For Colorado based trainer Kelly McDowall the best part about being a horse trainer is finding a horse that best fits the rider. One of the most important things to him is to surround himself with great horses. “A horse trainer can make a bad horse great, but a horse trainer can also make a […]
It took a long while for 17-year-old Emma Edwards of Issaquah, Washington, to get over the unexpected death of her beloved show partner, Its Only Natural, last June. The 1996 chestnut gelding by Play Rush and out of Par Zans Keno played an important role in her life – both in the arena and outside […]
Amateur competitor Cheryl Mullikin took 25 years off from showing. But when she returned to the show pen in 2007 she did it with a vengence. As a youngster growing up in Ohio, Mullikin showed 4-H and local Open Show Circuits. When she got married she sold her horse and 25 years went by before […]
Trevor Barnes says he’s been training horses owned by his parents, Rick and Debra Barnes, since he was 16 years old. Since his mother has owned horses all her life, it seemed natural that he share her passion. Barnes was born in Lima, Ohio and grew up in nearby Waynesfield. He went to school there at Waynesfield […]
Lindsay McLain grew up in Iowa, showing horses with her sisters, Maggie and Kelsey Gulling. With all three of their daughters showing at the same time, having a trainer was not an option for Steve and Carrie Gulling. So McLain learned to figure things out for herself. “We took lessons from older 4-H girls in […]
Anna Lia Sullivan tried soccer but it didn’t work out. She tried dance class too but that was a “no-go.” The 14-year-old from Southampton, New Jersey, insists she was a “pony girl” since the age of 2 and she says she just never grew out of that phase. So instead of fighting it….Sullivan turned her […]
Eighteen-year-old Lacey Olejar marches to the beat of her own drum. Always has. A self-proclaimed tomboy, this Whitehouse Station, New Jersey native has been horse crazy for as far back as she can remember. “I started showing on the open local circuit when I was 9 years old,” Olejar says. “The first horse my parents […]
At the horse shows Lindsey Gillette, of St Petersburg, Florida is a friendly competitor who loves her horses and her show family. But outside the pen she says she is best described as a “nerd.” “I love science in all its elements,” she admits. A middle school biology, algebra and chemistry teacher by profession, Gillette […]
Although she best describes her introduction into the world of horse shows as a “rough start,” Shannon Williams of Emerald, Wisconsin was bound and determined to live out her dream of showing horses. Now, she is doing just that. As a youngster, she rode an Appaloosa mare in mainly game events until her family purchased […]
She has looked up to her sister for as long as she can remember so when the zoo in her town sent out a brochure about riding lessons and Amie Bussing enrolled, that is all young Katie had to hear. A few years later Amie quit the sport but Katie was hooked. At the age […]
For Reddick, Florida based trainer Jenny Baker the best part about being a horse trainer is being able to wake up, walk out her door, and do what she loves every day. One of the most important things to her is to just be fair. “I try to be realistic and honest about their horse […]
An independent business woman who has traveled the world, Susan Juroe of Longmont, Colorado has had nothing short of an extraordinary life. But even with a successful career, she has found time to follow her dream of showing and breeding world caliber horses. It all started back with “Whipanie” a minimal liver chestnut registered Appaloosa […]
