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Industry Insider Learning from the Judges
INDUSTRY INSIDER
Learning from the Judges Learning from the Judges
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This month Horse & Academy brings you a rare chance to hear what two highly respected USEF judges have to say.
Cindy Mugnier owns and operates a training stable at Fox Meadow Farm in Massachusetts; she is also a USEF judge and current committee member of USEF Morgan,
Saddle Seat Equitation and Saddle Seat
Equitation Committees. She has served on previous World
Cup selection committees and has trained many state, regional, national and world championship riders.
Mugnier is the recipient of the 2007 AMHA
Cecil Brown Sportsmanship Award, Massachusetts Morgan Horse Association Woman of the
Year, UPHA Chapter 14 Horseperson of the Year, and UPHA Chapter 14 Hall of Fame.
Michael Craghead owns and operates the Michael Craghead Stables at Rainwater Farms, just north of Fresno, California. In addition to his success as a horse trainer, Craghead is a sought after USEF licensed judge, holding an “R” card in the Saddlebred, Hackney, Roadster, Morgan and Saddle Seat Equitation Divisions. He also sits on USEF’s Saddle Seat Equitation rules committee, is on the board of directors of the United Professional Horseman’s Association, and is a UPHA Saddle Seat Equitation committee member.
by Nancy Norton, Executive Editor

Left: Judge Cindy Mugnier with Bill Whitley. Right: Judge Michael Craghead. Photos: provided Horse & Academy: When
did you know you wanted to be a judge?
Ms. Mugnier: I have always been interested
continued, see ‘judges’ page 18

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