Show Day Grooming Tips
Wednesday, March 12 2014
Show season is starting up soon, which means that you’ll need to have your horse turned out and presented in his very best.
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
Meet Our Members: Aisling Carroll
Tuesday, March 11 2014
Name: Aisling Carroll Year in school: Freshman Major: biology Hometown: Louisville, KY Horse Name: Fluff Breed: Thoroughbred Age: 9 Level: preliminary Where do you keep your horse/Train with?: I train with Deborah Iezzi in KY and consider her my main trainer. I work with Pippa Moon while I am at school and also ride with Jan Byyny as much as I can. How did you start riding?: My parents train race horses so I have been around horses starting from a very early age. They signed me up for proper riding lessons when I was very young, and I have been doing it ever since. Biggest riding accomplishment?: Winning my first CIC* last summer.
- Published in Pacer Pride, Z-Blogs
Spotted Saddle Horse
Monday, March 10 2014
The Spotted Saddle Horse combines the smooth movement of a gaited horse with the beautiful appearance of a pinto. Today the Spotted Saddle Horse continues to grow in popularity as both a pleasure horse and a show ring competitor. History The Spotted Saddle Horse’s origins can be traced to Tennessee
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2014 Live Oak International Driving and CSI2*W Showjumping Continues to Raise the Bar
Saturday, March 08 2014
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
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
USHJA Zone 4 and Gulf Coast Winter Classics Liverpool Clinic Makes a Splash With Devin Ryan
Saturday, March 08 2014
Gulfport, MS – March 6, 2014 - After riding with clinician Devin Ryan on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, the participants in the USHJA Zone 4 and Gulf Coast Winter Classics clinic may well be hoping a liverpool fence makes an appearance on their next course.
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
USA ends England’s unbeaten run at Hickstead
Friday, March 07 2014
Team USA were the dominant force in the annual International Arena Polo Test Match at Hickstead on Saturday (1 March), beating England by 21 goals to 17.
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Freeing a Cast Horse
Wednesday, March 05 2014
If you’ve ever seen a cast horse, it’s an image that you’re not likely to forget.
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Horse History – March 7, 1981 – Red Pollard Passes Away
Monday, March 03 2014
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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Team Canada Wins $75,000 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Presented by G&C Farm
Saturday, March 01 2014
Alexander Zetterman and Canora Fly to Victory in $10,000 G&C Farm Speed Stake; Ali Tritschler Tops Platinum Performance USEF Show Jumping Talent Search For Immediate Release Lauren Fisher and Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc.
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Chester Weber’s First Live Oak Driver ApprenticeBrings a Real ‘Wise Guy’
Tuesday, February 25 2014
Ocala, FL (February 19, 2014) – Jacob Arnold, who began a mentorship under Chester Weber in January as the first up-and-coming driver to benefit from Weber’s inaugural Live Oak Driver Apprentice Program, is getting a real ‘Wise Guy’ to work with: Ijsbrand Chardon’s talented FEI prospect Wise Guy, known fondly as Whooper Jacob Arnold and Whooper. (Photo courtesy of Live Oak Combined Driving) “I am very grateful for the opportunity to have a chance to drive such a talented horse
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs