Susan Clark Wins Ladies Hunter Sidesaddle Championship at Pennsylvania National Horse Show
Friday, October 18 2013
Harrisburg, PA – October 17, 2013 – Susan Clark and her own NU MOON won the Ladies Hunter Sidesaddle Championship at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show today. It was an exciting finale to the division as the Championship had to be decided in a rare three-way ‘hack off’. Reserve Champion was Devon Zebrovious and QUEST, owned by Cherry Blossom Farm LLC.
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In Which Tucker and I Get Out and Make New Friends
Tuesday, October 15 2013
So first things first… quick update on my last post: Montel has found a wonderful home! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the horse world is a strange but truly beautiful place. Just when I had hit a point of desperation and was visiting neighborhood farms to see if they’d take him in exchange for barn help (like I have that kind of time), people started coming forward. Montel in his younger days So many people reached out to help, either through spreading the word or offering him a safe place to land.
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Casablanca Captures USPA Kay Colee Memorial Cup At Grand Champions Polo Club
Tuesday, October 15 2013
WELLINGTON, FL-Oct. 13, 2013—-Casablanca won its first tournament of the fall season with a thrilling 10-7 victory over ELG Sunday in the championship final of the USPA Kay Colee Memorial Tournament presented by The Tackeria at Grand Champions Polo Club.
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Orlov Trotter
Tuesday, October 15 2013
The Standard bred dominates the world of harness racing today, but long before the Standard bred existed, the Orlov Trotter was revered by Russians for its speed and endurance as a harness and cart horse. History The Russian Count Alexey Orlov is responsible for the Orlov Trotter’s origination in the late 1700s
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Jump Ahead with a Jeté!
Tuesday, October 15 2013
Schleese Saddlery, long known as a significant player in the dressage saddle market, and specializing in saddles made specifically for women, has now ventured into the hunter/jumper market with its revolutionary Jeté saddle. The word Jeté comes from the French and in its verb form (jeter) simply means “to jump”. Jeté itself is a noun and means ‘the Jump’ – in ballet the term “Grand Jeté” connotates a classical leap high in the air in full split extension
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013 Alltech National Horse Show Welcomes Harry deLeyer
Sunday, October 13 2013
Lexington, KY – October 11, 2013 – Harry deLeyer rose to stardom on the back of Snowman, an $80 horse bound for slaughter, in whom deLeyer recognized incredible potential.
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Casablanca, ELG Play Sunday For USPA Kay Colee Memorial Trophy At Grand Champions Polo Club
Sunday, October 13 2013
WELLINGTON, FL-Oct. 11, 2013—-After a full day of polo at Palm City and Grand Champions Polo Clubs, Casablanca and ELG emerged the finalists for Sunday’s USPA Kay Colee Memorial Tournament presented by The Tackeria. The championship final is at 10 a.m
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Hillary Simpson Brought Arkansas Back to His Roots in Retired Racehorse Training Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium
Saturday, October 12 2013
Headlined Star-Studded Line-up in Two-Day Event at Pimlico Race Course Southern Pines, NC–October 8, 2013—Grand Prix rider Hillary Simpson showed that careers in show jumping can be viable for ex-race horses during her appearance with her Thoroughbred Arkansas in the Retired Racehorse Training Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, MD, over the weekend of October 5-6. Simpson brought her 10-year-old Thoroughbred gelding, on whom she has won several Grand Prix ribbons this year including a win in the Mt. Equinox Grand Prix in Vermont, to the two-day event and participated in several functions.
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Junior Hunters Set The Stage On Opening Day of the Pennsylvania National Horse Show
Friday, October 11 2013
The hunter competition proved tough on opening day, but it was Victoria Colvin, of Loxahatchee, FL, who stood out and proved why she is a formidable opponent in the hunter ring, winning a total of five classes. In the Small Junior Hunter 15 & Under Division, Colvin’s beautiful rounds aboard Dr
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Good Food Hunting: Foodie Interview with Kate Samuels
Thursday, October 10 2013
By Kat Wojtylak Hearty beef stew with cornbread cooked up by Kate. Kate Samuels is a writer for Eventing Nation . She tackles the obstacles in her life as an event rider and does it all while she moonlights as a foodie. Kate ‘s story is like many others out there.
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