Jessica Kozel had been running her own training business for less than a year when she got the call about Denzello. The last time Kozel had worked with the 18.1-hand Hanoverian gelding (De Niro—Romina, Rohdiamant), she was his groom. Kozel had spent nine years working for Olympic bronze medalist Lisa Wilcox, and Denzello and Wilcox […]
I have wanted to write this article for a long time, and in the age of activism, seeing riders I have showed with speak about Black Lives Matter has inspired me. The equestrian community sweeps many issues, such as race, economics, body image and sexual assault, under the rug, but I have personally been most […]
Long before Benny’s Legacy was imported to the United States for Adrienne Sternlicht to ride, he was purchased by Ireland’s Benny Kuehnle as a foal from a German auction. When Kuehnle died unexpectedly in 2008 at 20, his sister Jessica Kuehnle set out to develop the Oldenburg gelding (Lupicor—Acordia, Voltaire), and he remained with her […]
Eventer Cathy Wieschhoff has loved playing the drums almost her entire life, but in recent years she hadn’t been doing it much. That all changed when the country went into lockdown in March due to COVID-19. Wieschhoff’s been doing 30-minute sets live on Facebook every night since quarantine began to get back into her passion […]
Since 1990, Andrew Ellis has worked his way up the horse show ladder, from jump crew to in-gate to announcer and now show manager, but his climb hasn’t been easy. Born in California, Ellis moved east after his parents divorced, first to Camden, South Carolina, then to Durham, North Carolina. He grew up riding hunters […]
A strong future for the sport requires long-term thinking. Sustainability is a hot topic these days. You hear the word connected to recycling, farming, water usage, resources, and anything of the like. I’m always interested to learn what makes whatever it is I’m about to consume sustainable. “Locally farmed” and “farm-to-table” are also sayings you […]
Jennifer on Oscar mid-bray while showing in leadline with her father, Johnny Barker.The famous judge Artie Hawkins is in the background.
You’d think that the daughter of two hunter trainers—Johnny Barker and Parker Haynes Minchin—would have had a fancy, big-name pony to show in the leadline.
But no.
Name: Anna Hutcheson Age: 28 Day Job: Microbiologist research tech Caught In The Nick Of Time: When she was 11, a routine scoliosis exam at school changed Hutcheson’s life forever. “When the X-rays came back, they said my curvature was way too positive to put me in a brace, so I had to have surgery […]
Following my rite of passage as a horse-crazed little girl, I began riding at age 11. When I was 14, my mother’s co-worker purchased a horse hastily after only a few lessons and quickly realized she was in over her head. Eager to get more time in the saddle, I urged my mom to convince […]
It’s worth leaving your ringside seat to watch Akuna Mattata in the warm-up before a big class. The mare can be counted upon to execute a series of athletic leaps and bounds, inspiring gasps from onlookers. Her rider, Nicole Shahinian-Simpson, appears calm, cool and collected from her spot atop the spirited mare. It’s a trusted […]
Jessica Kozel had been running her own training business for less than a year when she got the call about Denzello. The last time Kozel had worked with the 18.1-hand Hanoverian gelding (De Niro—Romina, Rohdiamant), she was his groom. Kozel had spent nine years working for Olympic bronze medalist Lisa Wilcox, and Denzello and Wilcox […]
I have wanted to write this article for a long time, and in the age of activism, seeing riders I have showed with speak about Black Lives Matter has inspired me. The equestrian community sweeps many issues, such as race, economics, body image and sexual assault, under the rug, but I have personally been most […]
Long before Benny’s Legacy was imported to the United States for Adrienne Sternlicht to ride, he was purchased by Ireland’s Benny Kuehnle as a foal from a German auction. When Kuehnle died unexpectedly in 2008 at 20, his sister Jessica Kuehnle set out to develop the Oldenburg gelding (Lupicor—Acordia, Voltaire), and he remained with her […]
Eventer Cathy Wieschhoff has loved playing the drums almost her entire life, but in recent years she hadn’t been doing it much. That all changed when the country went into lockdown in March due to COVID-19. Wieschhoff’s been doing 30-minute sets live on Facebook every night since quarantine began to get back into her passion […]
Since 1990, Andrew Ellis has worked his way up the horse show ladder, from jump crew to in-gate to announcer and now show manager, but his climb hasn’t been easy. Born in California, Ellis moved east after his parents divorced, first to Camden, South Carolina, then to Durham, North Carolina. He grew up riding hunters […]
A strong future for the sport requires long-term thinking. Sustainability is a hot topic these days. You hear the word connected to recycling, farming, water usage, resources, and anything of the like. I’m always interested to learn what makes whatever it is I’m about to consume sustainable. “Locally farmed” and “farm-to-table” are also sayings you […]
Jennifer on Oscar mid-bray while showing in leadline with her father, Johnny Barker.The famous judge Artie Hawkins is in the background.
You’d think that the daughter of two hunter trainers—Johnny Barker and Parker Haynes Minchin—would have had a fancy, big-name pony to show in the leadline.
But no.
Name: Anna Hutcheson Age: 28 Day Job: Microbiologist research tech Caught In The Nick Of Time: When she was 11, a routine scoliosis exam at school changed Hutcheson’s life forever. “When the X-rays came back, they said my curvature was way too positive to put me in a brace, so I had to have surgery […]
Following my rite of passage as a horse-crazed little girl, I began riding at age 11. When I was 14, my mother’s co-worker purchased a horse hastily after only a few lessons and quickly realized she was in over her head. Eager to get more time in the saddle, I urged my mom to convince […]
It’s worth leaving your ringside seat to watch Akuna Mattata in the warm-up before a big class. The mare can be counted upon to execute a series of athletic leaps and bounds, inspiring gasps from onlookers. Her rider, Nicole Shahinian-Simpson, appears calm, cool and collected from her spot atop the spirited mare. It’s a trusted […]
