Tania Evans has a broad knowledge of horses based on 50 years of real world experience as well as significant exposure to the industry's top players and riders as a competitor, trainer and journalist. She has created a network of industry experts. Having written award-winning articles about equine philanthropists, medical breakthroughs, equine art and more, she can depend on her research skills to support her appraisal conclusions - and so can you.
Tania Evans, owner of REA, has written award-winning equine articles for international and national magazines for over 40 years.
Riding for the whole family.
It has been a lifetime of riding for Tania. She had a pony of her own that she rode bareback, named Dutch. She often splashed into Lake Michigan on summer days. Dutch, for chocolate, stood in the water, bracing slightly against the current while Tania stood on his back and dove into the next big wave. He was the kindest horse! He let her swim between his legs, crawl again up onto his sturdy back and dive once more. Was he perfect? No. At night, sometimes, he would escape and walk to a nearby orchard to eat apples. She would get a stern call in the morning, "Come get your pony." Sometimes, he walked in the night over several miles to a pasture he knew where work horses, Belgians, lived. Someone would drive her out there to get him. She rode Dutch back into town. It was a long ride. They ended up down at the Empire beach for a swim.
Tania's mother and her siblings had ponies. As kids they loved the Peter Rabbit stories and named the ponies after the rabbits - Topsy, Mopsy and so on. Tania's grandfather Peter and her great-grandfather Peter ran logging camps on the Manitou Islands in Lake Michigan. Both Peters were the amateur farriers and vets for the 350 head of horses that pulled the logs out of the winter woods on skid wagons.
See 2009 Interview in Great Lakes Horse Sports for a detailed discussion with REA owner Tania Evans of appraisals and consulting.
Use the above form or:
riverbendfarm@comcast.net or 734-904-3106
Qualifications
Qualified Expert Witness
Litigation Support
Senior Appraiser (only 30 in the US) based on equine experience, advanced education and over 1,000 hours of appraisal practice; Member: American Society of Equine Appraisers
State and federal court appearances as expert witness 2012-current;
Litigation Support;
Reviews of appraisal reports for quality of accuracy and logic;
30 years in management of a competitive sport horse barn. Trained/competed OTTBs, warmbloods, QH-crosses, grades. Areas: eventing, foxhunting, polo; buying/selling, consulting, rehabilitating, coaching, mentoring; breeding.
Riding skills: advanced eventer, 3-star experience; rated polo player; foxhunter; jumpers to Level 3; dressage to 2nd level.
Photojournalism: 40 years in photojournalism.
Professional member:
National Press Photographers' Association;
American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Event PHOTOGRAPHY - RIVERBEND PHOTO
Education, Traditional:
Masters in Linguistics, University of Michigan;
Bachelors, Literature, University of Michigan;
AAS Photography and Digital Design, 2005
CELTA certified - English as a Second Language instructor, 2015
by Cambridge University, London
National Geographic ESL worskhop 2015-18; MITESOL 2015-18
Adjunct Lecturer in English, City University of New York, Manhattan
Educational updates in horses, photography, teaching:
Future/Young Event Horse USEA 3-day seminar, Ocala, 2015;
Vet Teaching Hospital, Michigan State U Lecture series, 2010-15;
Photo Workshops in Santa Fe Photo, Maine Photo; Advanced Techniques, 2013-16; Writing-U Berkeley; Writing-New School NYC;
Northern Short Course, Photojournalism NPPA;
US Polo Association Rules, 4-day course, 2007
Equestrian coach; soccer coach, mentor 1980-2015
Memberships
EQUINE
American Association of Equine Appraisers since 2003;
Equine Welfare Committee, US Polo AssocIation 2012-current
Member, Club de Polo, Casa de Campo, DR (rated player)
Vice President (former), Detroit Polo Club 2008
Member, Women’s International Polo Committee 2008, USPA.
United States Equestrian Federation, United States Eventing Association 1980-current
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
National Press Photographers Association ;
American Association of Journalists and Authors;
University of Michigan Alumni Association;
MITESOL (English as a 2nd Language)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Stewardship Committee, Legacy Land Conservancy 2014-current; Photo-Monitor of Legacy Properties, 2009-current
Board member, And Arbor Trout Unlimited 2019-current
Washtenaw Literacy-ESL tutor
Coach - soccer and equestrian