Forget Me Not Farm Raises Funds for Pediatric Cancer Research With an Evening of...
By Caroline Mosebrook
What do you get when you combine heroic children with a fashion runway and a Wellington, FL farm?
Equestrians gathered at Forget Me Not Farm in Wellington FL, on Saturday, Jan. 29 for...
The MARS Bromont Rising U-25 Program Grows in Geography & Scope
"Put your head up. You should look where you're going!"
Sometimes it's the small things that make the big difference. Like the comment above from three-time German Olympic eventer Bettina Hoy to 23-year-old American eventer...
Publisher’s Note – Chapter 2: What’s Next?
For the better part of a year, I’ve been looking toward what is next. The Plaid Horse inevitably mimics my journey—echoing what I am personally going through as we put each issue together. Reflected...
Publisher’s Note: Overreaction
PIPER KLEMM, PH.D
I have a confession to make… I have been known to overreact. I panic over things that seem like the end of the world. I’ve been absolutely up in arms over situations...
Taylor, Harris Insurance Services Signs On as Official Sponsor at Desert Horse Park
The Desert International Horse Park, home of the Desert Circuit in Thermal, California is pleased to announce Taylor Harris Insurance Services (THIS) as an official sponsor to their 2022-2023 circuit. Since 1987, THIS has...
Publisher’s Note: You Must Really Love It
PIPER KLEMM, PH.D.
I was recently discussing my riding with someone I’d just met. As we got chatting about the sport and how timid (read: terrified) I can be in the saddle, she said, “Wow....
Publisher’s Note: On The Plaid Horse’s 20th Anniversary, 20 Things You Didn’t Know About...
PIPER KLEMM, PH.D
Piper’s first show was on a pony named Pumpkin Pie. Piper loves eggs for breakfast and eats them every morning she can. Adam only eats eggs when she is at home. Piper...
Publisher’s Note: Work Ethic
PIPER KLEMM, PH.D
I was recently walking around at a horse show where I heard a supportive friend or family member say to a beginner rider, “You look like a natural!”
It’s a well-intentioned and positive...
Publisher’s Note: The Blame That Holds Us Back
PIPER KLEMM, PH.D
If you told me at 25 that I was holding myself back, I would have said that you were wrong. In fact, I did say that to people. I got defensive. I...
Publisher’s Note: Loving It
PIPER KLEMM, PH.D
Like most people in our industry—and most people who travel—I talk a lot. I talk to my team (on my hands-free device) while traveling long distances. I chat in person and text...
Publisher’s Note: Five-Year Plans
PIPER KLEMM, PH.D
I was boarding a plane the other night and as I boarded, the flight attendants were chatting with each other. “Only 1,753 days until I retire.”
The other flight attendant laughed. They caught...
Publisher’s Note: Good for Her, Not for Me
PIPER KLEMM, PH.D
I recently read Amy Poehler’s 2014 book Yes Please, in which she laments a common inability for women to say, “Good for her, not for me.” For her, this revelation was centered...
Publisher’s Note: It’s Time to Get Off the Timeline
PIPER KLEMM, PH.D
This summer in Kentucky was one of the happiest times I’ve had in a long time. There was joy and there was laughter and there was a culmination of many years of...
Whitethorne LLC – Georgy Maskrey-Segesman opens a second location in Aiken, SC
BY Piper Klemm
Georgy Maskrey-Segesman’s business is growing. In addition to Whitethorne LLC’s original location in Somis, CA, she is opening a second location in Aiken, SC.
“It’s always been a dream for me to expand...
Getting to Know the Microbiome
Purina Animal Nutrition is on a decades-long mission to define the equine microbiome to help horse owners support their horses’ health, performance, comfort, and wellbeing while including and educating horse owners along the journey
BY...
Daniel Bluman: How the Olympian Is Teaching the Next Generation While Thriving in the...
Daniel Bluman, born in Colombia and of Jewish descent, represents Israel in the world of show jumping. Currently ranked 15th on Jumping Longines FEI World Rankings, he is coming off a successful 2023 show...
