You Really Love Your Horse and Don’t Want Your Friend to Be in Pain
Tuesday, October 30 2012
New Release DVD by Jochen Schleese! “Beyond the 9 points of Saddle Fitting” deals with the complexities of saddle fit, revealing potentially serious effects of ill-fitting saddles to horse and rider! Undiagnosed lameness, atrophy, ‘bad’ behavior, resistance, gait abnormalities, 4-beat canter, poor work attitude, sore/sensitive back, lacking engagement, stress lines and atrophy, repeated hock and stifle injections – all common equine issues Schleese witnesses every day. Schleese’s training as a former 3 day event rider provides the basis for his epiphany. Jochen emotionally reveals how Saddlefit 4 Life came to be – the result of his personal experience with lameness in his competitive horse. “Riders will relate on so many levels
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs
Quick Tip: How To Help Your Horse Maintain Good Weight In Time For Winter
Tuesday, October 30 2012
As the days are growing shorter and colder, it seems fall has crept up on us, so it is a good reminder to keep an eye on your horse’s weight as they start to expend more energy growing their winter coats. Photo Courtesy of Audrey C. Crosby Photography At the beginning of September all of our horses seemed to drop weight quickly and had grown hair over night
- Published in Beyond the Track, General, Z-Blogs
Bocoy Stables excited to announce the arrival of the Budweiser Clydesdales
Tuesday, October 30 2012
Bocoy Stables is very excited to announce the arrival of the Budweiser Clydesdales to our farm! We will be open to the public on November the 10th from 2pm-6pm. Thanks to our friends at Budweiser,Cheney Brothers, Island Jacks and Big Dog Ranch. We willing be grilling hot dogs and hamburgers and enjoying drinks from Budweiser
- Published in General, Tails & Trails, Z-Blogs
2012 Washington International Horse Show Wrap Up – October 23-28, 2012
Tuesday, October 30 2012
Washington, D.C. –October 29, 2012 – The 2012 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) concluded on Sunday after a great week of competition at Verizon Center in Washington D.C. With exciting competition, amazing exhibitions, fun with Barn Night and Kids’ Day, and wrapping up safely before the storms, the show was an fantastic success in 2012
- Published in General, Show World, Z-Blogs
Daisy Farish and Sassafras Creek Garner Grand Pony Hunter Championship at the 54th Washington International Horse Show
Tuesday, October 30 2012
Sassafras Creek and Daisy Farish. © Shawn McMillen Photography Washington, D.C. - The 54th annual Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) concluded competition at Verizon Center in downtown Washington D.C
- Published in General, Show World, Z-Blogs
Season Winding Down
Tuesday, October 30 2012
Hey Y’all. Unfortunately, the SMU Equestrian Team fell to Texas Christian University on October 5th with a very close raw score tiebreaker of 815-812. The Mustangs also fell to No.
Take a BIG Look at the Big Equitation Finals – Including the Pennsylvania National Horse Show & Southeast Medal Finals
Monday, October 29 2012
By Jan Westmark-Allan Riding in the Big Equitation classes has long been a Big deal for junior riders. Many Big names in the show jumping world started their successful careers by winning Big Eq classes. In my blog yesterday I talked about Brianne Goutal and how she won the Big Eq classes in a Big way – by winning all four titles! It was Big news! So have you noticed my Big theme so far?
- Published in Editor's Notes, Z-Blogs
Dog of the Day – Tex
Monday, October 29 2012
Tex is a one year old labrador mix looking for his forever home.
- Published in General, Tails & Trails, Z-Blogs
Reed Kessler and Cylana Capture Victory in $100,000 President’s Cup Grand Prix, CSI 3*-W, Presented by Events DC
Sunday, October 28 2012
Cylana and Reed Kessler. © Shawn McMillen Photography For their victory, Kessler and Cylana were presented with the President of the United States Perpetual Cup. As Leading Jumper Rider, an award sponsored by Robin Parsky, Kessler was also presented with the Margaret Chovnick Memorial Trophy and awarded a Rolex luxury timepiece from Tiny Jewel Box
- Published in General, Show World, Z-Blogs
The Mustangs of Sand Wash Basin
Saturday, October 27 2012
By Lauren R. Giannini
Photographer Patrick Brennan – who has a passion for photographing wild mustangs – entered a photo in the Professional Photography category of the Sidelines Photography & Art Contest and won! His photo appears in this … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature