I Love The Story of Snowman – And The Photos!
Thursday, May 02 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan The de Leyer kids grew up with Snowman, who retired from the show ring in 1962. Photo from the Private Collection of Harry de Leyer In the May issue of Sidelines, Emily Riden wrote a story for us called “Harry de Leyer and Snowman: A Cinderella Story Becomes a Film.” It’s a great story and when I read Emily’s story I rushed out and bought the book “The Eighty Dollar Champion.” I loved the book and the story of Harry, a Dutch immigrant, and his horse Snowman
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Second Perfect Place to Stay (While Living the Uber-Chic Lifestyle in Palm Beach)
Tuesday, April 02 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach – very grand! Last month my daughter Abby and I went to the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) for a week and had a wonderful time! Not only did we enjoy the horse show and all the wonderful showing, but we also stayed at three amazing hotels! In my blog yesterday I wrote about staying at the Four Seasons Resort in Palm Beach.
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In Love With the Dancing Pony!!
Tuesday, March 05 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan The Dancing Pony doing his thing! If you haven’t seen the Dancing Pony who is dancing his way around YouTube and Facebook pages everywhere – well take one minute and ten seconds to sit down and watch it – and get ready to smile. It’s silly (and I’m not even sure what it is advertising) – but nothing beats a silly dancing pony! I am a big fan of Shetland Ponies – and this dancing Shetland Pony takes it to an all new level
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McLain Ward and Super Trooper de Ness Triumph in $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m Jumpers
Saturday, January 19 2013
Wellington, FL – January 18, 2013 – Week two of the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) continued on Friday at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) with a win for McLain Ward and Grant Road Partners’ Super Trooper de Ness in the $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m jump-off class. Laura Chapot and Bradberry won the $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m speed class and Laurie Stevens and Iceman took home their second championship of the circuit in the Camping World Adult Amateur Hunter 51 & Over division. The second week of FTI WEF competition, sponsored by Wellington Equestrian Realty , will run January 16-20.
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Whoo hoo, Life is Good! Sidelines Welcomes New Intern and Photographer Mindy Coretz
Friday, September 21 2012
By Jan Westmark-Allan Mindy Coretz – new Sidelines intern extraordinaire Throughout the summer I had a wonderful intern named April Leonard working for me, helping me with the Sidelines website and Facebook page. When she told me she wouldn’t be able to keep working as an intern when she went back to college in the fall, my reaction was simple. I said, “April, college is overrated.
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