Ten More Champions Are Crowned on Final Day of US Dressage Finals Presented By Adequan®
Monday, November 10 2014
Intense head-to-head dressage competition across 30 championship divisions concluded on Sunday at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington for the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan ®. Surrounded by friends and family, emotions ran high for competitors as they rode their way into history and celebrated their success with joyous victory laps before packing for their long journeys back to homes across the country
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
Decoding Military Horse Statues
Monday, November 10 2014
Horses have faithfully served our country through countless battles, becoming an integral part of America’s military history. Top leaders are often depicted in statues, and they’re frequently mounted on horses. It’s long been said that military horse statues follow a certain “code” – but is it true
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
Aiken Horse Park Foundation Celebrates Groundbreaking
Monday, November 10 2014
On Saturday, November 8 th the Aiken Horse Park Foundation unveiled its capital improvement plans for the Aiken Horse Park, holding a ceremonial groundbreaking at the park. This event highlighted the park as the future location of permanent, state of the art showing and stabling facilities, which will also be available for use by various charitable organizations. The park will be laid out to accommodate a wide variety of equine competitions and events, such as hunter-jumper showing, including grand prix level show jumping and hunter derbies, as well as steeplechase and carriage driving, to reflect the diversity of Aiken County’s equine industry.
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs
Docutainment Films premiers the HARRY & SNOWMAN Movie Trailer
Saturday, November 08 2014
Wellington, FL – November 6, 2014 - Docutainment Films premiers the HARRY & SNOWMAN movie trailer, along with an opportunity to receive a collectors edition DVD of Harry & Snowman, autographed by Harry deLeyer and a chance to win an expense-paid trip for two to the U.S. premier in 2015. The 85 minute film is near completion and has been submitted to major 2015 international film festivals, including Sundance, Berlin, Rotterdam and SXSW
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs
Dressage for Every Discipline: The Transition
Friday, November 07 2014
Part two in our Dressage for Every Discipline series examines the transition and how it can improve your communication with your horse, no matter what discipline you ride. Why are Transitions Important?
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
More Showing for the Eventing Team!
Thursday, November 06 2014
The eventing team has been busy competing this month and it has just begun! The team kicked off the month at the Full Gallop Farm Horse Trials held on November 2nd. We had four riders competing
- Published in Pacer Pride, Z-Blogs
Creative Horse Stall Washing Solutions
Thursday, November 06 2014
As winter approaches, an indoor wash stall can definitely come in handy.
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
Mary Jordan Heads to U.S. Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® as First-Ever Para-Dressage Athlete
Wednesday, November 05 2014
Mary Jordan and Rubicon 75 at the Great American Insurance Group/ United States Dressage Federation Region 8 Championships presented by New England Dressage Association (NEDA) September 18-21, 2014 Photo By ©Amy E. Riley/STUDIO EQUUS Lexington, KY – October 30, 2014 - 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) athlete Mary Jordan of Wells, Maine is headed to the 2014 U.S. Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® scheduled for November 6-9, in Lexington, KY
- Published in Show World, Z-Blogs
The Many Advantages of Horsecams
Wednesday, November 05 2014
Have you ever thought about investing in a camera or video monitoring system for your barn or horse trailer? There are many great reasons to set up a horsecam on your property. If you can come up with the funds to initially purchase the camera, chances are that installing a camera in your horse barn or horse trailer is a decision that you won’t regret
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
2014 National Horse Show Highlights & Photo Gallery
Wednesday, November 05 2014
2014 National Horse Show Highlights & Photo Gallery by Kim & Allen MacMillan/MacMillan Photography & Media Services The 131 st renewal of the historic National Horse Show is now in the record books as of last Sunday afternoon. This year’s show, held for the fourth year in a row at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, featured: Amateur Owner, Professional and Junior Hunter classes from Tuesday through Saturday; a three-phase $15,000 Under 25 Grand Prix competition sponsored by Sleepy P Ranch and Deeridge Farm; an in-costume $45,000 Chansonette Farm Gambler’s Choice class on Halloween (Friday); the $250,000 Canadian Pacific Grand Prix on Saturday, and the ASPCA Maclay Medal Equitation Finals on Sunday. The show was founded in 1883 by a group of affluent businessmen.
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs