Jump on the Horse Riding Dance Craze (Send in your videos doing the Gangman Style Horse Dance)
Wednesday, September 12 2012
By Jan Westmark-Allan If you’ve been hanging out at the barn riding and cleaning stalls a lot lately, you may have missed out on the latest dance craze – the Horse Riding Dance. No real horses are involved, but in our YouTube sample of the song we feature the My Little Pony version. (So ponies are involved, although they are imaginary.) The Horse Riding Dance craze is called “Gangnam Style” and is performed by Korean rapper Psy.
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Libertarian
Wednesday, September 12 2012
by Lisa Molloy/Akindale Thoroughbred Rescue It’s totally understandable how Libertarian previously commanded a sales price of $750,000 – he certainly has that wow factor! With 24 starts and approx.
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Busy Week at Aiken Fall Festival Comes to a Close
Tuesday, September 11 2012
September 11th, 2012- Week one of the 2012 Aiken Fall Festival Show series came to a close on Sunday and what a busy week it was. The event in it’s 5th year took place at Highfields in historic Aiken, SC and is managed by locally based Equus Events, Inc
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A Horse Lover’s Tribute to 9/11 – The Budweiser Clydesdales Help Us To “Never Forget”
Tuesday, September 11 2012
By Jan Westmark-Allan It’s easy for me to remember where I was on 9/11 – the barn. We heard the news that we were being attacked and we gathered around a small TV in the tack room and watched, overwhelmed with sadness and fear. While it is a day that brings back so many memories, each year since that terrible day I have felt a sense of honor and pride just to be able to remember that day and say something as simple as “Never Forget.” While I will Never Forget 9/11, I will also Never Forget the feelings I had as a child when I saw the Budweiser Clydesdales – to sum it up the word was “awe.” I had a pony at the time, but these horses were huge, breathtaking, beautiful, regal and memorable.
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Smile…And Put Your Ears Up! (Do you have any “ears back” photos that top mine?)
Tuesday, September 11 2012
By Jan Westmark-Allan Jan and SweetPea. Can SweetPea put her ears any farther back?
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Team Germany Cashes in the BMO Nations’ Cup
Monday, September 10 2012
(SPRUCE MEADOWS, Calgary, AB): In front of record crowds, the fourth day of the 2012 Spruce Meadows saw both the American and German flag fly above the international ring. Beezie Madden and Coral Reef Via Volo: winners of the Suncor Energy Winning Round.
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Evening of the Horse Serves up Record Memories
Monday, September 10 2012
(SPRUCE MEADOWS, Calgary, AB): 61,410 fans visited Spruce Meadows Friday to enjoy championship sport. Dr. Sam Shaw, Vice President, Natural Gas Policy Development, Encana Natural Gas presenting the winners’ cheque to Kent Farrington
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Who Wants To Be A Jumping Millionaire? (Or… Jump Clear and Show Me the Money!)
Sunday, September 09 2012
Become a show jumper – and “Show Me the Money!” By Jan Westmark-Allan Here’s some great advice for any rider trying to decide what career path they should follow – become a show jumper! While I know the prize money is fantastic in the reining world (they win millions and you don’t have to worry about being afraid of heights) – show jumpers do have the opportunity to make some cash! Tomorrow — Sunday, September 9 th — is the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix in Saugerties, New York, at the HITS-on-the-Hudson horse show. That’s one class with a huge purse. Talk about wanting to have a clear, fast round! I remember when my daughter was showing in the Children’s Jumpers – if she won any money (it was always something like $28) we were thrilled and we would go to Longhorn Steakhouse that night and feel like we were living large!! I wonder how the winner of the $1 Million Grand Prix will feel??
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Animal Planet’s R.O.A.R. Campaign Selects EQUUS Foundation to Help Horses Have the Loudest ROAR!
Saturday, September 08 2012
Let’s show Animal Planet how important horses are and put Horses at the top of the ROAR Leader Board ! Copy and pass this link, http://www.equusfoundation.org/ROAR , to all your horse-loving friends and family! Give between September 1 and October 31 so horses have the loudest ROAR!
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Eric Lamaze Welcomes Guests on Spruce Meadows “Masters” Opening Day
Friday, September 07 2012
Calgary, Alberta – Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, offered an insider’s look at the sport of show jumping on the opening day of the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows “Masters” tournament. The five-day international show jumping tournament runs September 5 through 10 in Calgary, Canada.
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