Loreto Natividad Strives To Be the Best
Wednesday, May 20 2015
by SL Editor
By Lauren R. Giannini Loreto Natividad takes his passion for polo very seriously. His all-out commitment to polo is a recurring theme among members of Team USPA who all agree that whatever challenges crop up, it’s totally worth every effort to play polo. “One challenge has been maturing as an adult and understanding that polo
- Published in Sidelines Feature
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Blogging the Pony Club Way
Saturday, May 16 2015
by SL Editor
By Amanda Alexander Gillian Warner is a 15-year-old H-B Horse Management and C-3 Traditional member of Lion Country Pony Club in the Eastern Pennsylvania Region. Gillian writes a blog for Eventing Nation, highlighting her experiences as a Pony Club member competing and learning in the great sport of eventing. She joined Pony Club to help
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
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The Best Life Is Living Happily Ever After
Friday, May 15 2015
by SL Editor
By Kathy Serio As a horse lover, I like to go to the ring and cheer on friends, clients and my husband. Watching all the pomp and circumstance it takes to get a rider to the ring is often overlooked. During the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival, I was watching a dear friend of mine competing
- Published in Weekly Feature
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Dorothy Trapp Crowell: Bluegrass Born & Bred
Thursday, May 14 2015
by SL Editor
By Lauren R. Giannini In the final decade of the 20th century, Dorothy Trapp Crowell rode into the record books with Molokai, her off-the-track Thoroughbred horse of a lifetime. Their extraordinary partnership harvested great international success in the “long format” era of three-day eventing. The four-part endurance test covered about 20 miles and consisted of
- Published in Sidelines Feature
Pin Stripes – Available for Adoption!
Thursday, May 14 2015
by Editor
Pin Stripes (Photo courtesy of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program) Pin Stripes, is available for adoption from New Vocations’ Laurelville, Ohio, facility. Pin Stripes is an 8-year-old, 15.2 h, bay Standardbred gelding
- Published in Beyond the Track, Z-Blogs
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Shooting Star – Available for Adoption!
Thursday, May 07 2015
by Editor
Shooting Star (Photo courtesy of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program) Shooting Star (Star), is available for adoption from New Vocations’ Marysville, Ohio, facility. Adoption fee is $500. Star is a 5-year-old, 16.1 h, chestnut Thoroughbred mare.
- Published in Beyond the Track, Z-Blogs
The Heart of a Polo Pony
Wednesday, May 06 2015
by SL Editor
By Kerstie Allen We’ve all loved that one special horse. Whether it was a naughty first pony or a seasoned show horse, equines hold a special place in our heart. We may love that horse or pony so much we give them the title of being the “best.” In the game of polo, one horse
- Published in Sidelines Spotlight
Eventer Barb Crabo and Eveready II
Wednesday, May 06 2015
by SL Editor
By Susan Friedland-Smith When the high school bell rang signaling the end of the day, a young Barb Crabo, backpack in tow, bolted from the classroom and sprinted across the sports field where a bus driver was keeping an eye out for her. If he saw her running, he’d wait for the budding equestrian whose
- Published in Weekly Feature
Finding Faith
Tuesday, May 05 2015
by SL Editor
By Katie Navarra Faith, a champagne-colored Quarter Horse, moved into the barn where Emily Lunsford of Leesburg, Virginia, took riding lessons and worked as a camp counselor. It was the summer of 2007 and the horse’s owner wanted a team penning partner, but the mare just wasn’t cutting it. “I loved her coloring so my
- Published in Sidelines Feature
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2015 IHSA Nationals Recap Day One
Saturday, May 02 2015
by Editor
2015 IHSA National Championships are being held April 30–May 3 at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield, Massachusetts. (Photo credit: Alistaire Ruggiero) The morning of April 30, 2015, at The Big E (Eastern States Exposition) in Springfield, Massachusetts, the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Nationals were underway.
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
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