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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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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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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Top Finishes for Lauren Tisbo at Spruce Meadows
Thursday, July 12 2012
Calgary, Alberta – Lauren Tisbo of Barrington, IL, closed out the Spruce Meadows summer tournaments with top finishes in the final events at the internationally acclaimed show jumping venue in Calgary, AB. Riding King Kolibri, Tisbo placed fourth in the $200,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup on Saturday, July 7, and, on the final day of competition in the CSI5* “North American” tournament, guided Crème Brule to fifth place in the $140,000 Cenovus Energy Classic Derby. Lauren Tisbo and King Kolibri placed fourth in the $200,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup at the CSI5* Spruce Meadows “North American” show jumping tournament on July 7 in Calgary, AB. (Photo by Spruce Meadows Media Services) A total of 44 horses entered to win Saturday’s coveted $200,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup in the International Ring. Only seven clear rounds were produced over the challenging first-round track set by course designer Michel Vaillancourt of Canada. In the second round of competition, five horse-rider combinations, including Tisbo and King Kolibri, repeated their fault-free performance to force a jump-off
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Hunters Vie for USHJA/World Championship Hunter Rider Earnings at Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival
Thursday, July 12 2012
Traverse City, MI – July 11, 2012 – The summer heat wave transfixing most of the country last week, subsided substantially today as the Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival welcomed exhibitors for a second highly contested week of competition. All of the professional hunter riders had their eye on earning precious points in this week’s USHJA/World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) member event. The USHJA/WCHR program, designed to recognize and celebrate the hunter rider, awards the USHJA/WCHR member event status to only a select few competitions in each geographical region. Based on quality, membership votes, rigorous criteria and evaluation, Horse Shows by the Bay is only one of six horse shows in the Midwest region to be accredited with the coveted WCHR designation. Leading the week off in the R.L.
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Rescue Partnership Gives Horses a Second Chance
Thursday, July 12 2012
Dr. Lombardi & Paint MADISON, N.J
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Olympic Sidelines – U.S. Olympic Dressage & Show Jumping Teams Named
Thursday, July 12 2012
A Blog by Kim & Allen MacMillan, Correspondents for Sidelines Magazine and www.sidelinesnews.com Things are falling into place. Monday, July 9 th , the U.S. dressage and show jumping team lists were added to the eventing team that was named last week
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Cover Girl 27 Picture Perfect in $30,000 Grand Prix of Traverse City
Monday, July 09 2012
Traverse City , MI – July 8, 2012 – Ideal conditions and a big bright blue beautiful sky set the stage for the $30,000 Grand Prix of Traverse City today at Horse Shows By the Bay in scenic Traverse City, Michigan. Series I of Horse Shows By the Bay came to a close this afternoon reading like a textbook edition of stellar competition with the last chapter highlighting an amazing performance by Mr.
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