Sidelines October 2025

This Issue! Leslie Law & Lesley Grant-Law—Same Names, Same Love for Eventing; Nancy Dye—Transforming Equestrian Minds; Mark & Sophie Kinsella—Loving Team and Family; And Much More!

LESLIE LAW

& LESLEY

GRANT-LAW

Same Names,

Same Love for Eventing

NANCY DYE

Transforming

Equestrian Minds

MARK & SOPHIE

KINSELLA

Loving Team and Family

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DRESSAGE

GEORGE WILLIAMS

Preview to L.A. 2028

DRESSAGE

RUTH HOGAN POULSEN

Writing the Book on Dressage

SHOW JUMPING

MARK & SOPHIE KINSELLA

Loving Team and Family

ART

JUNE EVERS

A Horsewoman Who Turns Passion Into Print

SIDELINES SUCCESS

CARRIE SEIM

Loving and Writing About Horses

SIDELINES SUCCESS

NANCY DYE

Transforming Equestrian Minds

EVENTING

VALERIE PRIDE

Championship Reflections

HUNTER-JUMPER

KRISTEN HAMEL

Family, Farm and Foundation

SIDELINES SPOTLIGHT

CISY ZHOU

Pony Gold & Going for Goals

On the cover:

The Laws in Ocala, Florida, left to right: Lesley

Grant-Law and Leslie Law, with Fernhill Lottery,

owned by Jackie and Steve Brown. Leslie is the

chef d’equipe and high performance manager

for the Defender U.S. Eventing Team.

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About this photo:

Powerhouse couple Lesley, left, and Leslie,

not only have the same first names, but work

together and run their Law Eventing in Ocala, Florida.

Photos by Kacy Brown,

kacybrownphotography.com

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HUNTER-JUMPER

SARALYN DARMSTATTER

Living the Horse Girl Lifestyle

COVER STORY

LESLIE LAW AND

LESLEY GRANT-LAW

Same Names, Same Love for Eventing

SIDELINES SPOTLIGHT

KENDALL BIERER

Horsemanship Saving Lives With Brooke USA

SHOW TIME

2025 HAMPTON

CLASSIC HORSE SHOW

UNBRIDLED

OLIVER BROWN

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Enjoying Life

and Love in the

Equestrian World

JAN WESTMARK BAUER,

Editor-In-Chief

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Letterfrom the editor

Lesley Grant-Law and Leslie Law

Photo by Kacy Brown

Nancy Dye

Photo by Melissa Fuller

Mark Kinsella

Photo by Lindsey Long

’m excited for this issue—it’s packed with amazing stories of successful and talented

equestrians, including our cover story featuring husband-and-wife eventers Leslie Law

and Lesley Grant-Law. They have the same first names, just spelled differently—and they

definitely share the same love for eventing.

I enjoyed getting to know Leslie (the husband) and Lesley (the wife)—and in their story,

Lesley does share a funny story about how having the same names can be quite the adventure.

They are both quite accomplished in the eventing world. As a member of the British eventing

team, Leslie won the individual gold medal and team silver at the Athens 2004 Summer

Olympics. Lesley competed twice at the Rolex Kentucky CCI5*, numerous four-star longs and

has been short- and long-listed to many Canadian teams.

The Laws live in Ocala, Florida, with their son Liam, and although he learned to ride,

his true passion is soccer. Leslie is the chef d’equipe and high-performance manager for the

Defender U.S. Eventing Team. Together with his wife, they run Law Eventing.

The powerhouse couple works hard, and I loved learning about their down time, when,

along with Liam, they escape for a few days of R&R. I think you’ll enjoy getting to know more

about their lives.

I’m also excited to feature mindset coach Nancy Dye, who not only loves her life in the horse

world but loves helping riders transform their lives and brains. Nancy jokes that she was born

into the Witness Protection Program, and while she really wasn’t, to this day she wears her

signature dark aviator sunglasses—as you will see in her photos.

Nancy works with riders of all levels and recently worked with Dartmouth College’s NCEA

team, which had an historic win shortly after she coached them. No matter what she’s doing,

Nancy said the barn is her place to get re-centered, and I’m sure many equestrians can relate.

I’m also happy to introduce you to husband-and-wife duo Mark and Sophie Kinsella. The

couple lives in California, where they run their MK Equestrian in Los Angeles. Mark is an Irish

show jumper and spent years riding with Olympian Cian O’Connor.

In addition to both being accomplished riders, they are parents to Cooper and a new baby

girl named Poppy. Sophie’s humor is evident when she talks about raising Cooper and she

shares many of his adventures online. I loved getting to know this couple, from how they met to

their talent in the ring, to their life building their barn and business.

I hope you will take time to pull up a tack trunk and get to know all the amazing equestrians

in this issue. There are stories to inspire you, stories to make you smile, stories about resilience,

and through all of them runs the theme of equestrians enjoying life and love.

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So honored to be on the cover of the September

issue of Sidelines magazine! Huge thank you

to Sidelines for the feature, Helen Townes for

the wonderful article and Lindsey Long for

capturing these amazing photos (“Avery Glynn:

From Early Success to Auburn Star” by Helen

Townes). Horses have always been such a big

part of my life, and I’m so grateful for the chance

to share my journey and how I’ve gotten to

where I am today.

—Avery Glynn

Very excited to share this beautiful and talented

cover girl (“Avery Glynn: From Early Success

to Auburn Star” by Helen Townes)! Thank

you, Sidelines, for this article about this hard-

working young lady and her choice to follow her

equestrian goals while furthering her education!

—Hope Glynn

Congratulations, Avery! You are a great role

model for new equestrians starting out (“Avery

Glynn: From Early Success to Auburn Star” by

Helen Townes).

—Davina Mercer

Congratulations! She deserves this honor

(“Avery Glynn: From Early Success to Auburn

Star” by Helen Townes).

—Sharon Hey Minkes

One of the best young talents in our sport (“Avery

Glynn: From Early Success to Auburn Star” by

Helen Townes). Congratulations, Avery.

—Phillip L. Pierceall

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LettersTo THE EDITOR

Thank you, Jan Westmark Bauer and Sidelines

magazine, for chatting with me and showcasing

my madness (“Lauren Chumley: One of the

Coolest Dressage Riders” by Laura Scaletti).

Special thanks to Ali Potasky, Hannah Heritage

and Jontelle Forbus for the moral support.

Thank you, Alice Tarjan, for letting me invade

your gorgeous farm for the photos.

—Lauren Chumley

Great article and well deserved, Lauren

Chumley (“Lauren Chumley: One of the

Coolest Dressage Riders” by Laura Scaletti)!

—Karin Morgenstern Jimenez

My favorite article on you ever (“Lauren

Chumley: One of the Coolest Dressage

Riders” by Laura Scaletti)!

—Angela Marie

Thank you, Lauren (“Lauren Chumley: One of

the Coolest Dressage Riders” by Laura Scaletti).

We loved having you working at the farm and

training our horses. We are so proud of all you

accomplished and continue to accomplish

today! You are amazing!

—Ruth Erickson Sorum

Congratulations, Rachel (“Unbridled With

Rachel Kennedy” by Britney Grover)! You are

well-respected and loved by many horse people,

including me!

—Robin Wyman

Rachel, I still remember the smell the first day

I walked into Jack’s barn too, it was heaven!

So many years of great memories at HTF and

you will always be the OG (“Unbridled With

Rachel Kennedy” by Britney Grover)! Keep

being amazing!

—Carolyn Levin

So proud of you (“Unbridled With Rachel

Kennedy” by Britney Grover)!

—Troy Hendricks

I was so honored to be asked to do an article for

Sidelines magazine both about my life as a vet

and an eventer (“Dr. Marty Whitehouse Riney:

Finding Her Work-Life Balance” by Diana

Bezdedeanu). Thanks to both Sara Farrell and

Diana Bezdedeanu for these photos and article!

—Marty Whitehouse Riney

Thank you for sharing my story (“Rachel Truair:

It’s Never Too Late to Change Course” by

Jessica Grutkowski)!

—Rachel Truair

Earned and deserved! Great article and

adorable pictures (“Dr. Marty Whitehouse

Riney: Finding Her Work-Life Balance” by

Diana Bezdedeanu)!

—Suzie Hellard

You are an inspiration (“Dr. Marty Whitehouse

Riney: Finding Her Work-Life Balance” by

Diana Bezdedeanu). So proud of this life you

have always worked so hard for!

—Macy Anne Carman

Wow! This is such a wonderful article and I’m so

happy to get to know you a little better through

your story (“Dr. Marty Whitehouse Riney:

Finding Her Work-Life Balance” by Diana

Bezdedeanu). You have always gone above and

beyond for my horses and smaller fur babies at

Noble Spirit!

—Wendy Spencer

Thank you for including Tessa Downey in this

issue! The article was so well-written and the

photography is beautiful (“Tessa Downey: Taking

Life One Ride at a Time” by Laura Scaletti)!

—Sara Jorgenson Downey

sidelines spotlight

Fiona King shows off Sidelines—and her

beautiful outfit—during the Chukkers for

Charity annual polo match in Franklin,

Tennessee, benefiting Rochelle Center and

Saddle Up! Fiona fit in perfectly with the theme

of the event, “Fiesta on the Field.”

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