Victory in $75,000 Fidelity Investments® Grand Prix Goes to Candice King and Kismet 50 at The Jumper Classic®
Monday, August 13 2012
Leslie Howard and Lennox Lewis 2 Win $15,000 Equine Insurance Speed Stake Presented by Great American Insurance Group Hampton Falls, NH – August 12, 2012 – More than 5,000 spectators came to watch the final day of The Jumper Classic®, presented by Fidelity Investments® and Audi of America. Held at the Silver Oak Equestrian Center, The Jumper Classic had their two final highlight classes of the week. In the $75,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix, Candice King and Mark Bellissimo’s Kismet 50 took first place
- Published in General, Show World, Z-Blogs
Spend “A Day in the Country” at the $50,000 Chicago Hunter Derby presented by CN
Monday, August 13 2012
Taken & Erynn Ballard by Wendie Aull The discipline of hunters is deeply rooted in tradition, and when the USHJA High Performance Hunter Committee developed the International Hunter Derby, their goal was to bring that tradition and the art of horsemanship back to the show ring. One event that captures the essence of the class is the $50,000 Chicago Hunter Derby (CHD) presented by CN
- Published in General, Show World, Z-Blogs
Warm Weather and Hot Competition Take Over the Blenheim Summer Classic
Monday, August 13 2012
Eduardo Menezes (BRA) guides the eight-year-old Caruschka to the only double clear effort of the day . Photos © CapturedMomentPhoto.com “We have a lot of young jumpers moving up today so it will be a unique class,” course designer Jack Robson noted as competitors began to warm up for the $25,000 Blenheim Summer Classic Grand Prix, presented by Royal Champion. Twenty-five horse and rider combinations attempted Robson’s track, but only three were able to leave all of the sixteen efforts untouched.
- Published in General, Show World, Z-Blogs
Doesn’t look big.
Monday, August 13 2012
We hear it all the time: ”The Grand Prix doesn’t look big.
- Published in General, In the Irons, Z-Blogs
Tracy Magness and Tarco Van Ter Moude Triumph in $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix
Monday, August 13 2012
East Dorset, Vermont – Tracy Magness, of Hughesville, MD, rode M/M John Bartko’s Tarco Van Ter Moude to victory in the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix, on Saturday, August 11, at the 2012 Vermont Summer Festival.
- Published in General, Show World, Z-Blogs
Colin Syquia and Don Pedro Triumph in $15,000 Oughton Limited NEHJA Hunter Derby
Sunday, August 12 2012
East Dorset, Vermont – Colin Syquia, of Ancramdale, NY, rode Perrin Martin’s Don Pedro to victory in the $15,000 3’3” NEHJA Hunter Derby, sponsored by Oughton Limited, on Thursday, August 9, at the 2012 Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. The six-week competition began on July 4 and continues through August 12 at Harold Beebe Farm
- Published in General, Show World, Z-Blogs
Grand Pony Hunter Championship Title Goes to Madeline Schaefer and Hi Lite at 2012 US Pony Finals
Sunday, August 12 2012
Madeline Schaefer and Hi Lite win the Grand Pony Hunter Championship at 2012 US Pony Finals. Photo By: Ashley N
- Published in General, Show World, Z-Blogs
Keely Laughlin and Larger Than Life Win Individual National Pony Jumper Championship at 2012 US Pony Finals
Sunday, August 12 2012
Keely Laughlin and Larger Than Life set a blazing fast time during the US National Pony Jumper Championships at the 2012 US Pony Finals.
- Published in General, Show World, Z-Blogs
A Look at Del Mar Race Track
Sunday, August 12 2012
Holly Hugo-Vidal, who writes the “West Side Story” column for Sidelines Magazine, recently visited Del Mar Race Track and did a great photo journal of her “Day at the Races.” Holly captured part of the giant mural in the lobby of the Del Mar Race Track (can you spot any celebrities?) and then went to the stable area where she spotted a lone washing machine that is responsible for lots and lots of laundry! “I love the washing machine,” Holly said! She also discovered the best way to dry bandages if it’s a sunny California day! Photos by Holly Hugo-Vidal. Part of the mural in the lobby at the Del Mar Race Track. Del Mar Race Track shows off its California style with a multitude of palm trees Best thing to do on a sunny California day
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs
Pony Tails: Pony Finals Day 5
Saturday, August 11 2012
By the Sidelines Mystery Bloggers! Photos by Emily Allongo All the Pony Finals winners are smiling big! Pony Finals day five was Small Pony jumping and Large hack and model. The Small Ponies were mostly chips and spooks but not many stops.
- Published in General, Show World, Z-Blogs