Sock Inc. owner Steve Heinecke rides Dicaprio in Wellington.
It Was A Season Of New Beginnings For Steve Heinecke And Sock Inc. Story by Taylor Renner • Photos by Sportfot
Since developing a passion for equestrian sports at the tender age of 6, Steve Heinecke has gone on to establish himself as a highly competitive professional hunter rider, trainer and judge. He has helped develop and produce some of the top junior and adult riders and horses in the nation. Heinecke grew up in Connecticut and, throughout his successful junior career, claimed numerous champion titles at some of the most prestigious horse shows across the country, including the 1983 Connecticut Hunter & Jumper Association Junior Medal Final, the 1985 Rolex-Maclay National Equitation Championship at the National Horse Show, the New England Equitation Championships and the Devon Horse Show. Today, Heinecke owns and operates Sock Inc. — affectionately named after
his partner Ken and children Olive and Charlie (Steve, Olive, Charlie and Ken = Sock) — based in North Carolina, where his keen insight and eye for detail
inspires his students to be competitive riders and horsemen. Sock Inc. provides top-quality training and services to hunter, jumper and equitation riders of all levels while enforcing a high standard of professionalism and understanding of proper horsemanship in all its students. While in transition from his head trainer position of 10 years at HiHopes
(Right) Sock Inc. Rider Paige Wilson aboard Dicaprio. wellington the magazine | may 2016
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