Sidelines May 2024

TARYN

YOUNG

Influencing With

Warmbloods + Wine

LIZZY TRABAND

Jumping Every

Obstacle to Success

AUBREY GRAHAM

Retraining Thoroughbreds

for Eventing

2024 Women

Entrepreneurs Issue

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YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS

SOPHIA LUZINSKI AND

GRACE AND BIANCA INGUI

& GOOD VIBE BRACELETS

Good Vibes, Good Rides

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

ANNA MANNERFELT FINGERS

& WIRED MUSTANG INC.

Increasing Online Horsepower

ART

NATALIE FOX

Painting—and Living—One Chukka at a Time

DRESSAGE

GEORGE WILLIAMS

The Olympic Winning Streak of Women

PARA DRESSAGE

MARIE VONDERHEYDEN

A Second Chance at Life

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

DARIAN MATHIAS ADAIR

& LOCATION CONNECTION, INC.

Landing Leading Roles for Ranches

HUNTER-JUMPER

ROB VAN JACOBS

A Sport That Teaches Resilience

On the cover:

Taryn Young with her heart horse, Rayne

Dance, is the creator of the Instagram account

Warmbloods + Wine as well as the clothing

line Novella Equestrian.

May 2024

About this photo:

Taryn is an Illinois-based dressage rider and

entrepreneur and said she feels like Rayne

was made for her and is thrilled that they

have earned every USDF medal together.

Photos by Stacy Tierman,

stacytiermanphotography.com

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WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

ELIZABETH CONSTANTIN

A New Kind of Coaching

for Equestrian Professionals

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

DR. SYLVIA KAMPSHOFF

& PATA LIFE

Handbags For a Cause

COVER STORY

TARYN YOUNG

Winning At Life with Warmbloods + Wine

SHOW TIME

SHOW JUMPING

HALL OF FAME

104

UNBRIDLED

MAX AMAYA

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

DEBBIE DISBROW

& RAMM FENCE AND STALLS

Safe Spaces for Horses

SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY

MARGIE SUGARMAN

When it’s Time for the Next Horse or Pony

SHOW JUMPING

LIZZY TRABAND

Jumping Every Obstacle to Success

EVENTING

AUBREY GRAHAM

Finding Happiness in Thoroughbreds

and Anthropology

EVENTING

VALERIE PRIDE

Along for the Ride: New Eventing Columnist

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18 Letter From the Editor | 16 Letters to the Editor | 90 Sidelines Business

94 Sidelines Equestrian Gallery | 98 Barns, Farms, Trainers, Clubs

98 Tack and Feed Stores | 99 Real Estate | 99 Equestrian Services Directory

102 Advertisers Index

Good Vibe Bracelets creators, left to right, Bianca and Grace Ingui and Sophia Luzinski.

Photo by Katie Faircloth

Dr. Sylvia Kampshoff, creator of Pata Life

Photo by Kristie Scholten

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Women Entrepreneurs

Making Their Mark

on the Equestrian World

Letterfrom the editor

Taryn Young

Photo by Stacy Tierman

Aubrey Graham

Photo by Jennifer DeMaro

Lizzy Traband

Photo by Kacy Brown

t’s hard to believe the May issue is here already! It’s one of my favorites, as we celebrate women

entrepreneurs in the equestrian world. I loved getting to know these strong, talented women

who are changing the world through their passion and dedication.

I’m excited to have Illinois-based dressage rider and entrepreneur Taryn Young on the cover. In

2018, Taryn started an Instagram account called Warmbloods + Wine as a creative outlet, which

has turned into a supportive equestrian community. Taryn didn’t stop there, but also started her

own equestrian clothing company called Novella—there is no stopping a woman entrepreneur

with dreams!

Taryn is busy juggling life with her family, running two companies and competing in the

dressage ring where she and her warmblood Rayne have earned their Bronze, Silver and Gold

medals, but she wouldn’t have it any other way. Taryn has a great story and I hope she inspires

others to find their entrepreneurial spirit.

I’m excited for you to meet the rest of our women entrepreneurs: Anna Mannerfelt Fingers

of Wired Mustang Inc; Darian Mathias Adair of Location Connection, Inc.; Debbie Disbrow

of RAMM Fence and Stalls; Elizabeth Constantin of Elizabeth Constantin Coaching; Sylvia

Kampshoff of Pata Life; and three amazing pony riders: Sophia Luzinski, and Bianca and Grace

Ingui who have started a bracelet company called Good Vibe Bracelets.

We also catch up with equestrians who are working hard in their discipline, including three-

day eventer Aubrey Graham. Aubrey’s passion for re-training off-the-track Thoroughbreds has

expanded to teaching people who love Thoroughbreds also, and I think you’ll enjoy her adventures,

which have taken her from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to her farm in Georgia.

I’ve been a fan of show jumper Lizzy Traband for years and was happy to catch up with her at

the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida, at the beginning of the year. Lizzy’s riding career

began with trick riding and performing around the country with her pony Toby, but today she is a

dedicated trainer and rider, taking each horse at their own pace as they progress in the show world.

I’m excited to welcome three-day eventer Valerie Vizcarrando Pride, a Maryland-based FEI five-

star rider, trainer and “S” judge, as our new eventing columnist. I think you’ll enjoy getting to know

her and I look forward to reading her columns each month. I also want to thank Liz Halliday for

writing our eventing column for the past two years. It was truly a pleasure working with Liz.

On a sad note, we are sorry to share that our Sidelines salesperson Shelly Fisher Viruete has

passed away. Shelly had a tremendous impact on the show world, the Welsh Pony world and

Sidelines; she will be sadly missed, but her impact won’t be forgotten. Shelly’s obituary can be found

on page 44 of this issue.

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LettersTo THE EDITOR

Just wanted to say thanks for putting us on

the cover of Sidelines magazine last month

(“Will Coleman: Father, Eventer, Olympian” by

Kimberly Gatto). It was a thrill for us, and we

enjoyed opening up our barn and our home to

the Sidelines team. We are very lucky as a family

to live our lives with these horses, and it’s nice to

share that with your horse-loving readers!

—Will and Katie Coleman

One of our best (“Will Coleman: Father,

Eventer, Olympian” by Kimberly Gatto).

—Dougie Hannum

Don’t miss this great article about local legend

and Olympic eventer Will Coleman of Will

Coleman Equestrian (“Will Coleman: Father,

Eventer, Olympian” by Kimberly Gatto). What a

great story he has!

—Horse Connection Ocala

Thanks for supporting eventing and making an

eventing issue each year (“Will Coleman: Father,

Eventer, Olympian” by Kimberly Gatto).

—Elaine Gormley

Thank you for doing such a wonderful job

representing us (“Trapp and Hanley Morrison

O’Neal: A Family Recipe for Success” by Jessica

Grutkowski)!

—Hanley O’Neal

Great article, Trapp and Hanley (“Trapp and

Hanley Morrison O’Neal: A Family Recipe for

Success” by Jessica Grutkowski)!

—Melissa Klaus Osburn

Awesome pictures and great story (“Trapp and

Hanley Morrison O’Neal: A Family Recipe for

Success” by Jessica Grutkowski)! So proud of

both of you! Love you much!

—Becky O’Neal

I love this (“Trapp and Hanley Morrison

O’Neal: A Family Recipe for Success” by Jessica

Grutkowski)!

—Haydeh Davoudi

It’s a great honor to be featured in the April

issue of Sidelines magazine (“Hillary Martin:

Delighting in Dressage & Teaching” by Laura

Scaletti)! I’m very proud to have developed a

business that I love, to have such a supportive

group of staff and students that keep me driving

to be better every day, and to have hobbies that

keep my life just a bit more interesting.

—Hillary Martin, HCM Dressage

Well done (“Hillary Martin: Delighting in

Dressage & Teaching” by Laura Scaletti)! Great

to see your business succeed.

—Adria Spano

What a great article (“Michael Middleton:

Honoring Mustangs Through Contemporary

Ceramics” by Shya Beth)! Congratulations to

Michael!

—Donna Decker

This is amazing (“Michael Middleton:

Honoring Mustangs Through Contemporary

Ceramics” by Shya Beth)! Michael Middleton, I

am so proud of what you do!

—Saskia Skipper Colonna

Thank you Sidelines magazine and Melissa

Fuller—Dani and I are honored to be featured in

this month’s issue (“Laura Reece: A Wonderful

Life With the Wonder Horse” by Britney Grover)!

—Laura Reece

Thank you, Sidelines magazine, for featuring me

in your April issue (“Tina Robinson: Visualize,

Believe, Achieve” by Laura Scaletti)! Special

thanks to Laura Scaletti for covering my article,

Melissa Fuller for the amazing photography and

Jan Westmark Bauer for everything!

—Tina Robinson

Tina Robinson has been riding for Over The

Hill Farm for three WEF winter seasons now.

Not only is Tina a talented rider and great

horsewoman, she is a beautiful person inside

and out! Check out the article in the April

Sidelines issue (“Tina Robinson: Visualize,

Believe, Achieve” by Laura Scaletti)!

—Over The Hill Farm

I’m very proud of you, Tina Robinson (“Tina

Robinson: Visualize, Believe, Achieve” by Laura

Scaletti)! Well-deserved and much more to come!

—Emmanuel Defossez

I couldn’t have said it better myself (“Tina

Robinson: Visualize, Believe, Achieve” by Laura

Scaletti). Love you, Tina. You continue to shine

and grow into the amazing human you are meant

to be and it is a gift to be able to watch you flourish!

—Meghann Reimondo

So proud of you and agree with all that is said

(“Tina Robinson: Visualize, Believe, Achieve” by

Laura Scaletti). Beautiful from the inside out!

—Laurie Masters

This is so awesome and well deserved

(“Mary Piller: The Next Generation of

Dressage Professional” by Laura Scaletti)!

Congratulations, Mary Claire Piller. Well

deserved!! Hard work paying off!! Not only

is she a top young rider/trainer, she has also

taken our little Mo all the way to the National

Championship in four shows! Top trainer

and great person! Miramonte Equine, I am

so excited for this season! What is next?! Wait

and see.

—Katie Ferriell Crotzer

All your patience, talent, perseverance and

dedication paid off in all the best ways (“Mary

Piller: The Next Generation of Dressage

Professional” by Laura Scaletti). So proud to

know you, Mary!

—Jeanette Aumon

You are amazing (“Mary Piller: The Next

Generation of Dressage Professional” by Laura

Scaletti)! Congratulations!

—Sharon Arwood

March Issue

Thank you for the amazing photos and article

(“Alexandra Crown: Returning to the Upper

Levels After a Traumatic Brain Injury” by Jessica

Grutkowski)!

—Alexandra Crown

Fun doing this photo shoot (“Helen & James

Alliston: Sharing Life, Horses and Eventing”

by Allie Heninger)! Thanks for the great article,

Sidelines magazine.

—Helen Alliston

A sterling article with picture-perfect pictures

(“Helen & James Alliston: Sharing Life,

Horses and Eventing” by Allie Heninger)!

Congratulations, Helen and James. The world

will know now what a dynamic duo you are!

—Marca Stickles

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sidelines spotlight

Barbara Culpepper, the director of sponsorship

sales at HITS Horse Shows, shows off a

Sidelines magazine in Ocala, Florida.

We love to see equestrians wearing their Sidelines

hats! Jessica Grutkowski, left, is a writer for

Sidelines and Mira Korber, of Blue Ribbon

Scholars, is a longtime advertiser. So great to

catch up with both of them at HITS Ocala.

Johnny Robb, left, and Sidelines Editor-In-Chief

Jan Westmark Bauer enjoyed catching up in the

beautiful lobby of The Equestrian hotel at the

World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida.

Johnny and Jan co-wrote the book “The Big

Book of Small Equines: A Celebration of

Miniature Horses and Shetland Ponies” several

years ago and Johnny shows off the book!

Big thank you to Bill Rube, center, for inviting

the Sidelines staff to the World Sport Horse

Sales at the World Equestrian Center. Left to

right, Sidelines photographer Melissa Fuller,

Jordan Melfi, Bill, Sidelines Editor-In-Chief Jan

Westmark Bauer and Jerry Bauer.

Don’t miss the amazing story on show jumper

Lizzy Traband, right, in this issue. Sidelines

photographer Kacy Brown took the beautiful

photos of Lizzy for her story.

Emil Spadone, pictured, along with Andre Thieme

and the Hendrix family, put on an amazing World

Sport Horse Sale at the World Equestrian Center.

Thank you, Emil, for always supporting Sidelines!

Hot Horseman alert! Show jumpers Walid Al

Rashid, of Royal Sport Horses, and his wife,

Isabelle Collins of North Point Farms, at the

World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida.

Walid was featured in the 2022 Sidelines Hot

Horsemen issue.

Sidelines loves catching up with riders we have

done stories on—including Chenoa Kennedy.

The bonus was meeting her adorable baby,

Augustus Kennedy.

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