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2 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025Sponsored Content:Think All Helmets Are the Same? Think Again! ...................................................................................................33When it Comes to Horses, We Mean Business ...................................................................................... 39A New York Girl, a Pintaloosa Mare, and a Life-Changing Trip to Kentucky ................................................................47A Mother’s Legacy: Faith, Horses, and the Birth of GiddyUp GetAway ........................................................................ 49At the Forefront of Equine Wellness .......................................................55The Fly Control Dilemma - Why You Don’t Have to Compromise ..............................................................................................63Equine Colic: Understanding It and Managing with Light Therapy .......................................................................................75A New Approach to Equine Back Pain: BEMER Therapy ........................................................................................... 82Where Nutrion Meets Health .................................................................83Restore Your Horse’s (and Your) Health Naturally Put Pain in the Past ......................................................................................95The Fearless Flight: Remembering Laura Genle, Fly Bye Founder ....................................16Win-Seek Fallen Pines Equestrian Center: A Year-Round Way to Build Partnerships Between Horse and Rider ........................................................................26Bridleless Brendan Wise: Making History One Ride at a Time ........................................................ 40Ohio State University: Providing Top-Tier Horse Healthcare While Training the Future of Equine Vet Medicine ............................ 56Creang Conscious Connecon ..................................................66Seven Sacred Pracces When Being With Horses .............................................................................76All About Equine Rescue .............................................................. 88 ABOUT THE COVER2025We asked Brendan to tell us about his relationship with Lyric, and why this horse is so special. The following are Brendan’s words: “Lyric and I have been working together for 2 years. Riding bridleless together for about a 1.5 years. Lyric is a sensitive and cautious guy, who lacks a lot of natural condence in himself under saddle. But with a kind and fair approach, giving him opportunities to take some initiative and independence, he nds more and more condence. He's quite a gifted jumper with a giant stride, and wonderful natural technique. A humble gentleman on the ground in how he relates to humans.Quite playful and enthusiastic with other horses in the herd. His weakness is a Liverpool jump! It's his greatest fear on courses. We work often with building his con-dence over water and unusual jump ll.”Cover Photo by Amanda Conyers, Salamander Studios, LLCBrendan at home with his beloved Australian Sheepdogs, Arya (left) and Khaleesi (right) and Dachshund, Milo (center)Photo by James BerglieBrendan Wise and Villanueva Conrad or "Lyric", a 15yr old Argentinian Warmblood.

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4 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025From the PublisherWe are passionate about our planet. For every page we print, we replant trees!Photo by Jessa Janes PhotographyErika and EnsoPUBLISHERErika MilenkovichMANAGING EDITORRayna HenryLAYOUT & DESIGNChrisne Hahn, Mandy BoggsSOCIAL MEDIAYellow Barn MediaFEATURED WRITERSLaurie BerglieSarah ColemanAngela DurrellKayleigh MarieJackie StevensonBey WeibleSarah Welk-BaynumCONTRIBUTING WRITERSBEMERKarin Bergener, MS EdGG EquineGian P. Gargiulo, DVMJoni GerardGuaranteed Horse ProductsMary HartmanDr. Amy LawyerPine Knoll FarmRhys PowellDonna WoodsPHOTOGRAPHERPred MilenkovichBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGERPred MilenkovichSALES/DISTRIBUTION Cheyenne CartwrightPeggy Dunkel Filip MilenkovichPROOFREADER Jelena MilenkovichADVERTISINGinfo@ohioequestriandirectory.com440 668-2812OHIO EQUESTRIAN DIRECTORY is owned byOhio Equestrian Directory is published annually by ENSO Media Group, Inc.PO Box 470603, Cleveland, OH 44147440 668-2812info@ohioequestriandirectory.comohioequestriandirectory.comOhio Equestrian Directory assumes no responsibility for the claims made in adver-sements. The views expressed in editorial content are those of the author, obtained from sources believed to be reliable, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Ohio Equestrian Directory. Neither the Publisher, Editor, authors or any other par-ty associated with this publicaon shall be responsible for any errors, omissions, or claims for damages arising from use of the informaon contained herein. Reproducon of arcles is not permied without wrien consent from Ohio Equestrian Directory or ENSO Media Group, Inc.2025Erka Mnkovh – PublishWelcome to the 2025 issue of Ohio Equestrian Directory!Ohio Equestrian Directory was created for YOU - owners, riders, professionals, and businesses of all disciplines - to help you connect within the local horse community. More than just a business directory, it also features content on trending topics, the best practices and innovators in the industry, plus tips from the pros.It is with much gratitude that we present you with this 2025 issue. My rst encounter with Brendan Wise came through a video that was quickly gaining traction on social media. The jumps were massive, the horse seemed to soar effortlessly over them, and the rider, smiling and focused, exuded both ease and precision. What caught my eye most was that they were doing it all bridleless! As someone who shares a passion for riding without a bridle, I knew immediately that I had to meet this rising star and renegade of the equestrian world. As luck would have it, Brendan was performing at Equine Affaire in Columbus, and I had the opportunity to sit down with him to learn more about his journey. Though he grew up dreaming of becoming a cowboy and began by learning the ropes of reining, Brendan quickly found his way to classical dressage, natural horsemanship, and show jumping. It was in bridleless show jumping, however, that he truly discovered his calling. What drives Brendan is his mission to show the world what’s possible when you put your horse rst–and to demonstrate that what was once thought impossible is, in fact, possible. During our conversation, Brendan boldly stated, ‘‘I want to change the world!" To that, I replied, ‘‘Let’s do this!‘‘ And so, we are proud to sponsor Brendan Wise and excited to share his story: Bridleless Brendan Wise: Making History One Ride at a Time. Laura Gentile was an extraordinary agent of change with a mission to make the world a better place for both horses and humans. Through her innovative thinking and deep commitment to sustainability, she created Guaranteed Horse Products. Combining her background in biology with a passion for natural solutions, Laura began formulating non-toxic, earth-friendly products in her own kitchen. She tested them on her own horses and shared them with her friends, eventually launching her agship product, Fly Bye y spray, which put her on the map. Laura’s personality was as larger–than-life as her vision. When she made personal deliveries to local tack shops, she often included a freshly baked loaf of bread to sweeten the deal. Sadly, her life was cut short by cancer, leaving a huge void in the lives of everyone who knew and loved her. As a close friend and colleague, I can speak to the immense impact Laura had on so many of us. Her determination to leave a mark on the world was matched only by her passion for ensuring the long-term sustainability of her business. In true Laura fashion, she left behind a comprehensive blueprint for her children to carry the business forward, ensuring that her legacy will continue to thrive for many years to come. We are honored to present: The Fearless Flight: Remembering Laura Gentile, Fly Bye Founder.Ohio equestrians benet from access to some of the nest veterinary care in the country. The Ohio State University offers comprehensive equine services through its Veterinary Medical Center in Columbus and Large Animal Services in Marysville. From routine wellness exams and dental care to advanced diagnostics, surgery, and emergency treatment, their team of skilled veterinarians and specialists provides top-quality care for horses. With access to cutting-edge technology and a dedication to education, Ohio State supports both individual horse owners and large-scale operations while training future veterinarians to deliver exceptional care in the eld. Ranked third of the top 33 vet schools in the country, with only a limited number of students accepted annually, the program consistently produces top-notch graduates prepared to deliver outstanding care. To learn more: Ohio State University: Providing Top-Tier Horse Healthcare While Training the Future of Equine Vet Medicine.Special thanks to the equestrians who generously shared their stories and the businesses that enthusiastically supported this issue!We hope you nd this to be an invaluable resource and ask you to please support our advertisers, without whom this complimentary directory would not be possible.

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16 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025by Angela Durrell“Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless ight, for the greatest tragedy of them all, is never to feel the burning light.”– Oscar WildeThe word “maverick” con-jures the blazing image in our minds of a fearless, bra-zen, sometimes ornery g-ure whose regard for norms and boundaries is met with a smile and a raised eyebrow. They are dogged, intrepid, sometimes exasperating, and always activating. It’s a dynamic individual with inner fortitude, who likes the unexpected and the sur-prise, who takes to the road less traveled with a machete, carving a path for people to follow. A maverick is uncon-ventional; an independent thinker who has no greater motivation than doing the thing that people say can’t be done, and whose favorite response is Oh yeah? Watch this.“That was Mom,” laughs son Bobby. “If someone told her this or that was impossible, her reaction was ‘Why?’ One of the biggest things growing up for me and my sister Angela was a measure of independence and challenging normative things in society. It was very important for her that we think independently.”Angela agrees. “She always said, ‘You’re supposed to go o and spread your wings’. She really let us do that, and she let us fall down and g-ure out how to get back up.”Laura Gentile was like Yoda; she believed that failure was oen the great-est teacher. “She never punished us for ‘failing’; it was never like that,” Angela explains. “There was a free-dom there for me and Bobby to learn from it. So what if you fail? Try it again.”Ignoring convention the way most of us breathe, fear was simply not in Laura’s vocabulary. If it ever crept up in the small corners and moments, it didn’t last long, because she’d grab it by the throat and turn it into motivation for whatever she was taking head-on. It was a philosophy that extended to everything in her life – her work, her horses, her children, and her battle with cancer.Faced with a daunting diagnosis and treatment, she tackled it the same way she tackled everything – with an iron-willed determination and fearless confrontation of the disease – even if she lost the ght. She fought hard, right up to the last mo-ment, and it was the sheer grit and optimism she had instilled in Bobby and his sister that they remembered most.“When my mom passed away, I was talking to my dad and he said, ‘You know, she really did go to the beat of her own drum,’ and it was such a gi to be raised like that,” Angela says.That upbringing was integral for what came next for the two of them: deciding what to do with their mother’s successful business. Guaranteed Horse Products was her creation, her brainchild that she had created out of literally noth-ing and built pretty much single-handed. Should they sell it, or take over them-selves? If they took it over, The Fearless Flight:Remembering Laura Gentile,Fly Bye FounderPhotos courtesy of Bobby and Angela

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 17how should they go about it? What did they need to know, and did they have the chops, as it were, to even make the attempt? And what would Mom want them to do?It was a daunting enough prospect for anyone deal-ing with mourning the loss of someone they loved, but there were additional challenges for each of them to confront. Angie and her husband Chaz were just weeks away from welcom-ing a baby; they were in the middle of a global pandem-ic, and Bobby lived in a whole other state and really didn’t feel any inclination to run the business.“It was painful, because it was a reminder of my mom,” he says. But it was also something that was im-portant to their mother; she hadn’t wanted it to dissolve when she was gone. Even in the midst of her treatment, she had made it clear she didn’t want it to disappear – and, in typical fashion, le behind a veritable blueprint for how to keep it going.Laura hadn’t started out intending to create a line of eco-friendly horse products; it just sort of happened. She had been happily raising her kids and participating in extracurriculars with enthusiasm, including taking riding lessons with Angela and helping out with cleaning stables, grooming, and feeding. By the time her kids became more focused on school and playing other sports, Laura had fallen in love with horses and kept riding, working up to becoming a competitive equestrian.She learned about mas-sage therapy and the struc-ture of horses, how their muscles and organs worked, and the way their anato-mies functioned in dierent environments. She was good at making connections and nding people to teach her new things: her natural inquisitiveness and love of exploring built what became an extensive knowledge base.The inception of Fly Bye spray was born out of that knowledge, and her biology education was a solid foun-dation for it. She created it simply because she want-ed something non-toxic that would keep the pesky insects away from her horse, Forte, whom she adored. But she wanted something that wouldn’t hurt the en-vironment, and would also be safe for people. She’d give little bottles of it to her equestrian friends or anyone who wanted it, but at the time, it was basically a hobby; a side gig she had that made her happy and was healthy for her horse.When she decided to take the plunge back into the workforce on a full-time basis, she found herself mildly exasperated with the oen-pedantic interview process and almost invari-ably rigid oce structure. She was well-educated; she knew her worth. Interview-ing became a job in and of itself, and when the police Laura and daughter, Angela

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18 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025dispatcher position she had applied for didn’t hire her, she put a period on the sen-tence. This wasn’t what she wanted to do.“She said, ‘I love horses. That’s it, I’m done apply-ing,’” Angela laughs. “I think her mind was too active and yearned to be learning too much for her to do the same thing every day. She wanted to start her own business, and that’s why the products are what they are. There was and is a real goal to create something that worked for the horses.”There was a market for it, too; Laura knew that just from the sheer volume of friends and colleagues who were requesting Fly Bye. She had also created a non-toxic, biosafe shampoo and the “Pony Polish” conditioner, which had proven equally popular. Guaranteed Horse Products LLC started in 2009, and she never looked back aer that. Her edgling business grew steadily over the next decade, supported by a clear vision and her invaluable experience in bi-ology, massage therapy, and practical knowledge of both horses and their owners.Both avid horse riders and animal lovers themselves, Angela and Bobby had helped out in areas of their mom’s business, but Lau-ra was very much the one steering the ship and orga-nizing the company’s struc-ture and marketing. She built it in such a way that everything had a logical, rational protocol, rhyme, and reason; it was complex, but not complicated the way it can sometimes get when everything is put through a committee.“Typically of my mom, there was a very organized kind of hando to this,” Angela marvels. “There was a denite learning curve, but we decided to just take on the challenge. We weren’t willing to let something mom built and loved just go. It was too important to her; she made something really good that makes the world better.“And she practically le us a map on how to do it,” Angela adds. “There was no way we were going to just let that go.”The rst thing to do was get together at their mom’s dining table – a behemoth almost 20 feet long and the nexus of Laura’s business – and gure out who would do what. Bobby found it dif-cult at rst, describing how he ‘forced’ himself to do the work every day while also struggling with grief.“Every page was hard, because it was a reminder of my mom,” he says of those rst meetings. Initially, it al-most felt like he was thrown back into his days at school, which he had found dicult and frustrating when he was a teenager. “She used to say I was feral,” he remembers now, chuck-ling. “I hated school. But it’s funny; some of the things you don’t necessarily recog-nize growing up really do inuence you. Her curiosity and love of learning even-tually rubbed o on me. I ended up going to college for eight years.”It got easier running the business too, as he and Angela knuckled down to split the responsibilities as well as they could, balanc-ing the work with their lives and families. Before too long, Bobby says, “the script ipped,” and he got into a groove of really enjoying the work. However, he credits his sister with being the actual impetus behind the momentum.“Angela and her husband Chaz really dug in,” he points out. “They made this happen, during the middle of COVID, no less.” When Angela demurs, he waves it o airily. “This is classic of my sister: She will not take credit for achievements.”He continues, elaborating: “We’re kind of like re and ice, she and I. My re burns bright and hot, and I can get obsessive over stu. Just ask about our website; she and Chaz will start rolling their eyes at me. She’s more even-keeled, more calm and deliberate in her approach.”“But I’m very resistant to change,” Angela is quick to interject. Recalling that she used to help her mom label product bottles and prepare for trade shows, she notes that she’s more of a nuts-and-bolts, detail-oriented person.“Bobby’s innovative like my mom,” she illustrates. “He’s always up for some-thing: Let’s do this, let’s do that; why not?”“Yeah, I’m looking at the road ahead and barreling down on it, and she’s the one who says, ‘Hold on, let’s slow down and think about this,’” Bobby laughs.She agrees. “He’s denitely more out-of-the-box than I am, and I think that’s a real-ly great balance.”Having never worked Laura and her beloved, Forte

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 19together before this, they had to gure out how to structure the partnership: identify friction points and individual strengths, orga-nize and schedule priorities, and designate who would be in charge of what. Bobby took over number crunch-ing and logistics; Angela heads up the marketing and branding. They moved forward with the same de-termined insouciance their mother had taught them by osmosis, and today the com-pany is as strong as it ever was, and is making plans to expand into the Florida equestrian community.It was, as the saying goes, a trial by re, but neither of them has any doubt they made the right choice.“We really mesh well now. It took some time, but we’re like a house on re now,” Angela says, adding that their shared grief and the support they gave each oth-er bolstered their partner-ship even more. “We have each other’s backs. Anything that pops up now doesn’t scare us a bit.”That inherited fearless-ness is another gi their mom le them. The grief still pops out in certain moments, but Bobby says he thinks of the dreams and goals he shared with her, and it tempers the sadness. His mom used to tell him, “You don’t have to follow anyone else”, but in one re-spect at least he followed in the footsteps of her dream and bought a farm.“I used to talk to Mom about it; she’d always wanted a farm, too, where she could live and have her horses. I love agriculture and livestock, and growing things. So I look at it as a joint dream we’re sharing, and I’m fullling hers by carrying the business for-ward alongside my sister,” he explains.“That’s what legacy is to me. How cool is that?”For more information on Guaranteed Horse Products, visit their website at www.guaranteedhorseproducts.comAngela Durrell has made Ocala her home for the past ve years, aer living and working in Los Angeles as a publicist and writer. She has been an independent contractor for more than 20 years, working with a di-verse clientele in a variety of disciplines and elds, includ-ing Warner Brothers Studios, Disney/ABC, Shelby American Motors, Gannett Publications, Marriott, and Hilton Hotels, and has also served as casting assistant/casting director for television, independent and studio projects. She is a re-cipient of the Kennedy Center Critic’s Award and nalist for the Eugene O’Neill Award, and has contributed to a num-ber of national and regional publications.DISPLAY AD PROOFERIKA@ENSOMEDIAGROUP.COM • 440-668-2812is proof is submitted to give you the opportunity to check for any possible errors and to make any necessary corrections. Enso Media Group cannot be held responsible for errors appearing in the nal printed piece which are not brought to our attention at this time. Please reply to this email asap and let us know if your ad that will be in the:1. IS APPROVED AS IS! or 2.NOT APPROVEDPlease reply ASAP to this email to let us know what changes are neededDISPLAY AD PROOFERIKA@ENSOMEDIAGROUP.COM • 440-668-2812is proof is submitted to give you the opportunity to check for any possible errors and to make any necessary corrections. Enso Media Group cannot be held responsible for errors appearing in the nal printed piece which are not brought to our attention at this time. Please reply to this email asap and let us know if your ad that will be in the:and/or1.IS APPROVED AS IS!or 2.NOT APPROVEDPlease reply ASAP to this email to let us know what changes are neededHORSE BLANKET REPAIRS•Repair of rips and tears•Hardware replacement•Velcro and strap replacementHorse blanket washing, waterproong, and repairPlease see the website for a full list of services and pricingwww.theblanketladyohio.com Big D’s in Streetsboro is a drop o/pick up place for e Blanket Lady!22002244 AAdd PPrrooooffDISPLAY AD PROOFERIKA@ENSOMEDIAGROUP.COM • 440-668-2812is proof is submitted to give you the opportunity to check for any possible errors and to make any necessary corrections. Enso Media Group cannot be held responsible for errors appearing in the nal printed piece which are not brought to our attention at this time. Please reply to this email asap and let us know if your ad that will be in the:1. IS APPROVED AS IS! or 2.NOT APPROVEDPlease reply ASAP to this email to let us know what changes are needed“We weren’t willing to let something Mom built and loved just go. It was too important to her; she made something really good that makes the world better.”

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26 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025by Sarah Welk BaynumFor those in colder climates like Ohio, it can be challenging to work through the obstacles that can typically only be found out on the trails during warmer months. That is, until Laura Wiencek had a vision.At rst, Wiencek con-tinued to work her day job while also working with o-track Thoroughbreds (OTTBs) and retraining them on the side for a second career in barrel racing. However, she had a particular way she want-ed to teach these OTTBs about barrel racing that wouldn’t make them as hot. She wanted to incorporate teaching them the concepts of exing, bending, picking up their feet, and using their brains while learning their new job.Wiencek knew that mountain trail obstacles were the perfect training method for providing a low-key way for these young horses to learn these skills and develop a new partnership with their rider.“Years ago, I was a part of the western divisions for the Retired Racehorse Project. I had reached out to someone about building a park at that time,” says Wiencek. In 2017, her vision became a reality when she designed and built her rst outdoor obstacle course with the help of a clinician, who also guided Wiencek on how to navigate the newly designed course obstacles properly.“We ended up quickly building our rst outdoor park to help work these o- track Thoroughbreds. Our facility is great for training, especially when working with young or o-the-track horses. It helps to build their condence and work them through obstacles that will help slow them down, make them think, and teach them to pick up their feet.”For the rst few years aer the outdoor park was built, Wiencek worked with an association. However, she reached a point where she decided it was time to strike out on her own. From there, she began establishing her format for judging trail challenges with the help of Competitive Horses and Partnerships (CHAPS). “I met Jill Hanson-Wiese, founder of CHAPS, who really helped us start welcoming even more breeds and disciplines!” says Wiencek.But Wiencek still felt like there was more she could do with Win-Seek. This inspired her to take things to the next level and overcome the limitations of their seasonal outdoor trail park.“The trail-course-bug continued to grow for me. One year, I was watching a YouTube video of a horse in bunny ears and a GoPro camera going through an indoor trail park. I remember thinking to myself back then, wouldn’t it be cool to build a permanent mountain trail park, especially with Ohio’s weather? That planted the seed for the vision of this indoor horse park. But I knew if I was going to do it, I had to go all-in and I had to do it right!” says Wiencek.In November of 2022, Wiencek traveled to the Oregon Horse Center to begin planning and researching for her own indoor-trail park. There, she learned from the facility’s Mountain Trail founders. Wiencek found herself transxed by the large boulders, stumps, bridges, trenches, and an iconic waterfall at the Silverado Arena. Win-Seek Fallen Pines Equestrian Center: A Year-Round Way to Build Partnerships Between Horse and RiderFiona and Buckle

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 27However, this stunning indoor-trail park was only available at certain times of the year.“We were even more convinced at this point that we needed to build a permanent, indoor park with year-round availability on the east side of the country,” says Wiencek.It took numerous hours of planning and working with her local small business association before the grand opening of her permanent indoor course facility. They also took their time relocating and enhancing the outdoor park as they planned and built the indoor park. Opened in August of 2023, the 16,000 square foot facility in Cortland, Ohio, is called Win-Seek Fallen Pines Equestrian Center. It became Ohio’s rst permanent indoor-outdoor trail park, welcoming all disciplines, horses, and riders of all training levels.“When we are asked who our audience is, we say, it’s everyone! Both parks are made for everyone to feel comfortable while working with their horse and building that partnership with them,” says Wiencek.While they of course welcome people hauling in just for the day to use the trail-course, they also oer customized overnight and weekend trips. “Our indoor and outdoor trail parks have something for everyone! We oer livery stalls and highlines to keep your horse comfortable while you’re here overnight. If you don’t have living quarters in your trailer, we have also partnered with local venues to accommodate your stay,” adds Wiencek.Win-Seek has continued to add new obstacles and will change the indoor and outdoor parks’ courses to keep things fresh for returning horses and riders. “Our large obstacles stay the same, but we try to change things up like our moveable obstacles and outer edge greenery to match up with our current theme,” says Wiencek.Win-Seek oers private lessons for novice through advanced horse and riders, as well as open riding on the courses. They also proudly host a number of clinics, lesson instructors, judged competitions, challenges, and other events year-round. Wiencek continues to add more options for people to attend in the future.Some of the events they have hosted or plan to feature in 2024 are the Gerry Cox clinic, Cowgirl “When we are asked who our audience is, we say, it’s everyone! Both parks are made for everyone to feel comfortable while working with their horse and building that partnership with them.” –Laura WiencekPhoto courtesy of Roam Photos

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28 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025Camp, as well as young horse and Mustang trainer, Sam VanFleet.Their Mustang event in May is one that has also become increasingly popular and helps contestants of the Mustang Challenge prepare their horse for the event.Win-Seek holds regular challenges the 4th Saturday of every month, with the exception of December and February.“Recently, we also held a Cole Cameron clinic, and it was truly an amazing clinic—we really learned a lot! He is a true horseman, working with every skill set and discipline. I even got told to quit riding like a barrel racer!” adds Wiencek.Now, what Wiencek brought to Ohio is growing nationwide. “We build mountain trail courses all over the United States now,” says Wiencek. “We had the outdoor trail park for a few years and the interest continued to grow. When COVID hit, we knew we needed to do something to help other venues that weren’t able to hold events due to capacity restrictions, etc. A friend suggested we take our course on the road, and that is what started the Win-Seek Road Course Crew—our on-the-road challenges and clinics,” says Wiencek.Wiencek and Jamie Barto, head judge for CHAPS, have also been taking their skills to other facilities and private barns to build courses for others. “Today, we now have various parks in South Dakota, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. We also plan to keep growing from here. We are sponsoring Road To The Horse in 2025, and we are extremely excited about it!” adds Wiencek.While Win-Seek has been very successful for Wiencek, there is one part of bringing this facility to life that she enjoys most. “Seeing all the smiles and ‘aha’ moments are my favorite parts of Win-Seek. I love watching someone that felt their horse would not do well on the course work through each obstacle and build that partnership between horse and rider,” says Wiencek.For more information, and to see the schedule for clinics, open ride times, lessons, challenges, etc. visit win-seek.com.Sarah Welk Baynum attended Otterbein University for Equine Business & Facility Management and spent many years working various jobs in the equine industry before becoming a professional writer. Today, Sarah is a Columbus, Ohio-based freelance writer and published equestrian ction author. She also actively competes in show jumping and eventing with her two mares: a spicy Warmblood named Tilly and an equally spicy OTTB named Letty.(L-R) Amanda Lynn, Linda Golding, Jamie Barto, Judy Heinz, Amy Divers, Nicole Wood, Laura WiencekPhoto courtesy of Roam Photos

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 29DISPLAY AD PROOFERIKA@ENSOMEDIAGROUP.COM • 440-668-2812is proof is submitted to give you the opportunity to check for any possible errors and to make any necessary corrections. Enso Media Group cannot be held responsible for errors appearing in the nal printed piece which are not brought to our attention at this time. Please reply to this email asap and let us know if your ad that will be in the:1. IS APPROVED AS IS! or 2.NOT APPROVEDPlease reply ASAP to this email to let us know what changes are neededDISPLAY AD PROOFERIKA@ENSOMEDIAGROUP.COM • 440-668-2812is proof is submitted to give you the opportunity to check for any possible errors and to make any necessary corrections. Enso Media Group cannot be held responsible for errors appearing in the nal printed piece which are not brought to our attention at this time. Please reply to this email asap and let us know if your ad that will be in the:1. IS APPROVED AS IS! or 2.NOT APPROVEDPlease reply ASAP to this email to let us know what changes are neededDISPLAY AD PROOFERIKA@ENSOMEDIAGROUP.COM • 440-668-2812is proof is submitted to give you the opportunity to check for any possible errors and to make any necessary corrections. Enso Media Group cannot be held responsible for errors appearing in the nal printed piece which are not brought to our attention at this time. Please reply to this email asap and let us know if your ad that will be in the:and/or1.IS APPROVED AS IS!or 2.NOT APPROVEDPlease reply ASAP to this email to let us know what changes are needed22002244 AADD PPRROOOOFF

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 33Think All Helmets Are the Same? Think Again! Meet the Man Who’s Raising the Bar on Helmet Safetyby Rhys PowellWith safety and technology paving the way of the future in other sports, the need to improve and raise the safety standards in equestrian sports has become more essential than ever before.Four years ago while riding at our equestrian property in New Zealand, my horse spooked and I fell oﬀ at the walk, breaking my neck (C3). During the ﬁ ve days that followed while in the hospital, unable to move, I designed an equestrian helmet in my head, knowing that the severity of injury from my accident could have been prevented. The journey has been a real eye-opener, and I have learned so much more about a sport I am involved in. But most importantly, I learned about head injuries and ways to help minimize them. I taught myself all about CAD and 3D printing, tooling, molds, diﬀ erent types of materials, you name it! I ﬁ rst started cutting helmets in half to see what they were made of; the majority were very disturbing and incredibly basic. Most are just plastic helmets that are very cheap to manufacture - just around $10 US dollars! Even some of the very expensive European ones were not much better than the very cheapest ($50) plastic ones on Amazon, they had just been well-marketed. For the ﬁ rst two years, I focused purely on safety, as that was the reason I began this process in the ﬁ rst place. After two years of creating a prototype, despite it being really safe, I didn’t believe many people would actually wear it – it looked a bit silly! The following two years, I focused on the fashion side and now believe I have both, safety & fashion, which is a very diﬃ cult combination to achieve. I purposely didn’t worry about material costs or the ﬁ nal price, as I didn’t want that to be a factor inﬂ uencing the decision process. I wanted the very highest safety standards, best possible materials, brain/concussion protection, (MIPS) safety features, etc. Our patented design and system include 78 individual parts. The most concerning thing I learned through this process, is that the level of protection oﬀ ered by the majority of helmets on the market is signiﬁ cantly lower than what people think - or are led to believe. And many riders assume helmet safety standards are pretty much all the same, but in reality, they are widely diﬀ erent, with most helmets consisting of multiple lower standards, because they aren’t designed to achieve the highest safety standards. I would estimate 99% of helmets (most being just plastic), including the majority of the most expensive European ones, cannot pass the highest safety standards found in our ARRO helmets. Key points of this helmet:1. Obtained the world’s highest and latest safety rating - Snell “E2021”, a new standard which is signiﬁ cantly higher than all other older standards, i.e., VG1, ASTM, PAS015.2. MIPS : (Multi-directional Impact Protection System) - an additional liner incorporated inside the helmet, designed to add protection against rotational motion transferred to the head and brain. Rotational motion increases the risk for minor to severe brain injuries. MIPS can reduce rotational motion by redirecting energies and forces otherwise transferred to the brain.3. Carbon Fibre and Kevlar - the very best materials to use in the outer layer of the helmet: both known for being lightweight but very strong; Kevlar is used in bullet-proof vests. 4. Detachable chin guard for facial and neck protection, this can be worn in dual mode, i.e., with or without the chin bar.5. Removable and breakaway visor. The visor at the front is removable to meet any showing regulations, and breaks away to minimize forces/stresses, and hyperﬂ exion of the neck. 6. Dual density EPS (Expanded Polystyrene) inner liner - to accommodate diﬀ erent impact locations on the head. While no helmet or impact protection system can prevent a user from all injuries, ARRO helmets give you the conﬁ dence to follow your passion with horses in the best possible helmet available. For more information:arro.nz

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38 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025DISPLAY AD PROOFERIKA@ENSOMEDIAGROUP.COM • 440-668-2812is proof is submitted to give you the opportunity to check for any possible errors and to make any necessary corrections. Enso Media Group cannot be held responsible for errors appearing in the nal printed piece which are not brought to our attention at this time. Please reply to this email asap and let us know if your ad that will be in the:1. IS APPROVED AS IS! or 2.NOT APPROVEDPlease reply ASAP to this email to let us know what changes are neededDISPLAY AD PROOFERIKA@ENSOMEDIAGROUP.COM • 440-668-2812is proof is submitted to give you the opportunity to check for any possible errors and to make any necessary corrections. Enso Media Group cannot be held responsible for errors appearing in the nal printed piece which are not brought to our attention at this time. Please reply to this email asap and let us know if your ad that will be in the:and/or1. IS APPROVED AS IS! or 2.NOT APPROVEDPlease reply ASAP to this email to let us know what changes are neededMontana’s Bob Marshall Montana’s Bob Marshall WildernessWildernessAuthentic Horseback Authentic Horseback Vacations!Vacations!www.7LazyP.com 406.466.2245DISPLAY AD PROOFERIKA@ENSOMEDIAGROUP.COM • 440-668-2812is proof is submitted to give you the opportunity to check for any possible errors and to make any necessary corrections. Enso Media Group cannot be held responsible for errors appearing in the nal printed piece which are not brought to our attention at this time. Please reply to this email asap and let us know if your ad that will be in the:1. IS APPROVED AS IS! or 2.NOT APPROVEDPlease reply ASAP to this email to let us know what changes are needed

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 39by Dr. Amy Lawyer, Equine Industry Program Department Chair at the University of LouisvilleThe Equine Industry Program at the University of Louisville is the only AA-CSB-accredited college of business in the U.S. to house an equine major. Our focus is on the long-term career opportunities of our students and preparing them for a job in the industry where they can work their way up, whether it be in equine-relat-ed corporations or building their own business. A common misconception among high school students seeking horse-related college programs is that they need to study horses in order to work in the industry. While these programs can provide an excellent scientic per-spective on the species and prepare students for veteri-nary school, most equine-re-lated jobs need a more robust understanding of the current issues of the industry, the economic drivers, the work-force and labor issues, how regulatory bodies play a factor, and overall business skills to understand how to make a living. While horse knowledge is important, most people leave the industry, not due to lack of horse skill, but because they lack the basic understanding of business. The Equine Industry Program at UofL oers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an Equine Business major. This means that our graduates leave with a full-edged business degree that will work in any job setting, but also have a highly acute understanding of the nuances of the horse industry and what sets it apart. Our courses focus on the horse industry as a whole, while pulling examples from horse racing, show disciplines, and recreational riding. Our faculty and sta are made up of individuals who are not only scholars and experts in their given areas, but also have personal connections to the horse industry. This allows instructors to pull industry examples into their everyday curriculum and provide students with practical applications to the learning objectives in each course. Located in the heart of horse country, the University of Louisville Equine Industry Program has access to the world’s top equine profession-als. The program frequently calls upon industry leaders to serve as guest speakers, host eld trips, as well as provide ample internship opportuni-ties. From breeding farms, to racetracks, to show facilities and training barns, to equine insurance and law rms, we have the ability to help our students nd opportunities in various career paths all with-in the area. This allows our students not only gain hands-on learning experiences, but also build their network of industry connections, which often leads to our students receiving full-time job oppor-tunities upon graduation. Since our degree is versatile, our students can tailor our curriculum to t their area of interest. We have alumni currently working in all aspects of the horse industry. From horse trainers and farm managers, to racetrack executives, holding positions in regulatory organizations, marketing and media careers, insurance, pharmaceutical companies, and operating their own lesson and training facilities. The career paths are immeasurable. EIP students are well prepared to t into dierent roles and easily climb the corporate ladder with knowledge of management and leadership theory. Our students also have the opportunity to ride on several IHSA riding teams. UofL currently oers teams in Hunt Seat, Western, Saddle Seat, Eventing, as well as hosting a Polo club and a Riding and Racing Club. The opportunities are limitless at the University of Louisville Equine Industry program where you can truly turn your passion into a career. For more information and to apply, visit: uofl.edu/equineWhen it Comes to Horses, We Mean Business

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 41by Laurie BerglieBorn and raised in Har-ford County, Maryland, Brendan Wise did not come from a horse-centric background. As a child, he and his sister were homes-chooled, so for her physical education credit, his sister asked to take horseback riding lessons. Brendan, at eight years old and captivat-ed by the idea of becoming a cowboy, decided to join her. His sister’s interest in riding was short-lived, but for Brendan, horses, and learning what makes them tick, would become a life-long passion. This passion ultimately led him to make history as the rst rider to compete in a Grand Prix – bridleless.Chasing the Cowboy DreamWhile Brendan loved horses from a young age, it wasn’t just the animals themselves that captivated him; it was the bond be-tween horse and rider. “A cowboy and his horse were an entity in and of them-selves,” Brendan noted. “So it was the relationship that I glamorized and wanted to achieve for myself. My mother recounts how I would oen get up early in the morning, throw on my boots, chaps, vest, and cowboy hat, and stroll down the stairs ready to ride! Tin stars, clanging spurs, dusty boots, leather batwing chaps, and broad brimmed hats. That was the vision that I was committed to.”As Brendan grew, still committed to this cowboy vision, he decided to pursue a career as a professional horseman. Though he had already started working with problem horses and bring-ing along young horses, he knew that relying solely on his own experiences was unwise. He needed a men-tor, and he found just that in the Lyons family. “I joined their year-long certication program run by two of the greatest horsemen I have ever had the privilege to learn from: John and Josh Lyons.”Looking back, it’s clear to Brendan that during his time with the Lyons family, he just barely scratched the surface of the lifelong study of the horse–But it was the perfect start to his career. “Josh taught me how to un-derstand the language of the horse, and helped the horse and I create a new language that we could both eective-ly understand. He was also instrumental in developing my ability to communicate and teach.”Aer graduating from the certication program, Bren-dan went on to graduate from their second intensive course, the accreditation program, which was focused more on western perfor-mance disciplines. It was here that he fell in love with reining, but as he continued down the path of his person-al horsemanship journey, it was classical dressage and the discipline of show jump-ing that would ultimately capture his heart. But there was something that con-nected both the English and Western worlds for Bren-dan—his growing fascina-tion with riding bridleless.Developing a Bridleless SystemBrendan’s exploration into bridleless riding began during his time with John and Josh Lyons. Previously, John had made quite a name for himself riding bridleless with his Appaloosa, Bright Zip, stunning crowds with their precision and adapt-ability.“Josh, too, was an expert bridleless rider, and I was particularly fascinated by his work with a horse named Flash. During this time, I was primarily focused on Western horse-manship and reining. For any well-trained reining horse, taking the bridle o and riding around with a fairly high level of precision should be quite easy. It’s a bit of a crowd pleaser too, so this was oen a focus of ex-hibitions and performances during my earliest years. My quarter horse, Colt, who was my main exhibition horse at the time, became quite pro-cient bridleless. However, looking back on the type of bridleless riding that was popular at that time, I would say it was relatively prim-itive to what we see today. Excellent in many ways, but still surface-level.”It was not until much later that Brendan began to study Photo by Amanda Conyers, Salamander Studios, LLCBrendan and Lyric

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42 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025and explore more into the mechanics and workings of the horse that he started to develop a bridleless system that had greater depth. “It began to change from some thing for exhibition into a proven method for compe-tition and full development of the horse’s potential. But certainly, a solid back-ground in reining was the beginning for me, and I am very thankful for those lessons learned.”More for the Rider than the HorseIt has now been many years since Brendan rst learned of bridleless riding with the Lyons family, and he has since worked to develop a system that he shares with his students as well as at clinics. For those wondering if their horse could benet from bridleless riding, Brendan’s message is clear – all horses can go bridleless.“I have not met a horse who couldn’t do it. Now, to be clear, I am not saying that all horses should be bridleless full-time. Very few have the capabilities to be bridleless full-time and be fully competitive this way against bridled hors-es. However, as a means of cross-training and con-tinued education, it is a wonderful tool. There are certainly horses that take to it quicker and are more sensitive than others. To dig into the deep and more advanced bridleless work, it is certainly nice to have a horse that is sensitive to it and takes to it easily in its responses to your aids. However, for the basic work that gets you to the point where you can take the bridle off and walk, trot, and canter – all horses are capable of accomplishing this.”While it might seem daunting to take your horse’s bridle o, Brendan promises that there are many advantages to riding in this way. “I believe that riding bridleless is actual-ly more benecial for the rider than for the horse. We, as riders, are oen so xated on our reins, and the direct manipulation of the head and neck. It is so easy to ride with our mind on the front of the horse, trying to create the movement that we want in that way. Howev-er, as we grow in our under-standing of the mechanics of the horse, that starts to shi into thinking much more about what is happen-ing under the saddle.”By removing the “crutch” of the reins, riders can learn to guide the horse through balance and movement, rather than relying on di-rect contact with the horse’s mouth. “As the rider learns to guide, bend, and posture the horse without direct attachment to the mouth of the horse, they in turn also learn to manipulate the balance and movement of the horse in a more correct way. Granted, it is a bit more dicult for horse and rider at times, once you go beyond the basic cues, but the benets in the under-standing of the horse are monumental.”Making Bridleless HistoryOn April 21, 2024, Bren-dan and his Argentinian Warmblood, Lyric, (show name Villanueva Conrad), made history by being the rst horse and rider to com-pete in a Grand Prix bridle-less. While this goal had been very high on Brendan’s list for the winter season, he noted that the decision to ride in the class was a dicult one.“I’m not sure we were 100% ready, but I’m not sure I was ever going to feel 100% ready. So we took a risk and gave it our best shot. I wanted to ride this Grand Prix (at the Florida Horse Park in Ocala, FL) specically because I knew it would be a height that was doable for us at this time, I knew it would have all the technical elements that I wanted to be tested with, and I knew that it was going to be good bit less elaborate and spooky than many I had the option for that winter. Lyric is not a brave horse!”Going into the class, Bren-dan was still not completely set on riding bridleless; he was going to let Lyric tell him what he wanted to do during warm up. He let Lyric guide the decision, and when the horse felt condent, Brendan decid-ed to go for it. “Lyric is not a horse that needs to be bridleless. He’s giving me a chance to prove it can be done, and I have very pur-poseful reasons for wanting to accomplish it. Bridleless, at that level, means that I have to be virtually per-fect. Unfortunately, I was not, and we made mistakes on-course. But that is also the other side of the mental battle, isn’t it? I have to be okay with failure. I have to be okay with being made fun of and laughed at by Photo by Amanda Conyers, Salamander Studios, LLCBrendan and Lyric

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 43those who think it’s impos-sible. I have to be okay with that and embrace it so that I don’t let it deter me from trying, because I know we can do it!”While his rst Grand Prix didn’t go the way Brendan had hoped, he was able to inspire others by his ride, and that made it all worth-while. “I walked out of the ring that day, honestly, feeling extreme disappoint-ment. I just wanted to go clear. I wanted the world to see it and to see Lyric! I walked out of that ring petting him on the neck for giving me a massive eort to do something impossible. But internally I was crip-pled with disappointment. It is very rare for emotions to get to me. I rode out over the grounds letting Lyric wander and graze, and I fought back the tears because I wanted it so bad. But on my way back from the barns another trainer stopped me and introduced herself. She had tears in her eyes too. She just wanted to come tell me how much she appreciated what we were doing, and what we were trying to accomplish. That made it all worth it.”The Future is BridlelessEven though Brendan and Lyric didn’t have the clear round he was hoping for, the lessons he learned in the show ring that day and that winter season were invalu-able. It showed Brendan exactly what he and Lyric needed to work on and the skills they needed to hone. “We have all the tools; we just need to continue to put them to good use on course. Another diculty at the moment is to build the resources to get in the show ring more consistently. I do not come from a background of nancial means, and shows are expensive, so getting time in the ring is very limited. Bear Casting sponsored me last winter season, and I was extremely grateful for their support.”Together, Brendan and Lyric have shown the horse world that the future of bridleless riding is bright. He would love to see more riders competing bridleless as long as they have done the neces-sary preparation and training for the horse to compete comfortably and safely. Many riders are venturing down their own bridleless journey, and Brendan believes that even more would take the leap if the FEI allowed them.“The goal is to show that it is possible. I’m not say-ing bridleless is better, I’m saying that if it can be done safely and correctly, then we deserve to have the option to do it. There are plenty of ways to make it possible, and quite frankly the notion of only allowing bitted horses in any equestrian discipline in the world we live in today, with the knowledge we have, is outdated and holds our sport back. We have scandals le and right. We have abuses le and right. Why worry about those who are trying to nd a soer and kinder way of do-ing things when there are bri-dled horses all over the world being abused? I’m not anti-bit. I’m not anti-anything! I am for giving people the option to train in a way that best suits them, as long as it is proved to be safe and kind for the horse. Bitless and bridleless should be part of those options.”Brendan practices what he preaches, so he and Lyric will head back to Ocala in 2025 to compete on the winter circuit, sans bridle. He will also con-tinue to educate the world on his bridleless techniques and systems through his online training courses and mas-terclasses on his site, www.bridleless.com. To see more of his journey with Lyric, Brendan can also be found on Facebook and Instagram @brendan_wise_equestrian.Laurie Berglie, a lifelong Marylander, enjoys farm projects, reading horse books, and competing her two Thor-oughbreds in the hunters and equitation. She is the author of ve equestrian romance novels. When not working on her next novel, she writes for a variety of equestrian publica-tions and edits other people’s books through her marketing company, Chestnut Pen. She can be found online at themarylandequestrian.com or on Instagram @maryland-equestrian.Photo by Andrew Ryback PhotographyBrendan and Lyric

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 47Pine Knoll Farm is the idyllic home of the Pine Knoll Center for Integrated Horsemanship, a world-class training center and school of integrated horsemanship located just outside Lexing-ton, Kentucky. With top-shelf equestrian facilities and luxury accommodations for horses and humans, Pine Knoll is uniquely situated to oer clinics, workshops and retreats as well as custom experiences that promote the optimal health, well-being and performance of horses and humans.Amanda Ferrara is a teach-er from New York. In 2023, she got Mango, a 12-year-old Pintaloosa mare. The two had an immediate connection, and Mango was always safe and sweet with a lot of try. But she also leaned toward being anxious, avoidant and hot. She seemed unbalanced and uncomfortable in her body. When traditional approaches did not help, Amanda dove into research, determined to nd answers. But with the volume of information–much of it conicting–she just felt more confused. Feeling overwhelmed and uncertain what path to follow, she came across the website for Pine Knoll Farm. Immediately and intuitively, she knew this was the place. After a brief chat with founder Gillian Vallis and trainer Shelbie Freden-hagen, Amanda decided to go all in and bring her horse 780 miles to Kentucky for the summer.Gillian and Shelbie eval-uated Mango’s physical and emotional condition and developed a plan to help her. Over the course of the next three months, they explored many modalities of health, healing, training and riding. They addressed Mango’s nutrition, bodywork, and hoof care. Amanda learned how to help Mango shift out of her sympathetic nervous system and into her parasympathetic and learning system.” They explored conscious-based horsemanship, which is based on building and maintaining a relationship with the horse while also learning to set boundaries and expectations. They started working with Mango on the ground, with Shelbie emphasizing the im-portance of corrective biome-chanical training and playing at liberty, and incorporating positive reinforcement. That groundwork laid the founda-tion for ridden work. “As an amateur rider, I am still very much in the throes of piecing together biomechanics and the many methods of correc-tive and progressive train-ing,” said Amanda. “Shelbie’s patient and supportive approach to mindful riding empowered me to become a more accomplished and knowledgeable rider.”Amanda was impressed with the many modalities oered at Pine Knoll. “Neither Shelbie nor Gillian adhere to just one program or method but instead draw on ele-ments from many dierent like-minded, horse-conscious people. They are both always learning new ways to achieve goals but stay true to their own morals.”Amanda is the rst to admit it wasn’t easy. “I’d never felt so challenged yet so driven,” she said. But it was worth it. “A year ago, she (Mango) was nervous to be handled, scared to be in a ring, had minimal brakes or steering and was consistently tense. Now she is happy and relaxed. She has become very aectionate and actively tries to please, while condently expressing her opinions. In short, I get her and she gets me. Her discom-fort and anxiety were palpable to me, but so was her desire to perform and have fun. I just saw the potential we had as a team and wanted to help her feel better in her mind and body. I sense this in so many horses but never quite knew how to address it. I think a lot of people don’t. But now I get it! And now I know what to do! Pine Knoll and Shelbie gifted me with this under-standing and forever changed my approach to horses.”For more information, visit https://pineknollfarm.comA New York Girl, a Pintaloosa Mare, and a Life-Changing Trip to KentuckyPine Knoll Farm and Center for Integrated Horsemanship Presents: “Amanda’s Story”

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 49by Joni GerardHave you ever heard unex-pected words that cause the walls around you to collapse into your soul? That is what I experienced the day I heard the words, “your mom has cancer.” It was too late for treatment or trying to ght it. Mom was raised on a farm in central Florida. Growing up, I loved hearing her tales of how the “little cracker house” evolved into the home where she would later raise her own family. Her daddy was intention-al in making sure she was self-sucient at a young age. Therefore, Mom was never one to shy away from hard work or a challenge. My fondest memories of growing up on this land in-clude our daily outdoor adven-tures. On hot days, we would venture down to the lake to cool o with a bottle of shampoo to wash the horses when they joined us.One special day, a rainbow ended in our pasture. The beauty of the transparent colors fascinated me but there was no pot of gold to be found. That is when Momma told me about something far more valuable. She told me, “Jesus is more precious than gold,” and that I should seek Him all the days of my life, instead of treasures. My mom’s motto was, “If you want something done right, you should do it yourself.” She mastered things like changing the oil in our vehicles and install-ing ceiling fans throughout our little cracker house. She trimmed 15 horses’ hooves in two days. This might not sound impressive but she was 5’2” weighing in at 105 pounds. She was tough as nails and sweet as a berry.Mom’s love of animals is woven into the fabric of who I am today. Her rst horse, Lucky, was a gift from her father when she was about 11. I was 4 years old the day Lucky passed. I remember pressing my nose against the window, trying to see into the pasture where Mom was tending to her faithful companion. Lucky, 28 years old, had pneumonia and wouldn’t recover this time. Mom covered her with blankets to block the icy wind and stroked her face until the sweet mare nally let go. I will never forget that day or the bond shared by Mom and Lucky. Fifty years later, I too experienced the unbe-lievable grief of losing my best friend. After Mom’s diagnosis, I moved in with my parents to take care of her. It was the most beautiful, yet most painful, experience of my life but my relationship with Jesus, who Mom pointed me to so long ago, comfort-ed me through it all. After 31 days of loving on Mom, she let go. That experience helped me fully understand what she meant so long ago about lasting trea-sures that only a Savior can provide.Caring for Mom took a toll on me. While waiting for back surgery, I told my husband, “When I get back on my feet, I want us to load up the horses and get away.” I started planning a trip out west but quickly got frustrated because of the lack of resources. After three days, I gave up on planning the trip and start-ed designing the perfect horse-friendly layover web-site. I could hear my mom’s words clearly, “If you want something done right, you should just do it yourself.”GiddyUp GetAway oers equine enthusiasts online conveniences and tools. Guests use our interactive map to plan a trip and see all of our hosts along their route. Adventurers can search our Vacation Desti-nations by state or region to nd the perfect place to explore with their horses. They simply search, book and pay online. This tech-nology has shaved hours o of the planning stage and takes the guesswork out of nding a safe and comfort-able layover for humans and their horses. My mom lived a heroic 80 years on this earth. Her passion for exploration and horses lives on every time someone uses GiddyUpGet-Away.com and that blesses my soul!A Mother’s Legacy: Faith, Horses, and the Birth of GiddyUp GetAway GiddyUpGetAway.com founder, Joni Gerard, and her horses.Little Karen and her horse Lucky. Circa 1954.

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 55by GG EquineKeeping your horse healthy can sometimes feel like an ongoing challenge. Just as you gain traction, something else arises, especially when it comes to balancing a horse’s natural grazing instincts with modern feeding practices. Horses are natural forag-ers, meant to graze slowly throughout the day—but today’s lush pastures and all-you-can-eat hay diets often encourage them to eat too much, too quickly, leading to serious health risks like weight gain, laminitis, colic, and digestive issues. How can you foster healthy, natural feeding habits for your herd?At GG Equine, we under-stand how dicult it can be to manage your horse’s diet. We oer slow-feed solutions designed to bring balance back to their feeding habits. Slower, restricted grazing can keep your horse healthier, happier, and free from the risks that fasting or unre-stricted feeding can cause. From innovative grazing muzzles to versatile slow-feed hay bags, our mission is to make it easier than ever to prevent feeding-related health challenges and give your horse the care they deserve.Innovative Solutions for Every SeasonHorse digestion is most ecient when they get small amounts of forage through-out the day. When horses consume food too quickly or have unrestricted access to rich pastures, they’re at risk for a variety of problems and complications that threaten their health and incur costly medical visits—challenges that can surprise even the most attentive horse owners. GG Equine oers a range of innovative products designed to foster healthy, natural feeding habits. Whether you’re managing grazing on pastures or controlling hay in-take in dry lots, our solutions make slow feeding easier and more eective, ensuring your horse stays healthy and satised all year long.GreenGuard Grazing Muzzles: A Smarter Way to Graze Grazing muzzles provide the perfect balance of free-dom and control, allowing horses to enjoy their time in the eld while limiting their intake. By encouraging slow-er, more controlled eating, muzzles help manage weight, prevent serious health con-ditions, and support natural grazing behavior, keeping horses mentally engaged and physically satised.The GreenGuard Grazing Muzzle stands out as one of the leading solutions for equine slow feeding. With its lightweight, breathable design, it allows horses to graze naturally while eectively curbing overcon-sumption. What sets it apart from other muzzles? Its innovative “muzzle puzzle” design makes it more open, comfortable, and breathable, giving your horse a better grazing experience while safely limiting forage intake.HayPlay Bags: A Health-ier, Smarter Alternative to Traditional Hay NetsWhen it comes to feeding hay, GG Equine’s HayPlay Slow-Feed Bags oer a game-changing solution compared to traditional hay nets. These innovative bags not only slow down consumption, encouraging horses to graze at a more natural pace, but they also provide cleaner, dust-free feeding that supports respiratory health while alleviating body tension and frustration. Traditional hay nets can cause horses to pull awkwardly, leading to phys-ical strain. HayPlay Bags promote a more relaxed neck and back position, reducing stress and supporting overall well-being.A standout feature of HayPlay Bags is their versa-tility—they can be ground-fed, promoting a natural, head-down posture, or tied up, relieving the tension that accompanies the aggressive pulling motions you often see with traditional nets. This reduces strain on the neck and body, encouraging healthier posture and better digestion. By oering a more hygienic, ergonomic, and natural feeding method, GG Equine’s HayPlay Bags have become a leading solution for horse owners who prior-itize their horse’s health and comfort.Elevating Equine Well-ness TogetherAt GG Equine, we are ded-icated to advancing equine wellness by creating and fostering a community where horse owners, professionals, and practitioners all pursue a common goal: healthier, happier horses.What sets us apart is our unwavering commitment to personalized customer care. Our dedicated team is here to guide you on your slow-feed journey, from our ever-ex-panding video tutorial library to our comprehensive online help center. We can even ar-range custom muzzle ttings. We believe that attentive, personalized service is key to helping you achieve the best results for your horse.Working together, we can make a lasting impact on equine health. Whether you want to partner with us, share your expertise, or discover our innovative slow-feed products, GG Equine is here to support, inform, and educate every step of the way.For more information: ggequine.comAt the Forefront of Equine WellnessPhotos by Montana Canter Photography Photo by Rachel Long

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56 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025by Sarah E. ColemanBeing able to have multi-ple veterinarians look aer their equine companion is a horse owner’s dream – espe-cially if the horse is experi-encing a unique condition that may require specialty diagnostics or round-the-clock care. If you’re within driving distance of the Galbreath Equine Center on the Ohio State University’s campus, or if you’re in the service area of OSU’s Large Animal Services at Marys-ville, it benets you to know what services – and sta! – they have available – just in case you need them.Most of Ohio’s 88 counties are classied as rural. Away from the hubbub of city life, many horse owners in these areas are reliant on just a few large animal veterinar-ians or veterinary practices to keep their horses (and other livestock) healthy and happy. While there are mul-tiple equine and mixed-ani-mal practitioners and clinics throughout Ohio, there are still counties where horse owners must either haul their horses to a clinic (sometimes even for routine care), or they may wait days for a veterinarian to be able to make it to their horse’s home, which can be scary if the horse is having a welfare crisis.While no one likes to plan for an emergency, it’s im-perative that owners know where their horses will go should the need arise. Ad-ditionally, if things like foal care, advanced diagnostics, or critical care are neces-sary, it’s helpful to know options well ahead of time. Thankfully, for many horse owners in Ohio, an incred-ible resource may be just a few hours away. Two Locations Offer Top-Notch Equine CareThe Ohio State Universi-ty oers ambulatory care across the greater Colum-bus area to a variety of equines, including show horses, pleasure horses, breeding animals, and retired equines. Not with-in their service area? Not to worry – all horses are welcomed into OSU’s two large-animal facilities.Large Animal Services at MarysvilleThe Large Animal Services at Marysville oers ambu-latory, haul-in, and urgent veterinary care. Six faculty veterinarians, one resi-dent ,and one intern (both of whom are DVMs) are assisted by up to 10 senior veterinary students at a time – that’s a lot of eyes on the animals in their care! The veterinary students live on-site for two-week rotations during their fourth year of veterinary school; they are eager to learn, but remain under faculty supervision, seeing, doing, and fueling their passion for equine vet medicine.Ohio State University: Providing Top-Tier Horse Healthcare While Training the Future of Equine Vet Medicine Photos Courtesy Of Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 57Though the Marysville location is primarily ambu-latory (meaning the veteri-narian goes to the farm on which the horse is located), it is also equipped for haul-in clients, oering regular oce hours and an emer-gency vet available 24/7/365. For students, oces and a large conference room allow for comfortable teaching and learning spaces.Large Animal Services at Marysville offers: • Routine wellness care (like vaccinations, Coggins testing, health certicates, and dental care)• Foal exams • Surgical care for issues like colic, foaling com-plications, injuries, and wounds• Reproductive care, in-cluding articial insem-ination • Diagnostic tools like endoscopy, X-ray and ultrasound • Treatments like shock-wave, joint injections, Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) and chiropractic care• An on-site diagnostic laboratory• A pharmacy • And moreGalbreath Equine CenterOhio State University’s Galbreath Equine Center is nearly surrounded by the school’s 1,714-acre campus in Columbus – in what can feel like the heart of down-town! While sometimes disconcerting for owners trailering in for care, their anxiety abates as soon as they step inside. Though OSU’s veterinary referral partners are mainly located in Ohio, Western Pennsylva-nia, and West Virginia, horse owners further aeld are also welcomed with open (barn) doors – no referral required.With primary, specialty, emergency, and critical care all in one location, veter-inarians, veterinary stu-dents, and sta can care for everything from the most minor to the most severe injury and ailment. Consid-ered one of the nest equine hospitals in the world, the Galbreath Equine Center oers: Equine Internal Medicine and Neonatology Able to treat everything from colic and pneumonia to cancer and neurologic disease, board-certied internal medicine specialists in ophthalmology, cardiolo-gy, integrated oncology, and dermatology provide the most comprehensive care in state-of-the-art facilities, which include isolation and quarantine facilities. Intensive care – including for foals – is also available, as are myriad reproduction services.Equine Radiation OncologyOne of just a few places in North America to oer evaluation and treatment of tumors in horses, board certied surgeons, radiation oncologists, and residents work together to oer surgi-cal removal or debulking of tumors, as well as radiation for a variety of tumors. A CT machine provides detailed, cross-sectional images of parts of the horse’s body; external beam radiation oers cutting-edge therapy for tumors and can be administered on an out- patient basis.Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Led by a faculty specialist who is ACVS board-certied in equine surgery, sports medicine, and rehabilita-tion, veterinary students see equine patients that par-ticipate in everything from racing, dressage, showjump-ing, and polo to beloved backyard pasture pus. Faculty, sta, and students oen collaborate with other areas under the Galbreath umbrella, including neu-rology, cardiology, internal medicine, and more. The 12,000-square-foot Ralph Rogan Equine Performance Evaluation Arena also oers an asphalt jogging strip that allows veterinarians and vet students to complete evaluations, diagnostics, and treatments for horses. Additional oerings in-clude surgical options like treatment of tendons and ligaments, fracture repair, arthroscopy, joint injections, MRI, nuclear scintigraphy, dynamic endoscopy, shock-wave; acupuncture, laser therapy, and more.Equine Surgery Service The equine surgery team at Galbreath Equine Center is one of a handful in the world that are prepared to handle any equine surgical emergency, no matter the time of day (or night!). An added bonus? No referral is needed. Each patient is cared for by a surgical team, which includes a board-certied veterinarian, veterinary technicians, a resident, and a fourth-year vet student, ensuring the pa-tient receives the best care possible. Ambulatory ServicesAdditionally, ambulatory veterinarians are available to cover on-farm emergen-cies, wellness exams, lame-ness treatment, and more. Veterinary students and interns also attend many o-campus calls.In total, 15 equine faculty and a plethora of residents and interns care for every case that comes to either equine location, ensuring that each horse receives the best care possible. Vet stu-dents are hands-on in every case, from routine proce-dures to unique conditions. Teaching the Next Gener-ation of VeterinariansAll hospitals under the OSU Veterinary Medical Center umbrella are aca-demic teaching hospitals, meaning that they are the four-year pipeline for future veterinarians. Ohio State Photos Courtesy Of Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center

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58 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025University’s College of Vet-erinary Medicine is one of the best veterinary schools in the world, according to QS World University Rank-ings; it’s third out of the top 33 vet schools in the United States. It’s no surprise that gaining acceptance into the prestigious school is tough: candidates should have a strong academic background; a competitive overall and science GPA of 3.6 or higher is preferred. In addition, at least three letters of recommendation and a minimum of 80 hours of veterinary experience are mandatory, among other requirements. With just 165 seats at the vet school available annu-ally and the number of ap-plicants in the thousands, OSU Vet School’s admis-sions process is extremely selective – it’s designed to identify the brightest and most passionate future veterinarians from the pool of applicants. Though few veterinary students desire equine- and large-animal specic roles (a problem escalating nationally), few schools oer hands-on learning quite like Ohio State.Not all veterinary col-leges have teaching hos-pitals at their disposal. Called the distributive model, these vet schools rely on o-campus sites (like solo practitioners and private equine clinics and hospitals) for a signicant portion of student clinical education. This limits the amount of time students are able to interact with horses – and their owners.This hands-on experi-ence is key. Just like many human medical schools, including Ohio State’s Wex-ner Medical Center, Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine is a teaching hospital, meaning that vet care is provided to patients by accredited veterinarians in conjunc-tion with fourth year or senior students enrolled in the veterinary school who are studying to be veteri-narians, and an extended care team. This “team” ap-proach includes board-cer-tied faculty specialists, rst- through third-year residents, interns, and sta clinicians – each of whom is a licensed veterinarian. Additional team members include registered veter-inary technicians, veteri-nary technologists, veteri-nary assistants, fourth-year students, and customer service liaisons. Students gain hands-on learning opportunities in every phase of graduate schooling through partic-ipation in examinations, diagnoses, treatments, and follow-up care. The communication between all parties working on a case ensures that horses being treated at the Gal-breath Equine Hospital or at Large Animal Services of Marysville receive the best possible care. Additionally, interdisciplinary collabo-rations across campus (like those that might include specialists in human med-icine) can enhance equine care.Collaboration is KeyThis “all hands on deck” approach is a mantra found throughout the Universi-ty. Ohio State veterinary medicine faculty, sta, and students collaborate with six other health science colleges (and their stu-dents!) across the school’s main campus, including dentistry, medicine, nurs-ing, optometry, pharmacy, and public health. They also work closely with pro-fessionals in the Colleges of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and Social Work to address societal issues. The ability to ask ques-tions of and work with professionals and cut-ting-edge researchers who span specialties that all tie in with equine health is invaluable; it’s not unusual for veterinary medicine faculty to ask for – and re-ceive – insight into facets of human medicine that may be applicable to horses in their care. This reinforces the need for communica-tion and collaboration to students in all colleges on OSU’s campus. It also gives horse owners additional peace of mind knowing that there are even more professionals who may be vested in their horse’s care.Looking to the Future With Clinical Trials: Always looking for ways they can improve equine welfare and care, the Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center – includ-ing the Galbreath Equine Center – oen engages in clinical trials. These trials are meant to help identify potential new treatments that can improve and save equine lives. Vet student engagement is fostered in clinical trials as well, oen involving them in cutting-edge research and technology breakthroughs.Clinical trials have been Photos Courtesy Of Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 59done in veterinary preven-tive medicine and biosci-ences to address zoonotic diseases like tick borne illness, SARS, Coronavirus, swine u, and many more. The outcomes from these trials can aect not just horses, but people,other companion animals and livestock, too.Hundreds of equine-spe-cic trials have taken place at Ohio State, many of which have yielded in-formation that increases equine wellbeing. Some of these trials include:• The eects of food on horses with autoimmune issues • Eects of oral antimicro-bial administration on equine fecal microbiota of horses• How intravenous admin-istration of magnesium sulfate aects plasma and urinary electrolytes and calcium-regulating hormones• How the application of transdermal patches can aect mast cell tumors• How hoof imbalance can lead to lameness in horsesStudents enrolled in Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine receive incredible oppor-tunities to be hands-on in a variety of cases. Their exposure to the dierent diagnostic modalities, variety of clients, and specialty areas – as well as their ability to participate in research – ensures they graduate with the skills needed to give exceptional care for their four-legged patients. Horse owners who uti-lize either of Ohio State’s equine facilities give their horses access to some of the best care in the world and gain the ability to have multiple specialists work on their horse in one location, saving time and money, as well as placing less stress on their steeds. Learn more at https://vmc.vet.osu.edu/services.Based in Lexington, KY, Sarah Coleman is the Execu-tive Director of the Kentucky Horse Council and has a so spot for chestnuts with chrome. EQUITANA INNOVATION AWARD 2022 WINNERWWW.ARROHELMETS.COMINFO@ARRO.NZ

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 63by Guaranteed Horse ProductsInsect and y control during warm months is a constant battle for horse owners. While the length of y season can vary, all equestrians still deal with it. In addition to the battle with ies, horse owners face two challenges: one is nd-ing an eective y spray, and the other is ensuring it has ingredients they feel com-fortable applying to their horses. Having to compro-mise on either is a dilemma Guaranteed Horse Products (GHP) has taken great pride in addressing since their company began.Confronting a needGHP is a second-genera-tion family-owned company that has met horse owners’ y control needs since 2011 with their Fly Bye! Plus product line. Fly Bye! Plus is a naturally derived, biode-gradable y spray that does not contain pyrethroids, and is designed to eectively tar-get ies, mosquitoes, gnats, and ticks.What makes Fly Bye! Plus dierent from other y sprays on the market today? It utilizes a proprietary soy-based formula infused with geranium oil that repels insects on a biological level. What does that mean? Fly Bye! Plus disrupts the car-bon chain on a y’s exoskel-eton. When a horse’s coat is sprayed with Fly Bye! Plus, ies that come near feel pressure on their exoskel-etons and move away. This provides a comprehensive approach to y control that enables equestrians to utilize Fly Bye! Plus for all of their insect control needs. Whether preparing for a ride in the arena, on the trails, or turnout, Fly Bye! Plus has been put through its paces for over a decade by horse owners throughout North America and beyond.Providing a sustainable solutionAlthough many things have changed since 2011, core tenets remain the same. GHP is committed to providing eective, natu-rally derived products that provide an uncompromis-ing choice for equine care. GHP’s motto is, “Love your horse, Love your Planet.” This is etched into each product they make, and will continue to drive innovation to support riders, horses, and the planet moving forward.To learn more about Guaranteed Horse Products and their family of equine care products, check out their website here: www.guaranteedhorseproducts.com.The Fly Control Dilemma–Why You Don’t Have to Compromise

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66 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025by Kaleigh MarieHorsemanship as a whole is an ever-developing organ-ism, made up of thousands of equestrian counterparts all over the world who are constantly striving to improve with horses. Whether this improvement is rooted in competitive ambition or a desire to simply enjoy our horses with no agenda, it has led to the birth of a new era in the equine world – relationship-based training. This approach to training not only prioritizes the rela-tionship we share with our horses, but also allows us to use our passions and goals as a means to create a deep and meaningful connection with the horses that we work with. This paradigm pushes us to show up for our horses in the ways that they need us to, empowering them to show up for us in the ways that make achieving our wildest ambitions possible, holding connection at the heart of everything we do.While this may sound like a worthy endeavor lled with good intentions, it is most important to under-stand the essence of con-nection, the building blocks of relationships, and what provides our equine part-ners with fulllment in the experiences that we share. Without this fundamental understanding, we might nd ourselves driven by the desire to connect with our horses without the means to actually do so. This is a signicant factor in why this journey must begin with our ability to comprehend the language of our horses, the relationship dynamics be-tween humans and equines, and the practical applica-tion of this knowledge in whatever we might choose to pursue.When looking at the dynamic of any relation-ship, we can trace one of its most fundamental needs back to the need to feel safe. For horses, their role as prey and herd animals also predisposes them to hav-ing a strong desire for self preservation, which empha-sizes the need for safety and harmony among themselves and their herd mates. One of the most powerful ques-tions we can ask ourselves when we recognize this need in human and equine relationships is, “How do Creating Conscious ConnectionPhotos courtesy of Kaleigh Marie

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 67we communicate safety to our horses?” Herd relations hold this power for our horses more than any other form of interaction. The herd not only oers safe-ty in numbers by sharing greater levels of awareness, but it also consists of many counterparts who naturally share the same rudimentary needs and desires. Horses consistently demonstrate, through action, that they share the same priorities as their herd mates. This idea should become the mantra in modern horsemanship - to demonstrate through consistent action that we prioritize the same funda-mental needs of the horses that we are working with. In this context, the intentional act of consistency becomes the cornerstone by which healthy, thriving relation-ships take root. Consisten-cy, however, involves more than just physical routine. Ultimately, it comes down to our ability to create inter-actions with our horses that reliably guide both horse and human to a more open and relaxed state of being.This consistency is found in the back-and-forth exchanges that create the building blocks of relation-ships. These exchanges are “contractual”, meaning that they are built on mutual expectations between horse and human. While love can be unconditional, relation-ships cannot. Our ability to recognize these expec-tations and the needs from which they arise allows us to intentionally provide our horses, and ourselves, with predictability in how we communicate and a better chance at nding relaxation in the process. This is what creates the dierences, however subtle or drastic, between the variety of connections shared be-tween people and horses. No two relationships are the same, but all of them are dened by the way we respond to what’s around us. The way we respond to our experiences with our horses and the response we receive from them in return becomes the rhyth-mic exchange that allows bonds to grow deeper and creates the unique charac-teristics that separate one relationship from another. When we have a clear intent to create relaxation and emotional regulation in the interactions we share with our horses, we take a step towards uncovering the lay-ers of creating a conscious connection. The relation-ships we build are dened by our responses, our re-sponses are dened by our perception, our perception is dened by our feelings, and our feelings are dened by our focus. This draws our focus towards realizing that the consistency required in our actions and our intentions when working with our horses rst begins with us becoming aware of where we are responding from in the rst place.The body is in a con-stantly changing state of emotions and energy. Emotions can be dened as the physical expression of a mental state, and energy as the varying intensity of the emotions being expressed. When we explore the inter-nal workings of our horses, we nd that this emotional system - the nervous system - is strikingly similar to our own. This is an important detail when considering how we can bridge the natu-ral divide between humans and equines. This also leads us back to the shared need of safety and security. In addition to consistency, the ability to access relaxed states in the body is key to creating these safe and secure spaces where rela-tionships and learning can thrive. The nervous system provides the framework to access and even condition this relaxation, as well as recognize how dierent situations create dierent levels of responsiveness in the body.The nervous system can be pictured as a ladder, which can be divided into three separate sections. At the bottom of the ladder is a state of relaxation in the soothing system, also known as the parasym-pathetic nervous system. This is where restorative behaviors such as eating, sleeping, and gentle social-

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68 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025izing take place. This part of the system acts as a “home base”, or the part of the ner-vous system that we eventu-ally want to return to aer climbing the ladder to any degree. As levels of respon-siveness rise, the soothing system gives way to the sym-pathetic nervous system, which begins to show us more responsiveness as we climb higher up on the pro-verbial ladder. This sympa-thetic system can be divided into two parts - the drive system and the threat sys-tem. The drive system shows productive levels of respon-siveness with both emotions and energy remaining manageable. This is referred to as staying at or under an individual’s threshold. In this state, even though the individual may be elevated, they are still capable of en-gagement, play, and critical thinking. When this thresh-old is passed, however, we nd ourselves in the threat system.The nervous system is not designed to sustain heightened responsiveness for long, so this system trig-gers primal responses to ad-dress the perceived threat: ight, ght, or surrender. If the initial responses of avoidance and confrontation do not produce the desired outcome, the nal option is an emotional and physical surrender to the situation. For this reason, productive interactions and connec-tions are only formed when the nervous system is in a state that is at or below this emotional threshold, mak-ing it crucial to identify the factors that inuence our journey towards creating a feeling of autonomy for our horses in the connections that we create with them.An emotional thresh-old is determined by how much activity the nervous system can handle before an individual begins to feel out of control. In terms of the nervous system, a threat does not refer to imminent danger as much as it does a lack of a feeling of safety and consistency, or attunement. Attunement comes from the alignment of actions within a relationship that communicate and accom-modate the needs of both sides of that contractual agreement. When we work to create attunement in the relationships we share with our horses and maintain healthy boundaries in the nervous system, we can actually begin to recondi-tion our horses’ response to pressure. Nature designed pressure - anything in the environment that creates a response in the horse - to send our horses up their nervous system ladders. Understanding this, we can see how dicult it might be for a horse to natural-ly seek relaxation under the pressure of our asks and expectations without focusing on helping them manage their emotions in any situation. When we can successfully ask a horse to climb up the ladder and consciously climb back down, not only can we teach them to gradually expand and strengthen their emo-tional threshold over time, but we also start to develop a track record for consis-tently and reliably delivering what means the most to our horses through the interac-tions we have with them. These interactions are most eective when we have a clear objective in mind to use as a context for creating connection, which is where we discover the symbiot-ic possibilities between building relationships with our horses and achieving our goals. Having a goal in mind means we have an idea of what we are expecting and gives us a direction to move towards, but acting on these expectations with the intention of improving our horses’ emotional capabili-ties and our own along the way is where the true magic reveals itself.When we become aware of our own actions and the expectations we have for how our horses respond to us, and intentionally seek to achieve relaxation and harmony for both human and equine in any given in-teraction, we are well on our way down the path to using the strength and trust within thriving relationships to lead us towards accomplishing Photos courtesy of Kaleigh Marie

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 69everything we can dream of with our horses. No matter what facet of the equine world we nd ourselves in, or what level we feel we are at, the very rst part of this journey begins with believ-ing - believing in the power that a relationship-focused mindset holds for us and our horses, believing in the peace we can nd when we prioritize nding relaxation in all that we do, and believ-ing in the fact that every-thing you need in order to achieve the ambitions you have with horses is already within you at this very moment. You are capable of discovering everything you can imagine and so much more. The depths of your awareness and imagination are your only limits. So, what are you waiting for? Your horse is ready for you to take your next step.Kaleigh Marie is an in-ternational entertainer and clinician who is dedicated to helping people discover the importance of prioritizing the connection we share with our horses. Her program focuses on using liberty work, bridleless riding, and classical dressage to cultivate deep relationships with our equine partners. Through inspiring perfor-mances with her own horses, in-person clinics, and her online Connection Academy, Kaleigh embodies the belief that a strong connection is the key to working successfully with horses in any discipline, and that working them at liberty helps us to become who our horses need us to be.Search our horse-friendly layovers and vacation destinations Map your trip & see our hosts along your route. Book & pay online. Search Vacation Destinations to explore the USA with your horses. Become a host & let your horse facilities start earning extra income.GiddyUp and start planning your next GetAway!GIDDYUPGETAWAY.COMoooHORSE FRIENDLYLAYOVERS& VACATIONDESTINATIONS

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72 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025Whether you are competing at HITS Ocala, HITS Culpeper, HITS Chicago, HITS Hudson Valley, HITS Del Mar, or HITS Vermont, HITS offers premier opportunities for horses and riders of all levels. STX OPEN SPEED SERIESFor the second year, the STX Open Speed Series, is a faults-converted speed class open to juniors, amateurs, and professionals, which takes place weekly during every HITS circuit.Each circuit champion receives an STX Tack Box, while the 2025 STX National Leading Rider will be awarded a six-month lease on an STX 2-Horse.THIS IS MORE THAN A HORSE SHOW, THIS IS HITS!HITSShows.comHITS OCALAPOST TIME FARMDecember to MarchHITS CULPEPERCOMMONWEALTH PARKApril to SeptemberHITS CHICAGOLAMPLIGHT EQUESTRIAN CENTERMay to SeptemberHITS HUDSON VALLEYHITS-ON-THE-HUDSONMay to OctoberHITS DEL MARDEL MAR HORSEPARKApril to NovemberHITS VERMONTHAROLD BEEBE FARMJuly to AugustCLIPMYHORSE.TV HUNTER CLASSIC SERIESThe one-of-a-kind $200,000 ClipMyHorse.tv Hunter Classic Final, which takes place at HITS Hudson Valleyduring HITS Championship week in September, draws some of the country’s top hunter competitors to tackle a single classic hunter trip overseen by three judging panels, one of which bases their marks on the ClipMyHorse.tv Livestream. New this year, the series now includes six $5,000 ClipMyHorse.tv Hunter Classic Qualifiers, with three classes at HITS Ocala, as well as one chance at HITS Del Mar, and two more at HITS Hudson Valley.In addition to the many unique initiatives, HITS is proud to host several elite offerings, including:• 8 Weeks of WCHR Competition• 10 USHJA International Hunter Derbies, presented by Great American Insurance Group• USEF Junior Hunter National Championships – West & the Gladstone Cup Equitation Classic• 6 Weeks FEI Show Jumping• 3 Weeks CDI Dressage• U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 73Whether you are competing at HITS Ocala, HITS Culpeper, HITS Chicago, HITS Hudson Valley, HITS Del Mar, or HITS Vermont, HITS offers premier opportunities for horses and riders of all levels. STX OPEN SPEED SERIESFor the second year, the STX Open Speed Series, is a faults-converted speed class open to juniors, amateurs, and professionals, which takes place weekly during every HITS circuit.Each circuit champion receives an STX Tack Box, while the 2025 STX National Leading Rider will be awarded a six-month lease on an STX 2-Horse.THIS IS MORE THAN A HORSE SHOW, THIS IS HITS!HITSShows.comHITS OCALAPOST TIME FARMDecember to MarchHITS CULPEPERCOMMONWEALTH PARKApril to SeptemberHITS CHICAGOLAMPLIGHT EQUESTRIAN CENTERMay to SeptemberHITS HUDSON VALLEYHITS-ON-THE-HUDSONMay to OctoberHITS DEL MARDEL MAR HORSEPARKApril to NovemberHITS VERMONTHAROLD BEEBE FARMJuly to AugustCLIPMYHORSE.TV HUNTER CLASSIC SERIESThe one-of-a-kind $200,000 ClipMyHorse.tv Hunter Classic Final, which takes place at HITS Hudson Valleyduring HITS Championship week in September, draws some of the country’s top hunter competitors to tackle a single classic hunter trip overseen by three judging panels, one of which bases their marks on the ClipMyHorse.tv Livestream. New this year, the series now includes six $5,000 ClipMyHorse.tv Hunter Classic Qualifiers, with three classes at HITS Ocala, as well as one chance at HITS Del Mar, and two more at HITS Hudson Valley.In addition to the many unique initiatives, HITS is proud to host several elite offerings, including:• 8 Weeks of WCHR Competition• 10 USHJA International Hunter Derbies, presented by Great American Insurance Group• USEF Junior Hunter National Championships – West & the Gladstone Cup Equitation Classic• 6 Weeks FEI Show Jumping• 3 Weeks CDI Dressage• U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 75by Donna WoodsColic is not a specic dis-ease but rather a symptom that encompasses any form of gastrointestinal pain in horses. It can vary in sever-ity—from mild gas buildup to life-threatening twisted intestines. In this article, we explore how light therapy, particularly the use of red and green lights, can support the care of horses suering from colic.Understanding Equine ColicColic is often classied into dierent types based on the cause, such as gas colic, impaction colic, or twisted intestines. Horses are especially prone to colic due to their unique digestive systems. Factors like abrupt dietary changes, sudden weather changes, lack of hy-dration, stress, or insucient exercise can all contribute to the onset of colic.Traditionally, colic treat-ment may involve pain relief medications, administering uids, walking the horse to reduce discomfort, or even surgical intervention in severe cases. However, these methods, while eective, often only treat symptoms or work as reactive measures.The Role of Light therapy in Colic CareLight therapy, a form of photobiomodulation, uses specic wavelengths of light to promote healing at the cellular level. In the case of colic, light therapy can play a key role in reducing inam-mation, promoting relax-ation, and aiding in digestive regulation—all without harmful side eects.Red and Green Light: Why These Colors MatterThe use of red and green lights in light therapy for horses dealing with colic has shown promising eects. Each light frequency inter-acts with the body dierent-ly, and when combined, they can oer complementary benets:Red Light (660 nm): Red light penetrates deeply into the tissue and has strong anti-inammatory proper-ties. It stimulates cellular energy production (ATP), increases blood ow, and re-duces muscle spasms. When applied along key areas associated with the gastro-intestinal tract, red light can help alleviate the muscular tension and cramping that are characteristic of colic. Additionally, its eectiveness in boosting circulation helps to support the movement of uids and gases through the intestines, helping relieve the painful bloating or impac-tions often experienced in colic episodes.Green Light: Green light is primarily used for its calming eect. Horses can easily become stressed when experiencing abdominal pain, and that stress often exacerbates colic symptoms. The calming eect of green light can help reduce overall anxiety, which is crucial for allowing the horse’s para-sympathetic (rest and digest) nervous system to function optimally. Green light also helps support gut motili-ty, encouraging the gentle movement of the intestines and aiding in digestion.Using Light Therapy to Manage ColicLight therapy is best used as both a preventive mea-sure and as an intervention during the early signs of colic. It’s important to be equipped with the right tools, such as Photonic Health devices that incor-porate both red and green light settings. Depending on the type of colic (gas, impaction, spasmodic), the acupuncture points used will vary. Applying red and green light to these points can help alleviate colic symptoms by stimulating digestion, reduc-ing muscle tension, mini-mizing pain, and promoting relaxation.Regular use of red and green light therapy can also help prevent colic by main-taining digestive health and reducing stress. Illuminat-ing key acupuncture and fascia release points serves to maintain overall health and balance that supports gut function, while green light can be used to encourage relaxation during stressful periods.The Role of Serotonin and How Light Therapy Enhances ItSerotonin plays a vital role in gut health as it regulates intestinal movements and inuences mood, which aects the gastrointestinal tract. Light therapy, partic-ularly red and green light, enhances serotonin produc-tion by stimulating specic points and improving blood ow, which helps regulate gut motility and promotes calm, reducing the chances of colic.Why Light Therapy Works for Gut Issues and ColicStudies show that red light therapy increases cellular en-ergy production and reduces oxidative stress, while green light therapy calms the body, supporting gut motility and aiding in recovery.ConclusionLight therapy can eec-tively stop colic in most cases and minimize its severity in others. Photonic Health’s red and green light therapy devices provide a natural, non-invasive way to alleviate pain, reduce inammation, and support recovery during colic episodes. When com-bined with veterinary care and proactive management, light therapy is a powerful tool for immediate relief and long-term gut health support. Learn more and download a free colic chart at www.PhotonicHealth.com/colic.Equine Colic: Understanding It and Managing with Light Therapy

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 77All photos courtesy of Spirit of Leadership, LLC.by Jackie StevensonSacred Practice is Always Relational What is a sacred relation-ship with horses? It is one in which we are inspired to see and feel the divine in our-selves and in our horses. It is deep knowing of who you are and seeing the horse for who they truly are with unconditional acceptance.All relationships with horses are inherently sacred, not only those between horses and hu-mans. In a herd of horses, everyone belongs, everyone is essential, and everyone matters. Leadership is shared and oered to all. We are all part of a collec-tive circle of relationships, and all are present in some form; past, present, future.Seven Sacred Practices• Being Present and Attuning within Oneself and with Others• Holding Space• Guiding with Grace• Listening Within and to Another• Engaging Courageously• Embodying Awareness• Balancing Mind, Body, Emotions and SpiritBeing PresentPresence is who and how we are at our core, shaping our actions and our desires. It involves the deepest val-ues and meanings by which we live. Being present is being mindful of ourselves and our horse and involves opening ourselves to what the other has to share with us; listening with our hearts as well as our ears, and observing the horse on a deep level, respecting his or her needs as we respect our own. In honoring the past, inviting the best future, and celebrating the present no matter what it oers, we can choose to be fully present.The power of our sacred presence, in tandem with attention and intention, can transform our lives and the lives of others for the great-er good of humanity and for all those with whom we share this amazing planet Earth.The word POWER con-tains within it a map to our authentic presence, the treasure of our true self at its best:P - reminds us to pause and prepare; slowing and quieting, grounding, and centering and listening through all our senses to the territory around us and within us as we engage with our horse.O - calls us to open and observe; releasing past judg-ments, disappointments, and assumptions to notice with present clarity the reality and resources in the now.W - invites us to wander and wonder, experiencing the present moment from a curious perspective and creating a larger eld of choice.E - guides us to enter and engage, stepping beyond our habits and familiar patterns to connect with ourselves, our horse, and the life around us through honest communication, compassion, and trust-worthy relationships.R - reminds us to reect and respond so that we may act with integrity and with awareness of our way of be-ing, acting and leading for the well-being of a sacred relationship with our horse.Attunement“Attunement is being will-ing to be present with each other and meet each other exactly where we are. Our response-ability to those with whom we engage in relationship is to learn to truly be with them in their own moments of difficulty or delight by attuning to them as they are, where they are…Love is at the center of it all.”- Thomas HüblHow can you practice attunement?Tune into yourselfTune into the horse with grace and without judg-ment, seeing through their eyes, understanding their point of viewListen actively, focusing on your horse without distractionBe aware of the whole of your horse; mind, body, emotions, and spiritInvite stillness and movement, engaging with calm and alivenessHolding SpaceHolding space is an intentional way of be-ing physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritu-ally present for our horse, providing a safe emotional and physical space for us both. This creates a place of unconditional accep-tance, belonging, and connection; resulting in a space of respect, trust, positive regard, and love. The person who is holding sacred space sets the tone for a kind, curious, and judgment-free interaction. Holding space might sim-ply be being with a horse in silent presence.

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78 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025Guiding with GraceEach of us has our own guiding presence and our own style. Guiding with grace is a relational practice of kindness and service that brings people into a deeper relationship with themselves and into a more trustworthy relationship with their horse. The language of guiding is invitational. Guiding the way with your horse is to be present, holding sacred space, opening the path on the journey of sacred relationship.Listening Within and to AnotherSacred Listening to ourselves and our horse opens the pathway to a genuine meaningful relationship by allowing us to build respect and trust:The focus is on the horse, tuning into their frame of reference and culture instead of ours.It is heartfelt listening beyond words: it is listening from the heart.It is listening through our body language and the actions we take.Through this, we can discover what is and what is not being said by our horses.This creates an invitation to pause, listen, reect, and respond.Engaging CourageouslyThe word engage comes from the early 15c meaning to enter into an agreement, a pledge or promise. The word, “courage”, comes from the old French word coeur, meaning, “heart.” So, “courage”, is the measure of your heartfelt participation in the world. The sacred practice of engaging courageously invites us to agree, pledge and promise to be present with ourselves and others with grace and heartfelt participation.Embodying AwarenessSacred Embodied Awareness is the capacity to literally use your senses; to experience your physical self, not simply your thoughts about yourself. It is intelligence, alongside emotional intelligence that provides you with a deeper awareness of yourself, your horse and others. Embodied Presence is the ability to live and function more fully as an embodied being by physically sensing and managing inner and outer experience in relation to the surrounding world so as to have greater awareness, range, and choice.Embodying awareness takes us beyond spoken words and actions to determine what is really going on between horses and people. It also provides us with a deeper awareness of ourselves, allowing us to develop a more authentic and sacred presence. From this deeper embodied awareness comes the ability for deep listening, solid thinking, insightful reecting, and eective responding, creating the best possible conditions for a sacred relationship with your horse.There are many ways to practice embodied awareness including: grounding, centering, All photos courtesy of Spirit of Leadership, LLC."Guiding the way with your horse is to be present, holding sacred space, opening the path on the journey of sacred relationship."

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 79breathing, managing boundaries, movement, reuniting mind and body, and being mindful. When you are with horses, it’s important to be the change you want to create. Become the resonance you want to create in the collective eld of horse and herd through pace, tone of voice, choice of language, embodied language, moving toward or away from, and the feel you choose to create. Through embodiment you can inuence the eld toward calmness, excitement, fear, trust, kindness, civility, and a range of other collective experiences. The sacred practice of embodying awareness invites and challenges us to walk the talk and be responsible for our way of being. Balancing Mind, Body, Emotions and SpiritThe sacred practice of balancing mind, body, emotions, and spirit connection is a practice of becoming aware and noticing how our being in or out of balance aects our horses and others in our lives. Our life balance depends on this awareness and alignment. We are living in a complex age that calls for creative approaches to gain personal insight and bring us together. Being with horses in an aware, present, and sacred way can help us better our life balance and make more sound life choices. If we are too much in our thoughts, we might tune out our feelings. If we are too much in our feelings, we might not think clearly. If we are too much in spirit, we might not act on our values. If we are too much in body, we might act without considering our spirit. “One simple image… We are continually building more and more healthy networks of relationships in the world amongst people of all sorts and with the larger natural world as part of the web of life. Jackie StevensonHow can human beings live in a way that we are continually nurturing networks of relationships that promote well- being, health and vitality and a future we all would want to live in.” Peter SengeJackie Stevenson is the founder and CEO of Spirit of Leadership, LLC, providing coaching, leadership, and team building, training and seminars for corporations and non-profit organizations. For more information: spirit-of-leadership.com / jacalynstevenson@gmail.com

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82 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025A new approach to equine back pain: BEMER TherapyABOUT THE BEMER HORSE-SETBEMER Equine Research News~ BEMER stands for Bio-Electro-Magnetic-Energy-Regulation~ Leading global innovator in PEMF technology~ Founded in 1998 - headquartered in Liechtenstein~ 13 years in the USA - headquartered in Carlsbad, CA~ Developing equine products since 2000~ Multiple international patents~ Winner of multiple scientiﬁc and design awards~ Proprietary signal conﬁguration~ Used by leading professional equestrians worldwide~ Veterinarian recommended~ FDA registered animal medical device (Equine)~ FEI approved supportive therapy device~ A+ rating from the BBBDr. Melissa King (pictured above), DVM, along with Dr. Kathryn A. Seabaugh, DVM and Dr. David D. Frisbie, DVM, lead innovative research investigating the eﬀects of a Bio-Electromagnetic Energy Regulation (BEMER) on back pain in horses at the Gail Holmes Equine Orthopedic Research Center at Colorado State University (CSU).Back pain is present in over 90% of the population of working horses. It's a signiﬁcant problem that has the potential to result in suboptimal performance, lost training days, behavioral issues, rider falls, substantial treatment expenses and potential loss of career for the horse. Underlying causes are vast, hard to pinpoint, and often include poor saddle ﬁt, weak abdominal muscles, hypertonic back muscles, lameness and spinal problems. Treatment of back pain can be extremely challenging and typically involves a multi-modality approach to resolve. The common goal in the treatment of aﬀected horses aims to alleviate discomfort, muscles spasms and stiﬀness associated with chronic back pain.King, M., Seabaugh, K., Frisbie, D. (2022). Eﬀects of a Bio-Electromagnetic Energy Regulation Blanket on Thoracolumbar Epaxial Muscle Pain in Horses. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2022.103867BEMER Horse-SetBetter Circulation. Better Health. Better Horse.For your horse’s well-being© 2022 BEMER Group USA, LLCbemerequine.comBACKGROUNDCITATIONEight horses (between 4 - 10 years of age) consistent in their degree of work and diagnosed with back pain.ABSTR ACT: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35081474BEMER Horse-Set is registered as an animal medical device for the U.S. and Canada. BEMER Horse-Set is in no way a substitute for medical care. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any medical condition or disease. BEMER does not replace treatment by your veterinarian. Please consult with your own veterinarian if your horse has a medical concern. Individual results may vary. BEMER Horse-Set is designed for horses and is NOT intended for use with small animals or humans.STUDY DETAILSRESEARCHERS• Reduces muscular back pain in horses• Improves postural control in horses• Improves spinal ﬂexibility in horses• Improves functional movement in horsesHIGHLIGHTED BENEFITSTHIS STUDY HAS SHOWN THAT BEMER THERAPY:*Study speciﬁc protocol.• Day 1 - Program 1 = 5 min (10-20 mT)• Day 2 - Program 2 = 10 min (10-30 mT)• Day 3 - Program 3 = 15 min (10-35 mT)Observations were done daily for 5 days (beginning on the ﬁrst day of therapy) which included spinal evaluation, mechanical nociceptive thresholds, electromyography, kinematics, kinetics, and serum bio-markers.BEMER Equine Blanket was applied twice a day, 6 hours apart for 3 consecutive days.*Watch the BEMER Equine Educational Experience webinar:https://vimeo.com/683172171/61a3657e

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 83by Mary Hartman, CEO and Founder of StableFeedAre you weary of horse feeds and supplements that over-promise and under-perform? StableFeed is a pioneer in the equine indus-try, oering an integrated approach to equine health with microbiome testing, all-natural functional food supplements, and mini-mally processed feeds that support vibrant health in your horse.StableFeed has been collaborating with micro-biologists and labs involved with the testing of equine microbiomes long before it became popular. We recent-ly partnered with Animal-Biome Labs, leaders in the U.S. microbiome space, to ensure your test results are timely and accurate. Our knowledge and experience with the equine gut enables us to identify and correct imbalances in the equine microbiome to help you cre-ate, restore and maintain wellness at any age and any stage in your horse’s life.Our patented chia sup-plements eectively target a variety of problems in today’s horses. Originally developed in our Founder’s kitchen for her own horse, these meticulously crafted supplements quickly gained attention for their eective-ness in tackling common equine health issues. Our most popular product, the Boosted Spirulina Chia, is renowned for its immune support and stands out as the only feed-through product that can resolve sarcoids.StableFeed has become synonymous with Sainfoin, or “holy hay”. This nutri-ent-dense forage provides benets beyond other forages but it fell by the wayside with the advent of cash cropping. StableFeed is bringing it back with a dedicated Sainfoin product line. Sainfoin has a multi-tude of benets. It is a high-ly palatable, high quality protein, a natural parasite inhibitor, low in starch and sugar but high in ber, non-gas producing, and anti-in-ammatory. It is for sale in 40lb bags of 100% Sainfoin forage pellets.If you want a whole-some substitute for today’s ultra-processed horse feed, this is it. StableFeed’s Seasons Biome Blend is an innovative Sainfoin-based supplement with a rotating roster of seasonal plants that complement the nutri-ent dense base feed. With 70%-76% bioavailable nu-trition, this product blows away the competition. With 100% more bioavailable nu-trition than any other feed on the market, this product provides your horse with everything they need to thrive, including the min-erals necessary to create healthy hooves.The development of our products is guided by peer-reviewed studies, insights and advice from nutritionists and veterinar-ians, and feedback from the clients who matter most; the horses. We do not use chemical processing or palatability enhancers in any of our products. Our top priorities are health, safety, and eectiveness. As part of our safety check we cross reference all prod-uct inclusions against the U.S.E.F. and F.E.I. lists of disallowed plants and ingredients to make sure we meet their strict safety requirements.To learn more about Sta-bleFeed products, check out our website: www.Stable-Feed.comWhere Nutrition Meets Health

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88 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025by Betty WeibelI never like to see my barn and pasture empty. Over the years, this has been home to my ponies and show hunter, Luminaire (Lu), who enjoyed rest and relaxation between show seasons and in later years his retirement home. Lu shared his home with various equine friends who stayed for a while, and an assortment of foster horses and ponies. My attitude is if I am going out to feed and clean stalls, it doesn’t matter if it’s one horse or more. I’m still making the same trip out to the barn.Over the years I have fostered some needy ponies for Happy Trails Animal Sanctuary in Ravenna, Ohio (HappyTrailsFarm.org). The organization rescues, rehabilitates and re-homes criminally abused, neglect-ed and abandoned farm animals. Working with local law enforcement and county humane organizations, Hap-py Trails provides services throughout the Buckeye state.I was impressed with the organization and its large team of volunteers work-ing at the farm and behind the scenes to rehabilitate the various farm animals including equines, cows, pigs, many chickens and more. Rehabilitation entails providing veterinary care, nutrition, maintenance and extra attention. All of this is essential before the animals can be rehomed.Fostering isn’t for ev-eryone, but I really liked the idea of providing a temporary home and care for as many equines as I could help on their journey to their forever homes. I knew going in that these ponies would not be with me long term and my job was to help them get ready for their new home. Some-times it was just getting them used to handling, or providing care and nutri-tion so they would be more appealing to an adopter.One of my toughest foster ponies, Z, wasn’t available for adoption due to a pend-All About Equine RescueMeet a foster caregiver, rescue organizer, and adopter to hear their roles in bringing new lives to horsesFoster pasture pals Cayenne (left) and Hans before being adopted into forever homes.

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 89ing court case, but she need-ed a place to stay indenite-ly. It was one of the saddest cases I had ever had because her front legs were crooked and crippled from years of abuse. There was little I could do for her other than grooming, frequent carrots and kisses, and occasional slow walks out to the pas-ture. In the end the progres-sive and painful lameness took over and multiple vets recommended euthanasia. I understood that it was the best path for the little pony. Although we couldn’t change her horrible years, I could make sure she had some peaceful days at the end.I took a few years o fostering but when my horse passed away, the barn was empty and the pastures called. I started to explore fostering again. I looked at Happy Trails again, then Copper Horse Crusade in Massillon (CopperHorse-Crusade.com). According to their website they “apply the concepts of resource management and self-sus-tainability to saving viable slaughter-bound horses with training-based programs to provide skills.” I had also heard of Maggie’s Mission Equine & Pet Rescue from a friend who volunteered for Maggie.Aer reviewing Maggie’s website and doing a little research, my daughter and I decided to drive to Wad-sworth to see her rescue barn, which is a totally separate operation from the pet rescue. Maggie had a barn full of equines and only one worker to help. She explained how most of her horses came from the auctions and the kill pen—the last stop before slaughter. There was a range of equines (horses, ponies and mules), some in the midst of medical care, some totally wild and unable to be handled, and some just needing a little polish…and everything in between. Mag-gie said whatever I wanted to foster and any help I wanted to give, she would be thankful.It’s important as a foster caregiver to know what is right for your particular situation, not just what the rescue organization needs. My days of breaking horses and handling rough ones were behind me and aer thinking about it, I oered to foster two equines for Mag-gie and help promote them for adoption. My request was small equines I could handle alone since I had no daily barn help, and for my own safety; I didn’t want something to tempt me to ride alone. It was April, and I told Maggie my goal was to nd them homes before winter so my barn could be empty before the hose to the barn freezes and I have to carry buckets.Cayenne, a senior Arabi-an, needed a place to relax aer working a few years at a lesson barn. The workload, constant change of riders, and lack of pasture didn’t work for her, and she had become cranky and sore at her current adopted home. There are times when the adoption isn’t a t and Mag-gie’s policy is to take horses back when they don’t work out with an adopter. We thought she would be better suited as a pasture compan-ion with limited work, such as trail rides.Maggie also sent me Hans, an adorable 9-year-old Ha-inger pony that came back to Maggie aer his former child owner lost interest, and he was sidelined for a few years. He needed to get used to being handled, lunged, and a basic walk-trot riding lesson to remind him how to go under saddle.It wasn’t hard to care for the little ones and give them what they needed. I got fa-miliar with screening adop-tion applications, checking references, and showing the horses to prospective adopt-ers. That was quite a lesson for me in letting people take their time in deciding what they wanted to do and ask-ing all kinds of questions.Aer both ponies went on to new homes, I debated fostering again and had to make a decision. By expand-ing my role beyond foster-ing, I could help in other ways using my skills behind the scenes promoting her operation, screening appli-cants and more. I continue to assist Maggie’s Mission and learn a lot about the rescue world.Meet Maggie from Mag-gie’s Mission Pet & Equine Rescue from Sharon Center, Ohio.Maggie Muirden is the founder and president of Maggie’s Mission Dog & Horse Rescue, a nonprot animal rescue. Since 2012, Maggie’s Mission has res-cued and re-homed thou-sands of dogs, horses, cats, and other animals. However, the work to rehome a horse rescued from an auction kill pen and destined for slaugh-ter takes a lot more work than pet rescue.Most equine rescues begin when they are purchased Maggie MuirdenPhotos by Betty Weibel

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90 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025Henry, a 7-year-old Appaloosa mule, and Tadpole, a somewhat wild mini mule.from the auction kill pen; the price is based on the pound, which is what the slaughterhouse pays. Then Maggie arranges transport for the horse back to her farm where the work begins to administer medical at-tention if needed, including trimming feet and xing teeth. Most of the horses are emaciated and need to be eased onto a healthy diet of quality hay and grain. They learn to be handled and start trusting humans again before they can move on to basic training, and this pro-cess can take a long time.Maggie has a good eye for selecting horses with prom-ise. “When we put the time and training into a horse, the result is placement with a good owner and higher adoption fee. It’s a win-win situation for Maggie’s Mis-sion as well as the rescued horses,” she explained.“I started rescuing horses when I turned 40, and here I am 62,” said Maggie. She be-gan the pet rescue when she was in her 20’s but unlike the pets who live in foster homes, most of the equine rescues (horses, ponies, and long-ears, including mules, burros and donkeys) are housed at Maggie’s barn un-der her care with the help of a few volunteers. The barn has stalls and pastures, but no indoor arena to work with horses year-round.Maggie was a partner at the law rm Holland & Muirden before retiring from the practice to volun-teer full-time for the Res-cue. “Our law oce focuses on animal welfare law and my husband works almost full-time prosecuting ani-mal cruelty,” she explained. She served on the board of the Medina County SPCA, including a term as president.The Important Link to Success: TrainingTraining is essential so the horse can have a chance at placement and a successful new life, and Maggie sometimes pays for training and boarding, which impacts the number of horses she can rescue and care for. “The biggest gap in our rescue is needing experienced riders to oset the expense of having to pay trainers. Many of them reduce their fees to oset the cost for our rescues, but board is still expensive,” she said. If more trainers and experienced riders donated time or board for promising rescues, the outlook would be even brighter for their future adoption.Henry, a 7-year-old Appa-loosa mule, and Tadpole, a somewhat wild mini mule, are unlikely to nd forever homes due to lack of volun-teers and training and will remain at Maggie’s rescue barn. Although Henry went through a 30-day program, he’s not easy to catch. They are good candidates as pasture ornaments, ideally together.However, training came much easier for Frenchie, a 12-year-old paint mare that went into training at Lake Erie College’s eques-trian program. Dean of the School of Equine Stud-ies Laura Stockhaus ex-plained, “Maggie’s Mission contacted us regarding our Training Class for senior Equine Teacher Trainer majors. This course re-quires that students, guided by an instructor, go through the process of developing a young or green horse from the very beginning. They are required to create train-ing plans, study, and utilize dierent theories and methodologies, and apply it all to create a good founda-tion for a privately owned horse. The course is a culmination of all they have learned in the classroom and on the school-owned horses.”“Maggie was very forth-coming about the little she knew about the horse, help-ing us to understand the best place to begin. The stu-dents started slowly, using ground manners, leading, cross-tying, basic clipping, and grooming. They then moved on to lunging, long lining, ground driving, and eventually riding Frenchie. Since this horse had most likely been ridden and driven in the past, she progressed quickly and was willing to take on every new aspect of her training with positivity. She has a great at-titude and generally enjoys working, so it has been a positive experience for the students.”At the end of the term the students produced a sales video and Frenchie re-turned to Maggie’s Mission available for adoption.Meet Adopter Molly Gam-in…Foster Failure is Dres-sage Success!Molly Gamin had been riding most of her life and always loved dressage. Her sister worked for Bainbridge veterinarian, Dr. Endia Peckham, who was assisting at Maggie’s Mission Equine & Pet Rescue. That is how Molly learned about the res-cue organization and met her future adoptee, Sam.“Sam is a foster-fail. My sister, Beth, convinced my parents to keep him in the fall of 2014 while his leg was healing from a hock injury and the plan was for him to be a trail/pleasure horse. I started him under saddle in 2015, and in 2017 he end-ed up ocially becoming my new dressage partner,”

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 91Hainger, Sam, nds a new calling in the dressage ring.Betty Weibel and her retirees, mini Moose and LuminairePhoto by Margaret GaminMolly said.“Sam always tries to do the right thing, but if he has a dierent idea of what that should be, he can be very stubborn, so you have to be quick to tell him when he is right or he gets frustrated. My trainer always says the most important thing when training is consistency, and I agree with that.”“I started showing Sam at the beginning of 2019, and in a few years, I was able to get scores with him to earn my USDF (U.S. Dressage Fed-eration) Bronze Medal for qualifying scores from 1st to 3rd levels. We are currently taking a break from showing and working on movements from 4th level and Prix St. George with my trainer, Carel Eijkenaar,” said Molly. Eijkenaar has been teaching her online from Israel ever since he moved home.“I think adoption is great as long as you understand what you are looking for and don’t have unrealistic expectations going in. Sam didn’t have any bad past experiences that we had to work through, but my last two rescue horses did, and it can take a lot of time to work through those bad memo-ries,” she said. “Consistent, patient work is an important key to their success.”Betty Weibel is fortunate to have been able to combine her equestrian life with her career as a journalist and public relations professional. Early in her career, she oversaw public relations for numerous eques-trian clients including the national American Grand Prix Association, managing media and sponsor relations for the thirty-event national series. Today, she runs Yopko Pen-hallurick, a public relations agency with a range of clients including the Chagrin Hunter Jumper Classic and Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center. A graduate of Lake Erie College, she resides near Chagrin Falls and is active with the equine rescue organi-zation Maggie’s Mission.

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 992025 B D®Topline Stables at WaldenJaneen Langowski-Grava1109 Aurora-Hudson RoadAurora, OH 44202440.666.6182Topline-Stables.comWhite North StablesJill Klepeis-Brick/Elizabeth Porter3160 Chagrin River RoadChagrin Falls, OH 44022216.598.6826WhiteNorthStables.comWoodland Acres Equestrian CenterChrisna McPhie401 Ridgewood RoadWadsworth, OH 44281330.730.1245Facebook.com/ WoodlandAcresEquestrianCenterBREEDERSCoppertop ClydesdalesLaurie Gallan13445 County Home RoadMarysville, OH 43040937.707.9216 Harvey ArabiansJim & Louise Harvey7487 Wooster Pike Road Seville, Ohio 44273330.722.7781Smokey Valley HorseSmokey Valley FarmBob & Jane Coleman5183 KY-2 Olive Hill, KY 41164606.286.6588SmokeyValleyFarm.comBRIDLE FITTERSBy Design Equestrian Bouque, LLCAuthorized Retailer, PS of Sweden Jennifer L. McLandrich4 4 0 .487.1925CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS CADSClassical Aracon Dressage Society234.804.8735CADSDressage.org ELCREquine Land Conservaon Resource4037 Iron Works Pkwy, Suite120Lexington, KY 40511859.455.8383ELCR.orgETSEquine Trail Sports512.537.3961EquineTrailSports.comIEA Interscholasc Equestrian Assoc.877.743.3432RideIEA.orgIHSA Intercollegiate Horse Shows Associaon844.307.4472IHSAInc.comILHAInternaonal Liberty Horse Asso-ciaonLibertyHorseAssociaon.comKHCKentucky Horse Council859. 367. 050 9KentuckyHorse.orgLUCKLeg Up for Cleveland’s KidsLuck4Kids.orgMODAMid-Ohio Dressage AssociaonMidOhioDressage.comNODANorthern Ohio Dressage Associ-aonNodaRider.orgOHC Ohio Horseman’s Council614.600.1972OHCOnline.comOPHAOhio Professional Horsemen’s AssociaonOPHA.orgYEDAYouth Equestrian Development AssociaonShowYEDA.comCOACHING + CONSULTINGShamrock Legacy Coaching & Consulng, LLCSusanna Massie Thomas,Leadership + Personal Development CoachShamrockLegacyCoaching.comDENTISTRYRood & Riddle Equine HospitalBrad Tanner, DVM, DAVDC-EQ2150 Georgetown RoadLexington, KY 40511859.233.0371RoodandRiddle.comValley Equine DenstryGian P. Gargiulo, DVMServing OH, PA and MI440.356.9550ValleyEquineDenstry.comDININGRed State BBQ4020 Georgetown Road Lexington, KY 40511800.694.4651RedStateBBQ.comWarren’s Spirited Kitchen14614 E. Park StreetBurton, OH 44021440.273.8100WarrensSpiritedKitchen.comWorld Equestrian CenterThe Paddock Club4095 OH 730Wilmington, OH 45177937.382.0985WorldEquestrianCenter.comEDUCATION/ UNIVERSITIESAsbury UniversityOne Macklem DriveWilmore, KY 40390859.858.3511Asbury.eduGeorgetown College400 E. College StreetGeorgetown, KY 40324502.863.8000GeorgetownCollege.edu/equine-scholars/Lake Erie College391 West Washington StreetPainesville, OH 44077855.467.8676Lec.eduMidway University 512 E. Stephens StreetMidway, KY 40347800.952.4122Midway.Edu/EquineOhio State University281 W. Lane AvenueColumbus, OH 43210614.292.6446Osu.eduOerbein University1 South Grove StreetWesterville, OH 43081614.890.3000Oerbein.eduSpirit of Leadership9796 Cedar RoadNovelty, OH 44072440.338.1752Spirit-Of-Leadership.comUniversity of Findlay1000 N. Main StreetFindlay, OH 45850419.422.8313Findlay.eduUniversity of Kentucky410 Administraon DriveLexington, KY 40506859.257.9000UKY.edu University of Louisville2301 S. 3rd StreetLouisville, KY 40292800.334.8635Louisville.eduEQUINE APPRAISERSSEB Equine Appraisals, LLCSara E. Ballinger419.348.3771SEBEquineAppraisals.comEQUINE ASSISTED THERAPY Central Kentucky Riding for Hope PO Box 13155Lexington, KY 40538859.231.7066CKRH.orgHope Meadows FoundaonCenter for Healing & Equine TherapyPO Box 31862Independence, OH 44131216.232.3656HopeMeadowsOh.orgMajesc Equine Connecons, Inc.Therapeuc Riding + Community EventsMedina, OH 440.668.8364MajescEquineConneconsInc.orgPine Knoll Center For Integrated Horsemanship4901 Ironworks RoadGeorgetown, KY 40324859.559.6220PineKnollFarm.comSpecial Equestrians5121 Staley RoadFort Myers, FL 33905239.226.1221SpecialEquestrians.netSpirit of Leadership9796 Cedar RoadNovelty, OH 44072440.338.1752Spirit-Of-Leadership.comTrue North Veteran Support7575 State Route 521Sunbury, OH 43074740.272.0612TrueNorthVeteranSupport.orgEQUINE ENTERTAINMENTEquus TV800.358.2179EquusTelevision.comWhispery Pines PercheronsCarriage Rides & LoggingSam + Kellie RengerKingsville, OH 440.858.5285/440.413.3033WhisperyPines.com

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100 Ohio Equestrian Directory 20252025 B D®FARM EQUIPMENTAg-Pro Company2699 Morehead RoadFlemingsburg, KY 41041606.845.7311AgProCompanies.comCashmans Horse Equipment1646 US HWY 42 NorthDelaware, OH 43015740.363.6073 Cashmans.comReveal 4-N-1Mt. Orab, OH 45154937.444.2609Reveal4-N-1.comWillandale Golf Cart Sales111 N. Wooster AvenueStrasburg, OH 44680330.663.3824WillandaleGolfCartSales.comFEED/HORSE CARE SUPPLIESCaliber Feed & Supply8550 OH - 534Windsor, OH 44099440.272.1900 Cashmans Horse Equipment 1646 US Highway 42 NorthDelaware, OH 43015 740.363.6073Cashmans.comCENTERRA Country Stores:CenterraCoop.com OHIO Locaons: Kathy Green, Equine Expert440.321.9996 Ashland Country Store1290 Middle Rowsburg Road419.281.8423 Chardon Country Store 12285 Ravenna Road440.285.3143Cortland Country Store 312 South Mecca Street33 0 . 637.4 015Graon Country Store717 Erie Street440.926.2281Jeerson Country Store161 East Jeerson Street440.576.3010Medina Country Store6701 Wooster Pike (SR 3)330.721.0852Ravenna Country Store467 Cleveland Road330.296.3424West Salem Country Store40 Equity Street419.853.4027Wooster Country Store1009 Old Lincoln Way West330.264.9925Farmers Exchange:FeedForLess.com OHIO Locaons: Berea Farmers Exchange384 West Bagley RoadBerea, OH 44017440.243.6505Medina Warehouse650 W. Smith RoadMedina, OH 44256330.618.6854Wadsworth Farmers Exchange231 Great Oaks TrailWadsworth, OH 44281330.706.1359Geauga Feed & Grain11030 Kinsman RoadNewbury Township, OH 44065440.564.5000GeaugaFeed.comGold Coast Feed13501 South Shore Blvd ,Suite 101Wellington, FL 33414561.793.4607GoldCoastFeed.comOcala Breeders Feed & Supply Locaons:6855 US-27Ocala, FL 34482352.402.0303OBFS.com1171 SW 60th AvenueOcala, FL 34474352.237.3399OBFS.com431 NW 27th AvenueOcala, FL 34475352.629.8686OBFS.comSmartPak 800.461.8898 SmartPakEquine.comStable Feed507.487.2323StableFeed.comSugarcreek Shavings3121 Winklepleck RoadSugarcreek, OH 44681330.852.3538SugarcreekShavings.comReiterman Feed & Supply103 N. London StreetMount Sterling, OH 43143740.869.3817 / 866.869.3817ReitermanFeed.com FEED/SUPPLEMENTSBuckeye Nutrion330 E. Schultz AvenueDalton, OH 4461880 0 .417. 6 4 6 0BuckeyeNutrion.comDAC Direct Acon Company6668 Old Rt. 39, NWDover, OH 44622800.921.9121FeedDac.comGeauga Feed & Grain11030 Kinsman RoadNewbury Township, OH 44065440.564.5000GeaugaFeed.comMcCauley’s Bros., Inc.111 Broadway, P.O. Box 604Versailles, KY 40383800.222.8635859.873.3333McCauleysFeeds.comSmartPak800.461.8898 SmartPakEquine.comStable Feed507.487.2323StableFeed.comWitmer’s Feed and GrainWitmersFeed.comLocaons:Berlin3398 Berlin Plank RoadBerlin, PA 15530814.267.4124Columbiana Mill3770 Renkenberger RoadColumbiana, OH 44408330.482.4321Gareld Mill15970 Front StreetSalem, OH 4446033 0 . 537.4 6 31FENCING/STALL SYSTEMS & DESIGNHeritage Equine Equipment74 Quail LaneBox Springs, GA 31801706.575.5153HeritageEquineEquip.comRAMM Horse Fencing & Stalls13150 Airport HighwaySwanton, OH 43558800.434.7919RammFence.comSwiss Valley Fence2411 State Route 39Sugarcreek, OH 44681330.852.4460SwissValleyFence.comFURNITURECreated Hardwood16 West Poplar AvenueColumbus, OH 43215330.447.1780CreatedHardwood.comHAY GROWERSBauer Hay & Straw3162 Paris Pike, Bldg. 51Lexington, KY 40511859.533.9068www.BauerHayStraw.comLile Snker Farm13987 Wa RoadNovelty, OH 440.338.4203HELMETSARRO HelmetsArroHelmets.comHOME DECOR - EQUESTRIANOlde Wood, LTD7557 Willowdale StreetMagnolia, OH 866.968.2924OldeWoodLTD.comHOOF CARE PROFESSIONALSAmerican & Internaonal Associaon For Professional Farriers44 Dorchester BWest Palm Beach, FL 33417859.533.1465ProfessionalFarriers.comEnlightened Equine Hoof CareSteve + Dora HebrockCered Hoof Care Professionals330.813.5434EnlightenedEquine.comHORSE CARE/SPECIALTY PRODUCTSAchieve EquineFLAIR Strips/VIP Equestrian/Iconic EquestrianPO Box 61Delano, MN 55325763.972.9056AchieveEquine.comB Gone Animal ProductsBGoneWhiteLine.comBeneFab ProductsKat Chrysostom855.957. 8378BenefabProducts.comCered Shade Technologies-Kool Kurtains301.407.0744KoolKurtains.com

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 1012025 B D®Charlee’s Fly Spray4905 S. State Road 7Wellington, FL 33449423.341.6146.CharleesFlySpray.comDimples Horse Treats859.384.1058DimplesHorseTreats.comEquilume Performance LighngLisa Hamilton800.242.9259 Equilume.comFarm Jenny24/7 Equine Monitoring139 Pearce RoadMars, PA 1604683 3 .327. 6536FarmJenny.comFarrier’s Magic888 School StreetOkolona, Ohio 43545 800.321.6694FarriersMagic.comGG EquineGrazing Muzzles888.994.2070 GG-Equine.comGrey Pony DesignsCustom Dry-Erase Boards for Equestrians440.984.6228GreyPonyDesigns.comGuaranteed Horse Products, LLCFly Bye! PlusHudson, OH 330.687.3353GuaranteedHorseProducts.comHandsOn GlovesGrooming Gloves817.477.0017HandsOnGloves.comOne Touch Equine Fly Spray330.594.7797OneTouchFlySpray.comOrange Slow Feeder253.363.7801OrangeSlowFeeder.comPhotonic Health, LLC2471 NW 44th AvenueOcala, FL 34482855.436.7082PhotonicHealth.comShowsafe561.404.SHOW (7469)Showsafe.showUlmate Repair V4095 S. State Road, Su ite L-149Wellington, FL 33449833.878.2563UlmateRepairV.comHORSE CARE/SPECIALTY SERVICESBEMER Group - FloridaBelinda & Curt Coenen,Independent Distributors904.868.4550BEMEREquine.comBEMER Group - OhioKrisne Nagy, Independent DistributorKrisne@BEMERMail.comDr. Hansen’s Equine ApothecaryKristen Hansen, PharmD. RPh.DrHansensApothecary.comFlex PEMFRene Hushea330.299.5157K.B.’s Sheath CleaningKristen R. Boltz, RVT330.205.3008Facebook.com/KBSSheathCleaningNursemares of KentuckyLaura Phoenix929 Bethlehem RoadParis, KY 40361607.4 37.0 479Facebook.com/NursemaresOfKen-tuckyKESMARCKentucky Equine Sports Medicineand Rehabilitaon Center258 Shannon Run RoadVersailles, KY 40383859.873.9955Kesmarc.comRejyouvenateKarin Bergener330.608.5906Rejyouvenate.netThe Blanket LadyHorse blanket washing,waterproong, and repairJanet Largent440.552.6900TheBlanketLadyOhio.comHORSE SHOWS/VENUESFlorida Horse Park11008 S. Hwy 475Ocala, FL 34480FLHorsePark.comBrave Horse1029 South County Line RoadJohnstown, OH 43031614.404.1150Brave-Horse.comChagrin Hunter Jumper ClassicCleveland Metroparks Polo Field3799 Chagrin River RoadMoreland Hills, OH 44022ChagrinHunterJumperClassic.orgChagrin Valley Farms9250 Washington StreetChagrin Falls, OH 44023440.543.7233ChagrinValleyFarms.comEquine AaireOhio Expo Center717 E. 17th AvenueColumbus, OH 43211740.845.0085EquineAaire.comHITS Show Series151 Stockade DriveKingston, NY 12401845.246.8833HitsShows.comHinckley Equestrian Center1575 Ledge RoadHinckley, OH 44233330.289.1787HinckleyEq.comKentucky Three Day EventKentucky Horse Park4089 Iron Works PkwyLexington, KY 40511859.233.2362KentuckyThreeDayEvent.comWellington Internaonal3400 Equestrian Club DriveWellington, FL 33414561.793.5867WellingtonInternaonal.comWin-Seek Fallen Pines Equestrian Center5022 Evere Hull RoadCortland, OH 44410330.638.2255win-seek.comWorld Equestrian Center4095 State Route 730Wilmington, OH 45177937.382.0985 WorldEquestrianCenter.comWorld Equestrian Center1390 NW 80th AvenueOcala, FL 34482352.414.7900WorldEquestrianCenter.comINSURANCEASPCA Pet Health InsuranceCrum & Forster Company1208 Massillon Road, Suite G 200Akron, OH 44306888.716.1203ProtectYourHorse.comC. Jarvis Insurance Agency49 East Gareld RoadAurora, OH 44202440.248.5330JarvisInsurance.comFry’s Equine InsurancePO Box 820Grove City, OH 43123800.842.9021FrysEquineInsurance.comGeissinger InsuranceRachael GeissingerPO Box 454Garresville, OH 44231440.781.7412Rachael.Geissinger@American-Na-onal.comMavon Equine Insurance118 Constuon StreetSuite 110Lexington, KY 40507859.455.6781MavonEquineInsurance.comPamela Nock Insurance, LLC440.667.4999Pamela.Nock@American-Naonal.comJUMPS/EQUIPMENTLight ‘N LasngSouthington, OH800.397.1239LightNLasng.comLEGAL SERVICESLaw Oce of April L. Woodward, LLC125 Main Street, Suite 2Chardon, OH 44024440.834.2162Woodward.lawMARKETING/GRAPHIC DESIGNAristo MarkengMandy Boggs440.984.6228Aristo-Markeng.comENSO Media GroupPO Box 470603Cleveland, OH 44147440.668.2812 FloridaEquestrianDirectory.comKentuckyEquestrianDirectory.comOhioEquestrianDirectory.comGold Horse MediaTaylor GrahamGoldHorseMedia.com Topline CommunicaonsSarah Coleman/Jen RoytzLexington, KY330.518.9001/ 859.494.4712TeamTopline.comYellow Barn MediaJamie SamplesPO Box 432Howell, MI 48843517.375.5399YellowBarnMedia.com

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102 Ohio Equestrian Directory 20252025 B D®MASSAGE/BODYWORKBeauty And the Beasts Animal WellnessJill Lione, Cered CCMT, CEMTAkron, OH330.352.3341BeautyAndTheBeastsMassage.comMiracle Farm, LLCBarbara BJ Hartmann-Sasak17964 Owen RoadMiddleeld, OH 44062440.318.4113MiracleFarmRescue.orgNeighSpaWendy Usner, CEMTEquine Massage & Reiki330.220.9087NeighSpa.comSound Stables EquineLaura D’AgosnoAlachua/Marion County, FLSoundStablesEquine.comWendy L. Shaer, MMCPMasterson Method Cered PraconerIntegrated Performance Horse Bodywork724.815.5236AgileEquineBodywork.comMEMORABILIA/ COLLECTIBLES Secretariat.comPO Box 4865Louisville, KY 40204Secretariat.comNURSE MARESNursemares of KentuckyLaura Phoenix929 Bethlehem RoadParis, KY 40361607.4 37.0 479Facebook.com/ NursemaresOfKentuckyPHOTOGRAPHYENSO Media GroupPO Box 470603Cleveland, OH 44147440.668.2812KentuckyEquestrianDirectory.comOhioEquestrianDirectory.com FloridaEquestrianDirectory.comGold Horse MediaTaylor GrahamGoldHorseMedia.comJessa Janes Photography440.669.7860Lasng Impressions PhotographyRaymond Duval440.465.4121RayDuvalPhotography.com Lori Spellman Photography440.497.8875LoriSpellmanPhotography.comPHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICESAcclivity Integrated Physical Therapy, LLCAmethyst Barto, PT, DPT216.200.7130AcclivityPT.comREALTOR SChad LongColdwell Banker – King Thompson614.580.9513ChadLong.CBInTouch.comLudwig Real Estate GroupKelly + David LudwigColdwell Banker614.327.0 017LudwigRealEstateGroup.comMary Vedda Keller Williams RealtyOlmsted Township, OH440.336.2796MaryVedda.KWRealty.comRESCUE/ADOPTION/THOROUGHBRED AFTERCAREAngels Haven Horse RescueEvergreen Farm13297 Durkee RoadGraon, OH 44044440.781.5060AngelsHavenHorseRescue.orgCANTER KentuckyPO Box 2996 Louisville, KY 40201312.513.1259CanterUSA.org/KentuckyCopper Horse Crusade3739 Glenn HighwayCambridge, OH 43725740.601.2752CopperHorseCrusade.comHappy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary5623 New Milford RoadRavenna, OH 44266330.296.5914HappyTrailsFarm.orgKentucky Equine Adopon Center1713 Catnip Hill RoadNicholasville, KY 40356859.881.5849KYEAC.orgMaggie's Mission RescuePO Box 345 Sharon Center, OH 44274MaggiesMissionRescue.orgMaker’s Mark Secretariat Center4155 Walt Robertson RoadLexington, KY 40511859.246.3080SecretariatCenter.orgMiracle Farm, LLC17964 Owen RoadMiddleeld, OH 44062440.318.4113MiracleFarmRescue.orgNew Vocaons Racehorse Adopon ProgramOH, KY, PA, NY Facilies937.947.4 020NewVocaons.orgOld Friends1841 Paynes Depot RoadGeorgetown, KY 40324502.863.1775OldFriendsEquine.orgRered Racehorse Project2976 Solomon’s Island RoadEdgewater, MD 21037410.798.5140ReredRacehorseProject.orgThoroughbred Aercare Alliance859.224.2756ThoroughbredAercare.orgThoroughbred Charies of America2365 Harrodsburg Road, #A200Lexington, KY 40504859.276.4989TCA.orgSADDLES/SADDLE FITTINGBarnes Tack RoomRobert Barnes808.557.1371BarnesTackRoom.comContour SaddleryLea Glenn5950 SW 1st LaneOcala, FL 34474833.312.9444contoursaddlery.comFreedman Harness Saddlery206 N. Gratz StreetMidway, KY 40347859.846.9674FreedmanHarness.comSaddles 101Heather Soones SMS Qualied Saddle Fier135 Hunt RoadPortersville, PA 16051240.431.1318Saddles101.com*(See TACK/RIDING EQUIPMENT/APPAREL for Add’l Saddles Retail/Resale)SPECIALTY PRODUCTS/GIFTSEquestrian Delights216.225.4548EquestrianDelights.com Grey Pony DesignsCustom Dry-Erase Boards and Farm Signs440.984.6228GreyPonyDesigns.comMare Modern GoodsOriginal equestrian artwork + gisMareGoods.comThe Dusty Ribbon Quilng Co.216.392.2004DustyRibbonQuilngCo.comSPORTS MEDICINE + REHABILITATIONKESMARCKentucky Equine Sports Medicineand Rehabilitaon Center258 Shannon Run RoadVersailles, KY 40383859.873.9955Kesmarc.comTACK/RIDING EQUIPMENT/APPARELBecker & Durski Turf GoodsWagner’s Pharmacy3111 S. 4th StreetLouisville, KY 40214502.375.0001WagnersPharmacy.comBig Dee’s Tack & Vet Supply9440 State Route 14Streetsboro, OH 44241800.321.2142 / 330.626.5000BigDWeb.comBoot Barn2200 War Admiral Way, Suite 110Lexington, KY 40509859.264.7388BootBarn.comBoot Barn4511 Outer LoopLouisville, KY 40219502.961.8468BootBarn.comBy Design Equestrian Bouque, LLCAuthorized Retailer PS of Sweden Jennifer L. McLandrich4 4 0 .487.1925Carl’s Place4927 Wilkes RoadAtwater, OH 44201330.325.1641Central Kentucky Tack & Leather3380 Paris Pike, Suite 1100Lexington, KY 40511859.299.TACK (8225)CentralKentuckyTackandLeather.com

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2025 Ohio Equestrian Directory 1032025 B D®Chagrin Saddlery8574 Washington StreetChagrin Falls, OH 44023440.708.0674ChagrinSaddlery.comChagrin Saddlery World Equestrian Center4095 State Route 730Wilmington, OH 45177937.382.0985 ChagrinSaddlery.com/WEC.net Clip-ity Clop Saddlery12930 Chippewa RoadBrecksville, OH 44141440.526.2965Clip-ityClop.comCountry Lane Tack & Equine Supplies1655 SW Hwy 484, Unit 2Ocala, FL 34473352.203.4803TheCountryLaneTack.comDover Saddlery8740 Montgomery RoadCincinna, OH 45236513.792.0901DoverSaddlery.comEquine Essenals3305 Center RoadBrunswick, OH 44212EquineEssenalsOhio.comEquus Now! 8956 Coer StreetLewis Center, OH 43035740.549.4959EquusNow.comEquus Now! 420 Wards Corner Road, Suite DLoveland, OH 45140513.630.1197EquusNow.comExceponal Equestrianat World Equestrian Center1750 NW 80th AvenueOcala, FL 34482352.844.7189ExceponalEquestrian.comFennell’s Horse Supplies1220 Red Mile RoadLexington, KY 40502859.254.2814Fennels.comFreedman Harness Saddlery206 N. Gratz StreetMidway, KY 40347859.846.9674FreedmanHarness.comHorse Cents, Inc.199 Markham DriveVersailles, KY 40383859.873.4707HorseCentsInc.comJust Horsen’ Around 440.782.1834JustHorsenAroundOH-2. MyShopify.comKBC Horse Supplies140 Venture Court, Suite 1Lexington, KY 40511859.253.9688KBCHorseSupplies.comLucke’s Tack Shop3735 South 4th StreetLouisville, KY 40214502.363.4131Pinkston’s Turf Goods1098 West High StreetLexington, KY 40508859.2252.1560Pinkstons.comQuillin Leather & Tack1929 Main StreetParis, KY 40361859.987.0215Quillin.comRod’s Western Palace3099 Silver DriveColumbus, OH 43224866.326.1975Rods.comSaltwell Western Store2000 Seven Mile DriveNew Philadelphia, OH 44663330.343.0388SaltwellWesternStore.comSchneider Saddlery8255 Washington StreetChagrin Falls, OH 44023800.365.1311 SStack.comSkylight Supply2906 Axton LaneGoshen, KY 40026502.228.0070SkylightSupply.comSmartPak800.461.8898SmartPakEquine.com TT Distributors7150 FL- 4 0Ocala, FL 34482352.854.0528TTDistributors.comTack Shack of Ocala481 SW 60th Avenue,Ocala, FL 34474352.873.3599TackShackOcala.comThe Bitless Bridle by Dr.CookPHS Saddlery5220 Barre RoadColorado Springs, CO 80926719.576.4786BitlessBridle.comThe Hitching Post Tack Shop11403 Main Street, #1390Middletown, KY 40243502.245.4672HitchingPostTack.comThe Tack Shop of Lexington1510 Newtown Pike, Suite 124Lexington, KY 40511859.368.0810TackShopofLexington.comThe Tackeria13501 S. Shore Blvd.Wellington, FL 33414561.793.2012Tackeria.comThe Tacky Horse171 N. Alpha Bellbrook RoadBeavercreek, OH 45434937.427.0797TheTackyHorse.comWise Choice Tack1019 Georgetown RoadLexington, KY 40508859.224.8976TRAINERS Gingerich HorsemanshipLuke Gingerich7785 Converse Hu RoadPlain City, OH 43064GingerichHorsemanship.comDora HebrockCered Straightness Training Instructor330.803.2043Laura Kosiorek-SmithA Stone’s Throw FarmNortheast Ohio814.434.0914Angela MooreStealaway Farm9317 Johnstown-Alexandria Road, NWJohnstown, OH 43031614.989.9029Parelli Natural Horsemanship800.642.3335Parelli.comStephanie PortmanShirley Krames-KopasQuiet Meadow FarmNovelty, OH 440.636.3813QuietMeadowFarmOhio.comPoulin DressageKate PoulinChagrin Falls, OH 386.624.3968KatePoulin.comPutho Performance HorsesLynne Putho3275 South Shiloh RoadLaura, OH 45337937.546.1505Brendan Wise EquestrianRutledge Ridge FarmFallston, MD Brendan.Wise.Equine@gmail.comBridleless.comTRANSPORTATIONAirStall216.235.2409AirStall.usEquiJet Internaonal Air Transport3 Raritan River RoadCalifon, NJ 07830833.378.4538EquiJet.comTRANSPORTATION/TRUCKINGShuman Specialized Transportaon2925 Columbus AvenueSpringeld, OH 45503937. 324.4 429ShumanTransport.comTRAVEL/TRAIL RIDING/TOURS7LazyP Outng, LLC891 Teton Canyon RoadChoteau, MT 59422406.466.2245SevenLazyP.comGiddy Up Getaway863.593.7606GiddyUpGetaway.comHorse Country Lexington, KY 859.963.1004VisitHorseCountry.comSmokey Valley FarmBob & Jane Coleman5183 KY-2 Olive Hill, KY 41164606.286.6588SmokeyValleyFarm.comTRUCK/TRAILER SALES & SERVICEAltmeyer’s Trailers771 State Route 307 EastJeerson, OH 44047440.624.0206AltmeyerTrailers.comChuck’s Custom Truck & Trailer750 West Smith RoadMedina, OH 44256330.723.6029Ganley Ford2835 Barber Road, Norton/Barberton, OH 44203800.942.6305GoGanleyFord.com

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104 Ohio Equestrian Directory 2025 2025 B D®Leonard Truck & Trailer12800 Leonard ParkwayNorth Jackson, OH 44451800.455.1001LeonardTrailers.comVETERINARY PROFESSIONALS/ HOSPITALS/PHARMACIESBella Vista Equine Veterinary Services6320 Darling RoadBlacklick, OH 43004614.540.0040BellaVistaEquineVet.comBuckeye Veterinary Service16295 Claridon-Troy RoadBurton, OH 44021440.834.8821BuckeyeVet.orgCleveland Equine Clinic3340 Webb RoadRavenna, OH 44266330.422.0040ClevelandEquine.comCountryside Veterinary CenterLaurie Gallan, DVM, DACVIM2232 State Route 61Sunbury, OH 43074740.965.8111CountrysideVetCenter.netDoc Lane’s Veterinary Pharmacy101 Venture Court, Suite 125Lexington, KY 40511888.263.2323DocLanes.comEquine Specialty Hospital17434 Rapids RoadBurton, OH 44021440.834.0811EquineSpecialtyHospital.comHagyard Equine Medical Instute4250 Iron Works PikeLexington, KY 40511859.255.8741Hagyard.com Hagyard Pharmacy4250 Iron Works PikeLexington, KY 45011859.281.9511HagyardPharmacy.comHawthorne Veterinary ClinicHolly Helbig, DVMKaylin Van Dorn, DVM10435 Jerome RoadPlain City, OH 4306433 0 . 8 07. 2643/ 614.359.9020RideWithHawthorneHill.comOhio State University Large Animal Services at Marysville16410 County Home RoadMarysville, OH 43040937.642.2936Vet.OSU.edu/Marysville Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center Galbreath Equine Center601 Vernon L. Tharp StreetColumbus, OH 43210614.292.6661Vet.OSU.edu/VCM/equinePalm Beach Equine Clinic13125 Southelds RoadWellington, FL 33414561.793.1599EquineClinic.comPark Equine Hospital5455 Lexington RoadLexington, KY 40511859.987.4303ParkEquineHospital.comPeterson Smith Equine Hospital4747 SW 60th AvenueOcala, FL 34474352. 237.6151PetersonSmith.com Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital2150 Georgetown RoadLexington, KY 40511859.233.0371RoodandRiddle.comThe Apothecary HBA Bouque Mobile PharmacyHolly Helbig, DVM614.706.8935TheApothecary.VetsFirstChoice.comTurning Point Integrave Veterinary Care, LLCMichelle Bucci, DVM937.504.1534TurningPointVet.comWEDDING VENUES Smokey Valley FarmBob & Jane Coleman5183 KY-2 Olive Hill, KY 41164606.286.6588SmokeyValleyFarm.com