Jennifer Bliss: Sharing Her Horse Dreams With Her Daughter

By Laura Scaletti

Portraits by Alex Scribner

 

Growing up on her family’s farm in Bedford, New York, hunter professional Jennifer Bliss lived out every horse girl’s dream. “Our barn was literally attached to our house. I would go out … [Read more]

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John Mason: Equestrian Education Even Bigger Than Texas

By Laura Scaletti

John Mason was fascinated by horses from the start. Growing up in Corpus Christi, Texas, John saw his fair share of cowboy hats, cowboy boots and Wrangler jeans, so it was only natural that his 3rd birthday … [Read more]

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Addison Reed: All in the Family

By Laura Scaletti

Grit, grace, gumption. For fourth-generation equestrian Addison Reed, these characteristics are in her DNA. As the daughter of Derek and Sulu Rose Reed, Addison has spent hour upon hour at the family farm in Mechanicsville, Virginia, watching, … [Read more]

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TAKE2: Second Careers for Thoroughbreds

By Laura Scaletti

 

Each year on the first Saturday of May, there’s one thing on many Americans’ minds: Who is going to win the Kentucky Derby? For two minutes, the sports world is transfixed on the athleticism of 3-year-old … [Read more]

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Jim Hagman: Building a Legacy Horse by Horse and Rider by Rider

By Laura Scaletti

Portraits by Lindsey Long

There was electricity in the air as the greatest athletes in the world arrived in Los Angeles, California, to take part in the Games of the XXIII Olympiad in 1984. Forty miles down … [Read more]

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Frankie Thieriot Stutes: One Horse and One Woman Wonder

By Laura Scaletti

Photos by Lauren Ann Pace

Frankie Thieriot Stutes believes the universe has a crazy way with horses and where it chooses to lead you. This has been evident from her first introduction to horses. Frankie was a … [Read more]

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Drew Cheek: Eventing, Education and the Drew Boot

By Laura Scaletti. Portraits by Adrienne Morella - Three-day eventer Drew Cheek, 17, wears many hats; among them, dual-enrollment as a high school and college student, working student at Blue Hill Farm in Unionville, Pennsylvania, and equestrian entrepreneur. Like most self-proclaimed “horse crazy girls,” Drew was captivated by horses from the start. Born into an adventurous, yet not equine-enthusiastic family, Drew started her campaign to get her parents, David and Danielle, to buy her a horse at 6 years old.
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