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PROFILE 82 M AY/J U N E 2 017 U N TAC K E D comfort zone and up into higher levels of jumping. It's great!" e club hosts outside clinicians from Europe and also schools race horses. Hacks are often on the beach. "Holly and I are both experienced horsewomen, and we love to compete," says Taylor. "Having a strong connection with a happy, healthy horse is an essential part of daily life, and it's so important to both of us. Riding makes us whole and makes us better people. We both got new horses last year, imported by boat, and I've been so grateful to have Holly here to share this unique horse experience." e city has numerous riding clubs, and the environment is surprisingly formal, with white breeches, collared shirts and proper competition jackets required—a bit of a trial considering the dust and heat. "Competition is tough, though the focus is not on equitation," Taylor says. "Courses can be extremely challenging and technical. Sometimes I wonder how people get around the course in one piece." just started doing the adult jumpers with her. I really love her." Two years ago she bred Dutch Warm- blood Moo Moo (Alla' Czar—Karin) to Vigo D'Arsouilles, the individual show jumping gold medalist at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (Ky.). She named the foal Praia. Praia and Kaz, Hol- ly's horse in Africa, share the same grand- sire, Nabab De Reve. "It wasn't planned, but I think it is such a fun coincidence," Holly says. Holly also has a third homebred, a 3–year-old Belgian Warmblood named Odessa by 2012 Rolex FEI Show Jump- Holly White has foxhunted alongside her mother, Heidi White, since she was 7. NO PLACE LIKE HOME ough she's carved out a life of pur- pose and horses in Africa, Holly's heart is back in the Hudson Valley. Well, her heart and her homebred "babies." Czelda Fitzgerald, or "Moo Moo" (because her sister Heather thought she looked like a cow when she was born due to her large blaze), is a homebred. "She will be 13 this year, and it's a little sensitive," Holly jokes. "My little girl is getting older. I just love her to death. She is such a great mare. I fox- hunted her; I trail ride her; she did the amateur-owner hunters with me, and I When on her leave from her job with the United Nations in Africa, Holly White makes a point to show her homebred, Czelda Fitzgerald. SHAWN MCMILLEN PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO PHOTO COURTESY HOLLY WHITE

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