Bethany Lee: All Roads Lead to My Equestrian Style

By Britney Grover Photos by Shelby Phillips There are two things Bethany Lee has always been passionate about: horses and style. “When I was 5 years old, my mom would find me sitting in the middle of my closet, with five or six layers of outfits on my body at any given time,” she said.
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Matt Fine: Thinking Like a Lawyer

By Debbie Curtis Many people would envy Matt Fine’s commute to work. The drive along roads bordered with pastures filled with lovely, and possibly famous, horses is something he appreciates. Since beginning his job at US Equestrian in 2015, Matt’s office is inside the Kentucky Horse Park. A self-described ‘recovering’ attorney, Matt’s legal and riding
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Alex Banks: Finding Joy in Chasing Dreams

By Lauren R. Giannini Alex Banks discovered her passion for horses at the tender age of 3. She could sing the entire soundtrack of the animated movie, “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.” Karen Banks, her non-horsey mother, put Alex on a horse for the first time — totally clueless that she too would embark on
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Jill Treece: From a Stable of Stuffed Animals to Life as An Eventer

By Dani Moritz-Long High school dances. Friday night football. No thanks. Eighteen-year-old eventer and US Equestrian Ambassador Jill Treece would rather be riding — which is why, instead of duck-face selfies at popular high school hangouts, Jill’s Instagram account is filled with stunning equestrian athletes and most of the selfies you’ll find on her page
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Vicki Lowell: From Horse Crazy Kid to Marketing Genius

By Lauren R. Giannini Portraits by Isabel J. Kurek Vicki Lowell began preparing for her new role as US Equestrian’s chief marketing and content officer as a kid when she was bitten by the horse bug. Her destiny was greatly influenced by an off-the-track Thoroughbred, bought by her father to lessen the shock of their
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Britt Sabbah – Pony Power and Spreading Joy

By Lauren R. Giannini When event rider Britt Sabbah teamed up with Saint Louie, a 14.1½-hand Welsh cross Paint gelding, she just wanted to have fun. And she did, because there’s nothing like riding and competing an athletic, scopey, cute pony whose buckskin coloring makes him even more noticeable. Adding to their story is the
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Mavis Spencer: From Hollywood to the Grand Prix Ring: The US Equestrian Ambassador Shares About Her Life Long Love for Horses and Her Belief that Hard Work and Dedication Are the Keys to Success

  By Lauren R. Giannini Portraits by Isabel J. Kurek Mavis Spencer grew up horse-crazy near Los Angeles, and her story’s almost straight out of a Hollywood movie, recently trading rub-rags for tri-color ribbons. Mavis grew up surrounded by Tinseltown’s rarefied atmosphere because of her parents’ careers. Her mother is Alfre Woodard, the well-known award-winning
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Murray Kessler – A New Face for a New Era of US Equestrian: The Fortune 500 CEO Asks Questions, Makes Changes, Challenges Cheaters and Introduces the Joy of Horse Sports

By Lauren R. Giannini Murray Kessler brings a lifelong passion for horse sports into his role as new president of the national governing federation, US Equestrian. He’s also an astute business leader who spent his professional career honing his talents for putting corporation ledgers into the black and green, profit-wise. His reply to people who
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Jennifer Sims: Equestrian Ambassador, Riding Double and Fashionista

By Susan Friedland-Smith Equestrian fashion influencer Jennifer Sims — known in the Instagram world as @styledequestrian — bought her first horse with money earned modeling Levis. In addition to her Instagram presence, the former DJ and mother of a budding horse girl is a model for numerous equestrian brands. Along with her horse, Rocket, they
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