At the tender age of 13 Dakota Griffith would be quick to tell anyone who would listen that some day she would become a horse trainer. Her dream became a reality in 2011 at the end of her final year in youth. As the daughter of Leigh Ann and Sid Griffith, Dakota grew up on […]
The story of 26-year-old Cathrin Gutmann’s life reads like a fairy tale. In 2008 the Austria native found her prince charming, Barron Guntard Gutmann, a man her parents, Alfred and Monika, had known for years but Cathrin had never met. It was love at first sight for both and their 19-year age difference did little […]
If you pass Erin Mask at a Quarter Horse show and she doesn’t stop to chat, there’s probably a very good reason. The 13-year-old youth contender from Newnan, Georgia may be the busiest person you’ll run across at a show. The daughter of Angie Schmeck and Daryl Mask, Erin is up at the crack of […]
Amateur and Non-Pro contender April Baryton, of Conyers, Georgia really knows her show partner, After Midnite. “Midnite is very willing to do anything you ask him…. but you must ask nicely, you never tell him what to do,” she explains. “He loves to eat anything you’re eating but will beg and stalk you for peppermints.” […]
For 27-year-old Dave Archer, the best thing about being a horse trainer is that no two days are the same. “Every day is a new adventure with the horses,” he says, “and I learn something new every day.” Archer specializes in the training and preparation of Western Pleasure horses, futurity prospects and the western all-around […]
The thing that fascinates Allie Stein about the Trail class is that even though the pattern is the same, every horse negotiating the obstacles makes it look different. At 17, the Warren, Ohio native says showing horses is her life. “Horses are a part of me,” she admits. “It’s in my blood and I would […]
North Carolina trainer Wade Black describes his method of training in three words: Keep It Simple. “I strive to make my horses easy to ride as that will make them easy for my clients, future buyers and trainers,” Black says. “Each client and horse are individuals in my program, I tailor my program to fit […]
After graduating from Texas Christian Univeristy in 2012 with a degree in Strategic Communications, 24-year-old Courtney Chown of Pilot Point, Texas didn’t want the friendship she had grown to cherish with classmate Kelsey Huffman to end. So the two decided to go into business together and Courtsey Promotions was created. Courtsey Promotions is a social […]
Parker, Colorado’s Jessica Laine Johnson is living proof that you can go off to college and remain successful in the show ring. At age 25, Johnson, who describes herself as a nontraditional student studying Human Services at Metropolitan State University of Denver will graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree upon completion of an internship […]
Fourteen-year-old Sabrina Janis has a plan. For as long as she can remember she has dreamed of attending Texas A&M in College Station and competing on the school’s National Collegiate Equestrian Association National Championship team. So when her family purchased Huntin Petite Lady, a 2005 bay gelding by Huntin For Chocolate and out of Zippos […]
While most kids her age were just learning to crawl, Cheyenne Augsburger was already climbing up onto the back of a horse. The daughter of Lori and Andrew Augsburger of Loxqahatchee, Florida, Cheyenne was riding as soon as she was able to sit up and has spent very few days of her eight-year life away […]
She was 15, competing in a Showmanship class with 70 participants. After hours of standing in the burning sun, the results were called. A few minutes later, young Nettie Olsen’s family saw her walking back to the stalls, a seventh place ribbon in hand, and a smile plastered on her face. Olsen was born in […]
