2013 North American Stallion Testing Pronounces Winner During Epic Storm, Top-American-bred Gallant’s Reflection HU Named Reserve Champion
Thursday, December 19 2013
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma —The 2013 North American Stallion Testing will go down in the record books as one of the largest, and most challenging, since Silver Creek Farms began hosting and producing the event seven years ago at their top-notch facility outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma. A collection of stallions bred in Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Canada and the United States were trained, tested and judged by a panel during their stay in the Sooner State. The winner of the 70-Day Test, Canadian-bred Fabian DSF (Freestyle x Hierarch), claimed top honors with exceptional marks for rideability
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USEF Awards $264,500 in Land Rover Competition and Training Grants to 2013 Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team
Thursday, December 19 2013
Lexington, Ky. - In 2013, Land Rover, the official automotive partner of the USEF, continued its unfailing support of the U.S.
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Local Charities Biggest Winners At Dec.19-20 Piaget World Snow Polo Championship At Wagner Park
Thursday, December 19 2013
Snow Polo returns to downtown Aspen. ASPEN, COLO.–Dec.
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Warm Ups and Cool Downs in Cold Weather
Wednesday, December 18 2013
Winter rides can be fun – with the proper tack and clothing, you and your horse can enjoy dashing through the snow. It’s important to take precautions to warm up and cool down your horse properly, though, especially in the cold weather
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Do You Talk to Your Horse ? “HeartMind Speak” Part I
Tuesday, December 17 2013
Horse-Human Communication For years I would ask people if they talked to their horses and if they heard what their horses said to them. I think this was a way to find out if there were other people out there who always heard the “little voices in their heads”. Come on all your closet ‘horse whispers” admit you talk to your horse all the time. You can tell alot about a trainer and your barn if you just listen to the dialogue going on
- Published in Between the Ears, Z-Blogs
Stoneleigh-Burnham School Equestrian Facility Receives Prestigious British Horse Society Approval
Tuesday, December 17 2013
Greenfield, MA – November 19, 2013: The Equestrian Center at the Stoneleigh-Burnham School has been certified as a British Horse Society-approved Livery Yard, Riding School and Facility, making it the first and only secondary school equestrian facility in the United States to achieve this prestigious status. This recognition comes on the heels of Stoneleigh-Burnham School this fall becoming the first and only U.S.
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Equestrian Sport Productions Holiday Festival I Wrap-Up, December 13-15, 2013 : Alexander Zetterman and Cafino Win $25,000 Holiday I Grand Prix
Tuesday, December 17 2013
Wellington, FL – December 16, 2013 – Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) hosted its Holiday Festival I competition at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL, this weekend on December 13-15, 2013. Just weeks away from the start of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), many international exhibitors have arrived early in Wellington to get their horses ready for the highly competitive circuit.
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USET Foundation Celebrates 10th Year Anniversary
Tuesday, December 17 2013
Gladstone, NJ – December 16, 2013 - As 2013 comes to close, the United States Equestrian Team Foundation reaches its 10th Anniversary. Thanks to the generous dedication of trustees, donors and staff, the USET Foundation has supported the U.S.
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United States Olympian and Paralympian Association Donates $1,000 to the Jonathan Wentz Memorial Scholarship Fund
Tuesday, December 17 2013
Richardson, Texas – December 15, 2013 – In November 2013, the United States Olympian and Paralympian Association, Southwest Chapter, donated $1,000 to the United States Para-Equestrian Association’s Jonathan Wentz Memoria Scholarship Fund. The large check was presented by 1984 Olympian Joan Hansen and 2002 Paralympian Gold Medal Sled Hockey Team and Marine Pat Sapp
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Abaco Barb
Monday, December 16 2013
Have you ever heard of the Abaco Barb? Although only recognized relatively recently, the Abaco Barb’s origins reach back to the 1500s and the Spanish explorers.
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