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SIDELINESMAGAZINE | October 2026
BAYLEE
ROWAN
What it Takes to be a Working
Student at North Run
By Annelise Klepper • Portraits by Chelsea Lothrop
eventeen-year-old Baylee Rowan,
like any true horsewoman, knows
that those shining moments
in the ring are hard-won through the
unglamorous, day-in-day-out routine and
the labor of a synergetic team of people
who love the process more than the result.
Baylee is a rising competitor and working
student at Missy Clark and John Brennan’s
North Run Farm, based in Warren,
Vermont, and the Winter Equestrian
Festival in Wellington, Florida.
Baylee grew up riding whatever horses
she could get her hands on. She rode on
an IEA team, where she was given a horse
and allowed only two warm-up jumps
to familiarize herself with them before
competing. She’s an advocate for taking
every opportunity you can get in the
equestrian world: Every horse will teach
you something. Every moment in the
saddle led her to where she is today.
In the equestrian world, North Run is
something akin to Disneyland: Between
its prestigious reputation for training
and competition and esteemed working-
student program, Baylee considered this
position a realized dream. She first joined
the team in February of 2024 and never
looked back.