by Katherine O. Rizzo with photos by Zane Gorove Well before Sarah Green of Buckingham, Virginia, rode in her first race, she knew steeplechase racing was the sport for her. “I know is sounds corny, but [steeplechase] is in my...
Read Moreby Katherine O. Rizzo When Brooke Nemec’s mother Robbin signed the then 5-year-old up for summer riding lessons at Cool Meadows Farm in Jarrettsville, neither mother nor daughter knew exactly what would unfold. “I’ve always...
Read Moreby Katherine O. Rizzo (First printed in the March 2011 Equiery) “Independent and responsible, competitive but realistic” are words used to describe the 2010 Jonathan Kiser Memorial Scholarship winner Emma Warden by her mom...
Read More(first printed in The Equiery March 2012 issue) Selecting the recipient of the Jonathan Kiser Memorial Scholarship from the pool of active riders in the Maryland junior racing circuit was not a difficult task for the Maryland...
Read Morearticle and photos by Regina Welsh (first appearing in The Equiery’s March 2013 issue) Surprise, Surprise Juliette Chalmers couldn’t understand why everyone was so insistent that she come to the Maryland Steeplechase...
Read Moreby Regina Welsh Any given Sunday from August through March, one can typically find 15-year-old Erin Swope whipping-in alongside her father Ben with the Carrollton Hounds. And every Saturday and Sunday after foxhunting season is...
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