A Photograph to Remember
Saturday, December 27 2014
From wedding photography to equine portraits to photographing the Sidelines’ Hot Horsemen, Barbara Bower creates memories to last a lifetime By Dani Moritz-Long With only one formal hand-colored photograph to remember her mother by, Barbara Bower yearns for something more. She has no family portraits with her mother on her wall. No framed
- Published in Sidelines Feature
The Birth of Grand Prix Show Jumping in America
Saturday, December 27 2014
By Betty Yopko Weibel At a recent book signing, someone asked me how long it took to research and write my new book, The Cleveland Grand Prix: An American Show Jumping First, and I wasn’t sure how to answer. The truth is, it’s the culmination of a career as an equestrian publicist and journalist,
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
Banner Day for Betsee Parker, Scott Stewart and Hunt Tosh at National Horse Show
Thursday, October 30 2014
Scott Stewart and Lucador earned the 2014 Grand Hunter Championship with a clean sweep of the Green Conformation Hunter division.
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Scott Stewart Dominates Day One of the 131st National Horse Show
Wednesday, October 29 2014
Scott Stewart and A Million Reasons Photo By Phelps Media Group Lexington, KY – October 28, 2014 – At the end of the year-long horse show circuit, there is one final destination where the nation’s top hunter and jumper riders all flock: the National Horse Show at the Kentucky Horse Park. The prestigious six-day culminating final kicked off today with five full professional hunter divisions. In the Second Year Green Hunter division, sponsored by Ernie and Betty Oare and Patricia Adikes-Hill, it was Scott Stewart who dominated the day aboard Dr
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Jennifer Alfano and Candid Capture Grand Hunter Championship at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show
Thursday, October 16 2014
Jennifer Alfano and Candid Captured the Pennsylvania National Horse Show Grand Hunter Championship Photo By Emily Riden/Phelps Media Group “ Harrisburg, PA – October 16, 2014 - Two years ago, Jennifer Alfano purchased a young horse for the USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Program. She saw a horse with talent and untapped potential, a horse that she had faith would climb the ranks to become one of the industry’s best. Together they dominated the Pre-Green Hunters throughout 2013, and today they once again showed why, claiming the Pennsylvania National Horse Show Grand Hunter Championship, after completing smooth and consistent rounds in the Green Conformation Hunter division.
- Published in Tails & Trails, Z-Blogs
McLain Ward Wins $5,000 Open Jumper Speed Challenge at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show
Thursday, October 16 2014
McLain and Zander Photo By Al Cook Harrisburg, PA – October 15, 2014 – It was a patriotic evening at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show for Military Night, sponsored by Yards Brewing Company, as competitors and spectators saluted those who have served in our country’s military. A men’s choral group opened the evening’s festivities with beautiful renditions of God Bless America and the National Anthem, as Cadet Major Zihra Alizada, Cadet Captain Brandon Faux, Cadet Command Sergeant Major Neil Painter, and Cadet Major Evan Shuey displayed the American Flag
- Published in Tails & Trails, Z-Blogs
Caitlin Burns Ends the Season on a High Note: Navona Gallegos and Vatricia Top the Welcome Stake
Monday, October 13 2014
Caitlin Burns and On the Money during Summer in the Rockies Photo by Mary Adelaide Brakenridge Parker, CO – October 10, 2014 – The Colorado Horse Park hosted the USEF “A”-rated Colorado Fall Finals Horse Show September 25-28, 2014, at the picturesque facility in Parker. The final hunter /jumper competition of the 2014 season featured a full range of hunter, jumper, equitation and pony classes and divisions, including hunter and jumper classics. In the amateur hunters, Caitlin Burns from Longmont, Colorado, and her mare, On the Money, won both their over fences classes on Saturday and were fourth in one of the over fences classes on Sunday to clinch the championship of the Junior/Amateur Owner Hunters
- Published in Show World, 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
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