Families that play together stay together—and that’s especially true for horse families. Jessica and Emilee barrel race, while Heath, a farrier, keeps the herd in tip-top shape. Their home in Angola, Indiana, was the perfect backdrop for family portraits (equine members included, of course!) Emilee and her big bay boy, Recall, have become a talented […]

Lauren Patterson & her Oldenburg gelding Montenero A lot has changed since Lauren began loving Nero 11 years ago. In their heyday, they traveled the country to sail through tough courses at major hunter/jumper shows. They enjoyed years of excitement, big challenges and riding for those moments when everything seems to fall perfectly into place. […]

Photographed at Arcadia Hills Equestrian Center

Arcadia, Oklahoma

Photographed at Vicki Holt Quarter Horses

Argyle, Texas

LeAnna & Alexa Flowerswith their American Morgan Horses Naughty By Nature & Triagn Shiver Me Timbers Some of us were just born to ride, and Alexa is one of those girls. ”I have always loved horses, and it wasn’t something I had to teach my daughter. She was born loving them, too,” LeAnna told me […]

Photographed at Frederick Douglass Park

Florida