EQLUXE Magazine Spring 2021 Preview

EQluxe EQ’s finest

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Raphael MACEK

Spring trends AIDAN BUTLER Devon Luxury BARNS Wellington OTTB love street to stable FASHIONS BEAUTY bits Equescapes Rocky Mt. High Maldives

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PUTTING OUR HORSES FIRST. Funds raised by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance support 74 accredited organizations and thousands of off-track Thoroughbreds. Since 2012, the TAA has granted more than $17.2 million to organizations accredited through a rigorous process and on-site inspections.

SECURING A FUTURE FOR OUR HORSES. SECURING A FUTURE FOR OUR SPORT.

www.thoroughbredaftercare.org | (859) 224-2756 Photos by (from left to right): Square Peg, Erin Shea and New Stride Thoroughbred Adoption.

EQUESTRIAN SPORTS W W W. W E S T PA L M S E V E N T S . C O M

Editor’s note

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ull steam ahead into 2021 was our motto as we successfully managed to stay afloat during 2020. Everyone can agree these have been unpredictable waters for all. Unity has found its way into all of our hearts through many different avenues last year.

Across the world everything changed.

As a growing business we scaled back, we performed on smaller levels. We embraced our valuable contacts and nurtured our relationships. As a publication we managed to remain buoyant. We shrunk our team, we worked from home, we changed the way we did photoshoots, printed and published our product. But we did publish and we grew stronger and are completely overwhelmed by our growth during these times. I truly believe as we near the horizon we have our equestrian friends, brands and our readers to thank for our survival and our sanity.

Hands folded in thanks to all of you. Please enjoy our Spring issue and we look forward to smooth sailing into Summer.

Ok, as I’m reading over this and realized there are a bunch of nautical terms inflicted into my prose. I must be in need of a yacht.

Now that could be a cool photoshoot, any takers?

Peace and Happiness, Shelli Wright Editor in Chief

A big thanks to everyone!

Shelli Wright & Christopher Bredesen Editors | Co-founders

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SHELLI WRIGHT Editor-in-Chief

CHRISTOPHER BREDESEN Executive Editor

SHELLI WRIGHT Creative Director

JAIN WILSON SILVA Head of Marketing

LILA JOY GINSBURG Art Director

JOHN PIERCE Art Department

MADDY PASQUALINI Senior Lifestyle Editor

SEBASTIANO MARINO Web Master

ZINTA BRAUKIS Fashion Editor at Large

NATALIE DE GROOT Fashion Consult

EMILY MATTISON BATES Public Relations

LOU ANDREA GOSS Editorial Assistant CAPTAIN BUDDY LLC Publisher

CONTRIBUTORS Natalie Voss, Hailee Lautenbach, Phelps Media Group, Rebecca Walton, Aidan Butler, The Stronach Group, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, The Jockey Club, Allyson Lagiovane, Zinta Braukis, Karen Perlow, Erica Hess, Jodie Vella-Gregory, Renee Spurge, Raphael Macek, Slow Chamber of Commerce, Jacqui Clark-Charlesworth, Ann Flower, Molly Martin, Brett Schumer, Mark Recker, Kimberly Busch, Michelle Hall, David Shano, Bartolomeo, Ranchlands Zapata Ranch, , Equescapes, Joel Chauran, Starwood Hotels, Equestrian Sotheby’s International Wellington, Adroemme Rubin Hotel Cerro, Edna Valley Winery, Wolff Vineyards, Tolosa Vineyards PHOTOGRAPHERS Jeffery Rewald, Katie Jones, Mosha Lundstrom Halbert, Alexa Khruscheva, Alisa Ustyuzhanina, Adrienne Rubin, Holly Haner, Kerstin Leary, Brennan Cira, Madeline Jorden, Rachel Ellis, Shelli Wright, Chris Bredesen

EQLUXE is a registered trademark and is the sister publication of BISOUS Magazine distributed by Captain Buddy LLC of Los Angeles. All Eqluxe sponsorship or submission inquiries please contact director@eqluxe.com www.eqluxe.com

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content fEATURES

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Behind the lens with Raphael MACEK

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Aidan Bulter changing racing’s climate

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T.I.P incentives for OTTB owners

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ECLIPSE winner Natalie Voss

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DEVON Celebrates over 100 years

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URBAN EQUESTRIAN

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BARN ENVY A Twist of a gem.

Luxury equestrian property in Wellington

EQluxe EQ’s finest

On the cover

Popular Equestrian Artist + Phtographer Raphael Macek’s “IMMERSION.” What lies behind this influential visionary? Find out and immerse yourself in more of his stunning images. page 12

EQluxe| spring 2021 | immerseyourself

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Raphael MACEK

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EQluxe| immerseyourself STYLE

“Turn the Magic On” #streettostable fashion editorial featuring Hailee Lautenbach BTS w/JACQUEMUS S/S 21 What’s she wearing? ZINTApolo

bEAUTY

GROOMmates essentials for horse and rider Beauty BITS our favorite makeup picks

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jET SET Vitamin Sea ST. Regis Maldives

tRENDING EQUESCAPES Colorado horse trips Taking it SLO keeping it easy

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Stable

EDITOR

Your TACK full guide

PRING

Go BOLD or go home right?

Bright lips, scuptled brows and BUTET saddle pad $200 www.butet.fr | MASTERMIND EQUESTRIAN Leather Pony Keychain $125 ridemastermind.com | HERMES arpege dressage saddle $8,200 www.hermes.com intense shadows theburberry.com runway | MAJYK EQUIPE Estrella Sparkle Leather Tendon boots $180 majykequipe.com | PARLANTI Roma Miami Field Boots $1050 parlanti.com BURBERRY Cardiganran $1,120 KEP Italia endurance pearl white riding helmet $340 www.kepitalia.com | EQUESTRIESS ATELIER Derby Gloves $40 equestriess.com looks for Spring 2020.

SOCALI EQUESTRIAN Anatomical Leather Combination Stable and Grooming Halter $95 socali-eqeustrian.com Don’t get left behind.

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Style

Luxury never goes out of style

ROBERTO COIN Horse Ring $8500 niemanmarcus.com HERMES Galop Hermes ring, large model $10,400 hermes.com VINCENT PEACH Equestrian Knotted Necklace $12,825.00 vincentpeach.com URBAN EQUESTRIAN Caveletti 18ct gold or silver plated bracelet $199 urban-equestrian.com DAVID YURMAN Petite X Lariat Y Necklace with18K Yellow Gold $525.00 davidyurman.com KELLY HERD JEWELRY snaffle bit bracelet silver $250 kellyherdjewelry.com

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fashion

compiled by EQluxe And so it was that an audience of 100 guests— ferried to a gently rolling wheat field near Us (pronounced “oose”) in the French Vexin Regional Natural Park, about an hour outside Paris. Snaking through the wheat, a dramatic wood plank runway ran 600 meters long, a setup the designer said was meant to evoke authenticity as well as the brand’s more romantic side. During a preshow interview, Simon Porte Jacquemus said he wanted his collection to talk of love and celebration, “like a simple country wedding or a harvest festival.”

With everyone cocooning at home, he wanted to create something “bubble-like” to represent the moment. The collection L’Amour celebrates the strength of love and togetherness, even in times when people have to stay apart.

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All Images Courtesy of ©JACQUEMUS