Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director

Stephanie L. Church, editorial director for The Horse and Stable Management, grew up riding and caring for her family’s horses in Central Virginia and received a B.A. in journalism and equestrian studies from Averett University. She joined The Horse in 1999 and has led the editorial team since 2010. A 4-H and Pony Club graduate, she enjoys dressage, eventing, and trail riding. Her heart horse, It Happened Again (“Happy,” pictured), a former graded-stakes-winning Thoroughbred gelding, was her longtime mount and remains a lasting inspiration. She now has an 8-year-old off-track Thoroughbred, Dune of Pilat (“Dune”), and is enjoying building a partnership with him. Stephanie is based in Lexington, Kentucky.

Articles by: Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director

Reflections and Resolutions

Three hundred sixty-five days. They stretch out before us not unlike the snow many of us woke up to on Christmas on this side of

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Easier Said Than Done?

It’s probably safe to say that behind every homebred filly or colt there’s a story. It could be as simple as one live cover, one

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Ambassadors for the Horse

A few weekends ago I did something I’m not sure I’ve done beforeÑI helped set a record. More than 50,800 people flocked to the 1,224-acre

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A Safe Place to Land

Last weekend I received an e-mail from a veterinarian at the University of Pennsylvania that warmed my heart and, quite frankly, got me a little

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Lambasted

Whether we’ve lost a horse to laminitis, or ached for those that have battled it, laminitis is something all of us can agree on; we continually hope equine researchers will discover a cure.

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Avoiding Equine Disease Outbreaks

One of the remarkable things about caring for horses is that we can sometimes prevent the Really Bad Stuff from happening, horse-health-wise, with some responsible

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Horse Hope?

Each of us has encountered a horse that has had the proverbial hard-knock life. You or a fellow owner might have spotted the horse with

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Choose My Adventure

Choose Your Own My Adventure All work and no play. You know how the saying goes. Same applies to horsesÑall work and no play does

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An Equine Health Enigma

Sometimes you never know what’s going to set a horse off. In a physical ailment sort of way, I mean. We work with sensitive creatures–intricately

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Resources for Injured Riders

If you spend enough hours in the saddle, it’s likely you’ll one day have an unfortunate rendezvous with gravity and sustain an injury that at

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Biosecurity: Better Safe …

I thought it a bit strange yesterday when I saw a pink-handled pitchfork and broom hanging from a stall door of the isolation facility at

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New Faces

Welcome to my new blog (… and my apologies to Jane Austen)! I’m Stephanie Church, the new editor-in-chief of The Horse. The landscape around The

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