Outsmarting the Smart Horse
Friday, May 24 2013
So now that all Tucker’s physical issues are behind us, I’ve spent many an hour contemplating how to improve the behavioral issues, and at about 1 a.m.
- Published in Tucker The Wunderkind, Z-Blogs
Tips for Incoming College Students
Wednesday, May 22 2013
Yes. My family actually brought this sign to graduation and nobody warned me! By Dani Moritz It’s hard to believe that I graduated college. It seems like yesterday I was taking my first riding lessons and playing horses and Barbies with my sisters in the basement.
- Published in Pony Tales, Z-Blogs
The Long-Awaited Tucker Update
Wednesday, May 22 2013
Let’s see… how to sum up how we’ve spent the end of winter and beginning of spring. As the winter progressed and Tucker got bored with seeing the four walls of the indoor, those four walls began hiding dangerous (read: imaginary) predators.
- Published in Tucker The Wunderkind, Z-Blogs
Preparing for Disease
Wednesday, May 22 2013
An ill horse is every owner’s worst nightmare, but if your horse is boarded at a large barn or if they became seriously sick, would you know what to do? Would you be prepared to handle it
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
Kent Farrington and Venus Blaze to Victory in $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic at Kentucky Spring Classic
Sunday, May 19 2013
Lexington, KY – May 16, 2013 – Although thunderstorms disrupted competition throughout the day at the Kentucky Horse Park, the clouds parted as the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic got underway during the Kentucky Spring Classic. Sixteen horse and rider combinations advanced to the tiebreaker, creating a speed duel for the winning prize. Kent Farrington proved to have all the answers with Venus, blazing an uncatchable clear track that was almost two seconds faster than second place finisher Andrew Bourns of Ireland
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Kelley Farmer Kicks Off Kentucky Spring Classic With Clean Sweep of Conformation Hunters
Friday, May 17 2013
Lexington, KY – May 15, 2013 – Clear, sunny skies and lush Kentucky bluegrass welcomed riders back to the Kentucky Horse Park for week two of the Kentucky Spring Horse Shows. The Kentucky Spring Classic runs today through May 19 and attracts the best of the best for five days of ‘AA’ rated hunter competition. Among those leading riders are Kelley Farmer and Shawn Casady, both of whom topped the leaderboard today
- 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
Dog of the Day – Fred
Wednesday, May 15 2013
Fred is a real love bug and just happy being loyal to his master. He’s a big Lab mix, and would best be suited in a home where he can interact and play with his human companions. Fred is an older gentleman who is easygoing and chilled out – no puppy problems with him! He is so ready for his new adoptive family – maybe yours?
- Published in Tails & Trails, Z-Blogs
40th IHSA National Championships: One for the Record Books
Wednesday, May 15 2013
Fairfield, CT — (May 14, 2013) – Only twice in the 40-year history of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships have two hunter seat teams tied for the Collegiate Cup overall high point title: 1980, when Southern Seminary College tied with SUNY Stony Brook, and 1989, when Colby-Sawyer College tied with Pennsylvania State University. Add 2013 to that short list. St
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs