Mellisa Warden had earned a vacation. In the summer of 2019, she was balancing her career as a USEA technical delegate and “R” judge with a job working for a local FEI veterinarian. She was also preparing to move up...
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This piece was originally posted on September 9, 2020. I have a vivid memory of riding in a clinic at the O’Connor farm in the pastoral hills of Virginia: I’ve finished for the day. My petite, dapple grey horse is settled...
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If there is a broad way to describe the nature of Dr. Auriel August, to set the context for this story, it’s this: she made two critical discoveries about herself before she turned 10 years old, deciding she wanted to...
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When her doctor told Susan Oakes, 37, of Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland that she would have two years left to ride before rheumatoid arthritis sidelined her, she created an extensive and ambitious bucket list of riding goals to complete while...
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Briggs Surratt and Ultimate Victory at Chattahoochee Hills. On April 29th of this year, Rick Wallace and Briggs Surratt were faced with a horse owner's worst nightmare. "Briggs and I were out doing gallops and we got a call and I...
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