How To Evaluate Your Horse’s Temperament/Personality For Training
Tuesday, June 25 2013
“So who are you and what do you like to do ? “ People Personalities vs.
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First Time’s a Charm for Caitlin Venezia in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix
Monday, June 03 2013
SAUGERTIES, NY (May 27, 2013) – It was her first Devoucoux Hunter Prix and she sat on a young horse, but the stars aligned for Caitlin Venezia this weekend at HITS Saugerties. The Holly Hill Farm rider of Marston Mill’s, Massachusetts piloted 7-year-old Comex Gold, owned by Jennifer Combs, to a pair of 88’s and the win in the first $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix of the HITS Saugerties season.
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Results from IDA Championships
Friday, May 03 2013
Team Competition Results Saturday April 27, 2013 Region A: University of New Hampshire Represented by: Sarah Rigg Rider Test % Place Points Jocelyn Kraenzle F2 57.953 11 2 Alyssa Milano T3 60.600 9 4 Katie Clark T1 63.750 9 4 Emily DeVeau IB 66.563 6 7 Total Points: 17+, Tenth Region B: Mount Holyoke College Represented by: Dee Loveless Rider Test % Place Points Taylor Dickinson F2 72.635 1 13 Rachel Berlage T3 66.950 4 9 Carey Lang T1 64.480 6 7 Emily Murch IB 70.001 3 10 Total Points: 39, First Region C: Centenary College Represented by: Sarah Simms Rider Test % Place Points Tierra Hatfield F2 65.879 3 10 Bethany Lawler T3 62.500 7 6 Melanie Douglas T1 61.563 12 1 Candace Human IB 66.719 5 8 Total Points: 25, Seventh Region D: Albion College Represented by: Danielle Menteer Rider Test % Place Points Paige Gustafson F2 64.460 5 8 Alyssa Olson T3 57.200 12 1 Ruthie Doering T1 64.063 7 6 Maggie-Mae White IB 63.282 11 2 Total Points: 17++, Ninth Region E: Miami University Represented by: Lori Cramer Rider Test % Place Points Kelly Herdman F2 63.919 6 7 Liesel Pfleger T3 61.100 8 5 Caili Pierro T1 62.292 11 2 Breanna Lukan IB 65.469 7 6 Total Points: 20, Eighth Region H: Virginia Intermont College Represented by: Lisa Moosmueller-Terry Rider Test % Place Points Sierra Mills F2 61.892 9 4 Courtney Vesel T3 70.000 1 13 Leah Bear T1 68.125 2 11 Morgan Rich IB 64.532 9 4 Total Points: 32, Fifth Team Competition Results Saturday April 27, 2013 Region I: Averett University Represented by: Ginger Henderson Rider Test % Place Points Shannon Stone F2 65.068 4 9 Jessie Hayes T3 57.600 11 2 Lindsay Baker T1 63.950 8 5 Nicki Conradt-Eberlin IB 61.407 12 1 Total Points: 17-, Eleventh Region J: College of Central Florida Represented by: Judy Downer Rider Test % Place Points Dominique Ferguson F2 67.162 10 3 Rebecca Quinn T3 67.400 3 10 Samantha Cooper T1 65.104 5 8 Amy Neale IB 69.532 4 9 Total Points: 35-, Fourth Region U: Stanford University Represented by: Rachel Williamson Rider Test % Place Points Kristen Malinak F2 63.717 7 6 Patrick Freeman T3 60.200 10 3 Victoria Greenen T1 63.542 10 3 Monika Huss IB 64.063 10 3 Total Points: 15, Twelfth Region A WC: Johnson & Wales Represented by: Crystal Taylor Rider Test % Place Points Julie McNelis F2 61.014 10 3 Tara Proulx T3 67.400 3 10 Grace Pratico T1 69.063 1 13 Malissa Wescott IB 70.938 2 11 Total Points: 37, Second Region C WC: Delaware Valley Represented by: Angelo Telatin Rider Test % Place Points Victoria Sherras F2 57.568 12 1 Kacey Buckley T3 68.200 2 11 Sarah Hamilton T1 67.813 3 10 Randall Wiseman IB 73.751 1 13 Total Points: 35+, Third Region E WC: University of Findlay Represented by: Janet Harms Rider Test % Place Points Courtney Previte F2 62.838 8 5 Carly Trimble T3 64.100 5 8 Sierra Lindsey T1 65.833 4 9 Monica Martineau IB 64.532 8 5 Total Points: 27, Sixth Mount Holyoke College Team Individual Competition Sunday April 28, 2013 First Level Test 3 # Rider School Horse Judge at C % Judge at B % Final % Combined Points Place 59 Julie McNelis Johnson & Wales Cosmo 67.258 67.419 67.339 417.5 1 55 Amalie Hordum University of Kentucky Faith 64.355 66.452 65.464 405.5 2 51 Lindsey Agaliotis Saint Andrews Will 64.032 65.806 64.919 402.5 3 62 Katelyn Young Appalachian State University Cosmo 64.194 65.484 64.839 402 4 53 Jordan Dieterle College of Wooster Sam 65.161 64.194 64.678 401 5 54 Amy Hacker University of Connecticut Moe 66.452 62.581 64.517 400 6 60 Sierra Mills Virginia Intermont Will 62.097 64.677 63.387 393 7 58 Kristen Malinak Stanford University Sam 63.871 62.742 63.307 392.5 8 56 Paige Gustafson Albion College Moe 63. 710 62.097 62.404 390 9 57 Jocelyn Kraenzle University of New Hampshire Diva 60.968 60.484 60.726 365 10 52 Erin Bentley University of Florida Faith 58.710 61.613 60.162 373 11 61 Kate Snyder Wilson College Diva 58.548 61.290 59.919 371.5 12 Training Level Test 3 # Rider School Horse Judge at C % Judge at B % Final % Combined Points Place 74 Allison White Michigan State Sadie 69.600 70.000 69.600 348 1 69 Alyssa Milano University of New Hampshire Contessa 70.800 67.600 69.200 346 2 73 Cailee Palm University of New Hampshire Contessa 71.400 66.800 69.100 345.5 3 65 Sarah Edmunson University of Florida Sadie 68.800 66.000 67.400 337 4 64 Bonnie Dixon University of Connecticut Night Star 67.800 64.200 66.000 330 5 70 Liesel Pfleger Miami University Faith 66.200 64.800 65.500 327.5 6 66 Kathryn Fischer University of California—Davis Beau 65.000 64.200 64.600 323 7 72 Carly Trimble University of Findlay Beau 65.600 63.200 64.400 322 8 68 Bethany Lawler Centenary College Sadie 63.000 64.400 63.700 318.5 9 63 Hallie Cunningham Appalachian State Beau 64.200 62.200 63.200 318 10 67 Jessie Hayes Averett University Night Star 60.000 62.400 61.200 306 11 71 Amanda Tilchin Wake Forest University Will 60.800 60.600 60.700 303.5 12 Individual Competition Sunday April 28, 2013 Training Level Test 1 # Rider School Horse Judge at C % Judge at B % Final % Combined Points Place 78 Kate Clark University of New Hampshire Braeburn 67.708 67.708 67.708 325 1 85 Jessica Mitchell Johnson & Wales Ticket 68.333 67.083 67.708 325 2 82 Melanie Douglas Centenary College Edee 67.083 66.667 66.875 321 3 77 Savannah Byrne Otterbein University Statesman 65.833 66.667 66.250 318 4 81 Danielle Dombrowe Virginia Tech Ticket 65.625 62.292 63.959 301 5 84 Sarah Hamilton Delaware Valley Statesman 63.750 62.292 63.021 302.5 6 80 Ruthie Doering Albion College Chloe 64.375 61.667 63.021 302.5 7 79 Samantha Cooper College of Central Florida Rascal 61.042 64.167 62.605 300.5 8 75 Alexandra Ackert-Smith Mount Holyoke College Braeburn 62.291 61.458 61.875 297 9 76 Lindsey Baker Averett University Rascal 62.083 59.792 60.938 292.5 10 83 Samantha Ferraro Wake Forest Chloe 59.167 61.875 60.021 290.5 11 86 Kelsey Mock University of California—Davis Edee 58.542 62.083 60.313 289.5 12 Introductory Level Test B # Rider School Horse Judge at C % Judge at B % Final % Combined Points Place 98 Randall Wiseman Delaware Valley College Nadine 75.625 70.000 72.813 233 1 92 Rebecca Knopf Otterbein University Nadine 75.313 70.313 72.813 231.5 2 90 Candace Human Centenary College Oberon 75.000 69.688 72.344 231.5 3 97 Maggie-Mae White Albion College Chief 68.750 69.688 69.219 221.5 4 89 Emily Deveau University of New Hampshire Charles 70.938 66.875 68.977 220.5 5 88 Danielle Chambers Virginia Tech Chandler 69.688 66.563 68.126 218 6 95 Kristen Parker Saint Andrews Charles 70.313 65.625 67.983 217.5 7 91 Monika Huss Stanford University Chandler 69.063 65.313 67.188 125 8 94 Chrysanthi Mayor Mount Holyoke College Roo 67.813 64.063 65.938 211 9 93 Monica Martineau University of Findlay Roo 67.188 62.500 64.844 207.5 10 96 Ryan Quinn University of Rhode Island Oberon 64.688 63.125 63.907 204.5 11 87 Shelby Boger University of Florida Chief 61.563 62.188 61.876 198 12 Team Competition Saturday April 27, 2013 First Level Test 2 # Rider School Horse Judge at C % Judge at B % Final % Combined Points Place 5 Taylor Dickinson Mount Holyoke College True 74.865 70.405 72.635 537.5 1 29 Dominique Ferguson College of Central Florida True 68.378 65.946 67.162 497 2 9 Tierra Hatfield Centenary College True 65.676 66.081 65.879 487.5 3 25 Shannon Stone Averett University Sam 68.378 61.757 65.068 481.5 4 13 Paige Gustafson Albion College Sam 64.865 64.054 64.460 477 5 17 Kelly Herdman Miami University Cosmo 63.243 64.595 63.919 473 6 33 Kristen Malinak Stanford University Sam 64.595 62.838 63.717 471.5 7 45 Courtney Previte University of Findlay Cosmo 63.378 62.297 62.838 465 8 21 Sierra Mills Virginia Intermont Moe 62.027 61.757 61.892 468.5 9 37 Julie McNelis Johnson & Wales Moe 62.027 60.000 61.014 451.5 10 1 Jocelyn Kraenzle University of New Hampshire Cosmo 59.459 56.486 57.973 429 11 41 Victoria Sherras Delaware Valley College Moe 59.324 55.811 57.568 426 12 Training Level Test 3 # Rider School Horse Judge at C % Judge at B % Final % Combined Points Place 22 Courtney Vesel Virginia Intermont Contessa 69.800 70.200 70.000 350 1 42 Kacey Buckley Delaware Valley College Contessa 66.800 69.600 68.200 341 2 38 Tara Proulx Johnson & Wales Contessa 66.200 68.600 67.400 337 3 6 Rachel Berlage Mount Holyoke College Diva 65.200 68.600 66.900 334.5 4 46 Carly Trimble University of Findlay Beau 63.400 64.800 64.100 320.5 5 30 Rebecca Quinn College of Central Florida Diva 62.200 63.000 62.600 313 6 10 Bethany Lawler Centenary College Diva 61.600 63.400 62.500 312.5 7 18 Liesel Pfleger Miami University Beau 60.000 62.200 61.100 305.5 8 2 Alyssa Milano University of New Hampshire Beau 59.800 61.400 60.600 302.8 9 34 Patrick Freeman Stanford University UC Nightstar 60.200 57.000 58.600 293 10 26 Jessie Hayes Averett University UC Nightstar 57.800 57.400 57.600 288 11 14 Alyssa Olson Albion College UC Nightstar 57.600 56.800 57.200 286 12 Team Competition Saturday April 27, 2013 Training Level Test 1 # Rider School Horse Judge at C % Judge at B % Final % Combined Points Place 39 Grace Pratico Johnson & Wales Sadie 67.083 71.042 69.063 331.5 1 23 Leah Bear Virginia Intermont Sadie 68.750 67.500 68.125 327 2 43 Sarah Hamilton Delaware Valley College Sadie 67.292 68.333 67.813 325.5 3 47 Sierra Lindsey University of Findlay Statesman 65.833 65.833 65.833 316 4 31 Samantha Cooper College of Central Florida Edee 65.208 65.000 65.104 312.5 5 7 Carey Lang Mount Holyoke College Edee 64.167 64.792 64.480 309.5 6 15 Ruthie Doering Albion College Ticket 64.792 63.333 64.063 307.5 7 27 Lindsey Baker Averett University Ticket 63.958 63.958 63.958 307 8 3 Katie Clark University of New Hampshire Statesman 64.167 63.333 63.750 306 9 35 Victoria Greenen Stanford University Ticket 63.333 63.750 63.542 303.5 10 19 Caili Pierro Miami University Statesman 62.708 61.875 62.292 299 11 11 Melanie Douglas Centenary College Edee 61.042 62.083 61.563 295.5 12 Introductory Level Test B # Rider School Horse Judge at C % Judge at B % Final % Combined Points Place 44 Randall Wiseman Delaware Valley College Nadine 73.438 74.063 73.751 236 1 40 Melissa Wescott Johnson & Wales Nadine 70.938 70.938 70.938 227 2 8 Emily Murch Mount Holyoke College Charles 69.688 70.313 70.001 224 3 32 Amy Neale College of Central Florida Charles 66.875 72.188 69.532 222.5 4 12 Candace Human Centenary College Charles 63.438 70.000 66.719 213.5 5 4 Emily DeVeau University of New Hampshire Chief 64.375 68.750 66.563 213 6 20 Breanne Lukan Miami University Chief 63.438 67.500 65.469 209.5 7 24 Morgan Rich Virginia Intermont Nadine 62.188 66.875 64.532 206.5 9 48 Monica Martineau University of Findlay Chief 65.938 63.125 64.532 206.5 8 36 Monika Huss Stanford University Roo 62.813 65.313 64.063 205 10 16 Maggie-Mae White Albion College Roo 62.500 64.063 63.282 202.5 11 28 Nicki Conradt-Eberlin Averett University Roo 60.313 62.500 61.407 196.5 12
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Turning Equine Fear into Curiosity Part 1
Friday, March 29 2013
Relaxing trail ride One of the most common issues I have worked on this show season has been to help horses over come fear, which of course leads to happy, calm, and confident horses. Which then leads to a better performance. With the USEF kicking off their Town Hall Meetings on equine welfare at horse shows at WEF on March 27, 2013, it seemed fitting to scratch beneath the surface of what causes over use of drugs or ltd (lunge-to-death) in the first place. We addressed “stress at horse shows” in the last blog, so now lets discuss a bit about fear – the other main culprit causing spookiness in horses.
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Horse Show Stress – How to Relax you and Your Horse
Thursday, March 14 2013
Waiting at the Horse Show Horse Shows can be fun, but at the same time stressful . Horses and humans have similar mechanisms for managing stress and because of our different personalities respond differently to events. Being in Wellington, Florida I see lots of stress; stress in people and stress in horses.
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Reckless the Korean War Horse – Get the Tissues Out!
Thursday, March 07 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan Sgt. Reckless – the little mare who served with the Marines in the Korean War. I had seen the Reckless YouTube video a while back – about the amazing little mare who was a pack horse for the Marines in 1952 during the Korean War and became a historical part of the U.S
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Body Language – How Horses Talk and When It Is Confusing
Tuesday, March 05 2013
Confusing Greeting Does your horse always communicate clearly ? Horses, like people learn much of their behavior and most of their social skills when they are young from other horses
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Hearts & Hands Rescue – Earning Their Stripes
Sunday, February 17 2013
By Cecilia Lang-Ree
Hearts & Hands Animal Rescue is the largest animal sanctuary in San Diego County, California and the main rescue in the United States for endangered zebras and Przewalski’s Horses. The director of the ranch, Nancy Nunke, is … [Read more]
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Equestrian Philosophy Part 1
Sunday, February 17 2013
Horse-Human relaxing together Lets start at the beginning.
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Equestrian Sport Productions Hosts Successful A-T Children’s Benefit Horse Show and Spy Coast Farm Young Horse Show Series Finals at PBIEC
Tuesday, January 08 2013
Wellington, FL – January 8, 2013 -Equestrian Sport Productions hosted its A-T Children’s Benefit Horse Show on January 3-6, 2013, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, with a full schedule of hunter/jumper competition. The week featured a $25,000 Grand Prix and $10,000 Welcome Stake along with hunter, jumper and equitation divisions throughout the week.
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