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Jan. 17, 2013
Erin Gilmore
Before she was a World Equestrian Games veteran, before she was an Ariat model, and before she ever jumped a grand prix, Nicole Shahinian-Simpson was a catch rider. Growing up on the East Coast, Shahinian-Simpson...
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Jan. 09, 2013
Erin Gilmore
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the state of the hunters. When we published Julie Winkel's USHJA editorial on December 30th, ProEquest readers immediately shared it, commented on it, and truly sent it...
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Dec. 14, 2012
Erin Gilmore
“It’s a dream to do the thing you love every single day,” says Darragh Kenny. “Every morning, when I get on my first horse and go out to the arena, I look around and I...
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Nov. 27, 2012
Katie Shoultz
I admit that every so often I ask myself why I’m still riding. I’m not particularly good. Placing the photos and ribbons away in a box would be much simpler, cheaper, and undoubtedly more sane...
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Oct. 18, 2012
Erin Gilmore
When Meg O’Mara won the USEF/Pessoa Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Finals in Pennsylvania on Sunday, October 15th, a resounding cheer went up all the way across the country in California. The cheer was for O’Mara...
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Sep. 24, 2012
Erin Gilmore
Just six years ago, Nick Gegen was far more familiar with a soccer ball than the view from a back of a horse. Fast-forward to just last month, and the 22-year-old was placing strong in...
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Sep. 10, 2012
Erin Gilmore
It felt like we were trespassing, a little bit. The great iron gates were shut and it was late enough in the day that the sun was filtering through the trees, making the long driveway...
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May. 23, 2012
Erin Gilmore
Perspective is a funny thing. Ask any rider; a five-foot show jump is a world removed from the solid coop/ditch obstacles that event riders make careers of tackling. Scratch that. Ask most riders. Thirty-year-old Marilyn...
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May. 15, 2012
Erin Gilmore
It was a summer morning in 2002, and McLain Ward only had a few hours before he had to be on a flight to California, where he would compete in the Jerez WEG Trials with...
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Apr. 05, 2012
Erin Gilmore
About 18 months ago, Dick Carvin called his wife, Francie Steinwedell-Carvin, while he was away on a trip to Spruce Meadows. While trying prospects with a client, he’d come across a big-boned gentle giant of...