Summer 2015

CONTRIBUTORS
LAND MAGAZINE // LEGENDARY LIVING
BLOOD-HORSE MAGAZINE, founded in 1916, has blossomed into the Thoroughbred industry’s premier
international weekly news and information magazine and web site for racing and breeding. Coverage
includes race reporting, comprehensive analysis, events, trends, debate, farm management, pedigrees,
people, profiles, medication issues, investigative reports, breeding news and information, and anything
else that is newsworthy and important to the racing and breeding industry. www.BloodHorse.com
ANNE M. EBERHARDT is the Visuals Director for Blood-Horse and has been an equine photographer for 30
years. Her images have appeared in publications worldwide and can be seen regularly on BloodHorse.com
and in The Blood-Horse, The Horse and Keeneland magazine. She helped produce multiple Eclipse Awardwinning
longform pieces in 2014, along with one that earned the Wilbur Award for Digital Communications:
Multimeda. Anne is also a multiple winner of the American Horse Publications Annual Awards. She lives
near Lexington with her family.
CHRIS HAMMELL, AFM is a former Wine and Spirits Grower of the Year and makes his home with his
family at Bien Nacido Vineyards. Encouraged by vineyard industry icon, Nat DiBuduo, he completed his
Accreditation in 2012, finding the process to be both challenging and rewarding. He believes the continuing
education aspects to be invaluable in terms of keeping in-step with the ever-evolving world of American
agriculture. He is proud to be associated with the American Society of Farm Managers® (ASFMRA®). He
expects ASFMRA vineyard-based Accredited Farm Managers (AFM) to increase steadily in the coming
decade as discerning owners look for this seal of assurance in those whom they select to manage their
land and operations.
CHRIS KOPF has over 30 years of sales and marketing experience and is a top real estate agent in the
mountain town of Crested Butte, Colorado representing affluent clients who are buying and selling their
dream homes and ranch properties in the mountains. Chris is among the top 2% of the 87,000 Coldwell Banker
Sales Associates worldwide. Chris is an author, speaker and real estate agent coach. Chris has written The
Complete Guide to Buying Your Mountain Dream Home, and The Complete Guide to Selling Your Mountain
Dream Home. Chris is also the creator of the Resort Real Estate System for Success - How to Become a Top
Real Estate Agent in your Resort Market. www.ChrisKopf.com, and www. ResortRealEstateCoach.com,
Chris@ResortRealEstateCoach.com, (970) 209-5405.
MIKE MCDONNELL, ARA was raised in Arizona and worked on large cattle ranches in the Western U.S.
during his youth. He first came to Montana in 1989 to work as a cowboy. With a desire to advance in the
field of agriculture, Mike enrolled at Montana State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree
in Agricultural Business with an Agribusiness Management option and subsequently a Master’s Degree in
Animal and Range Science. After graduation, Mike was presented with the opportunity to enter the rural
appraisal profession. He began appraising agricultural properties for Northwest Farm Credit in the Billings
area and soon relocated to the Gallatin Valley. Mike comes to Hall and Hall with knowledge in rural real
estate and appraisal which has been acquired in a relatively diverse market area. Mike’s experience and
knowledge will continue to build Hall and Hall’s appraisal capability. He holds certified general appraisal
licenses in Montana and Idaho and is an accredited member of the American Society of Farm Managers
and Rural Appraisers.
GLENYE CAIN OAKFORD is a freelance writer and video journalist and the author of The Home Run Horse
and co-author of Champions and The Iroquois Hunt. Her awards include the 2012 audio/multimedia Eclipse
Award and the 1997 Bill Leggett Breeders’ Cup Writing Award. In 2009 she was a John H. Daniels Fellow at
the National Sporting Library, where her study focused on the mutual language that working pack hounds
and their huntsmen develop. A lifelong horsewoman, Oakford lives in Lexington, Ky., with her husband, two
horses, and three dogs.
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