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.
Ears To Hooves Hansel Is Protected
Sunday, July 15 2012
I wouldn’t say Hansel is a full-on prima donna but he is a well cared for equine.
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Kenneth Berkley Wins $10,000 Five Seasons Welcome Stake in Vermont
Friday, July 13 2012
East Dorset, Vermont – Kenneth Berkley of Flemington, NJ, captured victory in the $10,000 Five Seasons Open Welcome Stake, Presented by Manchester Designer Outlets, on Thursday, July 12, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT.
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Katie Robinson Captures Top Accolades at Lake Placid Horse Show for Deeridge Farm
Friday, July 13 2012
East Aurora , NY – July 12, 2012 – The Lake Placid Horse Show proved very successful for Katie Robinson, who claimed two tricolor awards in the Amateur-Owner 36 &Over Hunters for her family’s Deeridge Farm. Following in her mother’s footsteps, Katie’s daughter Maggie also took home a reserve championship prize with the talented pony Dawn’s Early Light in the Small/Medium Children’s Pony Hunters. Katie Robinson and Rock Steady won the Amateur-Owner 36 & Over Hunter Championship at the Lake Placid Horse Show
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Alumni Tournament of Champions Launched by Former IHSARiders
Friday, July 13 2012
Alumni Tournament of Champions Alumni From Up and Down the Eastern Seaboard Invited to Participate Fairfield, CT—July 13, 2012— For alumni riders wishing to continue that intercollegiate experience, an Alumni Tournament of Champions, the brainchild of IHSA alumni representatives, Lena Andrews Licata and Jamie Windle, will premier Sunday, July 29, under judge Louise Kass, and hosted by the Valley Forge Military Academy and College in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
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Jumpers Finish Series In Style At Blenheim Surf & Turf Jumper Classic
Friday, July 13 2012
Equestrian Competition Shifts to Del Mar, CA for an Action Packed Three Week Series Rusty Stewart pilots Bristol to 1st in the $15,000 1.45M Jumper Classic at the Blenheim Surf and Turf Jumper Classic San Juan Capistrano, CA – July 11th, 2012 – It was a week filled with reason to celebrate as the Blenheim Jumper Classic wrapped up five intense weeks filled with exhilarating equestrian competition in San Juan Capistrano. Sunshine and perfect weather invited veteran and up and coming show jumpers to return from their Fourth of July holiday and take on course designer Robert Ridland’s masterful tracks in the Blenheim Farms Derby Arena.
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Reports on Racehorse Injury Rates,Medications Misleading
Friday, July 13 2012
I’ll Have Another PHOTO CREDIT-Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club July 13, 2012 – Lexington, KY – Earlier this week, the horse racing industry encountered further criticism when an article by the New York Times (found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/sports/ill-have-another-had-history-of-ailments-records-show.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss ) alleged that drastic treatments were being given to Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another leading up to this year’s Belmont Stakes.
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Rescue Dog Needs a Ride
Friday, July 13 2012
Pongo Pongo here. DRSF has been approved to rescue me from the shelter but needs help transporting me from Arkansas. I am being neutered tomorrow and will be ready to go
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