Contributors

As a junior equestrian myself, I am thrilled to be a part of the Junior Equestrian Magazine where riders like us can communicate and stay up-to-date with the latest happenings in the horse world. I am currently a high school senior with aspirations of riding on an IHSA team in college. I ride and train my horse, Leo, at a barn in Lutz,FL, where we work hard to perfect every detail of my ride for equitation classes! I love hearing from any and all enthusiastic horse fanatics like myself, so please do not hesitate to email me with any ideas, comments, questions, especially about IHSA riding! I look forward to meeting many new junior equestrians! Contact me at sarah@jrride.com

Hey Everyone!
My name is Kendralee Corbett. I’m 15 years old and a freshman in high school. As a JEM Contributor, I work with Product Reviews, Trivia and Contest. I’ve been riding for 2 years. I compete in jumpers and eventing with my pony, Emmy. Emmy is a 14.2 hand welsh mare and I’ve owned her since October 28, 2011. I love her!

Hi, my name is Emily Lo Vece! I am 12 years old in the 7th grade at North Marion Middle School, Cambridge Honors Program. Outside of school, I can generally be found at the barn. My pony Doc (pony jumper) and my horse Ricky (green hunter) are my best friends. I really enjoy learning about horses and I want to know everything equine! I am not showing as of right now due to recent ACL reconstructive surgery, but I’ll be back in the saddle soon. The down time will give me plenty of time to pursue another of my passions, writing…about horses of course! I look forward sharing lots of good stuff with Junior Equestrian Magazine.

Emily Hogye is 16 years old, lives in Santa Cruz, California, and is and will forever be a lifelong horsewoman. She has been riding since she could be sat up on a horse and has been vaulting since she was 3 years old. Emily is at the elite, “Gold,” level of vaulting. She has been competing internationally since 2008, and since has taken home the champion title from CHIO Aachen, the Bronze Medal from the 2008 World Vaulting Championships, and on the top of the list, the Gold medal from the World Equestrian Games, Kentucky, 2010. While Emily has been a full time member of the Free Artist Creative Equestrian (F.A.C.E.) teams in the past years, she has also been a long time, wholehearted member of her home club, Brookside Vaulters. On top of her vaulting life, Emily is an avid rider, and is a C-1 rated member of the Santa Cruz County Pony Club.

I’m 17 and I train in Scottsdale, AZ. I began riding dressage at age 9 and have been competing for over 8 years. I’m very dedicated to dressage and hope to make it my lifelong career. In the future I hope to start my own training business and represent the US at int’l competitions like the World Equestrian Games & the Olympics.

My horse, Verdicci, or Chance as we call him around the barn, is a 9 year Dutch Warmblood gelding that my parents bought for me when I was only 12, and over the years we have developed into partners and friends. Chance and I are currently showing at Prix St. George level and starting to school Intermediate II and Grand Prix.

Some of our greatest accomplishments include winning the Junior Individual and Freestyle Silver Medals at the FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships in 2010, the Junior Reserve Championship at the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Festival of Champions in Gladstone, and being a member of the gold medal winning Region 5 Young Rider Team at the FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships in 2011. We also qualified for the 2011 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Festival of Champions in Gladstone, NJ and the FEI Young Rider World Cup Final in Frankfurt Germany.

Some of my personal accomplishments include receiving my USDF Bronze and Silver Medal Rider Awards, the 2009 Caitlin Ben-Dror Memorial Scholarship, the 2011 KWPN-NA Willy Arts Young Rider Grant, two Renee Isler Dressage Grants out of the Dressage Foundation in 2011, and the 2011 USDF Youth Convention Scholarship. To learn more about me, please visit my website: http://crcdressage.homestead.com

Hello everyone!

My name is Emily Smith. I’m 17 and I show my Appendix Quarter Horse Stellar Moves (AKA: Moose) all across the USA in the AQHA hunter circuit. Together, we have achieved some of the highest titles in the AQHA (reserve world champion in equitation over fences, 4X reserve national champions, All-American Quarter Horse Congress champions, equitation over fences superior title, multiple state championships, and too many circuit champions to list). I am a total equitation freak and could sit on my computer watching the big eq on YouTube all day. Horse riding is my biggest passion! I aspire to get my degree in Equine Studies, go professional, and work under some of AQHA’s top hunter trainers.

Im 16 and live in southern pines NC I’ve been riding for ten years and eventing for 7. I am currently competing training with hopes to make the najyrc area two event team. I love the rush eventing gives and it is my promary focus but i tend to dabble in other disciplines as well including straight dressage and jumpers. I was introduced to eventing at a young age and its been history ever since..
Im curently in between horses but still riding as much as I can in order to better my riding. I love the sport and all aspects about it. My fuure goals are to compete at young riders, recieve m bronze medal in dressage and eventually I would love to own and run my own business and ride for a living. for right now I’m just trying to balance being a teenager, being a junior in school, and my equestrian dream but as of right now I feel like I’m living the dream.

I have a B.A. in English and an M.A. in communication studies. I have honed my craft as a college admission professional at Albion College (Albion, Michigan) while also working extensively with their equestrian teams and program from their inception in 2004. In fact, the roots of the Albion riding program stem from my student Honors thesis, “Enhancing Education through Equitation: A Promotional Plan for an Equestrian Facility at Albion College.” Over time, I gained valuable experience in working with students and their families through the college search and enrollment process while also obtaining extensive expertise regarding intercollegiate riding as a whole – the very same expertise that today enables me to serve the needs of my clients. I am one of the only practicing independent educational consultants who can include both enrollment- and equestrian-related experiences on my resume.

I am an associate member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), and travel to many college campuses each year so that I can best serve the needs of my students. I am also a member of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) and am a USDF bronze medalist.

I have served as an Equestrian Head Coach since 1996 for both IHSA and Varsity Equestrian teams, both English and Western. Coaching at both Fresno State and South Dakota State University, my experience includes taking a team from club status to NCAA Division I varsity status and starting a varsity team from scratch, while competing with riders in both IHSA and Varsity Equestrian competitions.

I have coached riders to regional, zone, team and national wins in the IHSA, along with winners at the NRHA Collegiate Derby and multiple winners at Varsity Nationals during my college career. I enjoy visiting with both potential college riders and their parents and welcome the opportunity to help riders and their families choose the best possible options for a college education that includes horses and intercollegiate competition.

My degree is in Animal Science from Cal Poly SLO and I have completed graduate studies in Sport Management and Sport Psychology from Fresno State.

I am licensed as a USEF and FEI compeition official in Dressage, Eventing, and Reining. I have served as FEI Steward at the 1996 Olympics, multiple Dressage World Cup competitions, NAJYRC, and Reining World Championships.

Hey Everyone!
My name is Kaitlan Parker. I am 17 years old and have been riding for my whole life. I train with Brooke Chasin at North Shore Equestrian Center in Brookville, NY. I currently show in the big equitation on my friend’s horse “Prelude.” Though the big equitation has been my focus I am always up for anything and showing any horse in any division I have the opportunity to. The hunter/jumper world is where I spend most of my time; I have done my fair share of other disciplines and competitions. I have done dressage, eventing, mounted games, show jumping, fox hunting, ranch sorting, team penning, pony club, hunter paces and I’m sure there’s much more I’m forgetting right now!
Some of my accomplishments are winning the Emerson Burr Horsemanship Award at the 2009 Pony Finals and Fairfield 2009. My most recent accomplishment was qualifying and competing at the 2011 ASPCA Maclay Finals in Lexington, Kentucky at the National Horse Show.
Feel free to contact me at: kparker094@gmail.com

Hi my name is Kate Morrison. I am a 17 year old from Columbus, OH! I currently show in Low Junior Jumpers, Junior Hunters, and Big Eq classes! I love riding more than anything. But on the side I also love photography. You can check out more of my photos on my Facebook page, KM Photography!

Heyyyyy thereeeeee!!!! I’m Emily Ecclestone! I grew up and lived in Palm Beach, Florida, riding and showing in Wellington, FL. I have been riding since I was 4, and I am 15, almost 16 now, so that’s 12 years!!! I ride english and compete in Show Jumping. DD My ponies are Saturday Matinee and Friends Forever, I used to own Steel My Heart, but we sold her . I have shown/leased Farnley Byron, Grey Goose, BlackWatch, Making Magic, and Calvin K. I have schooled many ponies such as Dream Big, Promiseland, Rainmaker, Georgia, Nitro, Saltwood Samurai, and Hat Trick. I was 3rd in the Sm/Med. Child. Pony in USEF’s Horse of the Year in 2007 for Zone 4. I am currently in 9th grade at Aspen High School in Aspen, CO. I love to play other sports when I am not riding, such as basketball and lacrosse! I have two younger sisters, Elizabeth (Lizzie) and Erin,and a younger brother, Edwin! Hm.. What else do ya’ll want to know? Well, incase you were wondering, my favorite color is light blue, and my dream horse is a chestnut hunter with 4 white socks with blaze, that needs large spurs to get going cause he’s so lazy, and does auto changes!! That’s what Saturday Matinee (Tony) looks like, but he’s just a Children’s Pony now. Just ask me if you want to know anything else. PEACE OUT!!! Peace, Love, RIDING<3

I’m the girl who gets to the barn first and leaves last.
Around the barn I’m the crazy one with the video camera. I love braiding tails, picking feet, and clean tack. I ride at Briarstone Riding Academy and lease an adorable horse, Shine On. My regular shenanigans include rinding in hunters and equitation, writing, including my current project about teen riders figuring out their place in the horse world while trying to qualify for the Maclay Finals, and editing videos for YouTube.

Ryan Lefkowitz is a twenty year old college student studying English at SUNY Geneseo. She has been riding for 13 years with competition experience in hunters, jumpers, and equitation. She had the great fortune lease an amazing mare named Chantal who showed her the ropes of the 3’6” and the jumper ring. This past summer she leased a gelding named Lasse for the Emerging Athletes Program, who she also showed in the level 4s and Hi Adult Jumpers. After the EAP she stayed at the barn he was kept at and rode and showed sale horse, an opportunity which she is immensely thankful for.

Ryan Lefkowitz is currently an open rider for the SUNY Geneseo Equestrian team and is also horse searching for an off the track Thoroughbred to retrain and resell as a hunter prospect. She also runs a hunter/jumper focused blog on tumblr called Equestrian Guru (http://equestrianguru.tumblr.com/). Feel free to contact me at Equestrian.Guru@gmail.com.

I just got home from the Young Rider Endurance World Championships. It was an experience of a lifetime and I can’t wait to share my experience with you as a blogger for Junior Equestrian Magazine.
I have been riding since I was about 5 and started out showing on the Arabian Circuit. I moved out of the show ring and onto the endurance trails across North America. I am very lucky to have parents that support me & my sisters in this great sport that has been my ticket to see our great country on the back of a horse.

My name is Mary Kathryn Clark; I am an endurance rider from Georgia. Endurance is loosely defined as a marathon on horseback. I have been riding 25, 50, 75, and 100 mile races since I turned 8 years old. Most recently, I represented the USA at the 2011 Junior and Young Rider World Championships in Abu Dhabi, UAE, where the US squad placed fourth in the world. I breed and train my own horses, and also ride for other people on their horses. I also mentor riders new to my sport.

I have been riding since I was 3. At the moment I have two amazing bay horses. I ride with Eight Fences LLC and Lyman T Whitehead. He is a truly amazing trainer and I have learned so much from him.
Oh BTW my mom started Dover Saddlery

Hey guys! My name is Talia Tomarchio, and I ride for Burlington County College in New Jersey. We are in IHSA’s Zone 4 Region 4. It’s been a long time since I’ve ridden, so I’m just getting the hang of getting back into the saddle! I am very grateful that my coach and teammates make everyone feel welcomed no matter their experience or inexperience. I’ll be writing about my experience in IHSA, the struggles of a beginner rider, as well as normal everyday rider stuff. I hope I can connect with some of you who ride for your college!

My name is Shelby Cashman and I am a high school senior. I grew up on a farm which my parents train and manage in new York. I have been riding my entire life. I currently show in the high children’s jumpers and the big eq. I also compete in the Interscholastic equestrian association in the varsity open division. I am going to attend Centenary College next year and study equine business.

Living a dream life at Halcyon Acres, a 117-acre facility in the New York Finger Lakes where we start young horses under saddle and work with troubled equines – primarily for the TB racing and endurance rider industries. When not riding, I’m meeting some of the most incredible equestrian industry leaders through the Horse Sense and Cents book series and the Inventing Your Horse Career CD series initiative. How exciting is that! Check out http://www.HorseSenseAndCents.com to sign up for our free newsletter or http://www.HalcyonAcres.com if you want to see the horses.