Barn Building 101: Special Needs – Layup and Rehab
Thursday, May 23 2013
Whether it’s your own horse or you are a barn owner thinking of adding another revenue stream by boarding horses that are injured, you will probably experience a horse needing special recuperative care at least once.
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
Tips for Incoming College Students
Wednesday, May 22 2013
Yes. My family actually brought this sign to graduation and nobody warned me! By Dani Moritz It’s hard to believe that I graduated college. It seems like yesterday I was taking my first riding lessons and playing horses and Barbies with my sisters in the basement.
- Published in Pony Tales, Z-Blogs
Megan Wexler and Cadence take top spot in $30,000 Fenwick Equestrian Grand Prix at the Atlanta Spring Challenge Horse Show
Tuesday, May 21 2013
May 20thth, 2013- It was a family affair for Megan Wexler and Cadence during the Atlanta Spring Challenge’s $30,000 Fenwick Equestrian Grand Prix.
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
How much?
Monday, May 20 2013
What makes one horse worth more than another? I think a number of things can factor into the answer to that question. First, we have simplicity — how easy the horse is to ride
- Published in In the Irons, Z-Blogs
The Growing Sport of Western Dressage
Monday, May 20 2013
Chances are you’ve heard that no matter what discipline you ride, schooling your horse in basic dressage can improve his performance in your chosen discipline. The emerging sport of western dressage builds on that idea, only western dressage takes it one step further by allowing western horses and riders to compete using western tack. What we think of as today’s Western riding has been in practice since the 1700’s, originating on ranches and in the practices of the Spanish vaqueros
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
David Oliynyk and Generous Ride to a Near-Perfect Score Claiming the Blue in the $10,000 Fieldstone 3’3″ Hunter Derby
Sunday, May 19 2013
Halifax, MA – May 17, 2013 – All eyes were on the hunter competitors as they took center stage on the Derby Field at the Fieldstone Spring Festival. The derby has always been an exhibitor and crowd favorite at the Fieldstone Show Park in Halifax, MA, and today’s derbies were no exception
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Christine McCrea Does It Again! Zerly is Victorious in $25,000 Grand Prix of North Salem
Saturday, May 18 2013
North Salem, NY – May 17, 2013 – For the second week in a row, Christine McCrea of East Windsor, CT, won the Friday grand prix event at the Old Salem Spring Horse Show. She and Zerly were fastest to win the $25,000 Grand Prix of North Salem presented by The Hakim Family over World Cup champion Beezie Madden and Coral Reef Via Volo and last week’s Sunday grand prix winners, Todd Minikus and Uraguay. Today’s grand prix had 60 entries, and nine of those advanced to the jump-off over a course designed by Anthony D’Ambrosio of Red Hook, NY.
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Dan Steers of Double Dan Horsemanship Announced as First Competitor of Road to the Horse International 2014
Wednesday, May 15 2013
Australian clinician, Dan Steers of Double Dan Horsemanship, was announced as the first competitor at Road to the Horse 2014. Steers will make his way to the Kentucky Horse Park March 14-16, 2014 to compete for the World Championship of Colt Starting title representing his homeland of Australia. Both Dan Steers and Dan James are all too familiar with the Road to the Horse phenomenon.
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs
Todd Minikus and Uraguay Speed to Victory in $50,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix presented by Suncast
Tuesday, May 14 2013
North Salem, NY – May 12, 2013 – Todd Minikus and Legacy Stables’ Uraguay won the highlight event of the first week of the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, the $50,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix presented by Suncast.
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs