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Southern Protocol Bridal The Carolinas Equestrian Lisa and Joe Rice moved to Charleston. SC, over 30 years ago when his law practice opened an office there. Their daughter, Ann E., was about two and a half years old upon their arrival. The family has had horses for years and Ann E. began riding around age six with her dad.

In addition to being an accomplished equestrian, attorney with her father's law practice, wife and mother, Ann E. and her mother, Lisa, recently purchased Southern Protocol Bridal in downtown Charleston, South Carolina.

Here are their perspectives on maintaining a balance with their busy lives.

Carolinas Equestrian World Equestrian Center 03Finley and Campbell Clement

"The Cadet Horsemanship program, a 30- minute educational session offered to junior riders every Saturday morning at WEC is fantastic! The girls of KS Sporthorses LLC learned all about hay the first week - what to look for in a good hay, why your horse needs hay and that a horse's stomach can be up to 5 gallons! The second week they learned all about ergonomic tack from the Antares representative. The third week the topic was A Day in the life of a Groom. The best part? Each week 39 kids are awarded $250 in a credit towards their show bill. One lucky rider is awarded a $500 credit! WEC is truly invested in creating a solid foundation for the future generations of riders."

- Lauren Clement
Horse Show Parent of Charlotte, NC

World Equestrian Center The Carolinas Equestrian Feels Like Home. The large sign at the entrance of the World Equestrian Center says, "Welcome Home Equestrians," and the Roberts mean it wholeheartedly. Photo by Tracy Emanuel

WELCOMING ... EVOLVING ... CREATING.

Not only are the first letters of each of these words synonymous with the World Equestrian Center, the words themselves aptly represent the founding principles of the Roberts family and their Wilmington, Ohio, event facility. With the recently growing interest among Carolinas based hunter/jumper riders in competing in the World Equestrian Center series of horse shows; I was eager to interview Roby Roberts, one of the owners, to learn more about his vision for both the Ohio, and the future Florida based, state of the art equestrian event venues.

Phillip receiving the Bronze Medal at the 2016 Rio OlympicsPhillip receiving the Bronze Medal at the 2016 Rio OlympicsPhillip Dutton is one of the biggest names in eventing and each winter he packs up his farm in Penn­sylvania and heads for Aiken, SC, where he trains his top horses, schools up his young ones and competes all over the south. So, this January, as we drove down the long, winding drive way to meet Phillip at his farm's "winter retreat" the excitement in the car was obvious. Dutton has competed at the top of the sport for years, recently riding "Mr. Medicott" to a fourth-place finish at Rolex 2017, with "Fernhill Fugitive" and 'Tm Sew Ready" in the top ten and bringing home the individual Bronze Medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics with "Mighty Nice." Throughout the years, he has ridden on several Pan American teams, competed in previous Olympic events, in addition to suc­cessful rides at the largest competitions in the world ... Rolex, Pau, Fair Hill, Bromont, Jersey Fresh and the list goes on.