Natalie Voss, who served as editor-in-chief of thoroughbred racing’s Paulick Report, is now the U.S Equestrian Federation’s director of corporate communications.
She started with the Paulick Report as an intern in 2009 while completing her equine science degree at the University of Kentucky. A member of the publication’s weekend editorial team in late 2012, she moved to full-time news writing in January 2013. Since then, she has served as features editor and became editor-in-chief five years ago.
The winner of three Eclipse Awards and two Eclipse honorable mentions has a resume that also includes the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s Charles W. Engelhard Award. She is known as an investigative journalist who focuses on horse and human welfare.
Natalie, who enjoys riding her off-the-track thoroughbred named Underscore when she’s away from her computer, said about racing in her farewell piece for the Paulick Report, “I want to be clear: it’s the industry I’ve lost faith in, not the sport.”
But as one who has catalogued racing’s many troubles, she felt moving to USEF seemed an obvious choice.
“The sport horse world has been watching racing’s struggles with its social license to operate these last few years and has been quietly taking notes,” she said in her farewell article.
“I believe they’re committed to building a better future for horses and participants, and I’m looking forward to helping them communicate that to their members and to the public.”