In this episode of “In Stride,” Sinead is joined by international 5* event rider Ema Klugman.

Ema Klugman was the highest-placed youngest rider at the Kentucky Three-Day Event in 2021 with her self-made horse, Bendigo. Ema won the CCI***-L in Lexington on Bronte Beach in 2020 and recorded a top-ten finish on the same horse at Morven Park's CCI****-L in 2021. Ema is on the Australian High Performance NEXT squad, which identifies future riders for the Olympics and World Championships, and she is a 3x "A" Pony Club graduate. Ema is one of only two people in the country who have achieved 3 "A" certifications. Ema graduated from Duke University in 2020 and is in her final year of law school at George Washington University. Ema teaches clinics around the country and runs a sales and training business out of Snowy River Farm in Clarksburg, Maryland.

In this episode, Ema discusses various topics related to training and overcoming stereotypes in the sport, including:

• The differences in the way men and women are perceived in equestrian sports.

• Choosing to do high-performance eventing while going to law school.

• The misconception that training should be done alone and the value of working with other professionals.

• Having a thought process behind every part of the ride and not relying on luck.

• The importance of women supporting each other in pursuit of higher education and/or high-performance eventing.

Join Ema and Sinead in this exciting conversation about training and stereotypes in eventing.