Ashley Henry, Joanie Morris & Tara Swersie by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services

Send us Fan MailPiper speaks with the 2024 IHSA National Champion Team Equestrian Coach Ashley Henry of Savannah College of Art and Design. Joanie Morris joins to talk about her new role with Taylor, Harris Insurance Services. Tara Swersie of STRIDER also joins to talk about making horse show entries easier for all equestrians. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.   Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid HorseGuest: Ashley Henry is the head coach of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) equestrian team, who were just crowned the 2024 IHSA National Champion Team. Ashley grew up riding and competing in the Bahamas and went on to attend the Garrison Forest School in Owings Mills, Maryland. After high school, Ashley went on to SCAD and earned a degree in metals and jewelry. Ashley was an award-winning rider for the SCAD equestrian team from 2001-2005 while also competing on the AA show circuit. In addition to coaching the SCAD team, Ashley also acts as an adjunct professor for the SCAD equestrian studies major. Ashley is also on the American National Riding Commission board of directors, an Equestrian Talent Search clinician, a local/unrated horse show judge, and an IEA show steward. In 2010, Ashley was also a steward at the IHSA National Championship Horse Show.Guest: Joanie Morris is a lifelong eventer, Competition Director of the Maryland 5* and most recently became an Agent at Taylor, Harris Insurance Services. Joanie is also the FEI coordinator at The Maryland International Horse Trials and the Organizer at the Virginia Horse Center Eventing FEI events in May and April. In the past, Joanie was the Managing Director of Eventing for the US Equestrian Federation and served as Press Officer for US Equestrian for five years. Guest: Tara Swersie is the CEO of STRIDER, the company behind the popular Strider Entry Platform. With a diverse background spanning from hunter/jumpers to international development, she brings over 25 years of experience in innovative digital solutions to equestrian sport.Title Sponsor: Taylor, Harris Insurance ServicesSubscribe To: The Plaid Horse MagazineSponsors: American Stalls, Purina Animal Nutrition, World Equestrian Center, LAURACEA, America Cryo, BoneKare, Show Strides Book Series, With Purpose: The Balmoral Standard. Good Boy, Eddie, HITS Horse Shows and Cheval Presstheplaidhorse.comThank you so much for joining us today on the Plaidcast. This podcast is a labor of love, and every single episode exists because of this incredible community of riders, trainers, barn managers, parents, and horse lovers who show up in the barn, in the ring, and right here with us.At The Plaid Horse, our commitment goes far beyond the show ring. We believe deeply in the power of literacy and education and that every rider, at every level, deserves access to knowledge, stories, and ideas that make them a better horseperson and a better human being. Reading matters. Learning matters. And the stories we tell each other in this sport matter more than we sometimes realize.Whether you are a junior rider picking up your first copy of The Plaid Horse  Magazine, a professional trainer looking for inspiration, or someone who simply loves horses and everything this world stands for then this community is for you. You belong here.We build this together. Every article, every episode, every conversation is an opportunity to learn something new, to feel less alone in the challenges of this sport, and to be reminded of why we fell in love with horses in the first place.Until next time, keep reading, keep learning, keep riding, and remember that the horse world is better when we build it together. I will see you at the ring!