With horses in her blood and a lifelong dedication to the sport, Stephanie Pair Kavitz brings a rare combination of instinct, international experience, and heart to her training program. Raised by a mother who was a trainer and a father who worked as a farrier, Stephanie’s foundation in horsemanship began early. She started showing at just seven years old and was galloping three-year-old Thoroughbred stallions for the track by age ten. “When I was a kid, I was pretty fearless,” she says—and that fearless drive has never left her.

At seventeen, Stephanie earned a working student position with Isabelle Judet, the former Chef d’Équipe of the French Olympic Dressage Team. Her time in France was formative; she also trained in jumping under Bernard Scottsman, and immersed herself in the European horse world while earning a business degree.

Though she traveled frequently back to the U.S. to help on her family’s farm, she spent four transformative years abroad, returning only because she wanted to continue her journey with her own horse by her side.

Back in the States, Stephanie worked in New York and took in a horse others had given up on—one marked for slaughter due to a suspected injury. With compassion and determination, she rehabilitated him and eventually competed him through Intermediaire I. That horse, once thought to have no future, now enjoys a well-earned retirement at 30 years old.