08/30/2026
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ - ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฒ
Louisville may be over, but weโre still soaking in every incredible memory. And somehow, woven into nearly every one of them, was our sweet Katie May.
Losing Katie this winter left a hole in our hearts that will never be filled. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐.
Katie helped shape every single one of our riders who stepped onto the green shavings this year. She was leased and loved by Nimar, Sam, Eva and Livi. She made additional show ring appearances with Emerson, Everleigh, Vivien and Maia. And she taught Brylee at home in lessons.
She taught them confidence, feel, she forgave their mistakes and celebrated their growth. ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐, ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐.
Katie never got to make a trip down the chute into Freedom Hall herself, but this year, every rider she helped shape carried a little piece of her onto those green shavings.
We miss her terribly, but honored her in every pass made, every ribbon won, every victory celebrated and every memory carried home.
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐
