Small Pair- Available for Adoption!
Monday, June 17 2013
Small Pair, aka “Pair” is a 2007, chestnut mare. She is 15.3 hands from Hummelstown, PA with an adoption fee of $600. Pair is a lovely mare who will steal your heart with her golden personality! This sweet mare is quiet and well mannered enough to be ground tied while she is groomed, tacked, and bathed
- Published in Beyond the Track, Z-Blogs
Ward and McCrea Notch Victories Through the Weather at Spruce Meadows ‘Continental’ Tournament
Saturday, June 15 2013
(SPRUCE MEADOWS, Calgary, AB): Riders at the Spruce Meadows ‘Continental’ Tournament had to deal with incoming rain and storms today, but it didn’t dampen the level of competition. McLain Ward (USA) and Grant Road Partners’ Super Trooper de Ness were fastest in a large field of 75 to win the $33,000 AltaGas Cup 1.45m
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
A Dressage Book Like No Other
Friday, June 14 2013
Dressage with Mind, Body, and Soul A 21st-Century Approach to the Science and Spirituality of Riding and Horse-and-Rider-Well-Being Linda Tellington-Jones with Rebeccca M. Didier Trafalger Square Books is pleased to announce the publication of Dressage with Mind, Body, and Soul by Linda Tellingtion-Jones with Rebecca M. Didier.
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs
Group Turnout Safety
Friday, June 14 2013
If your horse is turned out with other horses, chances are that the group has settled in, formed its own small herd, and things are relatively peaceful. That can all change quickly, though, with the introduction – and sometimes with the removal – of a herd member. Knowing how to safely introduce new horses – and when to step in if things aren’t going as planned – can make the transition easier and safer for all of the horses
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
Welcome Wins Go to Gonzalez and McArdle to Start Spruce Meadows ‘Continental’ Tournament
Thursday, June 13 2013
(SPRUCE MEADOWS, Calgary, AB): The first day of the Spruce Meadows ‘Continental’ Tournament featured two welcome competitions in the Meadows on the Green. The first was a $5,000 Friends of the Meadows 1.45m Welcome for the horses in contention to compete in tomorrow’s $100,000 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™. Enrique Gonzalez (MEX) and Quilebo D Tillard took the win in the speed format competition
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
HITS Horse Shows Weekly Newsletter – Spring Edition #3
Thursday, June 13 2013
Fifteen-year-old Lillie Keenan and Pumped Up Kicks jump to first grand prix win SAUGERTIES, NY (June 10, 2013) – Lillie Keenan and Pumped Up Kicks were pumped up just enough Sunday afternoon to win the $125,000 Purina Animal Nutrition Grand Prix, presented by Zoetis . The 15-year-old rider and Chansonette Farm, LLC’s Pumped Up Kicks closed out three weeks of spring shows at HITS-on-the-Hudson with the only double clear of the day, cracking the code to Canadian designer Danny Foster’s track. The pair started competing together at the start of the winter circuits in Florida this year and Sunday marked the first grand prix victory for both.
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Francisco Tejada wins HITS Saugerties Weekly Groom Award
Tuesday, June 11 2013
©ESI Photography Francisco Tejada and Tony Hitchcock Francisco Tejada of Stepping Stone Farm was honored this week for his outstanding and vital contribution to the equestrian industry. He was awarded the HITS Saugerties Weekly Groom Award after Week II and received a special gift card, courtesy of Dennis Kenny Law Offices of Kingston, New York
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Angel Karolyi Claims $75,000 Upperville Jumper Classic
Tuesday, June 11 2013
Upperville, Virginia – Venezuela’s Angel Karolyi braved the wet weather to claim victory aboard Amigo in the $75,000 Upperville Jumper Classic on Sunday, June 9, at the Upperville Colt and Horse Show in Upperville, Virginia. Karolyi and Amigo, a nine-year-old Zangersheide gelding, topped a starting field of 27 horse and rider combinations to capture the win over a course that left many struggling. Not a single rider completed the first round fault-free, with 10 opting to retire.
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Colorado Horse Park CCI*, Training Three-Day and Horse Trials Wrap-Up
Monday, June 10 2013
Parker, CO – June 9, 2013 – The Colorado Horse Park’s CCI*, Training Three-Day and Horse Trials, held May 31-June 2, drew riders from around the United States and Canada for a challenging weekend of fun and competition.
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Eric Lamaze and Wang Chung Score Spruce Meadows Victory
Monday, June 10 2013
Calgary, Alberta – 2008 Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze was in the winner’s circle after claiming the $40,000 ATCO Structures & Logistics Cup on Sunday, June 9, at the Spruce Meadows “National” Tournament in Calgary, AB. While Lamaze has welcomed two new international mounts to his stable in recent weeks, it was his partner of almost two years, Wang Chung M2S, that carried him to Sunday’s victory. The pair had the advantage of going second to last in the starting order, knowing they had to better the time of 85.33 seconds set by Reed Kessler of the United States. Catch her time they did, cruising through Werner Deeg’s course in the International Ring in a time of 84.73 seconds. When the final rider, Brianne Goutal of the U.S., proved to be no threat, Lamaze claimed his first victory of the Spruce Meadows summer series
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs