Darragh Kenny Wins $10,000 Open Jumper High Score Awards, Presented by Sir Ruly, Inc.
Tuesday, August 14 2012
East Dorset, Vermont – For the second year in a row, Ireland’s Darragh Kenny was the winner of the $10,000 Open Jumper High Score Awards, presented by Sir Ruly, Inc.
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Equine America® Helps Bring Horses to Heroes With Donation to The All Glory Project
Tuesday, August 14 2012
Portion of proceeds from Equine America sales will support military veterans through equine-assisted therapies East Longmeadow, Mass., August 13, 2012 – Military servicemen and women—and their families—continue to make tremendous sacrifices for the United States. What we sometimes forget is that the physical and emotional effects of war are everlasting
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Show Jumping Individual Finals Sees New Champions Rise
Tuesday, August 14 2012
Steve Guerdat and Nino Des Buissonnets from Switzerland By Kim MacMillan – Photo Captions by Allen MacMillan I silently hoped for good rounds out of our two remaining U.S. riders today, McLain Ward riding Antares and Rich Fellers riding Flexible.
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Rescue of the Day
Tuesday, August 14 2012
Happy Happy lives up to his name – this boy is full of fun! He is not a huge guy, but he is very strong and enthusiastic – would be a great exercise buddy! He has the most gorgeous golden eyes that match his fur – a very handsome guy! I am looking for that special someone to adopt me and give me a forever home. If you are interested in adopting me, please fill out the adoption form online or call Big Dog Ranch Rescue at (561) 309-3311. http://www.bdrr.org adoptions@bdrr.org Retriever, Golden/Poodle, Standard Male 2 years old
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Pony Tails: Final Day at Pony Finals
Tuesday, August 14 2012
This is the Final Blog from our Pony Finals Mystery bloggers! They did a great job! Wonder if we will ever discover who they are? Friends Addison Piper, Yasmin Rizvi, Caroline Passerelli, and Maddie Schaefer pose for a picture in the Alltech Arena.
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Paralympic Dressage Primer
Tuesday, August 14 2012
Paralympic Dressage Primer by Ellie Brimmer I am a High Performance Para-Equestrian Dressage competitor, and I will be blogging for Sidelines in London this year, with photography support from Lindsay McCall, head of United States Para-Equestrian Association (USPEA) media relations and the Paralympic Equestrian Media Coordinator. The Olympic competition has officially completed, but you do not have to wait long to watch world-class equestrian competition.
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Victory in $75,000 Fidelity Investments® Grand Prix Goes to Candice King and Kismet 50 at The Jumper Classic®
Monday, August 13 2012
Leslie Howard and Lennox Lewis 2 Win $15,000 Equine Insurance Speed Stake Presented by Great American Insurance Group Hampton Falls, NH – August 12, 2012 – More than 5,000 spectators came to watch the final day of The Jumper Classic®, presented by Fidelity Investments® and Audi of America. Held at the Silver Oak Equestrian Center, The Jumper Classic had their two final highlight classes of the week. In the $75,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix, Candice King and Mark Bellissimo’s Kismet 50 took first place
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Spend “A Day in the Country” at the $50,000 Chicago Hunter Derby presented by CN
Monday, August 13 2012
Taken & Erynn Ballard by Wendie Aull The discipline of hunters is deeply rooted in tradition, and when the USHJA High Performance Hunter Committee developed the International Hunter Derby, their goal was to bring that tradition and the art of horsemanship back to the show ring. One event that captures the essence of the class is the $50,000 Chicago Hunter Derby (CHD) presented by CN
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Warm Weather and Hot Competition Take Over the Blenheim Summer Classic
Monday, August 13 2012
Eduardo Menezes (BRA) guides the eight-year-old Caruschka to the only double clear effort of the day . Photos © CapturedMomentPhoto.com “We have a lot of young jumpers moving up today so it will be a unique class,” course designer Jack Robson noted as competitors began to warm up for the $25,000 Blenheim Summer Classic Grand Prix, presented by Royal Champion. Twenty-five horse and rider combinations attempted Robson’s track, but only three were able to leave all of the sixteen efforts untouched.
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Doesn’t look big.
Monday, August 13 2012
We hear it all the time: ”The Grand Prix doesn’t look big.
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