Michael Renker and Wicked Win $1,000 Junior/Amateur-Owner Hunter Classic at Fieldstone Summer Showcase II
Friday, August 23 2013
Halifax, MA – August 22, 2013 – The beautiful New England weather continued as competition in the Junior and Amateur-Owner Hunters concluded during the Fieldstone Summer Showcase II. Lisa Foster and Castlewood proved that they had all the answers in the Amateur-Owner Hunters, winning both over fences classes for the championship award. McKayla Langmeier and Czar-Z were also victorious in both of their over fences classes to take home the Junior Hunter Championship
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Training a Safe Trail Horse -From Show Ring to Trails
Friday, August 23 2013
Riding back from the show grounds in Wellington, FL Horses are “Free Roaming Social Herbivores” Last week I was riding, or should I say “rock climbing” horses up on top of the Continental Divide in Colorado facilitating a Horsewomen’s Retreat., but for most of the year I am in Wellington, Florida watching thousands of horses navigate golf carts, trucks, trailers, landscape blowers and big rigs.
- Published in Between the Ears, Z-Blogs
International Course Designer Coming to 2013 Jumper Classic
Friday, August 23 2013
Oscar Soberon, International Course Designer August 22, 2013, Gloucester, Massachusetts- An exciting new venue and a new course designer are coming to The Jumper Classic equestrian show jumping competition this September 4-8 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. International course designer Oscar Soberon will give riders a new opportunity to challenge their skills on a beautifully-maintained grass polo field on magnificent 100-acre Maplecroft Farm in the heart of horse and hunt country.
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Only 365 Days Until the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games So I Am Learning French!
Friday, August 23 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan Today is the one-year mark till the start of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France! I went to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky and had a great time. Who wouldn’t
- Published in Editor's Notes, Z-Blogs
Keeping Horses at Home
Friday, August 23 2013
Are you considering breaking free of boarding and making the jump to home horse ownership? Are you a bit wary of what could be involved in taking on the full responsibility for your horse’s care?
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
Shawn Casady Maintains Consistent Lead in Hallway Feeds USHJA National Hunter Derby Standings
Thursday, August 22 2013
Lexington, KY – August 22, 2013 – Shawn Casady won the opening class in the 2013 Hallway Feeds USHJA National Hunter Derby Series, and he’s been a front runner in the series’ leading rider standings ever since. Following last weeks Bluegrass Festival Horse Show, Casady tops the standings with a total of 975 points. With both a first and second place finish in the Bluegrass Festival’s $5,000 Hallway Feeds USHJA National Hunter Derby, Meredith Darst sits second with 800 points
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Germany takes Team gold while Britain’s Dujardin breaks yet another World Record
Thursday, August 22 2013
ECCO FEI EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013 Herning (DEN), 22 August 2013 Germany claimed team gold for the 22nd time at the Blue Hors FEI European Dressage Championship in Herning, Denmark today. In a tense battle, it fell to reigning Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Champion, Helen Langehanenberg, to clinch it with her last-to-go ride. And she did so with cool conviction when steering the brilliant Damon Hill to a score of 84.377 which gave her country a narrow advantage over the silver medallists from The Netherlands while the defending champions from Great Britain had to settle for bronze this time around. Just 1.111 points separated the three medal-winning nations in this super-tight battle of the giants
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
LAURA CHAPOT TO DEFEND GRAND PRIX TITLE AT 2nd ANNUAL DEVON FALL CLASSIC
Thursday, August 22 2013
DEVON, Pa.— Following a hugely successful and popular inauguration last year, the Devon Fall Classic, featuring an all-jumper show with boutique shopping, music, delicious food and rides and games, will be held Sept. 12-15 at the Devon show grounds on Route 30. Laura Chapot of Neshanic Station, N.J., who won the $25,000 Devon Fall Classic Grand Prix last year on Umberto and also placed third on Zealous, is bringing both back this year in defense of her title
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Annabel Revers and Quebo Dominate Children’s Hunters at Fieldstone Summer Showcase II
Thursday, August 22 2013
Halifax, MA – August 21, 2013 – It was a perfect day in New England for the horses and riders showing at the Fieldstone Summer Showcase II. Young riders took center stage in the Main Hunter Ring, where Samantha Perlman and McKayla Langmeier kicked things off by scoring wins in the Junior Hunters
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Winterizing Your Barn Door
Thursday, August 22 2013
If you live in an area with cold climates, then with winter’s approach you’ll soon be thinking about winterizing your barn.
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs