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Elizabeth Jensen:

I have been involved with horses since I was about 8 years old. My dad signed my sister and I up for riding lessons in the dead of winter, in Indiana, just to get us out of the house. We both hated it at first, but by summer were both ready for our first horse. The next year I was ready for Western Pleasure at the horse show and barrel racing by junior high.

After college I entered the Amateur / Owner - Hunter / Jumper world, where I became a great success at spend...

Robert Stepp:

In 1976 as a teenager I went to work on a Walking Horse farm that joined our farm in Lewisburg, TN. Dr. Dewitt Owen was the vet this farm used, and he had a hug...

Deb Balliet:

I loved horses from an early age, but did not get involved regularly with them until I was in my mid-thirties. Now, I would not be without a horse in my life. T...

Joey Schenk:

At 33 years old I am working my way up through the ranks. I came to the backside of Turfway at 18 years old selling hay and straw. I soon became and gr...

Dr. Tom Beckman:

I have been in practice for more than 14 years working first in the Hunter Jumper circuits in Northern Kentucky and Ohio, and now specifically for the ra...

Kristen Bednarski:

I began taking riding lessons when I was 7 years old. When I was in middle school I won a Wintec saddle in a local raffle, it was necessary after that to...

Tom Scherz:

Since 1993 I have been and independent contractor with Turfway Park to run the restaurant on the backside called The Home Stretch. We also run the Jock's...

Anna Zinkhon:

Growing up we had a small farm with horses and ponies on it. My grandfather had horses to work on the farm and my dad rodeo'd. I purchased my first Qua...

Wayne Boyd:

One of the largest ranch-based horse sales in America this past year was held in Redmond, Ore. And the task of managing the sale is in the hands of a Pr...

Cindy Rullman:

Cindy's professional career in the horse industry was launched while a student at Eastern Kentucky University through an internship at Spendthrift Farm, ...

Jen Warner:

After years of planning and looking for property, in October 1997, Jen Warner and her husband, Dana Kisor, moved to Western Boone County to open a bed an...

John Long:

John Long has been directly involved in the equine industry for over 20 years. For four years, Mr. Long served as Executive Vice President and Chief Ope...

John Nicholson:

John Nicholson has been Executive Director of the Kentucky Horse Park since 1997. Prior to that he was Director of Sales for the launch of the internati...

Julie Bernier:

I have been exposed to horses all of my life. My family had horses when I was born. My father showed his Quarter Horse "Buck" in halter classes. Growing up, I ...

Karen Richardson:

I was not involved in the horse industry until I moved to KY in 1981 from Milwaukee, WI, and starting taking riding lessons by finding the least expensiv...

Kathy Meyer:

The multi-breed show environment in Southern California exposed lifelong equestrian Kathy Knill Meyer to a variety of disciplines. As a youngster, she co...

Michelle Huelsman:

I have been involved with the thoroughbred industry since middle school. My mom is a trainer and I have spent many a morning walking hot horses and mucki...

Peggy Entrekin:

Peggy joined the USPC Staff after a long association with Pony Club as a graduate A from Mendon Pony Club in the Western New York Region and volunteer at...

Stephanie England-Grey:

Stephanie England - Grey first became a KEEP Team Leader in 2005 but her love of horses, Kentucky and equine education came long before that. She has hon...

Charles "Chuck" Walker:

I grew up with Standardbred horses in Pennsylvania then move on to cataloging horse sales, horse sale manager, editor of a Thoroughbred magazine, provide pre-pr...

Laura D'Angelo:

18 years ago, I came to Kentucky to attend law school in the state with the premier equine industry.  I moved here from Toronto where I grew up riding an...

Renee Roberts:

My husband Dave and I ride with a group of trail riders from Scott County.  We travel all over Kentucky and surrounding states in search of the perfect scenic t...

Fluer Bryan:

I was born and raised in Ireland and was put on a pony at about 3 weeks old. As a child and  teenager,  I rode Foxhunters & National Hunt Horses unde...

Robert Milward:

How many active volunteer Mounted Patrol Units were there in Kentucky In Feb. 2008? - Zero

Today, thanks to the efforts of Mason County horseb...

Mary Midkiff:

From the day I was born until the present I have been passionate about horses.  I can't remember not always knowing them to be the focus of my life. I gu...

Kathy Caudill:

I have always known and loved horses.  My grandfather was a postal carrier on horseback.  He delivered the mail for Montgomery County and I would ride wi...

Cormac Breathnach:

I grew up in Ireland riding sport horses and was an avid fan of racing, and a student of pedigrees. I moved to Lexington in 1996 for one reason: Horses.  Lexing...