born into horses, it was a completely different world from the warmblood hunters of Virginia that now occupy his life. “I’m from Alabama, so I grew up in the Western end of the circuit,” he said. “My mom and dad didn’t compete, they just
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