SEE On the Horse Show Podcast

SEE leadership team member Catherine Reddick had the privilege of sitting down with veteran equestrian commentator Chris Stafford from Women in Sports Podcast (WISP) for an episode of the long-running podcast The Horse Show about SEE.

Life-long horsewoman and eventer, Catherine Reddick, is part of the leadership team for a new organization that was established to create equitable opportunities for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) in the horse world. Strides for Equality (SEE) was founded by a group of women in 2020 to address access and opportunities in a sport that traditionally in some countries is perceived as elite and expensive. SEE has already built a network of partnerships and created a scholarship and grant program, which will open the barn door to BIPOC people. Education will play a key role by explaining anti-racism; promoting informed allyship; supports organizational diversity, equity, and inclusion work. SEE celebrates the history of BIPOC equestrians and elevates the visibility of BIPOC equestrians today.

“The perception that horse sports and equestrianism has not been home to a great deal of ethnic and racial diversity is not entirely true. And one of the places that we started was in trying to engage people and educate them about the un-whitewashed history of horse sports. And here in the United States, there is really a very long history of excellence in equestrianism by Native Americans, by Hispanics folks, by Black equestrians, and these are stories that haven’t been told. And so I think we see that as a key part of our mission joining other groups like Black Equestrians, Equestrians of Color, that have sprouted up in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the groundswell and the movement for Black Lives to educate folks about this history and the stories that have gone untold for so long. And then also to educate people about the anti-racism work that we need to do to actually make the sport more inclusive.”