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

Life Is Short: Just Get the Horse

There’s a meme making its way around social mediaÑgalloping, if you willÑthat features a blackboard-looking image that says, basically, “Today’s Lesson: Life is Short É Buy the

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Horse Nutrition Tweets from the Purina Horse VIP Event

Select riders, trainers, and other professionals toured the Purina Animal Nutrition Center, watched research demonstrations, and learned about equine nutrition in lectures in the company’s semi-annual Professional Horse VIP Meeting, held Sept 15-17.

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You Never Can Tell With Bees

One of my more exciting memories from riding camp as a kid involved a trail ride on my 20-year-old grade pony, Pacer. I was one

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Sometimes You Simply Don’t Know

This spring I began teaching intermediate-level lessons to a rider who pilots an enormous dark bay draft horse. When I met this gelding, his rider

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Slobbering in Horses

Last week I was out at a local barn and a towering draft cross gelding opened his mouth, releasing an equally imposing waterfall of lukewarm slobber into

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