Who’s Your Daddy?
Monday, October 31 2011
by Editor
The Who’s Your (Horse’s) Daddy Contest , sponsored by Omega Fields The art of breeding depends on many things; bloodlines of the mare, bloodlines of the sire, performance, conformation, markings, the list goes on and on! And successfully breeding and raising that next big star requires knowledge, a good plan, and a whole lot of patience! For those of you who have been lucky (or crazy) enough to dip your toe into the deep pool of sporthorse breeding, our hat’s off to you. In honor of Sidelines Magazine ’s upcoming breeding focus issue, and also just for fun, we’ve partnered with Omega Fields to present a contest that asks foals and their humans, “who’s your daddy?” We’re looking for that foal who is the mirror image of his daddy. Markings, attitude, confirmation. We know being a lookalike isn’t necessarily a foal’s golden ticket to success in life, but it sure is fun to find the sires that really “stamp” their offspring. We want to see the best lookalike picture of your foal AND his sire. We’ll put them side-by-side, and let you vote for the foal who looks the most like his daddy.
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs
Introducing the First Edition of West Coast Show Jumping 2011
Monday, October 31 2011
by Editor
Like nothing the West Coast’s ever seen.
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs
Tagged under:
adrotate, dressage-dances, history, jumping-team, laurengallops, november-2010, september-2010, sidelines, upward-archives
Always Playing With My Family
Monday, October 31 2011
by Editor
Writing this may be the hardest and most gratifying thing I ever do. While my heart aches with loss, I am overwhelmed with the compulsion to tell the story of a woman who played a million chukkers of polo in … [Read more]
- Published in Weekly Feature
Market For Lemons
Wednesday, October 26 2011
by Website Editor
WITH ONE SIMPLE RULE CHANGE, THE USEF COULD DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE HORSE INDUSTRY. Here’s How: “The Market for Lemons: Quality Uncertainty and The Market Mechanism” is a paper written in 1970 by economist George Akerlof about the used car market. It sounds like another boring paper that no one but the heavy breathers could stay awake for. But it won the Nobel Prize for the author, because of its widespread application for the real world
- Published in Injecting Perspective, Z-Blogs
Testimonials
Monday, October 24 2011
by Website Editor
Here are some of our subscription readers’ testimonials. You can add yours in the “Speak your mind” section at the bottom of this page.
#35 Anne Walsh – 2011-10-24 10:20
The write up is perfect…thank you so much…my kid has … [Read more]
- Published in Announcements, General
The Equestrian Aid Foundation Announces the 2012 Sidelines Annual Equestrian Tetrathlon
Monday, October 24 2011
by Editor
Wellington, Fl – October 24, 2011 - The Equestrian Aid Foundation is pleased to announce the 2012 Sidelines Annual Equestrian Tetrathlon, Sunday, February 5, 2012. The second annual event will be held at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach, Florida to benefit the Equestrian Aid Foundation
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs
Eventers Make History At Pan American Games
Monday, October 24 2011
by Editor
For the first time in the history of eventing sport, all five American riders jumped double clear in their show jumping rounds of the team competition, as well as jumping five double clears the day prior on cross country, winning team gold on their dressage scores. The mounts of Buck Davidson, Michael Pollard, Hannah Burnett, Shannon Lilley and Lynn Symansky all passed the morning jog and advanced to show jumping. Led by Buck, they all jumped clear and within the time to retain their stronghold on the Team Gold Medal. It is safe to say that their performance was a feat that has never been accomplished before in the sport of eventing. The United States Equestrian Federation quoted Chef d’Equipe Mark Phillips as saying that, “Five people finishing on their dressage score – that’s never been done before in the history of our sport. I would like to give a really special congratulations to my team.” Canada held onto their 2nd placed position to secure Team Silver medal, and Brazil captured the Team Bronze. In the individual competition, which followed the team rounds about an hour later in the Olympic format (only the top three from each team were allowed to show jump for individual honors,) Buck Davidson led the U.S
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs
Tagged under:
chasin', dressage-dances, february-2011, history, injecting perspective, january-2010, september-2011, upward-archives
Cheaters
Sunday, October 23 2011
by Website Editor
“Once a horse figures out he can cheat you, it’s damn near impossible to get him to stop.” These words were spoken by a friend who trains western pleasure horses, talking about how one of his horses “cheats “ the rider in one direction, by contorting his body in a way that makes him more comfortable on that lead. He can tune the horse to go better with some basic dressage, but as soon as the client gets on the horse, it reverts immediately back to its more comfortable way of going, robbing the rider of a decent ribbon. I think the quote can be used in almost every corner of the horse world. Horses “cheat” us in any number of ways: stopping at jumps, not landing on both leads, refusing to load on trailers, the list is almost infinite. In some cases, the horse is just plain being naughty, and needs consistent discipline. In most cases though, I believe there is a consistent underlying cause. 0 Faults I don’t hear it as often as I used to, but some people talk about “one-sided” horses
- Published in Injecting Perspective, Z-Blogs
Tagged under:
cheaters, direct-democracy, injecting perspective, october-2011, on the line, on-the-line, riddle-equine, september-2011
Five Questions for David Blake
Friday, October 21 2011
by Editor
David Blake is in the enviable position of training and riding with Steffen and Shannon Peters on a daily basis since he operates his David Blake Dressage Training facility out of Arroyo Del Mar in San Diego, California, a world-class … [Read more]
- Published in Weekly Feature
Nine Things
Thursday, October 20 2011
by Website Editor
Festival in the Country The week before Fair Hill International CCI3* and 2* (October 13-16) was soggy, so much that fields were flooded and I rode strictly on the roads, foregoing hunting on Thursday because the footing was so slippery. Friday was overcast with intermittent showers as I donned my wellies and fleece and headed down to Fair Hill, Maryland to go walk the course. Between leaving the vendor tents and the far side of the course, clouds blew in with yet another rain shower; fortunately fleece is still warm and comfy even when wet. View of clouds and raindrops in the water at fence 22 for the 2* But glory be! Saturday began cold and as the morning progressed past 6 A.M., the sun rose and it turned into a perfect day spend in the country with blue sky, bright sunshine and magnificent foliage in yellows and crimson. It doesn’t get much better than that. Creature comforts The organizers of the event thoughtfully placed many, many trash barrels everywhere. You didn’t need to carry that empty drink bottle more than a few steps.
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archives, february-2011, houndwalking, jenny-flash, onward, upward, september-2010, september-2011, weather, young-entry