Michele Davis Macfarlane
Michele Macfarlane (born 1948) is a horse trainer from the United States, who competes in the sport of saddle seat. She has been one of the leading trainers and riders in the sport for over 40 years. Macfarlane resides in San Diego, California and is Marshal at Scripps Miramar Ranch. Life and career. She was born in 1948 to Everett Conley Davis, and Ellen Browning Scripps Davis. Her father was a lawyer and the grandson of Paschal Conley and her mother the granddaughter of E.W. Scripps and niece of Ellen Browning Scripps. She grew up on her  family’s Scripps Miramar Ranch, near San Diego. When she was five her mother introduced her to the family horse riding tradition. Horses gave her hay fever, meaning she initially disliked working with them but came to appreciate her role around the age of ten when her mother bought a solid-colored Saddlebred and put her and the horse in training with Bill Rowan. Thanks to her mother’s love of both parades and pinto horses, she had the innovation of breeding spotted parade horses of Saddlebred bloodlines, eventually taking part in San Diego New Year's parade in 1962 . This became a tradition and the 129th Rose Parade in 2018 was Macfarlane and the Scripps Miramar Ranch’s 34th appearance In 1979 she bought Sky Watch whose legendary career earned him the title of Five-gaited Horse of the Century by American Saddlebred magazine. Early years. On May 26, 1985, Michele and Ellen Scripps Davis impressed the coaching division of the Devon Horse Show with their bay Hackney four. Professional career 1988–2018. 1988 1996 1998 2007 2009 2012 2013 Personal life. She is the great grand daughter of Paschal Conley meaning she is related to the legendary Jess "Longshot