A long history between Lisa and Bob Thomaier and Bret and Candy Parrish has culminated in campaigning mares Cool Like Thaat and Cool Like This in 2023. Their two entries grace this month’s cover, and you can learn more about them in this month’s Cover Story. NSBA recently named two 2022 Horses of the Year, If Im Honest in the Show division and Lafitte De Muze in the Hunter Jumper division, and we celebrate their wins this month. NSBA also congratulates and recognizes the Year End High Point earners in the Show and Hunter Jumper divisions for 2022. NSBA’s Stephanie Lynn, AQHA’s Kenneth Banks, APHA’s Billy Smith and EquestrianProfessional.com’s Elisabeth McMillan lead us through some of the issues impacting the equine industry in 2023 in this month’s feature story, “Riding The Wave.” Stephanie Lynn also examines ways that each of us can be welcoming to the next generation of participants in the horse industry in this month’s Sound Advice, entitled “Leaving Things Better Than We Found Them.” In the Foundation Feature, we explain how veteran rider John Halpin has been impacted by the NSBA Foundation in several ways since learning about it four years ago. All this and much more can be found in the April issue of The Way To Go!
