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Strides for Equality Equestrians is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Maryland Grass Roots Leg Up Scholarships: eventers Hannah Jaeger, Josephine Long, Gabrielle McDaniel, and Raegan Nalls. Each awardee has received a $500 scholarship to compete this season in Maryland Horse Trials events at Loch Moy Farm in Adamstown, Maryland.
Grassroots young riders, we are currently accepting applications for Leg Up Scholarships offered by the Maryland International Equestrian Foundation! Scholarship recipients will have a credit of $500 towards event entries at Loch Moy over the next year. Applications are due April 24, 2023.
Strides for Equality Equestrians is excited to announce that Key Moore has been awarded a Leg Up Scholarship to train with Darrin Mollett of Beverly Equestrian. This is SEE’s first scholarship opportunity geared toward Hunter/ Jumper riders.
SEE isn’t just for eventers anymore! Announcing our first Leg Up Scholarship geared toward Hunter/ Jumper riders! Now accepting applications for 3-4 days of training with Darrin Mollett and Beverly Equestrian in March of 2023. The deadline for applications is February 12, 2023.
SEE’s Winter 2023 Ever So Sweet Scholarship has been awarded to Micah Green, 23, of Jacksonville, FL. As the fourth recipient of the Ever So Sweet scholarship, Micah will receive fully-paid training and mentorship from Sara Kozumplik at her winter base in Ocala, FL.
Strides for Equality Equestrians is currently accepting applications for a special three day training camp with top level eventer Ashley Johnson this December. One applicant will be selected to join Ashley at her own Totem Hill Farm in Ocala, FL. The deadline for applications is October 15, 2022.
Catching up with SUMMER 2022 Ever So Sweet Scholarship recipient Nora Huynh-Watkins as she settles in at Overlook Farm, rides at the Kentucky Horse Park, achieves some goals, and sets new ones.
Catching up with SUMMER 2022 Ever So Sweet Scholarship recipient Nora Huynh-Watkins as she journeys from Oregon to Virginia.
We are delighted to announce that Nora Huynh-Watkins is the Summer 2022 recipient of the Ever So Sweet scholarship!
Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont delivers the Girl Scout experience in central and western North Carolina and is seeking an Equine Experience Specialist to create and lead engaging and inclusive mounted and un-mounted equestrian programs for their diverse constituency of Girl Scouts and community riders.
The MARS EQUESTRIAN™ Great Meadow International (MARSGMI) offered a VIP experience to local young riders from White Oak Stables.
Professional event rider Mike Winter recently posted a picture of his stirrups, emblazoned with #BLACKLIVESMATTER. SEE Co-founder Heather Gillette interviewed Mike to learn about his journey to allyship and why he is committed opposing racism in life and equestrian sport.
Learn about micro-aggressions and what they mean to help you avoid language and assumptions that can make BIPOC people feel excluded.
Strides for Equality Equestrians and the United States Eventing Association Foundation are proud to announce the first recipient of the Ever So Sweet Scholarship. The scholarship, which is the first of its kind, provides a fully-funded opportunity for riders from diverse backgrounds to train with upper-level professionals. Helen Casteel of Maryland is the first recipient of the bi-annual scholarship.
Meet this week’s featured SEE rider! If you are a BIPOC equestrian and you’d like to share your story, click here.
Meet this week’s featured SEE rider! If you are a BIPOC equestrian and you’d like to share your story, click here.
Meet this week’s featured SEE rider! If you are a BIPOC equestrian and you’d like to share your story, click here.
Meet this week’s featured SEE rider! If you are a BIPOC equestrian and you’d like to share your story, click here.
This world champion heavyweight boxer was a Saddlebred enthusiast, rider, and horse show organizer.
He paved the way for Latino jockeys and kicked off generations of Latino excellence in racing.
When Black Americans were excluded from horse shows due to Jim Crow law and custom they organized their own.
“I was raised around horses all my life and I always wanted to be a lady jockey. I love to ride, for it is a challenge to the male jockeys and also a challenge to myself." Read this incredible story about Cheryl White, who became the first Black female jockey in the U.S. in 1971.
The International Museum of the Horse announced the launch of the Chronicle of African Americans in the Horse Industry, a new website designed to increase awareness, education, and access to African American history!