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 … [Read more]
- Published in Sidelines Feature
William Fox-Pitt back as Eventing world number one
Wednesday, May 14 2014
William Fox-Pitt (GBR), multiple Olympic, World and European medallist, and the first British rider to lead the FEI World Eventing Rankings in 2002, is back as world number one. Fox-Pitt, who also led the world rankings in 2009 and 2010, has a 16-point lead over Andrew Nicholson (NZL), who had led the world Eventing rankings since claiming team bronze at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Fox-Pitt (44) represented Great Britain throughout his teenage years, winning individual silver at the Junior European Championships in 1987, Young Rider team gold at the European Championships in 1988 and 1989, and completed Badminton at the age of 20
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs
FEI Classics™: Stage is set for a new-look Badminton
Wednesday, May 14 2014
By Kate Green The two leading riders in the FEI Classics™ 2013/2014 go head to head in the fourth leg of the series, the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), this weekend (8-11 May). William Fox-Pitt, winner of Pau (FRA) last year and Kentucky (USA) last month, and Christopher Burton (AUS), who triumphed on a catch ride at his home CCI4*, Adelaide (AUS), in November 2013, both have exciting rides at Badminton. Fox-Pitt, the new world Eventing number one, has a commanding 15-point lead in the FEI Classics™, a series he has won three times before, but there is plenty of time for others to catch up
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USET Foundation Awards Pinnacle Cup to Lauren Kieffer
Wednesday, May 14 2014
Lexington, KY – April 30, 2014 – The USET Foundation is pleased to announce that this year’s recipient of the Pinnacle Cup Trophy at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI**** is Lauren Kieffer of Middleburg, VA.
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DEADLINE NEARS FOR USA EQUESTRIAN TRUST GRANTS PROGRAM FOR EQUINE NON-PROFITS
Friday, May 02 2014
Applications due Monday, May 5 April 15, 2014 — Lexington, KY — There is still time to submit proposals for USA Equestrian Trust’s 2014 grants program. IRS-registered equine non-profit organizations are invited to apply by filling out the online grant application at http://www.trusthorses.org . The deadline is 11:59 p.m
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Tim Tim McQuay and Mandy McCutcheon at the 2014 Kentucky Reining Cup
Tuesday, April 29 2014
Tim explains one of the most unselfish decisions in the sporting world.
- Published in Sidelines TV
Tim McQuay and Mandy McCutcheon at the 2014 Kentucky Reining Cup
Monday, April 28 2014
Tim explains one of the most unselfish decisions in the sporting world.
- Published in Sidelines TV
Auditors Welcome During George H. Morris “Gladstone Program” at Hamilton Farm
Thursday, April 17 2014
Gladstone, NJ – April 14, 2014 - The United States Equestrian Team Foundation will be hosting the George H. Morris “Gladstone Program” at its headquarters at Hamilton Farm May 20-25, 2014.
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Emerging Athletes Program Deadline Alert
Thursday, April 17 2014
April 4, 2014 Lexington, KY – The application deadline for three June 2014 Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Sessions is midnight of Monday, April 21 . The intensive 4 1/2 day training sessions will be taught by some of the sport’s most respected clinicians and stable managers . Riders, competition age 20 and under, interested in participating in the USHJA Emerging Athletes Program, presented by Dover Saddlery , must submit the EAP Application and required documents to USHJA no later than the respective deadline.
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Kentucky Reining Cup Adds Nutrena® Para-Reining Event Provides new opportunities for para-equestrians
Thursday, April 17 2014
Lexington, Ky – March 4, 2014 - For the first time, Cargill’s Nutrena® brand Para-Reining Event will be part of the Kentucky Reining Cup, held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. on April 25-27. “I’m thrilled to introduce para-reining to the Kentucky Reining Cup,” said Brad Ettleman, president of HorsePower, Inc., producer of the Kentucky Reining Cup
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