Team Purina USA Starts Weekly Practices for The Challenge of The Americas Freestyle Quadrille
Wednesday, February 06 2013
Team Purina USA practices quadrille for The Challenge of The Americas. All Photos Phelps Media Group Wellington, FL-February 5, 2013 -Team Purina USA for The Challenge of The Americas spends several hours every week at Betsy Juliano’s dressage facility, Havensafe Farm, practicing to unveil their unique quadrille freestyle at The Challenge, an event raising funds for breast cancer research. The U.S.
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs
Alise Oken and Teirra Top $25,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic
Monday, February 04 2013
Wellington, FL – February 3, 2013 – Week four of the2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by Fidelity Investments® , concluded on Sunday afternoon with a win for 21-year-old Alise Oken and Hi Hopes Farm, LLC’s Teirra in the $25,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic.
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Thank You Budweiser For Making Me Cry – Again!
Monday, February 04 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan I am not a football fan. I grew up in a football family, but when horse fever hit me, that was the direction I went in life. But, once a year I am a football fan – during the Superbowl.
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What’s All The Fuss About WEF?
Sunday, February 03 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan Sidelines at the beach! I spent many years living in the Wellington area, showing at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival – or WEF, as it is called. I have wonderful, wonderful memories of hanging out at WEF, so returning this week after a four year absence has been fantastic
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Spencer Smith and Skara Glen’s Voltan H Top Griffis Residential High Junior Jumpers at FTI WEF 4
Saturday, February 02 2013
Wellington, FL – February 1, 2013 -Week four of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) continued on Friday with the junior and amateur-owner riders beginning their jumper competition in the International Arena at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). In the first class of the morning, 16-year-old Wellington resident Spencer Smith jumped to victory in the $1,500 Griffis Residential High Junior Jumper Power and Speed class aboard Skara Glen’s Voltan H. Week four of the FTI WEF, sponsored by Fidelity Investments® , will continue through February 3.
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Interview with Dr. Jennifer Smallwood, DVM- Part 1
Friday, February 01 2013
For the first-time breeder, foaling season brings with it a host of questions.
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
Really Missouri? Really?
Thursday, January 31 2013
By Dani Moritz Let me just start this blog by saying this – “What the heck is wrong with Mother Nature?” Monday and Tuesday we were in the 70s. I went out to the barn and my poor pony was sweating just standing there. I didn’t even want to ride her, the poor thing looked so uncomfortable.
- Published in Pony Tales, Z-Blogs
David Marcus Top Canadian at World Dressage Masters
Tuesday, January 29 2013
Wellington, Florida – David Marcus of Campbellville, ON, was the top-placed Canadian at the CDI5* World Dressage Masters Palm Beach held January 23 to 27 in West Palm Beach, FL. In a 15-horse starting field that featured riders from Canada, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, The Netherlands, and the United States, Marcus placed seventh in Friday’s Grand Prix test. Marcus and Chrevi’s Capital, 13-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding (Chrevi’s Cavallo x Weinberg) owned by Deborah Miculinic, earned a score of 70.66% from the panel of five international judges and qualified to advance to Saturday night’s Grand Prix Freestyle. In front of a packed house at the Jim BrandonCenter, seven of the world’s best performed their individually choreographed musical freestyle programs. Marcus introduced his new Freestyle program, compiled by Joost Peters of The Netherlands. Featuring music from WHAM! and George Michael, the extremely difficult choreography highlighted Chrevi’s Capital’s strong canter work, including quality pirouettes and elegant half-pass, while impressive piaffe and passage were also rewarded with high scores from the judges. The pair’s final score of 70.75% ranked them sixth overall in their World Dressage Masters debut.
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Guest Post: Equine Recurrent Uveitis
Tuesday, January 29 2013
Equine Recurrent Uveitis(ERU) is also called moon blindness, periodic ophthalmia, or iridiocyclitis. Many clients I speak to are familiar with the term moon blindness, but they don’t really understand the disease, what causes it, and how we treat it.
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
Polo Is In Full Swing And I’m Headed To Polo In Paradise!
Tuesday, January 29 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan Polo is in full swing all around the country – from snow polo in the west to hot and sunny polo in the south. I am headed to Wellington in a few days and will be enjoying some polo thanks to a Polo In Paradise package through the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach , the official hotel partner of the International Polo Club Palm Beach
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