Jennifer Bliss: Sharing Her Horse Dreams With Her Daughter
Thursday, July 13 2023
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]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature
John Mason: Equestrian Education Even Bigger Than Texas
Saturday, June 17 2023
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]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature
Addison Reed: All in the Family
Saturday, June 17 2023
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]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature
TAKE2: Second Careers for Thoroughbreds
Tuesday, April 11 2023
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]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature
Jim Hagman: Building a Legacy Horse by Horse and Rider by Rider
Thursday, April 06 2023
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]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature
Frankie Thieriot Stutes: One Horse and One Woman Wonder
Wednesday, April 05 2023
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]
- Published in Sidelines Feature, Sidelines Spotlight, Weekly Feature
Drew Cheek: Eventing, Education and the Drew Boot
Wednesday, December 04 2019
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.
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight