Sue Ashe by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services

Send us Fan MailPiper speaks with top USEF "R" judge Sue Ashe about her longtime career and judging. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid HorseGuest: Sue Ashe is one of the country's top judges. Sue was a very successful equitation rider as a junior, winning the AHSA (now US Equestrian) Medal Finals at Madison Square Garden. Sue has years of training experience including training her son Neil and daughter Molly Ashe Cawley from the pony hunter ring to the big eq before they both became professionals. Sue’s judging schedule is non-stop from the East Coast to the West Coast in the spring and summer and occasionally Medal finals in the fall. Sue is also a clinician in between judging. For her lifetime of dedication to this sport, Sue was the recipient of the 2020 United States Hunter Jumper Association Lifetime Achievement Award.Title Sponsor: Taylor, Harris Insurance ServicesSubscribe To: The Plaid Horse MagazineSponsors: Purina Animal Nutrition, America Cryo, Alexis Kletjian Jewelry, LAURACEA, BoneKare, Austin Hardware, Enbarr, Show Strides Book Series, With Purpose: The Balmoral Standard and Good Boy, Eddietheplaidhorse.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!