Meghan Laffin

Favourite things: Meghan Laffin

by Sharon Howe | Sep 5, 2025 | Favourite Things

Who would be your dream horse to ride?

I’d like to teleport into Debbie McDonald riding Brentina during her 2005 Freestyle in Las Vegas as the crowd goes wild!

Coffee shop order?

Hot coffee, dark roast, whole milk, and no sweetener. No messing around haha!

Juan De Dios Ramirez Garcia

Beside dressage, what is another discipline that you would like try?

Eventing

Most memorable moment?

Deciding to quit my job at CBS News to go work on a horse farm

Favourite food?

Greek

Your equestrian hero?

I’m a total fan girl of Lendon Gray. Talk about being part of a solution instead of a problem. I don’t know her personally at all, and never had the pleasure of being in D4K or the WIT programs she runs -- but I’ve attended nearly every educational seminar she’s put on in Wellington. She is so clearly on a mission for inclusion and education, and I find it insanely inspiring. Her reach is so massive, she has a program or scholarship for everyone. If I can help people in a fraction of the way she has, I’ll be thrilled.

Ehren Volk dressage rider

Most treasured item?

A heart necklace from my Great Grandma Carla

Burghley Horse Trials

Product that you can’t live without?

Platinum Renew

Three of your favourite dressage items?

Bridle2Fit bridles, ceecoaches (idk how jumpers live without them), and a sheepskin LeMieux girth.

If you could have five people for dinner, who would they be?

My Great Grandma Carla, Julia Roberts, Cody Johnson, Tina Fey, and Dax Shepard.