Judges of the Southeastern Thoroughbred Showcase

Meet the Judges of the Southeastern Thoroughbred Showcase

We have enlisted several Thoroughbred enthusiasts who are well respected in their disciplines to join us as our panel of judges. 

Southeastern Thoroughbred Showcase Hunter Judge Kathleen Stamps OTTB Equitation Show Jumpers

Kathleen Stamps - Hunters, Equitation, Jumpers

Kathleen Stamps has been a USEF "R" judge for over 10 years and is certified in hunters, equitation, jumpers, and hunter breeding.  Based out of Oxford, GA, she has judged competitions from the local level to AA-rated shows, including Sport Horse Nationals, NCEA, IHSA, and IEA competitions.  

Barbara Kirschner Hunter and Equitation judge Southeastern Thoroughbred Showcase OTTB

Barbara Kirchner Magrogan- Hunters, Equitation, Jumpers

Leonardtown, MD – Aiken, SC

Member: USEF, MHSA, WPCSA

Began her judging career in 1971 apprenticing under Edna Lytle and the late Bruce Fales. She has judged just about every breed, but her favorites being the TB and Welsh breeds at this point in her career. She has judged English, Western, Hunters, Jumpers, Pleasure, Equitation and 100-mile competitive trail rides in VT & FL. She has been active with Pony Club to include coaching winning pony club teams and judging regional events. Barbara conducts clinics for hunters, equitation and show prep when not judging or photographing events. For two years in a row she has judged the Totally TB Show at the Pimlico Race Course and has been invited to judge it again in 2018 along with Rodney Jenkins.

Ann Genovese Thoroughbred Dressage Judge Southeastern Thoroughbred Showcase SETBS

Ann Genovese - Dressage

 Ann Genovese has been director of The Good Horseman Foundation since its inception in 1995 and organizes five or six USDF/USEF-recognized shows a year.  Through GHF she has hosted five USDF L programs for judge education, several programs of continued education for L Graduates and has organized many  of USDF Instructor Certification programs and final exams. She is a former journalist, retired after 18 years, the last 11 at The Atlanta Journal Editorial Department. She has held her USEF dressage judge’s license for more than 35 years and teaches and trains dressage horses at Little Creek Farm in Decatur, GA. 

Leslie Olsen Dressage Judge Southeastern Thoroughbred Showcase April 2018 Conyers Georgia

Leslie Olsen - Dressage

Leslie O'Neal Olsen is a USEF 'R' dressage judge, a USDF bronze and silver medalist, and a trainer, instructor and clinician through Grand Prix. She has studied classical dressage for 40 years. In 2007, she created the DVD "RIDE: Five Simple Steps for Secure, Solid Success". 

Southeastern Thoroughbred Showcase Freestyle Judging

Freestyle

This class will be judged by a panel of Ann Genovese, Kathleen Stamps and Barbara Kirschner.