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Groom Spotlight: Stacey Driscoll Runs A Tight Ship For Eventer Ryan Wood

It takes a special talent to juggle the sheer number of horses that eventer Ryan Wood brings to a competition, but his groom Stacey Driscoll is up for the challenge.Wood often rides 10 horses at...

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Groom Spotlight: Sally Robertson’s Been Around The World On Her Way To Rio

Sally Robertson likes to change things up in her life—whether it’s riding, grooming, working in a spa or driving big rigs on a construction site, the New Zealand native has traveled around the world...

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Groom Spotlight: Laurie Pitts Is In Rio To Complete A Dream Deferred

What happens when you’ve given up on a lifelong dream—shelved it and allowed it to gather dust—and then 36 years later that dream comes true?Laurie Pitts, who has just landed in Rio de Janeiro to work...

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Groom Spotlight: Oscar Lugo Runs Aaron Vale's Barn Like Clockwork

Aaron Vale rarely has time to celebrate winning grand prix classes—of which he’s done quite a bit this summer.  He’s usually rushing to another ring to ride in a hunter derby round or a smaller jumper...

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Groom Spotlight: Kayla Deyarmin Knows To Say Thank You And Work Hard

Kayla Deyarmin wasn’t quite sure why her name was being called out on the loudspeakers at the end of the Middleburg Classic Horse Show (Va.) on Sept. 25. After all, she was working as a groom at the...

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Groom Spotlight: Mandee Scalice Is Living Her Dream Grooming For A Childhood...

Down the aisleway of Peter Wylde’s stalls at HITS Saugerties (N.Y.), I found Mandee Scalice setting grain with her helmet on.Just before getting on her 16-year-old warmblood mare Anatalia 6, Scalice is...

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Groom Spotlight: Nicole Mandracchia Proves The Harder You Work The Luckier...

With a cup of coffee in hand and a never fading smile, Nicole “Smiley” Mandracchia helps drive success as Top Brass Farm’s barn manager and go-to groom.read more

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Groom Spotlight: Erin Rose Took A Chance On Grooming And Hasn’t Looked Back

Erin Rose evented growing up, but never expected to make it her career. With a degree in psychology from the University of North Carolina, she was working a full-time job at a vocational day program...

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Groom Spotlight: Alan Davies Reflects On Life With Valegro

Stable staff are so often the unsung heroes in a horse’s success story. Yet for Alan Davies, it was a very different tale as he was thrust into the limelight in 2012.Valegro and his go-to groom Alan...

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Groom Spotlight: Wayne Robertson Is A Horse's Best Friend

Wayne Robertson is a staple at the in-gate of any hunter ring. At 53 years old, Robertson has been working in the horse industry for more than 30 years. He’s worked with show hunters, foxhunters, race...

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