Michelle Green

Jan 14, 2025 | sidelinesmagazine.com | Jessica Grutkowski |Michelle Green

By Jessica GrutkowskiPortraits by Molly KennedyLeslie Butzer founded Ponies & Palms Show Stables—aptly named, as a pony breeding operation based in Boca Raton, Florida—in the 1990s with the goal of breeding championship hunter ponies. “When I first got started in the breeding world, I quickly realized that many ponies were bred for in-hand showing.

Dec 5, 2024 | sidelinesmagazine.com | Kimberly Gatto |Michelle Green

By Kimberly GattoPortraits by kristiescholten.orgMadelyn “Maddie” Houser is no stranger to heartache. Within the past year, the FEI dressage rider had to say goodbye to not one but three special horses in her life. “There is a saying that horses will never break your heart, but that is not entirely true,” Maddie said. “When you have to say goodbye to a horse that you love, that is indeed heartbreaking.”While her grief has been profound at times, Maddie has worked hard to focus on the positive.

Nov 19, 2024 | sidelinesmagazine.com | Helen Townes |Michelle Green

By Helen TownesPortraits by Kacy BrownShawn and Samantha Mack found themselves crossing paths many times over the years, at all the big hunter-jumper shows in the Northeast and Florida. It just took them until 2022 to really find each other. Shawn, 48, is a successful Grand Prix rider and trainer whose business, Sandstone International, is based out of Long Island, New York, and Ocala, Florida.

Nov 18, 2024 | sidelinesmagazine.com | Helen Townes |Michelle Green

By Helen TownesPortraits by Sara FarrellFor some, riding is a casual hobby, taken up in childhood and lasting a few years before fading as the demands of “real life” take over. For others, it’s an all-consuming way of life, worth all the tremendous expense and pressure. Eventer Maddy Temkin is wholeheartedly in the second category. Now 24 years old, Maddy first “rode” a horse before she was born.