I Loved Visiting The Wellington Equestrian Gallery & Mall – You Will Too!
Friday, March 01 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan This beautiful painting was being painted on the sidewalk outside of the Wellington Equestrian Gallery & Mall – but you also need to go inside – it is a horsey wonderland! On my recent trip to Wellington, Florida, I knew one of the places I wanted to visit was the Wellington Equestrian Gallery & Mall. And boy was I glad I did
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Time To Talk About Hot Polo Players! (It’s About Time, Too!)
Tuesday, February 26 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan Nic standing against the wall during his photo shoot. Notice his hair is messy on top of his head – someone had to fix it! While in Wellington recently I had the opportunity to enjoy some polo. Of course the ponies were nice, the atmosphere electric but it was the oh-so-handsome polo players that attracted my attention
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A “Road to the Maclay” Cast Reunion – Brought To You By Sidelines TV!!
Sunday, February 24 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan The cast of Animal Planet’s TV Series “Horse Power: The Road to the Maclay,” which followed top junior riders in the country on their way to the equitation finals.
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Congratulations to the Backstage Pass Photo Contest Winners!
Saturday, February 23 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan This great photo of a little girl and her horse was a runner-up in the Sidelines Backstage Pass Photo contest. Submitted by Diana Hoppe of Bon Aqua, Tennessee I love running Sidelines photo contests because I love looking at all the photos! We get hundreds of photos in each contest and picking the top photos isn’t an easy task
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Win A Course Walk At Gulfport with a Grand Prix Rider
Tuesday, February 19 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan Win a course walk at Gulfport – send in a photo of you and your horse on the sidelines to enter! It’s easy! Would you like to walk the course with a Grand Prix rider before the $50,000 Budweiser Grand Prix on March 10, in Gulfport, Mississippi during the Gulf Coast Winter Classics series? The excitement, the plan of how many strides to the next jump, the lights, rubbing shoulders with the best rider’s in the world! You could win the walk – and have the experience of a lifetime! The Sidelines Magazine – Gulf Coast Classic Course Walk is March 10 in Gulfport, Mississippi. To enter the contest, you simply need to take a photo of you and your horse on the sidelines (get it, Sidelines Magazine!!) – you can be standing next to your horse, sitting on your horse, grooming, tacking up, walking, warming up – anything that happens on the sidelines at a horse show
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Hollywood Horseman Is Still Riding and Rocking!
Sunday, February 17 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan Tab Hunter – the subject of the West Side Story in the March issue of Sidelines.
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Reed Kessler on the March Cover of Sidelines!
Thursday, February 14 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan The March issue of Sidelines Magazine – featuring Olympic star Reed Kessler! Photo by Jack Mancini The March issue of Sidelines has hit the stands – or at least the Internet (but will be in your mailboxes soon!) The March issue features Olympic Show Jumper Reed Kessler on the cover and has a great story on Reed by Sidelines writer Dani Moritz. I was just in Wellington and was able to watch Reed show, and she is pretty remarkable – which is why we titled her story “Remarkable Reed.” Wellington photographer Jack Mancini did a great photo shoot of Reed and had a fun time shooting her with her Olympic horse Cylana and her newly adopted pup Carly, who she adopted from Ron and Danny’s Rescue. I ran into Reed’s mom at the show, standing on the side of the ring watching Reed show, while holding cute Carly in her arms.
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Congratulations To The Winner of The Sidelines WEF Showing Vacation Contest
Wednesday, February 13 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan Jack Lube talking on the phone with our Sidelines Editor – he had just found out he won the Sidelines WEF Showing Vacation contest! After watching more than 70 videos and reading more than 70 essays written by people hoping to win the Sidelines Magazine FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival – a winner has been chosen!! Congratulations to Jack Lube, a 14 year old rider from Orlando, Florida on being the big winner! I called Jack’s mom first and asked her if she could video him with her iPhone when I called him – and she did. She cried first though, knowing that her son was about to have the opportunity of a lifetime.
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Wellie World – I Will Miss You!
Saturday, February 09 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan I will miss you Wellington! Beautiful cakes and a beautiful sun set at the WEF VIP tent! Yum! Today I pack up my bags and head north, leaving Wellington, Florida behind. It has been a whirlwind week that has been nothing short of fantastic.
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Thank You Budweiser For Making Me Cry – Again!
Monday, February 04 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan I am not a football fan. I grew up in a football family, but when horse fever hit me, that was the direction I went in life. But, once a year I am a football fan – during the Superbowl.
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