Teddy Demetriou: From City Kid to Top Horseman
Wednesday, May 29 2019
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By Lindsay Brock Portraits by Lindsay Brock and Simon Stafford When asked what they want to be when they grow up, not many boys from the middle of Queens in New York City, New York, come back with the answer, “a horse trainer.” Theodore “Teddy” Demetriou, 42, recalls that his earliest response to that ever-popular
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Old Salem Farm’s Alan Bietsch — Industry Newcomer to Horse Show Innovator
Monday, March 27 2017
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By Lindsay Brock When Alan Bietsch first made the drive from his home in Connecticut to Old Salem Farm in North Salem, New York, he expected to find a back-country farm. What he actually found was the early makings of one of the country’s top equestrian facilities. Alan is now the property and facility
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Billy Glass: Advocate for Equitation – Leader in the Horse Show Industry Is a True Equine-Inspired Success Story
Monday, June 20 2016
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By Lindsay Brock Billy Glass remembers the first horse show he attended like it was yesterday. A self-proclaimed city kid growing up in Buffalo, New York, his first steps near a show jumping ring were in his hometown at the Buffalo International. Now after several decades of tireless work in the horse sport industry,
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