Growing up in Atlanta in the late 1970s, Laura Kraut was drawn into the popular world of hunters from an early age. Kraut’s mother was a rider, and she found herself on horseback as soon […]

Mary Trowbridge says she’s been involved with horses since she was “old enough to carry a full water bucket.” As a child she showed differing breeds throughout New England, but an Arabian was the first […]

Kimberly Prince’s family had always owned horses. And when she started jumping at age 12, she was quickly hooked. By 16 Prince had moved away from her roots in Utah and set up camp on […]

Mickey Burke has been a horseman all his life. In his early days he showed hunters and jumpers under a Pittsburgh, PA, trainer and resisted encouragement to try jogging his mentor’s string of harness horses. […]

Kim Zito has been involved in the horse world since the age of four and, as with many in the industry, it has always been a family affair for her. Zito’s grandfather owned Thoroughbred racehorses […]

A Kentucky native, Joe Woodard started hot walking horses in high school, but he never intended to make them a lifetime career. While he attended the University of Louisville, working towards a degree in criminal […]