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Tamara Tucker
Tamara Tucker serves Equine Sports Council as Secretary of the Board and Legal Advisor. Tammy practices law in Virginia and South Carolina in the areas of business litigation, insurance defense, equine law, and appellate law. She attended Mary Washington College where she rode on the varsity Equestrian Team. Tammy then went on to law school at the University of South Carolina, graduating in 1994. She regularly represents clients in state and federal courts as well as in arbitration and administrative settings. She is rated AV® Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. Tammy and her husband, Bill, live on a small farm outside Charlottesville, Virginia with their three horses, cats, and two Bernese Mountain…
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ESC Formation in 2019
PALMETTO, FLA – To address a growing demand for specialized governance outside international Olympic structures, breed enthusiasts came together in 2019 to incorporate the Equine Sports Council as an Alabama-registered not-for-profit. The organization provides a tailored sanctioning network for the trotting breed industry, tap-dancing into a broader U.S. equestrian landscape where more than 1 million competitors are governed by non-NGB organizations. The council finalized its initial rulebooks and regulatory guidelines in 2020, officially welcoming its first cohort of sanctioned horse shows. [1, 2, 3]
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Shane Darnell
Shane has been involved in the show horse industry for over 40 years, showing under the direction of Taylor River Farm for the last 15 years, he’s achieved numerous Amateur World Titles in the Western, Hunt and English Pleasure divisions. Shane also served on the board for the American Morgan Horse Education Charitable Trust. In 2019, he recognized the need for an alternative non-Olympic horse show sanctioning organization and co-founded Equine Sports Council with Jackie Hale. Shane Darnell, PMP, ITIL, has a Bachelor of Science degree from DeVry University and is a recognized transformational leader in information technology, having consulted with IBM, Mobil Oil, and Mitt Romney for President. Shane has also led…
