The Secret Lives of Maryland Horse People What they do when they are not doing horses!
Alisa Matricciani Alisa Matricciani of Parkton is a lifelong hunter and jumper rider. She has been a member of the Maryland Horse Shows Association and Baltimore County Horse Show Association for most of her life, and has served as an MHSA board member. When not showing horses, Alisa is showing Australian Shepherds, specifi cally ASCA/AKC CH Windham Hill Dream Doll, a.k.a. Millie. Alisa purchased Millie as a four-month-old from Windham Hill Aussies in Paris,
Kentucky, which also happens to be a well-respected T oroughbred breeding farm. Millie started showing at six months old in puppy classes at AKC shows. When she was 18 months old, she went to the Australian Shepherd Club of America (ASCA) Nationals and won the 12-18 puppy sweeps class under judge Sunday Miles. “We continued to show AKC shows for the next six months when we went to the AKC Australian Shep- herd nationals in April 2016. T ere she placed fourth out of 10 in the open red Merle class!” said Alisa. After AKC nationals, Millie went out with a professional handler Maria Neff to fi nish her ASCA Championship, and fi nished it in only one week! She continued to stay with Maria throughout the summer and showed in the AKC ring. Millie fi nished her AKC championship in March of this year at a show in New Jersey. “Now that she is fi nished her championship we will start working on rally and dock diving, but fi rst we will be going to ASCA Nationals in College Station Texas in October,” Alisa said adding, “Hopefully in the spring of 2018, Millie will have puppies!”
Elisa Harvey Polocrosse player and former Red- land Pony Club mom, Elisa Harvey of Sandy Spring is a recreational rid- er and Fjord lover. A veterinarian by profession, in her spare time, Elisa donates her services to the World Vets organization. Her most recent trip was this past summer to Nica- ragua where she and other World Vets provided free veterinary care for working horses as well as dogs and cats. Her next trip will be to Cambo- dia this fall for a spay and neuter trip.
Susan Graham White Known in her equestrian career as a successful dressage competitor, trainer and judge, Susan Graham White of Port Republic is also a well-known musician and sing- er. Susan has just completed the fi nishing touches on an extraordinary new album, “Lost Art,” with an impres- sive range of songs that represents the best of her ev- er-evolving talent and devotion to meticulous song craft. A two-time Washington Area Music Association winner for Songwriter of the Year, the former member of Ha- zlewood (with Grace Griffi th) turned three CDs into a solo career. She co-wrote songs with the industry lumi- naries like Tom Paxton, and shared the stage with DC’s most respected studio and touring musicians. Her most recent performance was on August 9 at Rams Head Live in Annapolis. T e concert was a benefi t for Progressive Equestrian T erapeutic Services, Inc.
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