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The Very Best.

The Legacy Fund

Excellence,
passed down.

The Legacy Fund pays for advisory sessions — and the events and programs that grow leaders — for young people in the western performance horse industry. The ones with the will, but not yet the means.

Give to the Fund Get on the List
Melanie Smith, founder of Solo Select Advisory
A Note From Mel

If I’d had this at twenty, everything moves faster.

At twenty I had the will. I worked for every scrap of knowledge I could get — hauled, bred, bought, sold, and paid for every lesson the hard way, in years.

If I’d had one hour across the table from the people on this roster back then, my professional career would have taken more efficient steps. Not easier ones — straighter ones. Someone to say: buy this mare, not that one. Don’t sign that. Here’s the order to build it in. The information existed; I just couldn’t reach it.

That’s what we’re here for. The Legacy Fund puts young people with the will — but not yet the means — in the room where that information lives. If that’s you, get on the list. If you know that kid, put their name forward. And if the industry has already been good to you, help us hold the door open behind us.

Melanie Smith
Founder, Solo Select Advisory
What It Is

The fund’s three pillars.

Who It Serves

Young people building careers in the western performance horse industry who have the work ethic, the talent, and the ambition — but not the budget for elite-level counsel. The fund pays for their one-on-one advisory sessions in full, and may also fund events and other programs that help develop and lead that group.

How It’s Funded

100% of every donation goes into the fund, alongside a 10% allocation from every standard advisory session fee. Solo Select Advisory absorbs all administrative and marketing overhead — every dollar you give reaches a scholarship session.

Who Decides

Our world-class advisors govern the fund directly and hand-select each class of recipients from the applications — the same judgment our clients pay for, applied to choosing who’s next.

A Brand New Program

How recipients are chosen.

The Legacy Fund is just opening its doors. Applications will open twice a year, and each class of recipients is selected by application. For now, the list is where it starts.

01 — Get on the List

Add your name below — or nominate someone who deserves it. The list is the only way to hear about application windows before they open.

02 — Apply

Twice a year we email everyone on the list the application: who you are, where you’re headed, and what an hour with the right advisor would change.

03 — Sit Down

Our advisors hand-select each class of recipients. If you’re chosen, your sessions are fully funded — you bring the questions, the fund covers the rest.

Mares and foals in a green pasture at sunset on the Solo Select ranch
Why It Matters

The next generation is already in the pasture.

Every spring the ground fills up with foals that will outrun everything that came before them. The Legacy Fund makes sure the young horsemen and horsewomen coming up alongside them are ready.

Get on the List

Your seat starts here.

Join the list and we’ll send you everything you need to apply when the next window opens — or put forward someone you believe in, and we’ll let them know.

Another Way to Give

Know exactly who needs this?

If there’s a specific person in your life who needs an hour with a world-class advisor — a trainer, a kid, a friend building something — you don’t have to wait for an application window. Gift them a session directly.

Gift a Session