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Jennifer Alfano Wins the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby

Sunday, June 03 2012 by Editor
Jennifer Alfano riding Jersey Boy won the Hunter Derby at Devon this afternoon with a score of 395, topping Kelley Farmer on Red Sky with 389.  Kelley Farmer took three of the five top places, taking third with Taken and fifth with Clearly.  Peter Pletcher rounded out the top five with a fourth place aboard NF Shakespeare’s Rhythm.
  • Published in Chasin', Z-Blogs
Tagged under: december-2010, devon-grand-prix, education, family, friends, olympic sidelines, wordpress-org, wunderkind

Devon Grand Prix

Saturday, June 02 2012 by Editor
It is surely coming as no surprise to you that McLain Ward won the Grand Prix on Thursday night, but I thought you’d like to see how he did it.  This is a photo essay about Ward and his mount, since 2010,  Antares F, an 11 year old Wurtemburger grey gelding ( http://www.theequinest.com/breeds/wurttemberger ) and Margie Engle and her horse, Indigo, a 12 year old gelding who was second.  Chill R Z, ridden by Charlie Jayne was third; Cedric, ridden by Laura Kraut was fourth; and Vornado Van Den Hoendrik, ridden by Jessica Springsteen was fifth.  Less than one second separated first and second place in the jump off, Ward having ridden it in 34.32 seconds and Engle in 35.28. McLain Ward and Antares F The First Round                     Leaving the ring after the first round, Ward communes with his horse.     The Jump Off begins…..               …..and ends.       Leaving the ring after the awards ceremony and victory gallop.       Margie Engle and Indigo in their first round.             The Jump Off                         Charlie Jayne and Chill R Z     Laura Kraut and Cedric     Jessica Springsteen and Vornado Van Den Hoendrik
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Tagged under: december-2010, devon-2012, lustre-of-the-gemstone, november-2010, olympic sidelines, show world, tails & trails, the-barn-book, weather, wunderkind

Lustre of the Gemstone

Friday, June 01 2012 by Editor
Thursday night prior to winning the Grand Prix, McLain Ward formally retired his two-time Olympic gold medal partner, Sapphire.  He rode the 16 year old chestnut mare into the ring through to the awards section where she stood while the announcer read her list of accomplishments, and then Ward dismounted, removed the saddle, replacing it with a white sheet embroidered with her name.  He took her past the grandstand where her fans could get up close to admire her, then walked back out the “in gate”, into the warm up ring, and down to the far end nearest the stabling area.  As he handed her off to a waiting groom, in the distance I could see his hand move to his bowed head and it was clear that he was wiping away a tear.                      
  • Published in Chasin', Z-Blogs
Tagged under: archives, chasin', december-2010, february-2011, higher education, magical, pennsylvania, the offside

Devon 2012

Monday, May 28 2012 by Editor
It’s the last week of May and you see this color:   You’re thinking:  a box from Tiffany’s, The Robin’s eggs that have just hatched, a beautiful cloudless sky?  If you’re one of the legions of competitive hunter or jumper riders, breeders, pony, horse or coaching drivers, side saddle, gaited or western riders, you are seeing Devon Blue, the ubiquitous color that drapes the boxes and grandstands at The Devon Horse Show and Country Fair. The first Saturday night of the 2012 Devon Horse Show brings a chance to check out the vendors, the food, the carnival, who else is there, and, oh yeah, the horses. Devon has something for everyone punctuated by a few traditions of its very own
  • Published in Chasin', Z-Blogs
Tagged under: education, family, friends, magical, olympic sidelines, pine-top, september-2010, september-2011, the offside

Friends and Family

Monday, April 09 2012 by Editor
      This Winter, Anne Hambleton, former eventer, steeplechase rider, pony clubber and now devoted fox-hunter, published her first novel, drawing on her life-long love of horses and riding.  Anne’s book, Raja, the Story of a Racehorse, begins at a stud farm where the handsome, black foal with aristocratic genes stands out among the others.  With a Kentucky Derby winner as his sire, a great name is needed to seal great expectations; he is named “Raja”, meaning “hope” in Arabic, and “king” in India, by the owner’s daughter. As is the case of many modern thoroughbreds, his life is marked by changes, both minute and catastrophic, that take him from a safe, caring and respectful environment where he is “special,” to places where he is but one of many and “not so special”.   Woven through this “first-horse” narrative are the voices of his dam and the Arabic princess who had named him but who is pulled from his life by the exigencies of the 911 attacks.  His dam told him, “Remember this always; even when life is hard, never, ever give up.”   Princess Ayesha told him, “You’re the most perfect thing in the universe and I will always love you.”  He will need the strength of these memories to pull him through because, as the farm manager reminds us, “racing is a business, plain and simple.  It’s a beautiful sport, but you can’t be sentimental if you want to win at the highest levels.” Anne Hambleton’s commitment to riding and horses has continued unabated throughout her varied academic and business lives. During the years that she was a steeplechase jockey she was working full-time at her home in Vermont and commuting to the Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania on weekends to race horses.  When she left steeplechasing, she picked up three day eventing and continued the commute.  These days she is still commuting from her farm to foxhunt with Mr.
  • Published in Chasin', Z-Blogs
Tagged under: archives, friends, hitchcock-woods, paradise, pine-top, september-2010, the-barn-book, weather

Undignified Defies the Name

Thursday, April 05 2012 by Editor
As the 2012 foxhunting season draws to a close, Mr. Stewart’s Cheshire Foxhounds met Saturday, March 25 at The Laurels at Landhope.  On the way to the Meet, scattered showers moved through the area presaging a long, cold, wet weekend.  Despite the subsequent downpour, for the Cheshire community, good things happened from the start, marking the celebration of a hunting season that began with the Opening Meet in November and continued unabated to the end of March.  It was the first time in recent memory the season had not been weathered out or closed down by mid-January.
  • Published in Chasin', Z-Blogs
Tagged under: archives, december-2010, laurengallops, november-2010, paradise, pennsylvania, september-2010, september-2011, wordpress-org

Magical

Monday, April 02 2012 by Editor
The Show in the Woods There are sometimes places so magical that even though you go there every day, it’s spell never fails to seduce you.  The Hitchcock Woods, in the center of Aiken, South Carolina, is one of those.  Somehow, as soon as you enter The Woods, the canopy surrounds and embraces you and time holds still.  The air is clean and soft, scented with Longleaf and Loblolly Pine needles underfoot; footfall is muffled by the sand.
  • Published in Chasin', Z-Blogs
Tagged under: chasin', february-2012, hitchcock-woods, magical, paradise, pine-top, the-barn-book, weather, wordpress-org

Pine Top

Tuesday, February 28 2012 by Website Editor
The 2012 Pine Top Farm Advanced Horse Trials organizers had one ordeal after another to deal with this past weekend.  Pine Top Farm, in Thomson, Georgia, was the scene of the area’s first Advanced competition for the season and when they realized a week or so beforehand that they couldn’t run everyone in the three phases in the daylight, they had to notify 280 riders that the Dressage and Cross Country phases of Advanced had been moved to Friday.  Then Friday opened with a Tornado watch and a Severe Storm Warning.  Dressage went on as scheduled but then the skies opened up with such a torrential downpour that riders, horses and grooms sought shelter in trailers and barns hoping that the roofs didn’t blow off.  In fact, some distance to the north exactly that happened.  Again, the organizers were notifying everyone of a change to the schedule – Cross Country was now moved to Saturday:  look at the order of go published on the internet, subtract two hours from the Friday time and off you went.  Organizers scrambled for volunteer fence judges but the event went off as planned. The view from the inside of the Aiken Brew Pub during Friday's storm. High winds and hail brought down trees and then the electricity. Saturday dawned bright, crisp, with low humidity and the clear blue skies for which this area of the south is known. One of the early jumps of the day, successfully cleared, a stroller sans baby.   A view of 19 and 20A,B and C and 21 on the Advanced cross country course.
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Tagged under: adrotate, archives, chasin', erin-gilmore, hitchcock-woods, onward, upward, paradise-recent, pennsylvania, pine-top, september-2010, weather

Paradise

Monday, February 20 2012 by Website Editor
The Paradise Farm Winter Horse Trials took place this weekend, February 17-19, in Aiken, South Carolina with some 280 rider/horse combinations registered to compete Beginner Novice through Preliminary.  Paradise Farm is situated in the middle of the eventing venues of Aiken, just east of Downtown.   Paradise Farm looking toward the Cross Country Course
  • Published in Chasin', Z-Blogs
Tagged under: archives, autumn, december-2010, erin-gilmore, february-2012, injecting perspective, laurengallops, onward, upward

Eye on July

Saturday, February 11 2012 by Website Editor
  With the goal of bringing home Gold from London this summer, the 2012 Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team Training Sessions continue in Aiken, SC this winter, hosted by Ilene and Bob Boorman at their Mohaph Farm, the winter home for Boyd Martin, his staff and horses.  Mohaph Farm is located within the Bridle Creek Equestrian Community which also encompasses the training facilities of Phillip Dutton and Kevin Keane.     http://www.usef.org/documents/highPerformance/eventing/EventingHPP.pdf   The dressage arena comprises the front "lawn" of the beautiful Boorman barn and home combination. The Boormans have invested heavily in separate paddocks and a cross country schooling area. The United States Eventing Association announced an updated 2012 Eventing High Performance Training List last fall ( http://useventing.com/news/usef-high-performance-training-lists-updated-2012-land-rover-us-eventing-team ) and two of the four A List Riders and several of the B List Riders showed up for the Training Sessions with Bettina Hoy and Captain Mark Phillips; in addition, several of the USEF 2012 Eventing Developing Riders were participating as well  ( http://useventing.com/news/usef-announces-2012-eventing-developing-riders ).
  • Published in Chasin', Z-Blogs
Tagged under: adrotate, chasin', february-2011, hitchcock-woods, nine-things, november-2010, september-2010, wordpress-org
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