This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on student, groom and passionate horsewoman Layne Turner. Layne hauls from Paris, Kentucky. She is a student at Eastern Kentucky University and spends all of the time she can at horse shows grooming for her best friend, Charlotte Clark of Kendalwood Farm. Layne’s sense of humor combines perfectly with her impeccable grooming skills, and you can often find her ringside […]Read More

This week’s Sunday Spotlight is Grace York, a working student at Just a Folly Farm in Oxford, Michigan. Grace has an affinity for sassy ponies and has allowed her passion to inspire her current career choice. This week at the World Equestrian Center Summer I show, Grace showed an adorable pony named Boca’s Suave to top placings in the 2′ Hunters. Grace took time to […]Read More

This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on junior Gabi Phlegar. Gabi rides at Sugar Run Farm in Plain City, Ohio, with trainer Jen Nadalin focusing on Equitation and jumpers. Though she has just started in the jumper ring, Gabi has already fallen in love, both with the discipline and her jumper lease, Fil. Gabi took time this week to chat with us about her pony career, […]Read More

This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on amateur Emily Kowalchik. Emily celebrated her 29th birthday on Friday and is looking forward to a year filled with quality time with her new horse, Grant. She took the time this week to chat with us about Grant, her freshly-found goals and her budding career in marketing and real estate. WEC: How did you get into riding? Emily: I am the […]Read More

This week’s Sunday Spotlight shines on someone near and dear to us at World Equestrian Center, Sophie Krehmeyer. Over the past year, Sophie has interned in the marketing department at WEC while completing her Equine Business Management and Marketing degree at Otterbein University. You may have seen Sophie at WEC bouncing from ring to ring, helping with anything and everything, always with a smile on […]Read More

This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on the Miami University Equestrian Team of Oxford, Ohio. The Miami University Equestrian Team frequents World Equestrian Center year-round, bringing with them a group of talented riders and fantastic horses. This week we chatted with head coach Heather Pinnick about Miami University’s equestrian program, the team and an exciting upcoming project slated to start in late 2020. WEC: What is your […]Read More

This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on newly-turned Canadian professional, Taylor Avann. Taylor is a self-proclaimed “horse collector” from of Sutton, Ontario who has turned her fleet into a business of leasing and selling horses. She made the switch to professional in March and while she has yet to have the opportunity to show as a professional, she has a plan in place to start taking on more […]Read More

This week’s Sunday Spotlight shines on amateur Rachel Kolar. We have seen Rachel and her handsome bay gelding, Lukelele (Lucas), wow the crowd in hunter derbies at World Equestrian Center with their signature style, and we had to get the scoop on the pair. Rachel took time this week to chat with us about her adoration for Lucas, her budding equine businesses and her aspirations […]Read More

This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on 17-year-old Olivia Saldivar. Olivia comes from a horse-centric family, sharing her passion with both her mom and her sister. Her days at their home farm in Indiana are filled with stall cleaning and riding from sun up to sun down. With lofty goals in the jumper ring, Olivia sought the help of Ohio-based trainer Charlotte Clark, and now serves […]Read More

This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on Meagaan Niesen and Miami University’s Varsity. Meaggan is a soon-to-be senior at Miami University and a very active member of the school’s IHSA equestrian team. Through the school’s equestrian team, Meaggan has acquired a love for the team aspect of riding. She has also fallen for a handsome chestnut gelding named Varsity, or Charlie. Meagaan took the time this […]Read More