Road to the Triple Crown – How American Equus Went from Startup to the Winner’s Circle with Jockey Mike Smith
Monday, November 12 2018
By Lenore Rees Phillips Portraits by Kristin Lee When David Shano decided to start his company, American Equus, in September 2016, he wasn’t thinking about Thoroughbred racehorses or their jockeys. In fact, other than being interested in racing during the six weeks in the spring when Triple Crown fever grips the United States, he knew
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Carleton Brooks: Keeping Old Fashioned Horsemanship Alive
Wednesday, August 29 2018
By Catie Staszak Portraits by Kristin Lee On a Monday afternoon in the desert, there isn’t much going on at HITS Coachella to resemble the atmosphere of the horse show’s Indio, California, namesake. The loudspeakers are silent, the rings are empty and the most commotion one is likely to encounter is from the sand blown
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Hannah Selleck: Enjoying the Process on the Way to the Top
Friday, July 13 2018
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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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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