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Jumping for Children
By Katie Navarra Young competitors in the 2012 Jump for the Children Horse Show. Thirty years ago, Joan MacNair Petty was just another horse show mom sitting in the stands rooting for her daughter,...
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One BIG Pony-Sized Secret
By Katie Navarra Julia and Rita have jumped their way from a secret to great success.Photo by Shawn McMillen Success on the A circuit is often equated with expensive horses and full-time professional...
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An Unlikely Artist
By Katie Navarra A Barry Koster photograph: “Cross-country in daybreaks morning mist.” Barry Koster’s career as an artist could have been over before it even began. An elementary school teacher...
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Going Green With Green Barns
An architectural rendering of a barn that utilizes open vaulted spaces to promote ventilation and increase natural lighting.Photo courtesy of J Martinolich Architect By Katie Navarra We’re surrounded...
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Pin Oak Charity Horse Show Brings Generations of Equestrians Together
Sloan, aboard Abercrombie, continues a family tradition by competing at the Pin Oak Charity Show. (Photos by Shawn McMillen Photography) By Katie Navarra The annual Pin Oak Charity Horse Show is a...
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Heart and Soul
Ki-Juan and Matana (Photo courtesy of Ki-Juan Minors) The Musical and Equestrian Pursuits of Ki-Juan Minors By Katie Navarra Bermuda native Ki-Juan Minors never passes up an opportunity to grab a...
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Reading, Writing and Riding
Skylar Rogalny (Photo by Bridgette Ness) American Heritage Student Skylar Rogalny By Katie Navarra Sixteen-year-old Skylar Rogalny of Wellington, Florida, is living the life most young horse...
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Finding Faith
Emily and Faith — together again. (Photo courtesy of Emily Lunsford) By Katie Navarra Faith, a champagne-colored Quarter Horse, moved into the barn where Emily Lunsford of Leesburg, Virginia, took...
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Life in the Art World
“Six Bays” — watercolor painting (Photo courtesy of Melinda Brewer) Canadian Artist Melinda Brewer By Katie Navarra Canadian-based artist Melinda Brewer has dedicated her life to chronicling the sport...
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Helping Riders Find Their Balance
Martin David Cohen, founder of MDC stirrups. (Photo courtesy of MDC) By Katie Navarra Aboard a wooden rocking horse stabled in the waiting room of his father’s pediatrician office, Martin David Cohen...
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Kaitlin Blythe’s Colorful Rise to the Top
Competing at the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington: Kaitlin and Daverden.Photo by Richard Malmgren, RBM Photography By Katie Navarra Many of today’s top trainers affectionately remember their...
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Healing With Hooves: Loudoun Therapeutic Riding
A young rider enjoys trotting with Loudoun Therapeutic Riding volunteers.Photo courtesy of Loudoun Therapeutic Riding By Katie Navarra Historians doubt that Winston Churchill actually said, “There is...
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Art of the Horse Campaign — Gigi Dover Enriches the Carolina Foothills With...
“Harvest,” (right) sponsored by Overmountain Vineyards, and “The Peace Keeper,” sponsored by Stone Soup Restaurant in Landrum, South Carolina, during the painting process in Gigi’s studio. Photo...
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Jumping for Children
By Katie Navarra Young competitors in the 2012 Jump for the Children Horse Show. Thirty years ago, Joan MacNair Petty was just another horse show mom sitting in the stands rooting for her daughter,...
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One BIG Pony-Sized Secret
By Katie Navarra Julia and Rita have jumped their way from a secret to great success.Photo by Shawn McMillen Success on the A circuit is often equated with expensive horses and full-time professional...
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An Unlikely Artist
By Katie Navarra A Barry Koster photograph: “Cross-country in daybreaks morning mist.” Barry Koster’s career as an artist could have been over before it even began. An elementary school teacher...
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Going Green With Green Barns
An architectural rendering of a barn that utilizes open vaulted spaces to promote ventilation and increase natural lighting.Photo courtesy of J Martinolich Architect By Katie Navarra We’re surrounded...
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Pin Oak Charity Horse Show Brings Generations of Equestrians Together
Sloan, aboard Abercrombie, continues a family tradition by competing at the Pin Oak Charity Show. (Photos by Shawn McMillen Photography) By Katie Navarra The annual Pin Oak Charity Horse Show is a...
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Heart and Soul
Ki-Juan and Matana (Photo courtesy of Ki-Juan Minors) The Musical and Equestrian Pursuits of Ki-Juan Minors By Katie Navarra Bermuda native Ki-Juan Minors never passes up an opportunity to grab a...
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Reading, Writing and Riding
Skylar Rogalny (Photo by Bridgette Ness) American Heritage Student Skylar Rogalny By Katie Navarra Sixteen-year-old Skylar Rogalny of Wellington, Florida, is living the life most young horse...
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