She’s only 18 years old but American Quarter Horse Association youth competitor Cassidy Jensen is wise beyond her years. The past few years have been a bit of a struggle for the Saginaw, Michigan native as she battled a diagnosis of dyslexia, changing high schools three times before finding a program best suited to her […]
Sarah Rosciti, of North Scituate, Rhode Island, wants to win that big prize as much as the next guy. But the Maine native says she gets just as much satisfaction when a foal she and her family bred and raised is successful for their new owners. Sarah is married to Henry Rosciti. He, Sarah […]
She’s only been training professionally for two years but it seems like a lifetime when you are the daughter of professional trainers and it’s what you imagined you would always be doing. “My parents are horse trainers so I grew up around them,” she said. “I first started competing around the age of 6 […]
It takes a very special team to make the transition from competition in American Paint Horse Association classes to showing at American Quarter Horse events. Nineteen-year-old Kimmy Shidler, of Crystal River, Florida and her 2008 gelding BMQ The Jig Is Up not only managed it but they did it with ease. BMQ The Jig Is […]
“Adorable,’ is the way Katie Jo Jones describes her current show partner, RV Wonit Lopin Lazy (Layla), a 2014 bay mare by Lazy Loper and out of I’ll Be Dun Won It.” “She reminds me of a puppy, more so than a horse,” she said. Jones started feeding her treats shortly after purchasing her while […]
The thing about training horses for a living is that if not done right, it tells on you. “That’s why we don’t have deadlines,” said Dwayne Pickard of Byron, Michigan. “They will ruin you. Work hard and be consistent. You can’t put six days-worth of training into one or skip four days and try to […]
At all times Reid Thomas has lists. A daily list. A weekly list. A monthly list. A yearly list. And the Texas trainer makes no apologies. There’s full disclosure. “If you are not a tad OCD – and list oriented – I always warn that you won’t enjoy working for me or with me.” Meghan […]
“Kari Craft got her start on horseback early in life…very early in fact. She was riding horses before she was even born. “My mom rode while she was pregnant with me,” Kari said. “Recently I was looking through some of my old baby stuff and found my baby book and saw where my mom had […]
Seventeen-year-old Halie Harner, of Wilmington, Ohio, had to be patient following the selection of her most recent Western Pleasure partner, Striking Potential. Because she had a foal on her side. Striking Potential had plenty of experience in the show arena. The 2004 bay mare by Potential Investment and out of Bite The Banana, is a […]
Olivia Turner, of Zebulon, North Carolina, has had the opportunity to work with some of the best trainers in the business – and she’s learned from every one of them. But to her, nothing compares to the lessons a competitor can get from the horses themselves. As a young rider, Turner worked with the Oakley […]
New Hampshire trainer Torey Roderick has a very specific approach to training horses and coaching her clients. “One of my theories is that people do this for enjoyment,” she explained. “We’re all competitive and want to do well, but at the end of the day it should be enjoyable for the amateurs and youth competitors.” […]
Nine-year-old Isabella Buckley, of Preston, Connecticut, has a Breyer horse collection worth as much as most people spend on their first car. But it’s her show partners, Krymsun Konfidential and Dee Chocolate Star, with whom Isabella has been spending most of her time. Isabella is the daughter of horse trainers – William and Tara Buckley […]
