U.S. and Canada Vie for Para-Equestrian Team Championship at 2013 Adequan Global Dressage Festival WEF Dressage Classic CPEDI3*
Saturday, March 16 2013
Wellington, FL -March 15, 2013- Opening day at the 2013 Adequan Global Dressage Festival WEF Dressage Classic CPEDI3*, presented by Today’s Equestrian and Fellows, showcased many of North America’s top Para-Dressage riders. Equestrians from Canada and the U.S
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Conor Swail and Martha Louise Win $33,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 10
Friday, March 15 2013
Wellington, FL – March 14, 2013 – Ireland’s Conor Swail and Chinook Valley, Inc.’s Martha Louise were victorious in Thursday’s $33,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 10 during week ten of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival’s (FTI WEF), sponsored by Horseware Ireland. Week ten’s competition runs March 13-17 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) featuring CSI 3* competition.
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Mutt of the Month – Peeta
Friday, March 15 2013
Meet Peeta! His brother, Gale has already been adopted. Unfortunately Peeta does not make a great first impression. He’s tired of seeing people walking past his kennel and wants to get out and play
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Alexandra Cherubini and EquiFit Are A Perfect 10
Thursday, March 14 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan I met Alexandra Cherubini, the founder of EquiFit, about eight years ago at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington. I did a story on her company, which was fairly new at the time – and it has been very exciting to watch it grow by leaps and bounds over the years.
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Examining Deworming Programs
Wednesday, March 13 2013
Worms are a huge problem in horses. If present long enough, worms can damage a horse’s internal organs and intestinal lining, result in a dull coat and poor nutrition, and cause weight loss and muscle wasting in addition to many other symptoms
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Jessica Springsteen and Vindicat W Shine in $82,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic
Tuesday, March 12 2013
Wellington, FL, March 10, 2013- Twenty-one-year-old Jessica Springsteen of Colts Neck, NJ, guided Stone Hill Farm’s Vindicat W to the winning round in Sunday’s $82,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic to conclude week nine of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by The Bainbridge Companies. Showing on a beautiful afternoon at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL, Springsteen topped a field of great riders, including her trainer, U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Laura Kraut.
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Rancho Valencia Dressage Affaire CDI-YJ3* at the Del Mar Horse Park
Sunday, March 10 2013
Class 5 – (CDI) FEI Grand Prix Special Test – 3/9/2013 Jena (SWE) at E; Macartney (CAN) at H; Lopes (POR) at C; Zang (USA) at M; McDonald (USA) at B Placing, Horse Name, Rider, Owner, Score 1. Breanna, Kathleen Raine, Kathleen Raine, Percent: 69.000% 2.
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Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Malou Top an Impressive Jump-Off to Win the $50,000 HITS Grand Prix, Presented by Zoetis
Sunday, March 10 2013
THERMAL, CA (March 4, 2013) – The $50,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Zoetis, won’t be easily forgotten. Fifty-five top horse-and-rider combinations took to Brazilian course designer Marina Azevedo’s course Sunday afternoon and 10 of the most competitive made it to one of the most exciting jump-offs yet this season, with the top four having less than a second to differentiate their time
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Lauren Hough and Ohlala Are Best in $33,000 G&C Farm 1.45m at FTI WEF
Saturday, March 09 2013
Wellington, FL, March 8, 2013- Week nine’s CSI-W 5* competition at the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) continued on Friday with a win for Lauren Hough (USA) and Ohlala in the $33,000 G&C Farm 1.45m speed class, a Longines FEI world ranking event.
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Fellers and Flexible Back on Top, Win the $25,000 Smartpak Grand Prix, Presented by Zoetis
Saturday, March 09 2013
THERMAL, CA (March 2, 2013) – Fifty-three horse-and-rider combinations took the field, but it was the reigning World Cup winners who ruled the day Friday, when Rich Fellers and Flexible rode to victory in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Zoetis. The rider from Wilsonville, Oregon and the chestnut stallion owned by Harry and Mollie Chapman, laid down a pair of sizzling rounds, although they were chased to the finish by Lane Clarke of Laguna Niguel, California and Horsemanship Unlimited’s Kiss the Sky, who finished second. Germany’s Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Windward Farm’s Unbelievable 5 placed third
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