Grand Champions Wins Inaugural Great Futures Celebrity Polo Match, Raises Money For Boys & Girls Club

  Nacho Figueras (3) of Grand Champions drives downfield with defender Alejandro Novillo Astrada (3) of Piaget closing in. Photo by Scott Fisher WELLINGTON, FL-March 10, 2014— -On a perfect, sun-drenched day for polo, Grand Champions captured the inaugural Great Futures Celebrity Polo Match Sunday at Grand Champions Polo Club. Led by Nacho Figueras, polo’s ambassador and face of Ralph Lauren, Grand Champions (Melissa Ganzi, Marc Ganzi, Nacho Figueras, Nic Roldan) defeated Piaget (Marwan Mohey-el-dien, Jared Zenni, Alejandro Novillo Astrada, Juan Bollini) with a 3-2 victory in the championship final.
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Horse History – Jackie Kennedy Given Horse from Pakistan’s Governor

On March 23, 1962, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (“Jackie”) was given a very special horse. The First Lady, wife of 35 th United States President John F
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Tips for Lunging Safely

Lunging a horse can be an excellent training tool. Lunging can help younger horses learn to balance and develop strength
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Show Day Grooming Tips

Show season is starting up soon, which means that you’ll need to have your horse turned out and presented in his very best.
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Crypto Aero Wholefood Horse Feed Excited to be the Feed Sponsor for Leah Winston’s colt Quaterstern RF Queue and Shawn Casady’s mare Coco Chanel

Shawn Casady and Coco Chanel Coco Chanel (Lord Z x Karandasj) is a 2007 mare that has just arrived in the U.S. this January
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2014 Live Oak International Driving and CSI2*W Showjumping Continues to Raise the Bar

Ocala, FL (March 7, 2014)  -  Never has an international-level equestrian competition in the Sunshine State offered so much for so many. The Live Oak International CAI/CSI-W 2*, March 19-23, at Live Oak Plantation, will provide spectators the chance to watch some of the sport’s most celebrated equestrian athletes. Top athletes entered to compete include 2012 British Olympic Team Gold Medalist Ben Maher, 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist Cian O’Connor, Olympian McLain Ward, and 10-time National Four-in-Hand Champion Chester Weber. And if all that is not enough horse power, the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales will be on display as well
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Horse History – March 7, 1981 – Red Pollard Passes Away

On March 7, 1981, Red Pollard passed away. Pollard, a racing jockey, was famous for riding the incredible Thoroughbred Seabiscuit. Pollard was born on October 27, 1909 in Edmonton, Canada
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Adrienne Lyle Wins Gold in Individual Stillpoint Farm CDIO Nations Cup Competition at AGDF; Matute Jr. and Konyot Take Silver and Bronze

Canada Sweeps FEI Grand Prix CDI 3* presented by Peacock Ridge   For Immediate Release Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc.
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Shane Sweetnam and Cyklon 1083 Speed to Victory in $34,000 Spy Coast Farm

Wellington, FL – February 19, 2014 – The 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) began its seventh week of competition on Wednesday with a win for Shane Sweetnam (IRL) and Cyklon 1083 in the $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL.   Sponsored by Adequan®, FTI WEF week seven runs February 19-23, 2014. The week will feature the $125,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 7 on Thursday, the $34,000 G&C Farm 1.45m on Friday, the $280,000 Adequan® Grand Prix CSI 4* on Saturday, and the $84,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic on Sunday.
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The Big Melt

Much of Aiken is still without power but the ice if pretty much gone.  By early afternoon the temperatures had risen to the high 40′s and ice was melting
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