Ryan Haselden: Heart-Stopping Competition

By Jessica Grutkowski

Portraits By Kacy Brown

Normally one might be a little nervous about sending a newly minted 14-year-old into a 1.20m Stakes Class, but junior rider Ryan Haselden has been riding since before she could walk. Born into … [Read more]

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Olivia Murray: Being Part of a Village

By Laura Scaletti

Portraits by Melissa Fuller

By the time Olivia Murray was 5 years old, she had tried all the typical childhood sports—soccer, swimming, basketball and more. While she was good at most of them, she didn’t really enjoy … [Read more]

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Jaxon Hoshaw: Seizing Every Opportunity

By Summer Grace

Portraits by Kacy Brown

All it took was a single weekend—a single clinic with a passionate and knowledgeable trainer, and Jaxon Hoshaw was officially hooked. At the age of 14, Jaxon attended his first Emerging Athletes Program … [Read more]

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Hayley Walston: Pony Pens & Beautifully Different

By Laila Edwards

Portraits by Samantha Parkes

Before Hayley Walston could even walk, she was riding horses. “My mom put me on a horse before I could walk, but I started truly riding when I was 6 years old, … [Read more]

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Addison Litman: Serious About Her Passion

By Jessica Grutkowski

Portraits by Melissa Fuller

What do you get when you combine a talented eye with an eye for talent? For Addison “Addie” Litman and longtime trainer Jenn Bowery, it resulted in a fairy-tale ending at Pony Finals … [Read more]

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Dana Lynn Grace Sapp: From Breyer Horses to Big Dream

By Tori Kistler

Portraits by Susan McClafferty

By all accounts, Dana Lynn Grace Sapp is your typical horse-crazy kid. Her room is filled with Breyer models, her favorite outfits often involve glitter and her best friends happen to have four … [Read more]

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Audrina McCall: For the Love of Ponies

By Britney Grover

Portraits by Lindsay McCall

When Audrina McCall made her Pony Finals debut at 8 years old in 2023, she was the youngest rider in the Green Pony Hunters division—and she was riding the oldest pony: New Moon, … [Read more]

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America’s Sweetheart — Beezie Madden

By Doris Degner-Foster

If someone was a successful working student for Olympic gold medalist and international coach Katie Monahan Prudent, it would probably be a risky move to voluntarily leave and go work at a sale barn. But it turned … [Read more]

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