A Right Turn Was a Sweet Choice For Shane Sweetnam in $30,000 Grand Traverse Bay Grand Prix
Tuesday, July 17 2012
Traverse City, Michigan – July 16, 2012 – As Shane Sweetnam walked into the ring aboard Spy Coast Farm LLC’s Little Emir for the jump-off of the $30,000 Grand Traverse Bay Grand Prix, he was weighing his options. With just two riders to follow him in the 17-horse jump-off, Sweetnam was figuring out his odds.
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It doesn’t get dark in Traverse City.
Tuesday, July 17 2012
Castlewood has traveled to a new venue for us: Traverse City, Michigan, home of Horse shows by the Bay. It took some 13 hours of driving for us to reach our second stop on our summer tour, but the journey has been well worth the trouble. From the layout of the facility, to the hotels, the food, entertainment, and a sun that seemingly never set, we have enjoyed the experience.
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Sidelines Magazine Supermodel Horse Contest
Tuesday, July 17 2012
Sponsored by Bridleway Equestrian USA, Two Socks Designs, Horseware Ireland and Absorbine (W.F. Young) The Search is on for Horse and Pony Supermodels! Win this bridle from Bridleway Equestrian USA in the Sidelines Magazine Supermodel Horse Contest The search is on for the next great Sidelines Magazine Horse or Pony Supermodel! Send us one photo (no professional photos please) of your stunning equine supermodel – for a chance to win great prizes and have your horse or pony featured in an upcoming issue of Sidelines Magazine! It’s easy to be a horse or pony supermodel – take a photo and upload it at the link on the Sidelines Magazine website: http://sidelinesnews.com/sidelines-contest-form In the drop down menu, chose Supermodel Horse Contest. In the essay portion, tell us your equine’s name, what’s “super” about them and why they are Supermodel material (besides their stunning good looks!) The Sidelines Magazine Supermodel Horse Contest will run July 15 – 30. A panel of judges, selected by Sidelines Magazine, will pick FIVE winners.
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Tied & True: Weber Breaks Record at 2012 CAIO Aachen and Shares the Win for the Prize of the Martello Immoblienmanagement
Tuesday, July 17 2012
Aachen, Germany (July 16, 2012) – The 2012 CAIO Aachen was a rollercoaster of ups and downs for US driver Chester Weber, who with a team of horses owned by himself and Jane Forbes Clark is competing on the European tour this summer with his sights set on the World Championships in Reisenbeck. Despite an excellent start, Weber met with a string of unfortunate events combined with moments of brilliance during his tour at Aachen, from record-breaking dressage scores to his horse putting a leg over a trace and an emergency in his immediate family.
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Alison Finger and Tuvalu Earn the Adult Amateur Jumper Championship at Lake Placid
Tuesday, July 17 2012
Wellington- July 14, 2012- After earning some great prizes in the Adult Amateur Jumper Over 40 division at week one at Lake Placid, Alison Finger and her big grey gelding, Tuvalu, “Blue”, delivered the goods to earn the championship in week two, the I Love New York Show. Alison Finger and Tuvalu (Photo by Parker/Russell The Book LLC) “I think it just came together for us during week two in Lake Placid. Blue was really in a great place and so was I-I was taking a work break and spent ten days in Lake Placid. It was really wonderful to ride and be with my horse every day, ” said Finger, who juggles a busy career, family, riding and showing.
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Juniors and Amateur-Owners Win Big with Nearly $35,000 Awarded at Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival
Tuesday, July 17 2012
Traverse City, MI – July 14, 2012 – Alexandra (Alex) Rheinheimer, Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival Competition Manager and Owner was thrilled to be handing out award-after-award today to the many happy junior and amateur-owner competitors. “It is due to the generous support of the equestrian community, wonderful sponsors, as well as the hard work from my amazing team that enable these awards to be possible. To award nearly $35,000 in prize money in one day to our Junior and Amateur participants makes me incredibly proud,” said Rheinheimer
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Future Show Jumping Stars Shine at Vermont
Monday, July 16 2012
East Dorset, Vermont – The future stars of show jumping are out in full force at the 2012 Vermont Summer Festival horse show running July 4 through August 12 at Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset, VT.
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Ponies Stolen From Youth Ranch Found
Monday, July 16 2012
The two ponies stolen last month from their youth ranch home have been recovered, officials said Saturday. Rusty and Sundae, both female ponies, were stolen from First Baptist Church of Westwood Lake’s Circle C Youth Ranch. The ponies were used to give almost 200 kid visitors rides at the ranch
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Colorado Horse Park & Step By Step Foundation Form an Alliance to Relieve Fire Victims
Monday, July 16 2012
Parker, CO– The Colorado Horse Park (CHP) and the Step By Step Foundation are working together to help support the victims of the Waldo Canyon fire. As an alliance they are assembling a Wildfire Relief Fundraising Auction, and all proceeds will go directly to Colorado Springs Together, which serves as the primary community organization to restore the lives and structures affected by the Waldo Canyon Fire. The benefit auction will take place at CHP (7522 S
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Venus and Jupiter
Sunday, July 15 2012
In Cheshire Country education of the young hounds has progressed to the point that they are now leaving the kennels under the direction of the Huntsman, Ivan Dowling. The hounds bound out of the kennel yard precisely at 7 A.M.