Aiken Ladies Aside

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Saturday’s schedule at the 2026 Upperville C**t & Horse Show in Virginia featured traditional classes under the oak trees, including side saddle, breeding, and the family class.

Kristin Schlachter swept the ladies side saddle division with Como MBF, her former three-star event horse, while Drew Taylor handled Sue Tice-Grossmann’s Mockingjay to win the Best Young Horse title. In the Family Class, The King-Levine family returned to win for a second year in a row.

Read more about the day at the link in comments.

📸Lindsay Berreth

Can’t argue this logic!

Amy Cattell Magee is the VERY best and has done an incredible thing to the sport! We love Amy!!!

With all the talk online these days about big tack shops closing I thought I would take the time to introduce myself & my woman owned small business. 🩷
I have been involved in the tack industry since I worked for Buckle Downs Ltd in high school.
While I spent some time working as an RN in an ER, once my children were born, I returned to leather work & slowly started making tack for others. It has evolved into a very successful full time business for myself with customers driving a lot of my decisions.
I strive to provide high end leather strap goods at reasonable prices & personal customer service. When you inquire with my company you will always deal with me. I don’t have any other employees. I know my inventory like the back of my hand, do all the ordering, billing, packing and sewing modifications. So you never have to worry that some little detail will be lost in translation to another individual. When you ask a question I am personally committed to helping get the best option & fit possible.
I do have limited items though. I focus on bridles & related straps goods (breastplates, neck straps, and martingales) & recently started carrying girths). I do have a few halters that I hand stitch names onto the noseband. I can do customization & modifications to the products before they ship, & while I can do completely custom pieces I do not take on those requests to allow myself as much time as possible to focus my energy on my customers & their needed modifications as well as the sidesaddles that I restore. (My biggest love).
I am an adult amateur whose horses live in her backyard, who works out of a shop on the property & very obviously does her own photos and social media. What you see is what you get 😁
I love my customers & strive to help them get the most for their money & make their horses as comfortable & beautiful as possible with well fitting tack.
Never hesitate to reach out & ask a question- the worst I can say is “not at this time”, but I promise if I think I can do it I will absolutely try.

Photo is a painting done by Gail Guirreri Maslyk of me riding my boy Blue at Upperville 2 years ago.

Sidesaddle riding is making an unlikely comeback.