The Rein

Feature Interview

Across the Water

  • Interview and photographs by Marvin Hilton
  • Issue 00, Fall 2026
Rider in a white shirt and beige breeches sitting on a paddock fence beside a chestnut horse at sunset

Rachel McMullen packed up a life on the American circuit and moved to the Netherlands to ride professionally. In our first feature interview, Rachel talks about the decision to leave, what starting over in a new country really takes, and where the move is leading.

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In Issue 00, free to read online

Close-up of a bay horse's bridle and bit in the arena Rider dressed in black on a grey horse, walking toward the camera in an indoor arena

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