How much?
Monday, May 20 2013
What makes one horse worth more than another? I think a number of things can factor into the answer to that question. First, we have simplicity — how easy the horse is to ride
- Published in In the Irons, Z-Blogs
2013 Atlanta Spring Kicks off
Sunday, May 19 2013
May 18th, 2013 - The 2013 Atlanta Spring Challenge Horse Show kicked off on Wednesday to blue skies at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, GA. The show in its 10th year is produced by Aiken, SC based Equus Events and show manager JP Godard. The popular event is a USHJA Members Choice Award winning horse show and attracts some of the top hunter and jumper talent from across the country.
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Vivian Yowan Equitates to Back-to-Back Blue Ribbons at Kentucky Spring Classic
Saturday, May 18 2013
Lexington, KY – May 17, 2013 – From May 15-19, 16-year-old Vivian Yowan enjoys the best of the best in junior equitation competition right in her own backyard. The Kentucky Spring Classic attracts junior riders from across the country to the Kentucky Horse Park, just miles away from Boggs Hill Farm, where Yowan trains with Tim and Kelly Goguen
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Grand Hunter Championship Goes to Mariano and Sandy Ferrell at Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Show
Friday, May 17 2013
North Salem, NY – May 15, 2013 – The Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Show continued in its second week with today’s competition and presentation for the Grand Hunter Championship. Mariano, the champion of the Green Conformation division, scored the most points for the top title with rider Sandy Ferrell for owner Stephanie Riggio. Winston and Brooke Baldwin-deGrazia rode Winston to the win in the $1,000 USHJA Pre-Green Incentive class.
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
El Paso – Available for Adoption!
Thursday, May 16 2013
6 year old, 17hh Thoroughbred gelding “El Paso” is now available for adoption from our Lexington, KY facility! El Paso is an unraced, beautiful dark bay gelding. He is a big goofy horse who loves to go up an nip his friends on the rump to start a game. El Paso will also pick up and play with things that are laying around such as cones and wave them around.
- Published in Beyond the Track, Z-Blogs
Sugarbush Draft Horse
Wednesday, May 15 2013
In the early 1900’s, invention of the automobile and tractor meant that horses were no longer in high demand for farm work. Instead, many of the remaining draft horses were used by carriage companies, often pulling decorative weddings for carriages. Everett Smith of Ohio operated the Sugarbush Hitch Company.
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
Dealing with Windpuffs
Monday, May 13 2013
Have you ever had to deal with windpuffs? Do you know what causes them and what they can mean for a horse’s future?
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
The Fieldstone Spring Festival Hosts Top Hunter/Jumper Highlights
Sunday, May 12 2013
Halifax, MA – May 11, 2013 – The time is quickly approaching for the long-awaited Fieldstone Spring Festival, the day when the Fieldstone Show Park will surely delight local, regional and national competitors to the newly improved show grounds. Twenty-seven years ago, the Fieldstone Show Park was built to accommodate one-day horse shows, but its demand and prestige has only continued to grow throughout the years, and after a well-deserved two-phase overhaul, the show grounds are sure to impress and bring in top competition during the Fieldstone Spring Festival
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Balder and Versatil Imagem Win Interagro Lusitano High Score Award at 2013 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival
Saturday, May 11 2013
Wellington, FL (May 6, 2013) – Two talented Lusitanos represented the breed and brought the flair of the Portuguese to the dressage arena during the 2013 Adequan Global Dressage Festival, where the top dressage horses in the nation compete during the winter season. Balder, ridden by owner Lesley Maxwell, and Versatil Imagem, ridden by Matt McLaughlin, were awarded the High Score Lusitano Award for performances at the GDF 5* CDI and WEF Dressage Classic CDI-3*
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Kelley Farmer Leads Professional Hunter Divisions at Kentucky Spring Horse Show
Friday, May 10 2013
Lexington, KY – May 8, 2013 – Fresh off wins in Lexington, Virginia, Kelley Farmer made the trip to Lexington, Kentucky and once again topped the leader board during the first day of the Kentucky Spring Horse Shows.
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs