The Santa Fe Summer Series Proudly Announces the $5,000 Unser Ride-and-Drive Mini Cooper Challenge! Sponsored by Sandia Mini Cooper
Saturday, May 23 2015
The Santa Fe Summer Series proudly announces the $5,000 Unser Ride-and-Drive Mini Cooper Challenge sponsored by Sandia Mini Cooper! (Photo courtesy of Equicenter de Santa Fe) The atmosphere at the Equicenter will be electric during this Santa Fe Summer Series special class exclusive! This fast-paced, exciting and unique class — open to professionals, juniors and amateurs — is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Check it out! Riders will complete a course of jumps set at 1.20m on horseback, then hand their equines off to a handler and complete a set of obstacles on foot, heading toward a waiting Sandia Mini-Cooper. These Sandia Mini’s won’t be piloted by just any drivers — esteemed Indy drivers will be behind the wheel — including 2-time Indianapolis 500 winner, Al Unser, and 8-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb and Indy Car’s Rookie of the Year, Robby Unser! Equestrian competitors will continue the car course, paired with these incredible drivers and the team boasting the fastest time and least faults will prevail as our winner! Both our acclaimed Grand Prix equestrians and these world-famous Indy Drivers will be available for autographs and selfies following the competition! The Santa Fe Summer Series proudly announces the $5,000 Unser Ride-and-Drive Mini Cooper Challenge sponsored by Sandia Mini Cooper! (Photo courtesy of Equicenter de Santa Fe) About Sandia Mini The Santa Fe Summer Series is very grateful to Sandia Mini for their support of our inaugural horse show
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Bring Your Young Horse to the Santa Fe Summer Series!
Thursday, May 21 2015
Chenoa McElvain, of Rancho Corazon, competing on her up-and-coming young Holsteiner mare.
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2015 IHSA Nationals Recap Day One
Saturday, May 02 2015
2015 IHSA National Championships are being held April 30–May 3 at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield, Massachusetts. (Photo credit: Alistaire Ruggiero) The morning of April 30, 2015, at The Big E (Eastern States Exposition) in Springfield, Massachusetts, the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Nationals were underway.
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Rolex 2015 a Success for New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program
Friday, May 01 2015
Dan James of Double Dan Horsemanship gave a demonstration during the New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program event at the 2015 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. (Photo credit: Jan Westmark) April 30 Lexington, KY – New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program once again had a successful Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event experience, with a constantly busy booth in the trade fair, a large Thoroughbred-centric event at the conclusion of the dressage on Friday, and an open house on Sunday morning before the showjumping began
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Young Riders Top Performances Mark IEA National Equestrian Competition
Thursday, April 30 2015
Front Range Equestrian Team – Parker, Colorado, IEA 2015 Upper School Championship team left to right: Shaun Clark (coach), Jordan Eckstadt, Kylie Blair, Molly Hoskins, Lilian Schaefer, Caroline Molther, Allison Zimmerman and Tracye Ferguson (coach). (Photo courtesy of IEA) West Palm Beach, Florida — April 29, 2015 — 396 of the nation’s leading middle school and high school equestrians competed at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center for the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) National Finals. The finalists represented 1,220 teams and nearly 11,500 student-riders from eight zones throughout the United States
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Don’t Miss The Deadline To Apply For USA Equestrian Trust Grants
Wednesday, April 29 2015
Equine Non-Profits Must Submit Applications by Monday, May 4 April 28, 2015 — Lexington, KY — There is still time to submit proposals for USA Equestrian Trust’s 2015 grants program. IRS-registered equine non-profits are invited to apply by filling out the online grant application at http://www.trusthorses.org . In 2014, the Trust awarded nearly $300,000 to help fund almost 20 projects.
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Derby Day Is Almost Here – Win a “50 To 1” DVD
Tuesday, April 28 2015
By Jan Westmark Sidelines Magazine has Derby fever right now!! This Saturday is the 2015 Kentucky Derby and today the movie “50 To 1” was released – the inspiring true story of 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. (and for anyone who is a Kaniac, the movie stars Christian Kane!) Here’s the scoop on the movie: A misfit group of New Mexico cowboys find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies for the Kentucky Derby. Based on the inspiring true story of Mine That Bird, the cowboys face a series of mishaps on their way to Churchill Downs, becoming the ultimate underdogs in a final showdown with the world’s racing elite
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8th Annual Pet a Pony Day
Tuesday, April 28 2015
Photo by Barbara Bays 8th Annual Pet a Pony Day, sponsored by M&M Tack Shop When : Weds. June 24, 2015, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Where : Gov
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Best Weekend: ROLEX KENTUCKY
Thursday, April 23 2015
At Kentucky Horse Park, the first day of Dressage at Rolex Kentucky 3-Day Event is underway – 75 horses are scheduled to dance down the centerline today and Friday. At the first veterinary inspection on Wednesday, riders from 9 nations — the USA, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany presented their horses to the ground jury. Rolex Kentucky offers $300,000 in prize money — $100,000 to the winner! — and the coveted Rolex watch.
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<3 The Nice People of Lexington & Rolex Kentucky
Wednesday, April 22 2015
Sometimes half the fun is getting there. Sincere thanks to Sharon White for the ride from her Last Frontier Farm to Kentucky Horse Park – you’re a 4* star and we wish you and Wundermaske the best of luck this week! Staying in the KHP Campground for the second year required a pleasant hour or so bench-warming after Sharon dropped us off at the Campground Store. She had to be at the horse park in order to join the other Rolex riders — Allison Springer, Liz Halliday-Sharp, Will Coleman — and Kentucky Reining Cup rider Lyndsey, from nearby Georgetown, who happens to be a two-time National Reining Horse Association World Champion.
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