Andre Dignelli – Sharing His Heritage
Saturday, December 15 2012
By Lauren R. Giannini
Two years after Andre Dignelli won the 1985 USET Medal Finals East, he started taking his own equitation students to all the fall national finals. In 2012 his Heritage Farm protégées dominated the ASPCA Maclay Championships: … [Read more]
- Published in General, Weekly Feature
Time For Some Romance…With Nacho Figueras!
Saturday, December 15 2012
By Jan Westmark-Allan Nacho – oh how you make us smile! Photo by Lauren R.
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NRHA’s First Nine Million Dollar Sire – Topsail Whiz
Friday, December 14 2012
Photo Credit: John Brasseaux December 12, 2012 – Oklahoma City, Okla. – By Christina Brezack – The sky is the limit for the record-breaking Topsail Whiz, as he becomes the first, and only, National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Nine Million Dollar Sire
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Win A Chance To Show at The Winter Equestrian Festival
Friday, December 14 2012
By Jan Westmark-Allan You could win a chance to compete at FTI WEF – just like Lillie Keenan pictured here! Sidelines has a great time hosting contests and giving out fantastic prizes to equestrians all across the country. It’s fun for us to see how excited everyone is to enter – and of course we love the reaction of the contestants who win. Well hold on to your helmets, because Sidelines is about to offer the “Contest Of A Lifetime!” (I had to capitalize every word – the prize is that Big!) If you have ever dreamed of competing at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) in Wellington, Florida – the winter show capital of the horse world – then your dream could become a reality
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Heidi Degele Selected to Ride in Steffen Peters Clinic
Thursday, December 13 2012
Heidi Degele and Lakota were selected to ride in the Steffen Peters clinic at the Palm Beach Equine Sports Complex, organized by Ilse Schwarz and hosted by Amy Swerdlin.
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs
Equestrian Sport Productions Year End Awards Horse Show Wrap-Up: December 8-9, 2012 Donald Cheska and Imprimis
Thursday, December 13 2012
Wellington, FL – December 11, 2012 – Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) held its Year End Awards Horse Show on December 8-9, 2012 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. The show held a $10,000 Welcome Stake as well as a $25,000 Grand Prix as feature events in the International Arena over the weekend with Pierre Jolicoeur as the course designer.
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Florida Gold Coast Quarter Horse Show Circuit Welcomes Top AQHA Judges
Thursday, December 13 2012
Tampa, FL – December 11, 2012 - The Florida Gold Coast Quarter Horse Show will be welcoming six top American Quarter Horse Association judges for this year’s competition. Scheduled for December 27-31, 2012 at the Florida State Fairgrounds’ Bob Thomas Equestrian Center in Tampa, FL, the Florida Gold Coast Quarter Horse Show features five full days of events including hunters, equitation, reining, western pleasure, trail riding, driving, showmanship and halter classes. This year, the show ends on the 31st to help exhibitors take advantage of the six shows needed to accumulate points before the end of the year for the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA)
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Eric Lamaze Makes Appearance at Geneva Horse Show
Thursday, December 13 2012
2008 Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze (right) gives a course description to the audience with Alban Poudret at CSI5*-W Geneva, Switzerland.” Photo Credit – Revolution Sports Geneva, Switzerland – Canada’s Eric Lamaze made his first competition appearance in three months at the CSI5*-W Geneva International Horse Show, but in the capacity of commentator, not competitor. Lamaze, the 2008 Olympic Show Jumping Champion and former number one in the Rolex Rider Rankings, began a short hiatus from competition following the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows “Masters” tournament in Calgary, Canada, in September. While Lamaze will not return to competition until the 2013 Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida, he travelled to Geneva to support the competition, held December 6 to 9, and its sponsor, Rolex.
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PENN STATE GOES WIRE TO WIRE IN HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
Thursday, December 13 2012
Champion Team – Penn State, in their trophy “Snuggies” – L to R: Samantha Frable, Lauren Powers, Jessica Mitchell, Jessica Hanlon, Brendan Weiss, Allison Healy, Haleigh Boswell, Madeline Fass, and Coach Malinda Grice Penn State’s Brendan Weiss won both the first class and the last class of the 2012 Holiday Tournament of Champions, December 8 at Otterbein University in Columbus, Ohio. His first win was in Open Fences, and it put his team into a lead that they never relinquished. His final win made him the Tournament of Champions Medal winner, capping a remarkably successful day for the Penn State team.
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs