30 SIDELINES SEPTEMBER 2011
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
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Catching Up: Shawna Dietrich
is everywhere. Seems
that when you have a hunter derby, you can count on
Shawna showing up for the presentations! Maybe she just
wanted to get out of the Kentucky heat?
Tom Bishop,
whom we profled in last month’s issue
(
Five Questions for Tom Bishop, MFH
) rode home with
the top ribbon at
Upperville
in the Foxhunter’s class.
Congratulations, indeed. Another brilliant feather in your
very full cap.
Michael Taylor
and his partner,
Bill Weeks
are making
some big inroads into the hunter jumper world. They’ve
already booked a VIP table for this year’s Alltech National
Horse Show and are hosting the opening night exhibitor’s
party.
Those media credentials for the Olympics in London in
2012 are really hard to come by. Congratulations to our
own webster
Erin Gilmore
, photographers
KimMacMillan
,
Sue Stickle
and
Rebecca Walton
with PMG for qualifying.
We’re all excited for you.
Our buddy
Sydney Masters
has been enjoying the
lovely weather in France, and the CSIS*. The chateau and
race track are beyond belief, she says. Sydney says no
one should tell
Mark Bellissimo
about Chantilly because
as beautiful as PBIEC is, it can’t compare! We don’t want
Mark to want to add a chateau to WEF! … or do we?
Don’t you just hate it when horse show management and
horse show owners come to blows! Well it happened and
one really big show manager may not be returning next
season, stay tuned!
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Laurent Beauvais, chairman of the Basse-Normandie
Regional Council and Normandy 2014 Organizing
Committee, and Alltech president Dr. Pearse Lyons. Alltech
is the title sponsor of the 2014 FEI World Equestrian
Games™ in Normandy
Photo by MC Chantrait
Equestrian apparel company
Ariat
recently donated over 600
pairs of new riding breeches to
The Rider’s Closet
at
Pegasus
Therapeutic Riding, Georgina Bloomberg’s
charitable program
for riders in need. The Rider’s Closet accepts new or gently used
equestrian apparel and sends them to pony clubs, therapeutic
riding centers, scholastic teams and individual riders who request
show or lesson program clothing and boots.