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  • Alice Tarjan: A Bright Future

    By Laura Scaletti Portraits by Melissa Fuller From her first pony to a 2024 Paris Olympics dressage horse and numerous horses in between, amateur rider Alice Tarjan has found her niche discovering young prospects via video and developing them herself. … [Read more] ...

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  • Divertimentos & Dressage Returns to Wellington on February 20th

    Brooke USA’s Signature Event Features a Dressage Musical Freestyle Performance to the Palm Beach Symphony’s Live Orchestra   LEXINGTON, KY (January 3, 2025) – Brooke USA Foundation (Brooke USA) returns to the winter equestrian capital of the world, Wellington, … [Read more] ...

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STORY OF THE WEEK

By Laura Scaletti

Portraits by Melissa Fuller

From her first pony to a 2024 Paris Olympics dressage horse and numerous horses in between, amateur rider Alice Tarjan has found her niche discovering young prospects via video and developing them herself. … [Read more]

By Helen Townes

Portraits by Sara Farrell

The equestrian story of four-star eventer Alexa Ehlers Thompson starts with a little hand-me-down Shetland pony named Panda, brought home in the back of her dad’s pickup truck. Panda was intended for her … [Read more]

By Shya Beth

Eve Troncone paints many subjects, but there is something about her energetic polo paintings that sets them apart from the rest of the field. Her fast-paced brush strokes parallel the action-packed game of polo, illustrating the emotions … [Read more]

By Britney Grover

Scott Fitton grew up as one of six children in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where his equestrian career began thanks to a palomino pony called Trigger who lived at the end of the street. “We used to climb [Read more]

By Laura Scaletti

Portraits by Jordan Koepke

Barbara Chappell wasn’t born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Instead, she was handed a pitchfork as soon as she was old enough to help on her family’s Holly Hill Farm. Barbara … [Read more]

By Sarah Welk Baynum
Portraits by Lindsay McCall

If you watch Sarah Bachor riding in the competitive hunter or equitation classes she does today, you’d never guess this caliber of showing is relatively new to her.

Though Sarah started riding … [Read more]

 

By Britney Grover

Vicky Castegren learned to ride and care for horses over the course of summers spent at Camp Farwell in Vermont from the time she was 9 years old. She expanded her knowledge and experience at Stoneleigh-Burnham [Read more]

By Jessica Grutkowski

Portraits by Molly Kennedy

 

Leslie Butzer founded Ponies & Palms Show Stables—aptly named, as a pony breeding operation based in Boca Raton, Florida—in the 1990s with the goal of breeding championship hunter ponies. “When I first [Read more]

By Laura Scaletti

Portraits by Sophia Donohue

 

Laena Romond has been lucky to have a team behind her every step of the way of her riding career. From her family to the Mount Holyoke IHSA team to the team … [Read more]

Horses are in Debby Buck DeJonge’s blood. “My grandfather was in the Danish cavalry and migrated to America, where he became a famous racehorse trainer, even counting War Horse’s daughter as one of his steeds,” she said. Since Debby’s first [Read more]

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