Down the aisleway of Peter Wylde’s stalls at HITS Saugerties (N.Y.), I found Mandee Scalice setting grain with her helmet on.

Just before getting on her 16-year-old warmblood mare Anatalia 6, Scalice is scooping grain to maximize the few minutes of spare time she has; she has just enough for a quick ride before the next of Wylde’s horses has to be at the ring. While the barn is being packed up in advance of a return to Wylde’s base at Mullenders & Wylde Horses, LLC, at Winley Farm in Millbrook, N.Y., Wylde has horses showing in classes past 7:00 p.m.