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Welcome to WEC

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Stable Spotlight

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featuring Shamrock Show Stables

by Emily Daily

24 Hours in the Life of Robert Mendoza as told to L.A. Sokolowski

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Junior Rider Focus

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Dogs at WEC

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Inspiration

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Scene at WEC

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Ocala is Winter Home For Natural Horsemanship Master Pat Parelli

featuring Reilly Gogul as told to Emily Papa

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Dogs of the 2020 Summer Shows

Lizzy Traband

by Rosie Powers

WEC Ocala Updates

by Mickey Rathbun

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Dressage Comes to Ocala

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Parents Perspective

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The Tech Equestrian

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Equestrian Style

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by Mickey Rathbun

100 Years of Horses

by Jenny Booth

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Barn Manager: An Integrated Approach to Digital Horse Care

by Juliana Chapman

Put Your Best Face (Mask) Forward

by Emily Papa

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elcome to the final issue of 2020. It’s been a year that no one could have predicted and we hope you and your loved ones are safe and well.

As we settle in to the new normal, with face masks being required at USEF shows, we’ve compiled a list of the best masks for equestrians in our Equestrian Style column.

We spend 24 hours with family-oriented trainer Robert Mendoza, and learn about his strategies for successfully producing young horses. Robert shares his daily routine, which includes riding, training and teaching his two daughters who are making their way up the ranks.

The Junior Rider Focus shines on Reilly Gogul, a stylish young rider who, at 15 years old, is already jumping around 1.30 tracks. As the daughter of two trainers, Reilly has had an excellent foundation in riding from bringing along green ponies to competing at Pony Finals and moving up to horses, even recently competing in her first mini prix.

Our Stable Spotlight lands on Caitlin Maloney’s Shamrock Show Stables in Reddick, Florida. Caitlin shares how she worked with some of the best to learn empathy, horsemanship and how to think like a horse on her journey to become a professional.

We draw inspiration in this issue from Lizzy Traband, a gifted young rider who, despite being born without a left hand, has trained a trick pony, won at major horse shows, earned a spot on Penn State’s IHSA team and jumped 1.30 tracks.

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Jenny Booth pens this issue’s Parent’s Perspective, as a retrospective of one family’s more than 100 years of horsemanship, captured in beautifully crafted vignettes.

We’re excited that Dressage riders are flocking to Ocala, creating a new epicenter for the sport in the United States.

We connect with three top riders to hear their plans to make Ocala their new winter headquarters.

Finally, we spend some time in Ocala with Pat Parelli. The Natural Horsemanship guru takes us through his early career and those who influenced him to become the iconic trainer he is today.

We hope you enjoy the issue. Stay safe and healthy this fall.

God bless,

The Roberts Family

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THIS HOLISTIC APPROACH, WITH PATIENCE AND TRUST IN YOUR TRAINING METHODS ARE HOW I BELIEVE WE GET THE MOST OUT OF HORSES.”

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ith momentum building up for the official launch of World Equestrian Center-Ocala in central Florida, many of the area’s trainers are looking forward to taking advantage of all the amenities the elite venue will be offering. One such trainer is Caitlin Maloney, who operates her boarding and hunter/ jumper training program out of her family’s Shamrock Show Stables in nearby Reddick, Florida.

“It will be a great asset to have a world-class horse show year-round in Ocala,” says Caitlin, 31. “I enjoy the

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shows in Florida, but it can be so hot in the summer. I can't wait for the temperature-controlled show rings and stabling. Last year, I had a tour of the outdoor showgrounds at WEC, and it looks beautiful. The spacious rings and two stadiums will be a great draw for riders and spectators.”

Though she’s an Illinois native, Caitlin has found the Ocala area to be the ideal location to base her business. “The community is so supportive of the equestrian world. Ocala has endless resources for horses and riders, with top vet clinics, training facilities, and feed and equipment suppliers.”

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Gaining Experience Growing up just outside of Chicago in Lake Bluff, Illinois, Caitlin got her first taste of riding as a child on a family vacation at a Colorado ranch.

“I begged to keep riding when we got home and started taking lessons at a local hunter/jumper barn,” she recalls. At the time, no one else in the family rode, but soon enough, her mother also began taking lessons and eventually the family purchased their own horses.

Caitlin’s first children's hunter was a warmblood named Dante, who took her to her first zone medal finals and was also the first horse she took to show in Wellington. “I'm grateful for the accomplishments I achieved with him,” she says.

As Caitlin progressed into the “big eq” classes, her next partner was Max, whom she got in April of her final junior year. She focused on qualifying for the USET Medal and Maclay classes and competed at the finals held at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show and the National Horse that fall.

“I continued to compete with him as an amateur while I was in college,” Caitlin says. “We competed in the USEF Talent Search classes as well as international hunter derbies and some jumper classes. We had good results in international derbies in 2009 at the Kentucky Spring Derby and the Chicago Hunter Derby.”

While finishing her undergraduate degree in international studies at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, Caitlin decided her true calling was working with horses.

For the next few years, she traveled all over the country learning from top trainers including Don Stewart, Bibby Farmer and Denise Dennehy

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IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE HORSE AND SEE THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR EYES, YOU WILL LIKELY GET TO THAT SUCCESS POINT MUCH FASTER THAN IF YOU ONLY SEE THINGS FROM A SINGLE POINT OF VIEW.” Lenn, and also spent time at Split Rock Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.

Finally, she settled at Balmoral Farm in California, working for Carleton and Traci Brooks for several years.

Horses as Teachers Carleton (“CB”) proved to have one of the biggest influences on her career. “Working with him wasn't just about producing what you 'need' from a horse or rider, like to win a class, to sell a horse or to qualify for a show.” It was more than that - it was about all the nuances that made a rider a great horseman.

“CB's attention to detail and his love for the horse is what allows him to produce greatness: Both riders who are curious and motivated to grow their connection with their horses

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The farm’s namesake comes from Caitlin’s special skill for finding four-leaf clovers. She’s had a knack for spotting them since she was young.

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while competing at the highest level, as well as horses that give that bit of extra effort to perform their best,” she says.

One of the most important philosophies Carleton instilled in Caitlin became a key part of her own program. “Carleton encourages his riders to ‘think like the horse,’ which is what I incorporate most in my training on a daily basis,” Caitlin says.

“Working with him tied in full-circle the horsemanship lessons I learned as a young rider that solidified my foundation as a trainer, coach, competitor and horse lover."

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“No matter what you're learning, if you take the time to understand what your long-term goal truly is, and take the time to get there, you will realize that the horses teach us much more than how to earn ribbons,” she adds. “It is a process that does not look the same for any horse or rider. One of the greatest lessons we get from horses is to truly learn empathy. If you understand the horse and see the world through their eyes, you will

NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING, IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR LONG-TERM GOAL TRULY IS, AND TAKE THE TIME TO GET THERE, YOU WILL REALIZE THAT THE HORSES TEACH US MUCH MORE THAN HOW TO EARN RIBBONS.”

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Favorite food?

Ben and Jerry's ice cream

Favorite pets?

My two dogs, Roxy and Peppers

Favorite piece of tack?

Butet saddle

likely get to that success point much faster than if you only see things from a single point of view.”

it seasonally or rented it out until Caitlin’s mother moved there fulltime in 2016.

“When you think like the horse, you understand why and when to use different tack or different pressure, when to push for more on a certain day, and when to know the benefit of ending a ride earlier than planned,” she adds. “This holistic approach, with patience and trust in your training methods, is how I believe we get the most out of horses.”

Located just northwest of Ocala, in the heart of Florida’s horse country, the farm features sprawling grass fields on rolling hills, framed by towering, shady oak trees. The spacious cinderblock 10-stall barn with a temperature-controlled tack room gives both horses and riders a chance to relax in comfort, especially in the summer heat.

An Ideal Homebase After gaining experience in California, Caitlin moved back to her family's farm at the end of 2017 to officially launch her business.

The family had purchased the 10acre facility in 2010, but only used

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A large, flat area with natural footing provides ideal riding conditions. “It absorbs the rain and drains evenly because of the sandy base,” says Caitlin. “It never gets too deep or slippery to ride.”

Along with her personal horses and her mother’s adult amateur

Do you enjoy sports or have other hobbies?

I practice yoga and work out in the gym.

I like to incorporate outdoor bicycling and kayaking as a fun exercise, too. I like to watch professional sports. I'm a Chicago girl, so I like Blackhawks hockey and Cubs baseball.

Favorite tv show or music or movie?

I recently binge-watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel series. I love music. Going out to see live music has always been a part of my life outside the barn. My boyfriend and I like to go to the movie theatre, too, as much as possible.

Favorite store?

Hadfield's Saddlery, Valencia Saddlery

What’s your ideal day off?

If I have a free day, I'd most likely spend it at the beach with a book.

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I like to use "shape-rails" and gymnastics in between coursework at home. Landing rails help the horse stay slow off the ground. Recently, I've had some horses that rush their lead changes, so giving them a rail to step over, or even raised off the ground with cavaletti, encourages the horse to stay light on its front end and allow for more balance that creates an easy lead change.

For this exercise, I will usually start with a 2'6" vertical with groundlines on both sides. I set the jump in the middle of the arena so the rider can approach it from either lead. I then set a shape-rail 9 to 10 feet on the backside of the vertical. If incline is a variable of the ground in the riding area, then I set the jump-to-shaperail "downhill." This will give the horse and rider a "passive" balancing exercise.

This exercise also encourages "slow work." Therefore, a horse or rider that rushes and loses balance on the backside of a jump learns to steady by shifting balance, rather than relying on direct aids such as pulling on the reins, in order to slow down. This allows the horse and rider as one to shift their balance and weight, and then complete the next

community. “Everyone comes to the barn for more than their scheduled lesson, often hanging out after to groom their horses, clean their tack, catch up with their barn mates or even to just play with my dogs.”

hunter, Caitlin has a mix of students, from short-stirrup juniors to 3’ adult amateur hunter competitors, some of whom come south for the winter and spring season. No stranger to the show ring, she often shows sales horses, as well as her students’ horses. Last December, Caitlin won the Florida Thoroughbred Transformation Show Hunter championship with a client’s horse, Sky Pilot.

Caitlin’s former show horse, Max, is still an integral part of her life. “Max gets extra carrots every day,” she says.

“He teaches about four lessons per week, and absolutely loves his job.

At his age, he, like all of our horses, really benefits from a lot of pasture turnout and hills, which helps keep his topline and hind end conditioned without much wear and tear.”

Shamrock Show Stables is more than just an equestrian facility - it’s a

Every detail about each horse’s care and well-being is always in the

upcoming variable of the course.

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forefront of Caitlin’s mind. She talks with her farrier about every horse each time they’re shod. “Even if it's a casual chat, I like to know that we are on the same page with the way the horse is going and if anything changes, it's discussed. Same goes for the chiropractor. I make the time to check in with them. It's part of my job as a horsewoman.”

Reaching Her Goals Not one to rest on her laurels, furthering her education has always been a goal for Caitlin. Currently, she is working towards becoming a ‘R’ hunter and equitation judge. “The licensing process has been a great experience. I’m really enjoying and benefitting from working with other

‘R’ judges in a new way. I see judging as being another valuable asset to my career in the industry.”

So far, the experience has been both inspirational and fulfilling. “I love to push my comfort zone,” Caitlin says. “It can be intimidating to go into a new facet of the industry as a beginner and work one-on-one with

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Max

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21-year-old Westphalian warmblood gelding, sired

by Pilot, and shown under the name “Peron.”

Background?

As a junior, I showed Max in the big equitation classes: USEF Medal, Maclay, WIHS, and the USET Talent Search, along with the junior hunters. He has taken other riders to equitation finals and served as a great teacher.

experts, and I take my participation in the licensure process very seriously. The feedback that I have gotten from the judges whom I've worked with so far has been phenomenal. It's a real confidence boost and reaffirms for me that this is a goal well-worth working toward.”

Gaining knowledge, whether it’s through judging, learning from top trainers or even experimenting in other disciplines, is important to Caitlin for reaching her goal of becoming a better horsewoman. “I try other disciplines as an educational experience, such as taking lessons from dressage trainers, going cross country and riding western.”

Like most trainers, Caitlin has had her fair share of ups and downs over the years, but she always finds inspiration along the way. “This career truly has pushed me to persevere through countless long days, hard work, mental fatigue, and breaks and bruises, but it has all been worth it for the love of the horses.”

What’s his personality like?

He always has his ears pricked forward and whinnies at me when he sees me from his paddock. He absolutely loves his job as a teacher.

He especially likes kids and he is very forgiving when riders make mistakes. At the same time, he is tuned to gymnastic exercises. He has always had a great work ethic.

What’s he like to ride?

He is versatile enough for me to teach upper-level dressage lessons for one rider or go straight to jumping hunter/equitation style courses with another rider. He doesn’t need a lot of training rides by me, but I do enjoy riding him. I’ll ride him bareback to work on balance, flatting, and over small jumps. Sometimes I’ll get on him from the pasture with just the halter and lead rope.

Favorite memories with him?

My favorite memories with him were from Indoors my last junior year. We really clicked, even though we had only known each other for a couple months. Max was the kind of horse that was talented and level-headed, so any nerves I had just seemed to dissolve once I was on his back. That quality of him is something that I still see today. He is lovely, patient, and willing to carry his rider to where they want to

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You’d be hard-pressed to find a more bucolic setting in southern Indiana than Allyn McCracken’s Bannockburn Farm. Its lakeside main house, built in 1864, is

on the National Register of Historic Places. The farm’s iconic silos have been transformed into a guesthouse and its 54-stall, private equestrian

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I’m a rider, not a salesman, but if you want a athlete, we’ve probably got a horse for you."

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“Nice, athletic horses. Excellent bloodlines. “I’m a rider, not a salesman, but if you want a good athlete we’ve probably got a horse for you. Typically, half the horses you see me showing are for sale.”

Since 2012, he has been developing Bannockburn’s Belgian Warmblood athletes, while also offering his own training services and, “It’s been a good run of late.”

How does he do it? More remarkably, how does he do it without coffee?

5:00 a.m.

“I’m a very boring person. No vices. I’m up every day at 5 a.m., pour myself some cereal (no coffee), and head to the barn to start mucking.

On Java van de Kleinheide, he won last summer’s $25,000 WEC Grand Prix, went on to open the WEC Fall Show with a double clear on United M over Bobby Murphy’s $1,500 CWD Sellier Welcome Stake course, and closed the season riding approved BWP stallion Obi Wan B (Nabab de Reve x Montana/ Jus de Pomme) to the USHJA Zone 3 Horse of the Year Award for 5-Year-Old Jumpers.

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24 Hours in the Life of Robert Mendoza

“I don’t have an exercise regimen.

Cleaning 10 horse stalls is a workout!

“But I have started running a little.

It’s what Kezie likes, so it gives me time with my wife. I’m not getting younger so I’m trying to stay fitter.

Otherwise, I’d just live on spaghetti.”

8:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Quality time together, including daughters Nora, 12, and Elise, 10, is easy because horses are a family affair.

Of the dozen horses under his development now, “I ride at least seven daily. Depending on how they’re going, maybe all of them if I have to.”

“We have a barn in our backyard.

It’s a great way to raise kids. Put kids on a farm and watch their phones and tech gadgets get left on the kitchen table.”

I don’t have an exercise regimen. Cleaning 10 horse stalls is a

WORKOUT!"

All those hours riding requires gear that can keep up with the job, so no surprise he lists his saddles among the 10 things he simply can’t live without.

“My family, of course. Jumping horses, in general. And my Voltaire saddles.”

“The kids also earn their hours in the saddle. Nora has been showing in Low Children’s Jumpers on Scott and Beth Isabel’s Jewel B. Jewel is a horse that I started and brought along. Elise is jumping Paddy, her mom’s former horse, doing the 2’6” hunters and hoping to move into the jumper ring!"

“We love the WEC. Without it, my kids wouldn’t get to show, and I do love Bobby [Murphy]’s courses. His track always has a good question or interesting challenge. That’s important when you’re bringing along young horses, and he’s easy

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THINGS ROBERT

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WITHOUT My family of course!

Jumping horses, horses in general Pasta My Voltaire saddles Voortman wafer cookies (chocolate)

to talk to if you’ve got a question. Overall, riding at WEC is fantastic. The venue and accessibility are top-notch, the courses inviting, and you can’t beat its bright and open arena.”

12:00 p.m.

My truck

“I try to never miss a meal, and true to my predictable self, I eat a couple of ham and cheese sandwiches for lunch every day.

WEC, without it, my kids wouldn’t get to show

“I’ve been eating the same thing since I was a kid. You could say I’m a creature of habit.”

My dog Bear, she’s insane and makes me laugh Ham and cheese sandwiches

For dessert, all-natural Voortman chocolate wafer cookies. And always nearby, and keenly at the ready to catch any crumbs, his dog, Bear. “She’s insane and makes me laugh.”

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3:00 p.m.

One horse he never has to be asked twice to ride is USHJA HOY, Obi Wan B, bred by Bannockburn Farm and stood by Coruscant Stables.

“Stallions are always thinking! But he’s a good guy. Bred on the farm, lots of raw scope, and since he’s only 6 years old, he’s still figuring out where his feet are!”

Mendoza doesn’t have any secret to success, but does train with the approach, "Where the feet go, so goes the horse."

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“We show about once a month and do gymnastics in between.

Horses only have so many good jumps in them, so I like flat work, hacking and gymnastics to get them smarter with their feet. I look for an energetic ride and leave the rest to the horse.”

6:00 p.m.

“We try to eat dinner about 6:30 and it’s definitely a family affair. We have some kind of a pasta-based dish at least five days a week. Yes, spaghetti is my favorite.

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“It’s a good thing we are all so active, because otherwise, we’d have a carb overload!”

At day’s end, Mendoza, who got his own start at age 13 as a working student to Joe and Patty Forest at Horton’s Farm in Grantham, New Hampshire, observes, “There’s no one way to train a horse, or ride them.”

As he aged out of the juniors, he began to learn from Grand Prix greats like Michael Page and Aaron Vale, and international trainers Chris Ruysen (“he was a trainer and friend from Belgium who really helped my gymnastics and how they improve the horse”) and Federico Sztyrle (“an Argentine trainer I try to ride with who is based out of Kentucky and has really helped me with the upper level jumpers”).

“Mike [Page] was a great mentor, as were Joe and Patty. Aaron taught me to see not just outside the box, but around it! Most of all, I’ve found that, if you pay attention at the shows, you can learn from everyone.”

Today, he’s not afraid to keep asking questions. “I’m working on my refinement with the upper

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level jumpers, and from [dressage rider] Bettina Drummond, I’m appreciating how all it takes are miniscule movements to improve a ride or horse.”

10:00 p.m.

I try to go to bed around 10:30, sometimes a little later, but it’s never earlier! Kez and I like to have a little time to ourselves after the girls go to sleep.”

“I never had a plan. As a kid, I just started living at the barn, and kept working, and it all worked itself out!

In school, sports were boring to me.

I was ‘good enough’ at pretty much everything I tried. Only horses were a challenge.”

A challenge that each day — and without coffee — he’s ready to meet.

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PRECAUTIONS: OSPHOS has been associated with renal toxicity. Concurrent administration of other potentially nephrotoxic drugs should be approached with caution and renal function should be monitored. Use of bisphosphonates in patients with conditions or diseases affecting renal function is not recommended. Horses should be well-hydrated prior to and after the administration of OSPHOS due to the potential for adverse renal events. Water intake and urine output should be monitored for 3-5 days post-treatment and any changes from baseline should elicit further evaluation. As a class, bisphosphonates may be associated with gastrointestinal and renal toxicity. Sensitivity to drug associated adverse reactions varies with the individual patient. Renal and gastrointestinal adverse reactions may be associated with plasma concentrations of the drug. Bisphosphonates are excreted by the kidney; therefore, conditions causing renal impairment may increase plasma bisphosphonate concentrations resulting in an increased risk for adverse reactions. Concurrent administration of other potentially nephrotoxic drugs should be approached with caution and renal function should be monitored. Use of bisphosphonates in patients with conditions or diseases affecting renal function is not recommended. Administration of bisphosphonates has been associated with abdominal pain (colic), discomfort, and agitation in horses. Clinical signs usually occur shortly after drug administration and may be associated with alterations in intestinal motility. In horses treated with OSPHOS these clinical signs usually began within 2 hours of treatment. Horses should be monitored for at least 2 hours following administration of OSPHOS. Bisphosphonates affect plasma concentrations of some minerals and electrolytes such as calcium, magnesium and potassium, immediately post-treatment, with effects lasting up to several hours. Caution should be used when administering bisphosphonates to horses with conditions affecting mineral or electrolyte homeostasis (e.g. hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, hypocalcemia, etc.).

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Bisphosphonates should not be used in pregnant or lactating mares, or mares intended for breeding.

The safe use of OSPHOS has not been evaluated in breeding horses or pregnant or lactating mares.

Bisphosphonates are incorporated into the bone matrix, from where they are gradually released over periods of months to years. The extent of bisphosphonate incorporation into adult bone, and hence, the amount available for release back into the systemic circulation, is directly related to the total dose and duration of bisphosphonate use. Bisphosphonates have been shown to cause fetal developmental abnormalities in laboratory animals. The uptake of bisphosphonates into fetal bone may be greater than into maternal bone creating a possible risk for skeletal or other abnormalities in the fetus. Many drugs, including bisphosphonates, may be excreted in milk and may be absorbed by nursing animals.

Increased bone fragility has been observed in animals treated with bisphosphonates at high doses or for long periods of time. Bisphosphonates inhibit bone resorption and decrease bone turnover which may lead to an inability to repair micro damage within the bone. In humans, atypical femur fractures have been reported in patients on long term bisphosphonate therapy; however, a causal relationship has not been established.

ADVERSE REACTIONS: The most common adverse reactions reported in the field study were clinical signs of discomfort or nervousness, colic and/or pawing. Other signs reported were lip licking, yawning, head shaking, injection site swelling, and hives/pruritus.

POST-APPROVAL EXPERIENCE (December 2018): The following adverse events are based on post-approval adverse drug experience reporting. Not all adverse events are reported to FDA/CVM. It is not always possible to reliably estimate the adverse event frequency or establish a causal relationship to product exposure using these data.

The following adverse events are listed in decreasing order of reporting frequency: renal failure, polyuria, polydipsia, abdominal pain, anorexia, lethargy, hypercalcemia, behavioral disorder, discomfort, hyperkalemia, hyperactivity, recumbency, hyperthermia, injection site reactions, muscle tremor, urticaria, hyperglycemia, and fracture. In some cases, death has been reported as an outcome of the adverse events listed above.

INFORMATION FOR HORSE OWNERS: Owners should be advised to: • NOT administer NSAIDs. • Ensure horses have access to adequate water before and after administration of OSPHOS. • Observe their horse for at least 2 hours post-treatment for signs of colic, agitation, and/or abnormal behavior.

• If a horse appears uncomfortable, nervous, or experiences cramping post-treatment, hand walk the horse for 15 minutes. If signs do not resolve contact the veterinarian.

• Monitor water intake and urine output for 3-5 days post-treatment.

• Contact their veterinarian if the horse displays abnormal clinical signs such as changes in drinking and urination, appetite, and attitude.

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Known for having the largest inventory of Kubota equipment in the state, Agricon is a full-line Kubota Dealer for both Agricultural and Construction Equipment. The flagship store in Ocala opened under the Ford and Lewis ownership 11 years ago, as “an investment”. The next day after the purchase was complete, the stock market took its biggest loss in many years.

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How did you get into riding?

Both of my parents were professionals, so I was kind of thrown into it. I tried a couple of other sports like soccer, which I hated, but eventually, I just fell in love with all of the time I spent at the barn.

Tell us about your early riding career.

When I was growing up, I didn’t own any super fancy ponies, but I was given a lot of catch rides at shows, and I also got to show sale ponies and young ponies who were sent to us, as well as some customer ponies. We moved to Wilmington, Ohio when I was 12 years old, and I’ve moved up from there.

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All that Glitters was my first pony who I showed in cross rails. She taught me the basics, like diagonals, leads, etc. My first small pony was Neon Star and she helped get me from Children’s Pony to the Smalls.

Mr. Magoo was sent to us by the Sweetnam’s when he was still young. He was the first one who I was teaching and I learned so much from him. When we moved to Wilmington,

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favorite ring. My first junior jumper, who we just retired, Sniper, helped me move up from the Children’s Jumpers to the Low Juniors.

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I was able to ride Brownlands Mr. Mack, Don’t Push My Buttons and Blu Ray, who all taught me more about showing ponies with more experience that I hadn’t previously had access to. Also, the catch rides I’ve gotten to do along the way have all helped better me as a rider. My first jumper, Amazing, taught me the basics of jumpers, and really helped me get started in what is now probably my

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Tell us about your current horse(s) and your relationship with them.

Right now, I only own one horse, my jumper Amazing, or Maizey as she’s known in the barn. I do the Children’s Jumpers on her. She was my first jumper and she is really fun, she’s super speedy and can turn at the drop of a hat, so she really was an “amazing” first jumper. Maizey is super sweet on the ground and has a great personality. If I walk past her stall leading another horse, she’ll stick her head out and pin her ears like I’m not giving her enough attention! I have also been riding Now We’re Talkin’, also known as Guapo, a lot at home and I’m hoping to do some equitation classes with him soon. Guapo is super fun. He has a huge stride and does his job very well.

I’ve had a great time learning on him. Guapo is also super sweet, he’ll stick his head out of his window and he gets lots of pets when I pass him.

What do you currently show in?

I show Maizey in the Children’s Jumpers.

Unfortunately, we just had to retire my junior jumper Sniper, so we are doing a bit of horse shopping for one that can take me up through the juniors.

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What made you switch to the jumpers from the hunters?

the car going back and forth is really crucial to getting my work done. I do tend to fall asleep in the car very quickly, so that can cause a bit of an issue, but I also have a study hall and a little bit of time before dinner to get homework done.

It just kind of happened. There were people at the barn who started doing jumpers and my interest in it grew until I finally got to ride in that ring.

What are some of your biggest riding accomplishments?

At Pony Finals I’ve been 14th overall in the Smalls with Neon Star, 2nd in the jumping and 13th overall on It’s All Good in the Mediums, and 2nd in the Pony Medal Final on Rock Star. At Capital Challenge in 2017, I was reserve with Brownland’s Mr. Mack.

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I read a lot. All of my bookshelves are full of books, and usually, when I’m bored, I’ll just grab a book and start reading.

School has also helped me explore different genres and I actually found one of my favorite series because we had to do an independent reading project.

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"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is one of my favorites. I also really like the "Iron King" series

by Julie Kagawa.

What are your riding goals?

I’d love to move up in the junior jumpers and hopefully start doing some Futures Prix’s here at WEC. I am also hoping to start doing some bigger equitation classes pretty soon.

What grade are you in?

I am going to be a sophomore at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati.

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Definitely my parents. They got me started riding and still help me now. I have also gotten a lot of help and advice from Ali Sweetnam and Charlie Moorcroft, and of course, Patty Rogers and Anne Thornbury.

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Who would you say are your biggest supporters?

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My parents again. They understand how stressful, but also rewarding, this lifestyle is and they help me out a lot. Also, my friends at school, they don’t really know the demands of the sport, but they like to ask questions and I love answering them. It’s nice to have people who are interested in learning more about the equestrian world and they always give me lots of encouragement when I’ve had a bad weekend.

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Do you have any good luck charms?

I like to think that the stirrup necklace I got for my birthday a couple years ago is lucky, but I also never take it off, so I don’t really know.

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show jackets. They are good coats to wear in the heat and the water-resistant material is super cool. I use the sock hairnets, I don’t actually know what they’re called, but they are easy to put on and they work well with my hair, which is a bit too short to use regular hairnets.

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Tell us a fun fact about you.

on the green standards with a gate flipped upside down in the cups.

Reilly added…

I would like to thank the Roberts and the whole team at Roberts Stables. They are amazing and have helped me come so far.

I would not be anywhere near where I am today without them.

I can jump really high on my feet, especially here at WEC during the winter. My best friend, Izzy Beisel, and I love to set courses with the kid jumps. I don’t know how high it was, but the highest I’ve jumped was top hole

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izzy Traband may be noticeably different from the rest of her competition, but she doesn’t let the lack of a left hand hinder her ability to ride and compete, or do everyday tasks.

Traband has grown up around horses on her family’s Carousel Farm in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania where she helps manage her family’s horses as well as other boarders.

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Lizzy’s positive attitude makes up for her lack of limb, as she has never let the difference slow her down.

A video of an 11-year-old Traband states, “Nothing holds me back, I’ll still inspire, I love to ride. I’ll ride bareback, bridleless, nothing stops me.” Now, 10 years later, she admits that the mentality hasn’t changed, “Perhaps I’m a little more quiet about it and I also have to be reasonable in the logistics of [the sport].” She credits her parents for contributing to her positivity and never shutting down her forwardthinking mindset that started when Lizzy got her first pony, Toby.

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dollars at a horse auction the family pulled into after seeing a sign on the highway, shortly after picking up a horse trailer. Toby, the small appaloosa pony, caught the attention of Annette Traband, Lizzy’s mother, by knocking his feed bucket off the wall and standing on

it to see over the fence. She turned to her husband Mark and said, “Honey, we’re buying that pony.”

They paid Amish kids to get on it to see if Toby could jump over hay bales, and then, brought him home, hoping he would be their daughter's pony hunter.

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However, Toby didn’t want to be a small pony hunter. The Traband’s realized their pony was more interested in doing tricks. Looking back on the experience, Lizzy Traband said, “He sent me over more jumps without him than with him. He needed a new job. I wasn’t going to ditch Toby, I was going to do whatever Toby wanted to do.”

Toby and Lizzy fully transitioned to trick riding and learned the ropes together. Their success went as far as teaching clinics and doing exhibitions with Tommy Turvey.

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Traband even performed at the World Equestrian Games (WEG) in 2010. As for Toby, his iconic exhibitions and performances led him and a 15-year-old Traband to Breyerfest, where Toby became a Breyer model. Now, Toby spends his time at Carousel Farm, happily retired as Traband’s career escalates.

Lizzy still speaks fondly of him, calling him a “life-changing pony.”

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and jumper ranks. Traband’s credentials allowed her to watch the hunter derby demonstration, where she connected with Louise Serio and became a working student for Serio’s Derbydown. This led Traband to apply and receive the inaugural USHJA Foundation Making A Dream Grant, allowing her to attend the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, Florida for two weeks. She credits the experience as one that opened many doors for her that has still led to opportunities today.

WEF sparked an interest in Lizzy to the point where she bought the first horse with the ability to do the hunter/jumper sport from Canada. One opportunity led to another and horses with more caliber were found. However, these weren’t the 100 percent made horses. Traband managed to learn a different discipline with horses that portrayed a quirk or two. People who gave the horses to the Traband family were not sure if the mounts were fixable. For some horses, it was a question of soundness, for others, it was fixing behavioral issues. “We’d take them in and give it six months. Most of the horses

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in my career have had that story,” Traband stated.

Traband was helping fix horses as she rose through the sport, however, her love for the horse and positivity led to very few setbacks. Lizzy sees

it as everyday you are working with a horse, you are overcoming some challenge, whether it is big or small. “[If there is a setback, it] propels you forward or it's at those moments that you say 'OK I can overcome this' or you say 'I can’t' and you quit.

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Lizzy sees it as everyday you are working with a horse you are overcoming some challenge whether it is big or small."

You have to embrace all those little setbacks in order to get better. If you think about them too much, they are going to work against you.”

Lizzy’s biggest setback was the transition to her prosthetic at

the age of 15. During this time, she was at a peak in her riding career. She was branching out and competing in para dressage, as well as showing hunters and jumpers, and competing in an Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Session. The first six months with the new arm were rough. Traband not only had to figure out how to use it to her advantage, but also iron out the kinks that come with trying something new. Despite the arm detaching from the reins more than necessary while Lizzy was on course, the Traband family was patient and eventually solved the issues at hand.

Traband states that, “[Getting the prosthetic] was a big decision, but looking back, it’s one of the best things [she’s] done as a rider.”

Now, with the help of her prosthetic, Lizzy has been a captain of Penn State’s IHSA team as well as a competitor for the Cacchione Cup. She has continued to show in the

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1.20 and 1.30 ranks with the help of Olympian Joe Fargis and her mother, Annette Traband.

This past summer, a new door opened for Traband with the help of Andy Kocher, an opportunity to train and show internationally at Tenerife Stables in Brno, Czech Republic. Previously, Traband had

never traveled overseas, but knew she wanted to since graduating high school. Although Lizzy booked her plane tickets a short four days before her new adventure, she never looked back.

You have to embrace all those little setbacks in order to get better. If you think about them too much, they are going to work against you.”

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Reflecting back on the experience, Traband stated, “I was in the middle of Europe. I was far from fluent Englishspeaking people. I think it was a fantastic experience for me to see a different way that barns are run, a different way that horse

shows are run, and there are so many differences between there and the way it's done in America. It was amazing that I got to see a different way of doing the sport. I think the connections will be super useful for the future.”

Traband is finishing up her senior year at Penn State while riding and showing. On completion of her credits, Traband hopes to work abroad once again, hopefully in Ireland.

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first heard about Pat Parelli in 2001 from Bob Duncan, who was then head of the starting gate crew for the New York Racing Association.

Duncan said he was tired of seeing frightened, hot-blooded young horses hurt themselves and his crewmembers as they balked, spun and kicked to avoid being loaded into the gate. A dedicated horseman, Duncan had consulted Parelli, a natural horsemanship practitioner, for guidance on how to help horses relax and gain confidence in the starting gate. As Duncan put it, he “gave up doing things the hard way,” substituting Parelli’s principles of patience and calmness for force and intimidation.

The results, he said, were extremely positive: happier horses, happier people. I was impressed. I figured if you could teach skittish Thoroughbreds to be calm in the starting gate, you could teach them to be calm anywhere.

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The Pat Parelli has become a household name in the horse world. Pat and his wife, Linda, have built an international educational program in natural horsemanship that has reached more than 200,000 people in 73 countries.

Their work takes them around the globe. I recently had the pleasure of meeting the Parellis in Ocala, their winter home and the location of one of their two Equine Psychology Centers. The other is in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, where

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Their 80-acre Florida property, which they purchased around 2010, is dotted with live oaks, schooling areas and large pastures housing around 60 horses, including a stallion, three mares and foals, school horses, Linda’s dressage mounts and Pat’s western performance horses. How Pat got to where he is now, with

Linda’s invaluable partnership, is a fascinating story.

Back in the 1970s, Pat Parelli was just another determined bronc rider on the California rodeo circuit.

At age 26, he made what he calls a “a quality of life pivot” after he was dragged around the rodeo arena underneath I FIGURED IF YOU a bucking horse when COULD TEACH SKITTISH his rigging slipped and THOROUGHBREDS TO BE CALM he couldn’t break loose.

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“I told myself, ‘Everything I do from now on, I want to do it, not haphazardly,’” he said. “I had been pretty cavalier before that.”

Pat had another life-changing realization not long after the accident when his employer, Troy Henry, who ran a large riding stable in Clovis, California, asked him what he wanted to do with his life. When Pat answered that he wanted to be a good horse trainer, Troy told him “That’s too low. They’re just mechanics.” It was then Pat knew where his true VOL III 2020

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passion lay. “I had always wanted to be competitive and to win in Western performance,” he said. “But I realized that you can be a good showman without being a good horseman. You can fool the fans but you can’t fool the players, and the horses are the players. I wanted to be a good horseman.”

Up until then, Pat had followed what he calls the “traditional” approach to horse training, which he describes as based on fear, intimidation and mechanical devices such as draw reins, gags and harsh bits. As he recalls, “I came home one day and said, ‘That’s it, I’m not going back to the barn and beat up 10 horses every day.’ That’s all I was doing. I had tie downs and bits and martingales everywhere. I didn’t want to come home every day feeling terrible. It was one of those turning points.”

Pat soon discovered he could achieve more with horses by using communication and understanding.

“You have to use horse psychology,” he explains. “You can’t force things.

You want your idea to become their idea. You can’t be chauvinistic or autocratic or anthropomorphic.” He

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rejects the idea of linear thinking, the idea that there’s only one way to train a horse. He compares his method to building a pyramid with a solid foundation rising upward, rather than a straight vertical line. “I found that real horsemen don’t use linear thinking. They are very adjustable to different situations.”

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Pat says when he first began holding seminars in the early 1980s, he summarized his approach as “Humans are from Mars, horses are from Venus.” As he explains, “Until we can understand them and they can understand us, it won’t work.” According to the Parellis, horses can be easily understood through the Parellis’ “Horsenality” model. In their view, horses tend to be either right-brain or left-brain dominant and either introverted or extroverted. “Rightbrain horses react more like prey animals around people, nervous and fearful, whereas left-brain horses are more confident, argumentative and pushy,” says Linda. “Introverts

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are more withdrawn and tend to shut down, whereas extroverts tend to get into action.” Depending on a horse’s psychological makeup, Pat and Linda use different techniques to calm, motivate or activate them.

The Parellis stress that horses need a solid horsemanship foundation before they can learn specialized skills in a specific discipline. “I like to think of horsemanship as the cake, and training in any discipline — racing, polo, jumping — as the IT’S A icing,” says Pat. WONDERFUL “A lot of people FEELING TO HAVE are putting icing HORSES WANT TO on the unbaked DO WONDERFUL cake. They don’t THINGS FOR YOU. have enough cake! We’re in the cake business. First, you get the horse to be a good citizen and

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Basically, the Parelli program begins with a horse on a lead rope and a long stick (not a whip) to extend the handler’s reach. The horse is taught to perform simple movements that originate in dog obedience, such as staying with its handler, going forward, turning, stopping, moving away or moving closer. As the horse learns to focus its attention on its handler, says Pat, “the communication signals become

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subtler, and this quickly leads to the same results under saddle because horses learn to understand the body language of the handler or rider.” Eventually, he adds, the same connection and results are achieved with horses off the line in a round pen, at liberty in a larger enclosure and under saddle in all situations — even bridleless, if that is the goal.

We believe in compassion and collaboration rather than ‘You just do what I tell you.’”

Linda’s story is compelling evidence that Pat’s techniques are effective.

A dressage rider from Australia, Linda first met Pat in 1989 when he was teaching near her hometown, Terrey Hills, near Sydney. She had two off-the-track Thoroughbreds at the time. One, named Regalo, was very difficult to handle. “I’d get on and my dressage lesson would go from bad to worse,” she says. “I was told to use different gadgets and ‘show him who’s boss,’ but that wasn’t working.” She was having good competitive success with the other, but he was very difficult to

The Parelli method is as much about teaching people as it is horses.

“Our training teaches people to override their natural instincts to push harder,” says Linda. “We have to back off and see things from the horse’s point of view instead of simply saying to the horse, 'What’s wrong with you?’ We’re about relationship-based training.

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load onto a trailer. “I thought, well, he’s just bad to load,” she recalls.

“Other people had horses with catching or bucking problems. We all blamed the horses.”

All that changed one day when she saw a video of Pat in her local tack store. “He was doing all this

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stuff with a horse,” recalls Linda.

“Then I realized he had no bridle on the horse. It turned out he was doing a clinic in my town.”

She took Regalo to the clinic. “In the first five minutes, Pat was talking about horse psychology and I thought, ‘Why hasn’t anyone told me this before?’” By that

afternoon, she was riding her horse in a halter in a group with 15 other horses. She says, “it was from black to white in one day.”

Pat and Linda formed a partnership after that and were married in 1995 at Lake Tahoe, Nevada. They work as a team and their mutual respect

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and admiration is clear as they talk about their horses and their work.

Pat says when Linda first came to the United States, she turned a corner. “What was frustrating for her became fascinating,” he says.

“Now, when a horse had a behavior that wasn’t what we wanted, it was like a game. We’d say, ‘Oh boy, we got a horse that doesn’t like to go on a trailer, we have a horse that doesn’t like the Liverpool, we got a horse that’s scared of plastic bags.’

Maybe the horse wants to go too much, or doesn’t want to go.

It’s a puzzle to solve.” Linda agrees.

“It’s always interesting if you know how to solve it,” she says.

Despite her busy life with horses, Linda has found time to launch a line of natural skin care products.

As a skin care professional in Australia for 14 years, she says, “What I learned changed my life.” In addition, she and Pat are producing a line of specially designed Western and English saddles. The Parelli

saddles were developed over a period of several years based on detailed biomechanical research.

“They fit the horse in motion,” explains Linda, pointing to their wider, flatter shape and soft panels.

While most of the Parellis’ clients are recreational riders, they also work with top equestrians in a variety of disciplines. One of their most accomplished students is Lauren Barwick, a Canadian dressage rider who is paralyzed from the waist down.

As Pat recalls, “In 2007, Lauren came to me and said she wanted to be a Paralympic champion and she wanted to train her own horse.

She said, ‘I know I can do it but I need your help.’” Pat invited her to come to the Parelli center in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, for two weeks.

When the two weeks were over, Pat says, “I thought she had what it took and I helped her.” Lauren moved to Florida and Colorado to work with Pat and Linda. She subsequently won multiple gold and silver medals at continued on page 64

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t their horse psychology center in Reddick, just north of Ocala, Pat and Linda spend their days teaching and training with the help of their two miniature long-haired dachshunds, Lulu and Moxie. Their bases of operation are at opposite ends of the property. “We call it ‘Jeans and Jodhpurs,’” says Linda, laughing.

In the middle of the property is the “playground,” a large, open area with a pond and abundant live oaks, where much of their training takes place.

PAT Pat thinks of the Reddick farm as his “talent development center.” He works with several resident mastery students for an extended period, usually between one to five years, and with a group of horses he refers to as “talented horses with behavioral problems.” He has daily sessions with the mastery students and the horses, continuing their training and development both on the ground and riding. He also teaches four Master Class Intensives, twoweek-long courses focusing on the basics Quality. Class. Distinction.®

of the Parelli method. These courses generally have between 12 to 16 students.

Pat also makes time for his own horses, preparing them for western performance events such as cutting, reining cow horse, ranch versatility and roping that he competes in occasionally, both locally and nationally. He also works with a group of “Dream Horses” that are prepared with a solid Parelli foundation and sold to carefully selected “forever homes.”

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the Paralympic Games in Hong Kong and London as well as silver and bronze medals at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy.

In the meantime, she has also become a para-reining champion and a five-star Parelli instructor. In 2015, Lauren was inducted into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame.

The Parellis also have worked with Olympic medal-winning threeday eventer David O’Connor, international dressage judge and trainer Christoph Hess, and Luis Lucio, coach of the Spanish dressage team. Several top show-jumping riders have also embraced the Parelli program, including Italian Luca Moneta, Canadian Ian Millar and Michel Robert of France.

Pat and Linda are happy to call Ocala their winter home. “It’s beautiful here,” says Linda. “The ground is fantastic and the weather is perfect.”

“My favorite place is right here,” adds Pat. “It’s horses, horses, horses.

Horse people and horse lovers. We’re really passionate about that. I’m with horses and people all day and can’t get enough of it. It’s a wonderful feeling to have horses want to do wonderful things for you.”

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LINDA Linda currently has two resident mastery students who work with her on an extended basis. She coaches them every morning on how to use horse psychology when training horses both on the ground (on a line and at liberty) and riding (with contact and without and also bridleless). As an upper-level dressage rider, she says “I am passionate about bringing natural horsemanship, which is basically behavior-based training using psychology, together with the gymnastic biomechanics expertise of dressage.”

She also teaches two or three Master Class Intensives for approximately

16 students who are studying Parelli Natural Horsemanship, usually at the intermediate or advanced level. She also works with her own horses, Hot Jazz and Highland, both warmbloods.

Linda spends her afternoons producing educational materials for the Parelli Program, the couples’ internationally acclaimed online curriculum that teaches students how to train their horses in good behavior, solve problems and develop important skills such as focus, feel, timing and balance.

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When people think of horses in Ocala, the first thing that comes to mind is likely to be the majestic Thoroughbred breeding farms.

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Some might think of 3-day eventing, a sport that has become increasing popular in the area in recent years. But Ocala is also beginning to attract prominent people in the dressage world.

As dressage enthusiasts have discovered, the area has a lot to offer, including climate, open land, excellent equine services and a pleasantly relaxed atmosphere.

No More Snow for Elma Garcia-CannAvino Elma Garcia-Cannavino, one of the country’s leading, amateur dressage competitors, moved to Ocala in 2018 with her husband, Jim Cannavino. The couple had lived in California for many years, where she was a successful commercial

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cinematographer. In 2017, they decided to move east to be closer to the center of the competitive dressage world. “The number of CDI’s (international competitions) on the West Coast was dwindling,” explained Elma. They first settled in Tryon, North Carolina, and although they loved the area, they found the weather was too cold.

“When it snowed two feet, we said, ‘OK we’re outta here!’” said Elma.

Ocala’s verdant landscape. “It’s an incredible experience to hack my horses out in big grass meadows with these huge oak trees,” she said. “The vista is beautiful. There’s a feeling of peacefulness. I feel like I’m riding in a painting.”

Elma said her horses are happy in Ocala, too. These include her champion Hanoverian mare, Wenesa, now retired, with whom she had many top finishes in CDI’s, including winning both the It’s an Intermediare-1 and incredible Prix St. Georges experience to amateur-adult hack my horses championships at the out in big grass U.S. Dressage Finals meadows with in 2017. She also has these huge two 5-year-olds she oak trees,” she is bringing along. said. “The vista “They can get turned is beautiful. out in pastures here There’s a feeling with real dirt, not of peacefulness. sand,” she said. “And I feel like I’m the grass is nice and riding in a the water quality is so painting." good. That’s a big deal.”

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In 2018, the couple began to look for property further south and they soon fell in love with Ocala. Although the winter CDI circuit is in Wellington, Elma and Jim wanted a more laid-back atmosphere. “We’re not Wellington people,” said Elma. “Ocala has a completely different feel from Wellington. For our lifestyle, and for our dogs and horses, Ocala is perfect. I just love it here.” Elma is enthralled with

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another plus for Elma. “I’ve been riding since I was a little kid and I just have the horse gene,” she said.

“I love that there’s so much you can watch here: show jumping, eventing, you have all the disciplines.” She appreciates the opportunity to meet people from other parts of the horse world. “There’s cross-pollination,” she said. “A Thoroughbred person is married to a dressage rider. Ocala’s perfect for a horse lover. We knew we had the right place.”

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appreciates the large stalls, fans and wide aisles in the stables, as well as the overall logistical layout. “Everything’s connected by covered walkways, so if the weather’s bad, you can be inside,” she said. “When the weather’s nice, the doors open up. It’s bright, not dark. They’ll have paddocks for turnout. They’ve even thought

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of things like having bigger parking spaces so that all of us who drive trucks can park!”

Cooler Conditions for Shelly Francis Another dressage notable moving to Ocala is veteran trainer and international competitor Shelly Francis. She recently announced

she will be spending winter months in Ocala and summers in Maine, where she grew up. For the past 16 years, Shelly has been based yearround in Loxahatchee, Florida, at Roundabout Farm, owned by Pat Stempel, her longtime sponsor.

Shelly is well-known for her success in bringing along young horses up the levels to Grand Prix. She and

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Elma Garcia and her 3 horses. Far left: Dream Catcher/aka DD, 7 yrs old.

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her current Grand Prix horses, Doktor and Danilo, are regularly in the top placings in international Grand Prix competition. In 2018, she and Danilo won the 4* freestyle at the CDIO in Aachen, Germany.

Climate was a primary factor in Shelly’s decision to leave Wellington. “The idea was to get

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out of this hotbed of sweltering heat in the summer,” she said. “I have a lot of European horses that stop sweating when it’s really hot.”

The condition she was referring to, anhidrosis, tends to affect horses in very warm and humid climates.

Some years she has escaped the summer heat of Florida by taking her horses to Europe to compete.

But when she returned to Wellington in August, she encountered extreme temperatures that put enormous strain on her horses. “I can’t train horses in heat like that,” she said. “Some people do it, but I can’t. It’s not productive for my training business.”

Shelly is looking forward to spending summers in Maine, where she grew up on her family’s 30-acre farm in Bar Harbor on Mt. Desert Island. The move is not only an escape from the Florida heat, but a chance to spend more time with her parents. “My folks are still there and they’re not getting any younger, she said. “I want to be closer to them.”

She will work with her own horses, do some clinics and teaching, and have some time to relax. “I don’t want to have 60 horses to train,” she said. “That’s never been my thing.

There aren’t enough hours in the day for that.”

Shelly anticipates training in Ocala, where temperatures are several degrees cooler than Wellington, will be easier on her horses. She is familiar with Ocala, having spent

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a winter season there in her 20s backing Thoroughbred yearlings and training 2-year-olds for the horse sales. “I like the country atmosphere of Ocala,” she said.

“There’s more open space than in Wellington. I like the rolling hills.

I like my dressage horses to have versatility and a change of scenery.

I don’t drill them a lot. I can hack out in the fields, or, on the infield of the racetrack.”

When Shelly comes to Ocala in the fall, she will board her horses at GoldMark Farm, an established Thoroughbred operation that also offers premium boarding and training facilities for sport horses.

Stempel is planning to sell her farm in Loxahatchee and move to Ocala.

Shelly sees selling the farm as a winwin for herself and Stempel. “It takes the burden of managing off me and the expense off my owner,” she said.

Love Calls for Kim Van Kampen

While Elma Garcia-Cannavino and Shelly Francis are drawn to Ocala’s climate, what led Kim Van Kampen, one of dressage’s major benefactors, to Ocala was love, pure and simple.

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residence has been her Hampton Green Farm in Wellington. In November 2019, she married Michael Crook, an industrial painting contractor who has lived in Ocala for more than 20 years. “Coming here had nothing to do with horses,” said Kim. But she couldn’t be happier. “I love it here. It’s so beautiful, the terrain is unique.” She sees an exciting future for dressage in Ocala.

“It has tradition plus potential,” she said. “That’s a really good formula for success.”

Kim is one of the world’s leading breeders of Spanish horses, a breed that originated on the Iberian Peninsula more than 500 years ago. She fell in love with the breed, also known as PRE (Pura Raza Española) horses, on a horse-buying trip to Spain in 1999 and began importing them to this country. “They are a super horse, level-headed and calm,” said Kim. “They can be forward when you ask them to be and they can also sit and perform collected movements.” She has a PRE breeding farm in Fruitport, Michigan, and until recently, had

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a training operation in southern Spain, where she sponsored a Spanish team member. She closed that operation in the fall of 2019 and brought ten horses to Wellington.

She is proud of her accomplishments in promoting Spanish horses in the United States. “I’ve built a farm and dressage reputation on using a nontraditional horse breed. We’ve had a lot of success with opening our

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horizons and broadening our minds.”

Fifteen years ago, she said, a lot of dressage judges dismissed the breed as “dinner-theater horses,” giving them scores of 6 across the board.

(Dressage movements are scored on a scale of 1-10.) She’s pleased to see that most of the prejudice has disappeared. “If the horses are well ridden, they’ll get the scores,” she said. She sees an enormous market in this country for Spanish horses.

“They sell themselves.”

In addition to her involvement with Spanish horses, Kim also sponsors Dressage4Kids, Top and far left: a popular program started Veteran trainer, by top dressage trainer and international competitor and former Olympian, Lendon Gray, dressage notable, to provide educational and Shelly Francis. competitive opportunities for young riders. The program offers many services, including scholarships, training and an annual Youth Dressage Festival.

Kim and her husband have purchased several adjacent pieces of land in Ocala that will eventually become one, 50-acre property. “There is still lots of clearing, fencing to be done,” she said. They are refurbishing two residences and plan to build a barn later this year.

She hopes that everything will be complete by 2021.

Eventually, Kim’s retired broodmares and competition horses will live at the Ocala farm.

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Like other members of Ocala’s horse community, Kim appreciates the wide array of equine services available in the area, including research universities, hay and feed businesses and veterinarians who specialize in different fields.

“Wellington is the winter capital of the dressage world,” she said, “but Ocala is the year-round capital of the whole equine industry.”

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The future for dressage in Ocala looks bright. Having helped launch the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington in 2011, a 13-week circuit of national and international competitions, Kim believes there is plenty of demand for dressage shows in the area. “We were at capacity by our third year and we’re over capacity now,” she said. “Dressage is a really fastgrowing sport.”

Shelly, Elma and Kim are hoping WEC will become a venue for national and international dressage

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competition. They agree horses benefit from showing in more than one setting. “You can’t just show all the time in one place, especially with a team horse,” said Elma. “They need to get exposure to other environments, including indoor and outdoor arenas.” She thinks top international riders, like Debbie MacDonald and Adrienne Lyle, would be happy to show in Ocala.

All three women are enthusiastic about what WEC is building in Ocala. Elma said she’s been spreading the word about WEC. “It’s important that people know about it,” she said. “It’s really exciting what they’re doing here.”

“WEC is trying to make their operation top-notch,” said Shelly. “I don’t think it can fail.”

Kim agrees. “It’s really, really impressive,” she said. “You’ve gotta see it to believe it. And it’s not just for professionals, it’s for all-around equestrianism, which is really fun.”

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ow can I describe the joy I feel sharing my passion with my child? We are a horsey family. As far as I know, at least the last six generations have been involved in horses. My greatgrandfather was the president of the Oakland National Horse Show in 1928. My mother was a horse show parent, my sisters are horse show parents and my niece is a horse show mom. My daughter, Keely, was riding a horse with me before she could walk. Our equine passions run strong and deep.

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he last horse my mother saw born before she passed was Fanny (named after my grandmother). Fanny taught my daughter and her friends to live, love and ride. She lived her whole life with us and is buried on our farm. Our first pony, Fantasia, lives with my sister for her grandchildren to enjoy. She is 26 now. The things we see, the love we feel and the lessons we learn are never-ending blessings.

hat can I say about the confidence horses inspire in us? As I turned my child loose in her last lead line class, she trotted past the judge and said, “This is my last lead line class, I am moving up to walk/trot.” The letters on the dressage ring introduced her to the alphabet in real life. The ability to work as a team started at a young age in Pony Club with the older kids helping the younger ones, and the younger ones

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number of years ago, I assisted with a therapeutic riding program. I schooled horses, tested possible candidate horses and helped in any way possible. It was nice to have a small child to take on testings and see how the horses reacted to little ones. Soon, Keely became a bigger part of the program, as she could ride and school our small ponies with any problems they were having. When she got bigger, she graduated to working with clients on the horses and getting her high school volunteer hours from SIRE. We still have a close relationship with the program and they are some of her biggest fans.

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Keely was 11 at the time; it is one of her favorite horse show memories. When I was 12, I started and trained my horse to a reserve championship win out of over 100 entries. He was 3 years old. We both were listening and learning from our horses.

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ne of the best memories I have is of tack trunks. Keely’s first toy chest was a plastic tack trunk with her name embroidered on the seat. We still have that trunk. In later years, the girls sat on them doing their homework at the horse shows. That ability to focus translated into going through college at Texas A&M in 3 ½ years, while traveling and showing as well. The time-management skills learned on those tack trunks is still in use today. I actually wish my own timemanagement skills were as good!

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here was a time when I thought I would get back into showing, so I went out and bought a lovely Irish mare named Sylvia. She was big, quiet, talented and a bit green. It was a good match for me, as I am 5’10” and was coming off of a major surgery.

It became apparent to me, rather quickly, that I didn’t need to be showing. Keely was coming off ponies and we were not in a situation to go horse shopping. Sylvia was pushing 17 hands and my child was 12, but that is what we had. One of my proudest moments was when the pair went in an open optimum time class and I got to hear the

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You can’t, you just know the outcome is beautiful and the tree is strong. announcer say, “And we saved the best for last!” She had beaten all comers — pro, amateur, junior and children — on this big, green, talented mare.

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s your child grows, you have a front-row seat to their accomplishments. As a horse woman, I take for granted driving dually trucks and six-horse trailers. My daughter started learning to drive by hooking up the horse trailer. She now maneuvers them down the highways and through the cities, and appreciates when I step in to help. The tractor, zero turn, bush hog, drag and Dragonfly have all become second nature. I have to pull back and realize that that is not a normal skill set for the 20-somethings of the world.

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together on all of the management issues. Keely discusses her ideas and findings with me and I do the same. This month’s learning curve includes glue on shoes.

here isn’t any one single thing I can point out that I love most about being a horse parent.

Maybe the most satisfying thing is watching my child grow, learn, love and take on even more responsibility, or maybe it is seeing so much of myself in her. The love we share for the horses is truly a blessing.

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Our vets are all on speed dial. I was always wrapping legs, walking colicky horses, treating wounds and rehabbing injuries. This spring, Keely worked with the vets to calculate ovulation cycles and stallion fertility rates. We both spent hours researching bloodlines for the best matches for our mares. I feel I have been a good role model when she associates the smell of DMSO with the Texas A&M Equine ICU.

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It is very important when you are trying to develop solutions, that you dig deep and uncover what your users are actually requesting. sending multiple invoices at once, processing online ACH payments from customers and creating invoice templates for regularly recurring charges,” said Lakin. After the team at BarnManager finished their first customer walk-through, they came back with insights and made revisions to the initial design and workflow. Once updated and reviewed, the customer told the team she would hands down switch from QuickBooks to BarnManager.

“This engaged the team even more, and we knew that we were on the right track with this offering,” said Lakin. “I believe that BarnManager Pro is going to dramatically improve the billing process for small and medium barns.”

This new subscription offering will be a game-changer. “We really want to build something for all of the people dedicated to operating training facilities, boarding facilities and who provide other critical services because they love horses. Collecting and understanding their income is very important. But it is more of a chore for them. Our goal is to make the

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process easier, smoother and better for these hardworking people.”

As Lakin and her team define the ‘nice to have’ versus ‘need to have’ features for BarnManager Pro, they are spending time to weigh the prioritization of improvements to BarnManager Pro versus improvements to BarnManager's existing features. “We pride ourselves on never releasing a product or feature before it is able to deliver real value for our users,” stated Lakin.

Technology to the Rescue “Now that we are living in the reality of COVID-19, I have heard from many of our users looking to limit the number of people at their barn at one time, as well as trying to communicate to owners while other barns are closed completely to nonessential persons,” shared Lakin.

BarnManager can help ease the burden of relaying information in a timely manner by providing users the ‘List Maker’ functionality to create sign-up sheets for their boarders/lesson students. They set the number of open slots equal to

the number of people allowed to be at the barn within a certain time window. Users can also access the ‘Calendar’ and notify users on the digital whiteboard of any changes in the rules and restrictions.

In addition, users are documenting all rides and any treatments or appointments in BarnManager.

They can give the horse owners/ boarders access to their horses' data, and they can log in from home to read updates. BarnManager also allows for unlimited attachments in both the ‘Records’ feature and the ‘Conversations’ feature. “This feature

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allows users the ability to upload pictures or messages for owners who can't visit their horses. Uploading them to BarnManager using the mobile app keeps the barn staff from having to text or email each client individually,� she said.

One outcome of the situation is most barns have extra downtime and are

spending that time getting organized.

There is always something to clean, to organize, to order and plan for. “It is great to see people taking advantage of this time to demo and try out BarnManager and in a lot of cases, incorporate it into their day-to-day so that they will be more organized the day we are able to return to some sort of "normalcy."

Saddle and Show Time Lakin is a devoted equestrian and competitor. She recently purchased a new horse and is enjoying the time getting to know her by taking her on trail rides, flat lessons, cavetti work, hand walks and snuggles in the stall. Her horse show schedule is typically light in the summer, but given the current environment, she will be excited to get in the show ring when the time is right. Lakin splits her time between Florida

Our goal is to make the process easier, smoother and better for these hardworking people.

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We pride ourselves on never releasing a product or feature before it is able to deliver real value for our users. in the winter and in New Jersey the rest of the year. “This year, it was a hard decision, but after a great deal of thought and debate, we decided that the horses will ultimately be happier or just as happy at home in New Jersey as they are in Florida.”

Once horse show organizers determine set dates, Lakin will assess the situation and hopefully start to build her horses up again to prepare to show.

to manage your most important barn records and documents anytime, anywhere,” said Lakin.

embrace equine-focused technology more willingly since they have grown accustomed to technology in other aspects of their lives.”

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As technology becomes more common in our everyday lives, the adoption of technology in the horse world is also changing, she said.

“While people have been slow to adopt some technologies that are designed to make their equestrian lives easier, they have started to

Out of the saddle, Lakin’s focus is on BarnManager.

“My area of expertise is the intersection of horse care/ management and user-friendly technology,” said Lakin, who graduated from New York University before also receiving a graduate degree in entrepreneurship from Babson College’s F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business in Massachusetts.

“BarnManager is a solution that allows you to plan for the best and the worst while being prepared for the unpredictable. You’ll experience a stress-free and a fully efficient way

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Juliana Chapman Palm City, FL Juliana is a technology marketing professional and lifelong equestrian who grew up in Rhode Island riding pony and children’s hunter in the local show circuit and later showed adult hunter in the Bahamas.

She recently launched her equine technology blog: The Tech Equestrian to provide insights on the latest technology products, software, apps and wearables that are becoming more prevalent in the horse world. In addition, Juliana has written articles for Horse & Style, Connecticut Horse and The Plaid Horse.

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Countless equestrian industry brands have begun making face masks and we have put together a collection of some of our favorites. From timeless equestrian prints to technical designs, there are plenty of options to choose from as we face (pun intended) working together to stay healthy while horse showing.

EquiFit Essential 3-Ply Face Mask with AgSilver™ Sticking by their commitment to design and produce premium products, EquiFit's research and development team collaborated with medical professionals in Boston to create a pattern for face masks that could be produced in their Dedham, Massachusetts facility. The EquiFit Essential 3-Ply Face Mask with AgSilver™ features two outer layers of 100% cotton

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Touches and an inner layer infused with AgSilver™, which is known to help guard against bacterial growth. The mask also features a sewn in pocket for filters. The purchase of an EquiFit face mask also helps to contribute to their donation program, which has donated more than 5,000 masks to 45 different organizations across the country. Shop The EquiFit Essential 3-Ply Face Mask with AgSilver™ at equifit.net.

ShadyLady Sun Scarf in Aqua ShadyLady is all about sun protection.

While lightweight sun shirts are easy to come by, breathable face protection is not. ShadyLady Sun Protection products offer the perfect solution with lightweight, breathable fabrics that have a natural UPF 50+ that will never wash out or wear off. ShadyLady Sun Scarves also fit the need of a face covering for the nose and mouth, and even snap on and off for easy removal without taking off a helmet.

Shop the ShadyLady Sun Scarf in Aqua at shadyladysunprotection.com.

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Sleek Designs Asmar Equestrian Inspire Face Mask in Black A leader in modern equestrian fashion, Asmar Equestrian is known for equestrian apparel and accessories that embody affordable luxury and effortless comfort. Asmar's tailored face masks feature a pocket for filters, breathable OEKO-TEXÂŽ STANDARD 100 fabric certified free of harmful substances and an adjustable soft metal noseband for a customized fit. As part of their thoughtful design, Asmar thought to affix a name label on the inside of their mask to easily identify the owner. The masks come in packs of three, 10 and 50, and are machine washable for reuse. Shop the Asmar Equestrian Inspire Face Mask in Black at asmarequestrian.com.

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Traditional Prints Rönner Face Mask in Mini Horse Blue

Hammond & Hinman Mask

Rönner's custom-designed prints give a nod to traditional equestrian toile with a fashion-forward twist. Their luxury pieces are made in Columbia "with love and care," and the passion behind the brand and upscale equestrian fashion is depicted in each design. Rönner has utilized their elegant prints to create uniquely beautiful face masks that make a subtle, yet stylish, statement. Each mask is lined in cotton and comes with a convenient matching bag. Rönner has expressed their joy of seeing their prints on face masks saying, "It has been very gratifying and has warmed our hearts to see protected faces around the world wearing what we most love: our Rönner prints." Shop the Rönner Face Mask in Mini Horse Blue at ronnerdesign.com.

Sticking to the traditional side of equestrian toile, Hammond & Hinman utilizes their beautiful custom fabric to create face masks. Typically focusing on antiques along with repurposed and handmade items, Hammond & Hinman is fluent in everything classic equestrian-chic.

Their custom fabrics grace vintage furniture and plush pillows, and their pop up store is a staple at horse shows across the northeast. Each of Hammond & Hinman's masks are reversible and come in three sizes for a perfect fit. Shop the Hammond & Hinman Mask on their Facebook page.

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Chic Styles Callidae The Hannah in Blush/White Callidae bridges the gap between traditional and modern equestrian styles, offering a fresh take on timeless equestrian looks. Classic equestrian silhouettes combine with technical fabrics, providing both comfort and style. Callidae's The Hannah pop-over neck kerchief was originally created to protect against sun and wind, but now finds itself as the perfect mask-like accessory with coverage of the nose and mouth. The lightweight jersey fabric makes this the perfect barn face cover. Shop Callidae's The Hannah in Blush/White at callidae.com.

Fabbri Mask Fabbri has established itself as a top boot maker in the equestrian industry. Handmade in Italy with top-of-the-line materials and careful construction, Fabbri's boots are a favorite of countless riders.

When Fabbri heard of the need for face masks, they quickly got to work producing chic, solid-colored masks with a subtle Italian flag detail. Quantities are limited, so reach out to Fabbri directly to purchase one of your own. Shop the Fabbri Mask on their Instagram.

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Rebecca Ray Italian Silk Equestrian Face Mask in Light Blue/Teal

Rebecca Ray is known for stunning "bench made" bags and accessories that incorporate a stylish nod to equestrian sport. Rebecca Ray partnered with Amish craftsmen and women when first establishing the brand, taking handmade a step further by crafting each item on a workman or cobbler's bench. This extra step allows Rebecca Ray to create quality items that are truly one of a kind, and their line of hand-sewn Italian Silk Equestrian Face Masks are no exception. The masks are available in a variety of colors and come with two disposable filter inserts.

Shop the Rebecca Ray Italian Silk Equestrian Face Mask in Light Blue/Teal at rebeccaraydesign.com.

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Shop USEF US Equestrian Face Mask

Knowing the need for face masks at equestrian events, US Equestrian designed a logoed face mask that's on trend for both style and health. Each face mask includes three disposable filters and elastic closures and is machine washable for reuse. Shop USEF's US Equestrian Face Mask at shopusef.org.

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Pop Of Color

The Painting Pony Fun Horse Pattern Face Mask Coverlet

Comprised of a team of two — a stay-at-home mom and her faithful pony — The Painting Pony Studio & Gifts is a small, family-run business that strives to deliver quality, original, fun products to equestrians. The Painting Pony's Face Mask Coverlet is designed with a pocket to fit any disposable earloop mask. The fun colors and variety of designs add flair to any outfit, in or out of the barn. Shop The Painting Pony Fun Horse Pattern Face Mask Coverlet at thepaintingpony.com.

Dreamers & Schemers DS Your Face & Feet Pack in New Phone, Who Dis? Dreamers & Schemers is all about expressing your personal style in fun, colorful patterns and designs. With a cult-like following and a high demand for their unique patterns, Dreamers & Schemers face mask and sock sets are bound to be a hit. Dreamers & Schemers encourages shoppers to "DS your face & feet" with their adorable sets. Shop Dreamers & Schemers' DS Your Face & Feet Pack in New Phone, Who Dis? at dreamersnschemers.com.

WEC Face Mask by Mona's Monograms

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For an extra dose of style, pick up a World Equestrian Center branded face mask from Mona's Monograms in Vendor Village during your next visit to WEC. The lightweight, breathable material and fashionable design make this the must-have mask of the season.

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