Founder of Three IHSA Programs Anne Mather Brzezecki to be Honored

Anne Brzezicki will be honored at a retirement reception and dinner Sept. 22 at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where she served as the director of the equestrian programs
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JUMPER ACTION WRAPS UP WEEK IV AT THE GULF COAST WINTER CLASSIC

    Holly Shepherd pilots Sky High to his first Grand Prix win in the $40,777 Kruse Cushion Ride Grand Prix Photo: Alison Hartwell Photography For Immediate Release:  March 6, 2017 Gulfport, Mississippi Holly Shepherd of Grand Bay, Alabama and Loretta Patterson’s Sky High galloped away yesterday with their first Grand Prix win in the $40,777 Kruse Cushion Ride Grand Prix, presented by the City of Gulfport today on a course designed by former Assistant Olympic Course Designer for the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2016 Games, Manuel Esparza, of Mexico City, Mexico. Esparza set the first round time allowed at 83 seconds. “The course was well designed and had a nice flow to it.
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Chincoteague – Sun, Surf and Ponies

By Lauren R. Giannini Chincoteague Island off the coast of Virginia is a wish-list destination for many, especially those who loved reading “Misty of Chincoteague,” a fictionalized tale published in 1947 about three real ponies: Misty, Phantom and Stormy. The first of Marguerite Henry’s delightful wild pony novels, it quickly became a beloved children’s classic.
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Virginia Senter at the 2017 CPI in Wellington Florida on Sidelines TV

Virginia Senter at the 2017 CPI in Wellington Florida on Sidelines TV
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Loyal Sweet Briar Community Fights to Save College

By Lauren R. Giannini “Holla Holla Holla Nothing That You Cannot Do”: Sweet Briar College’s cheer can double as a battle cry. On March 3, 2015, the 114-year-old center of women’s learning seemed to be tottering on the brink of extinction when the blunt announcement appeared on SBC’s Facebook page that Sweet Briar, located near
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Finding Faith

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
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Rita Mae Brown: Books, Breakfast and the Bravery of the Foxhunt!

  By Doris Degner-Foster Rita Mae Brown is well known for the entertaining novels she writes where household pets and other animals take an active part in solving the murder mystery. She is also an advocate for equal rights and an Emmy nominated screenwriter and poet. But before any of those accomplishments, Rita Mae rode
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Diary of a Podium Hopeful: In the Beginning

With September around the corner I am reminded of two things a) the mounting pile of biology homework I am to complete and b) the approaching championship. I am still waiting for my official invitation letter from USHJA, but am hopeful that it should arrive soon
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Diary of a Podium Hopeful: In the Beginning

With September around the corner I am reminded of two things a) the mounting pile of biology homework I am to complete and b) the approaching championship. I am still waiting for my official invitation letter from USHJA, but am hopeful that it should arrive soon
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Barn Tour Offers Look at Premiere Staunton Farms

The Virginia Horse Center Foundation, in partnership with the VHCF Equestriennes, is pleased to announce the 2013 Barn Tour, which will take place on Saturday, October 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Middlebrook and Staunton
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