Welcome to The Plaidchat- an extension of The Plaidcast where we expand upon conversations in our sport and discuss the most recent issue of The Plaid Horse Magazine. Today, Piper speaks with one of the judges from the 2025 Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association National Championship in Mill Spring, North Carolina, Michael Tokaruk. Listen in and share with your friends!
- Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid Horse
- Guest: Michael Tokaruk is a top rider, trainer and judge who also runs a training and sales business, Tokaruk Show Stables, out of Tennessee and Wellington, Florida. Michael worked with top professionals such as Scott Stewart, Missy Clark, Bob Braswell and Anne Kursinski as a junior rider. Michael has multiple grand prix wins, international and national hunter derby wins to his credit along with continuing his professional education by working with professionals such as Chris Kappler, Andre Dignelli, Katie Monahan-Prudent, and Melanie Smith Taylor. Michael has judged at some of the most prestigious horse shows including the 2021 USET Talent Search Finals East, 2022 ASPCA Maclay Finals, Capital Challenge Horse Show, the 2024 Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter Finals- West Coast in Del Mar, California and will be judging the 2025 USEF Medal Finals at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show.
- Read the May/June Issue of The Plaid Horse Magazine
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