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Fly First Class with Horseflight

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January 28, 2026

By SARA CAVANAGH

“Horseflight was founded on the idea that we could provide a personalized experience for every client, differentiating us from the competition.

Our clients are an extension of our team, and we treat their horses as if they are our own,” stated Emil Spadone (owner) when he was asked why someone would choose to transport their horse with Horseflight.

Emil, along with co-owner Seth Vallhonrat, have over 50 years of combined experience importing and exporting horses.

They established Horseflight with a solid understanding of the transport industry and knew exactly where they wanted to improve the process for their clients.

From left to right - Devon Kaminsky, Seth Vallhonrat, Natasha Williams, Emil Spadone, Nicole Judd, Maria RodriguezA competent team is one of the key aspects necessary to maintain a smooth operation.

Each employee at Horseflight has years of equine experience.

Areas of expertise range from professional riders, grooms, barn managers, trainers, and ground shippers, so clients can rest easy, knowing that their horse is being handled by seasoned horsemen.

In addition to professional experience, Horseflight employees have also earned degrees in business management, equine science, and equine business management, guaranteeing that the administrative side of the travel process runs efficiently.

It is Horseflight’s motto that when you fly with them, you Fly First Class.

Each and every aspect of the transportation process is fully customizable, aiming to create a safe, easy process for both horse and customer.

So, when you are ready to transport your horse, just pick up the phone and call +1-844-832-5848.

Horseflight will handle the rest.

A Very Active Story from Active Riding Trips

Details: April 4, 2025; By Staff Writers

At 37% growth, online travel sales in 2003 were becoming a leading resource for researching trips, just as U.S. President George W. Bush, proclaiming August 26 as Women’s Equality Day declared, “Women’s accomplishments have made America better and stronger.”

Riding 3 Stacey AdamsIt was perfect timing for an equestrienne entrepreneur to approach to a very tall wall and throw her heart over with trust that the rest would follow.

That’s when Hudson Valley, New York horsewoman Stacey Adams, 36, took the reins to a woman-founded agency called Active Riding Trips and dedicated herself to offering the best slow travel and eco-friendly adventures in the world, from the best possible perspective: Between a horse’s ears.

“I was recruited from a Fortune 200 company to work in travel," said Adams. "That became the springboard to my business, partnering with operators I’d come to know and love. When the founder of a privately owned travel company retired, it was the perfect time to give it a go and people reached out to encourage me.”

Riding 2 Now she adds, “Social media has been a total game changer. We Zoom or WhatsApp clients, share live feed videos, share our horses and wanderlust.”

Active Riding Trips began with 73 domestic and international riding trips.

Today it is a premier provider of more than a hundred curated equestrian experiential vacations to nearly two-dozen countries, including new horseback riding experiences, from the luxurious to the gritty, in Australia.

On June 4, Active Riding Trips is among the showcased prizes for TV game show classic, The Price Is Right.

It has also appeared in Forbes, and on Active Travel Adventures with Kit Parks, and Horses in the Morning.

Riding q The desire to travel slower and better (78% of travelers want trips that support local communities) has led Active Riding Trips to work with hosts like True Ranch Collection, whose properties rank #2 and #8 on the 2025 USA TODAY list of the ten best dude ranches in America, and where Old West pop-up ranch experiences drive proceeds for preserving ranches on the National Register of Historic Places.

“ Riding 4 Equestrians,” says Stacey, “are an amazing community.”

Clearing – fault-free - the lofty bars of expectation horse lovers are wont to set differentiates Active Riding Trips from other travel businesses.

To Stacey, it is “essential” to personally inspect (and re-inspect) every trip location to assure that the highest standards in amenities, services, and comfort are met. “And we stand by that.”

Riding 5 Visit activeridingtrips.com and sign up for the newsletter.