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...
View ArticleGroom 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...
View ArticleGroom 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...
View ArticleGroom 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...
View ArticleGroom 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...
View ArticleGroom 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...
View ArticleGroom 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
View ArticleGroom 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...
View ArticleGroom 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...
View ArticleGroom 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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