The North American dressage community is in shock over news that international trainer-rider Michael Barisone is implicated in the shooting of client, Lauren Kanarek.

On August 8th, Barisone was charged with two counts of Attempted Murder, crimes of the first degree, and two counts of Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, crimes of the second degree.

The incident took place on August 7th at Barisone’s Hawthorne Hill dressage facility in Long Valley, New Jersey.

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