The EQUITANA Business awards are judged by a panel of 3 independent judges.
emily purvis
Emily Purvis is the Founder and Principal of PURE Equine Law. Growing up in an equestrian family, Emily’s love for horses started at an early age. In 2021, she combined her passion for horse riding and practising law to establish a firm that specialises in providing legal services to the equine industry.
PURE Equine Law supports horse related businesses and individuals across Australia. Emily is also dedicated to providing the equestrian community with relevant legal information and preventing disputes by making contracts more accessible. See www.pureequine.com.au or follow PURE Equine Law on Facebook for more.
DR SABINE WARE
Dr. Sabine is an Equine Rehabilitation Veterinarian and business owner, based in Seymour Victoria.
Dr. Sabine graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2011, and has since completed her Rehabilitation Practitioner Certification (CERP) through the University of Tennessee, and further studies in Equine Dentistry and Podiatry.
She has been running her own equine business now for over 7 years, but has been involved in business since childhood. Sabine has multiple facets of experience in the Equine industry and enjoys the challenge of keeping up with what it is that makes customers and owners tick. Her current business is Equine HSD – Health, Spine & Dentistry.
Kylie Christian
Kylie Christian is an elite Para Dressage rider from Australia – and one of an estimated 10 million people living with Parkinson’s Disease world wide.
Whether she is training to compete on the International stage, promoting the sport of Para Dressage, or speaking out in support of research to find better treatments and a cure for Parkinson’s, she’s passionate about what she does.
Kylies been riding since she can remember. After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2021, she refocused her riding towards Para Dressage. Since then Kylie has been named on the ‘Generation Next’ High Performance Australian Institute of Sport Squad, she holds a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport, She also achieved an FEI Grade IV Para Dressage World ranking of 21, rode her way to be Australian Champion Grade IV Para Dressage rider, Currently holds the Victorian Champion together with her horse, the very successful Bellaire Cannavaro, and was Long Listed for the Paris 2024 Paralympics. She has just returned from the UK and Europe where she spent 3 months training and competing gaining valuable international competition experience with her new horse Ivan Carlos, who is currently in the process of joining Kylie in Australia to continue the dream of selection for the 2028 LA Para Olympics.
