EQ F A V O R I T E S
Greatest extravagance: Windurra USA, our 100-acre farm. Silva and I have dedicated our whole lives to creating the ultimate training facility with multiple outdoor rings, a new indoor, a mile-long gallop track, a training pond, and more. It’s a labor of love, and I feel like we are halfway there—lucky for us, I think we are halfway through our riding career. Favorite TV show: COPS
What books are on your bedside table: My friend, Steffen Peters, got me into the book Winning by Tim Grover. A truly inspiring book on what it takes to be the best.
Favorite way to relax: In the evening time when I jump on my tractor, put on headphones to listen to music while moving the portable jumps on my cross-country course at Windurra. For me, this is the only quiet time of my day; I find it quite relaxing and therapeutic.
MY FAVORITES
Favorite show/venue: Kentucky Horse Park. When you drive through Lexington, you pass through horse farm after horse farm, with spectacular green rolling hills and beautiful pastures full of horses galore. The Horse Park has a magic feeling of history. All the great American event riders have competed there, and there is no other stadium like it in the world. It has an electric feeling as you come down the ramp. Lastly, the cross-country course is the most perfect piece of topography for eventing and the ultimate test for horse and rider. Favorite music on your playlist: Placebo.
Proudest riding achievement: Riding at the top level of the sport over the last two decades is a big blur. I’ve had many victories and great success on some unbelievable horses. It’s hard to pick out one. I think early on in my career, winning Adelaide 5*, the last long format three-day event, really jump-started my riding career when I was 22 years old. The Olympics and WEGs have always been a highlight. And recently, winning the Maryland 5* was a massive high.
Favorite charity: Work to Ride, a community-based program that aids under-resourced urban youth through constructive activities centered on horsemanship, in Pennsylvania.
Favorite fragrance: Axe spray deodorant.
If you weren’t an equestrian you might have been: A professional gambler in Las Vegas, Nevada.
BOYD MARTIN
See EQLiving’s vist to the Martins’ at home: May 2022 issue.
Favorite source for male fashion: To be quite honest fashion isn’t what I’m known for. A few of my fashion-forward friends make fun of me, but luckily for me, I’m sponsored by Ariat, who makes me look half decent.
Favorite food to cook at home: 2-Minute Noodles, the only dish that I’m a master of ever since my childhood days. Best served lightly sprinkled with cheddar cheese.
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Favorite hotel: I was privileged to do a speaking engagement at the Ritz Carlton in the Turks and Caicos after the Tokyo Olympics. It was by far the most luxurious place I’ve ever stayed.
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Favorite restaurants: Pasquale’s Pizza in Cochranville, Pennsylvania. I’m on a first-name basis with the chef, and my bib number from the Rio Olympics is proudly hanging in the restaurant. In Australia, Scratchleys on the Wharf in Newcastle. Without question, it’s the best seafood I’ve tasted anywhere in the world. It’s located right on the water just north of Sydney.