Tour de Tryon
Saturday, August 30 2014
By Jan Westmark Photo op with Morris the Horse in Tryon, NC While I am a horse person through and through, I also love to play tennis! I play tennis with a great group of ladies – and just like riding at a barn where you get to know your fellow riders and love hanging out together - that’s how it is with MY tennis ladies (yes, they are mine!) A few weeks ago I discovered my tennis ladies had never ventured to the horsey land of Tryon, North Carolina, right down the mountain from where we live near Asheville, NC. So we arranged a date to head to the horse mecca - and earlier today we embarked on our Tour de Tryon
- Published in Editor's Notes, Z-Blogs
“Little Horses Do Big Jobs” – Sidelines Story by Lauren R. Giannini Wins Alltech A+ Journalism Award
Monday, June 23 2014
By Lauren R. Giannini During the recent tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma, Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy horses found themselves both the heroes and the victims. When disaster stuck, the little horses remained calm while founders Debbie and Jorge Garcia-Bengochea made a decision that would result in renewing hope to a town that had nearly lost
- Published in General, Weekly Feature
Kenny Continues Dream of a Week, Azcarraga Is Best In Winning Round at Spruce Meadows ‘National’ Tournament, Presented by ROLEX
Saturday, June 07 2014
Calgary, AB, Canada – June 6, 2014 – Ireland’s Darragh Kenny continued a stellar week at the ‘National’ Tournament, presented by ROLEX, when he won the $35,000 Encana Cup 1.45m with Picolo.
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
The Brooke: Working Hard to Help Working Equines
Wednesday, June 04 2014
By Ashleigh Brown, Welfare assessment advisor for the Brooke, an international equine welfare charity It’s hot, dusty and crowded. It feels like a hundred pairs of eyes are on me as I examine the desperately thin and despondent horse in front of me. People stare in curiosity at the never-before-seen presence of a farangi (white
- Published in Sidelines Feature
Polo Queen Kerstie Allen
Saturday, May 31 2014
Polo, Roping, Mounted Shooting, Barrel Racing, PoloCrosse: Is there anything Kerstie Allen CAN’T do on a horse? By Lauren R. Giannini After growing up in Australia, Kerstie Allen took off to explore the world, literally and figuratively, on horseback. She has played high goal polo alongside royalty and some of the best professional players, competed
- Published in Weekly Feature
Godspeed to the Great Carlos Gracida
Sunday, April 13 2014
By Darlene Ricker What kind of polo superstar gives one of his best-trained horses to another player who can’t afford to buy a safe mount? Treats a beginner with the same respect he does a student from the British royal family? Stops after a match to chat with a stranger who cheered him on from
- Published in Weekly Feature
Nayel Nassar – Million Dollar Rider
Sunday, April 13 2014
By Sophie St. Clair Twenty-three-year-old Nayel Nassar and his team of talented horses have racked up some impressive accolades, especially remarkable considering his age. In 2011, he competed in Doha, Qatar, placing fifth individually and winning a team bronze for Egypt at the Pan Arab Games. In 2012, he won the Artisan Farms Young Rider
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
Captain Canada Journeys On
Sunday, April 13 2014
Canadian Grand Prix rider Ian Millar says, “I’m a very goal and destination focused person, but I’m also very attentive to the journey.” By Doris Degner-Foster Ian Millar’s journey is a long one. He became a member of Canada’s show jumping team in 1971, and has maintained a place on the team ever since
- Published in Sidelines Feature
An Unlikely Artist
Monday, March 10 2014
By Katie Navarra Barry Koster’s career as an artist could have been over before it even began. An elementary school teacher nearly failed him because he had “poor art skills.” Not willing to accept this fate for her son, Barry’s mother marched into a store and purchased a pad of paper and pastels –
- Published in Sidelines Feature
The Extraordinary Tori Colvin
Monday, February 17 2014
By Lauren R. Giannini Victoria (Tori) Colvin, now 16 and driving, has been racking up rosettes, tri-colors and various Best Child/Junior Rider titles for many years. As a very young catch rider she climbed on the freshest, hottest ponies and rode so chilly and with such finesse that they went quietly and well on course.
- Published in General, Sidelines Feature