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Emily Mastervich Beshear
Emily
grew up in Michigan and started her life with horses in a somewhat
unusual fashion. David and Linda Mastervich had no experience with
horses when they decided to buy a pony for their 6 year old daughter.
The result was a 4 year old pony that was transported home in the back
of a van...needless to say much of what Emily learned in the beginning
was by trial and error. Lessons started at age 8 at what happened
to be an event facility. The real competitive drive started at the
age of 10 when there were trophies to be won in 4-H. Emily started
eventing at 11 and credits Margaret Spencer with her solid foundation.
She as able to build on that during clinics with Karen and David
O'Connor and Jim Wofford. It was during her first summer stay at
Woffords' Fox Covert Farm in Upperville, VA that Emily came to the
conclusion that she belonged in Virginia. Upon graduating she
became a working student for the O'Connors. That helped her to
venture out onto her own and she has been steadily building her
experience and business since that time. Recent influences in her
training and riding theories include Gerd Zeuther, Pierre Jolicouer, Jim
Wofford, Kim Severson, and Ralph Hill. |
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Jeff
Beshear
Jeff
was born and raised in central Kentucky. Growing up with a horse
lover for a mother, Jeff showed an interest in horses from a young age
and started foxhunting at age 12. After graduating from Duke
University, Jeff went on to veterinary school at the Ohio State
University. He began practicing in central Virginia where he met
Emily while working on some of her horses. It was Emily that first
got Jeff interested in eventing, and with her teaching (and patience),
Jeff has progressed to the Intermediate level. Jeff, along with
Keith Brady, opened
Old
Dominion Equine Associates
in 2002 where he focuses on sport horse medicine.
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Brickland Eventing
