May 8, 2012
Synergist Saddles at Wyoming Trading Post
A triumph of the saddler's art! Authentic reproduction Saddles made cowboy tough, more than tough enough in fact to rope cattle from every day but so darn pretty that at the end of the day, you’ll want to bring them up to the house just to look at. The perfect way to show off your love of America's Old West and honor it's rich pioneer history! More info...
May 8, 2012
Western States Horse Expo Welcomes Latest Clinician
Sacramento, CA
The Western States Horse Expo is pleased to announce that Canadian dressage rider and trainer Shannon Dueck will be a featured clinician during this year's event. Dueck, who also has duel citizenship and resides in Loxahatchee, FL, represented Canada at the highest levels of the sport on many occasions, and is currently aiming her top mount Ayscha towards the 2012 London Olympics. The Western States Horse Expo is scheduled for June 8-10, 2012 at the Cal Expo Fairgrounds in Sacramento, CA.
Her mother, Jacqueline Oldham, introduced Dueck to dressage at a very young age, and in 1994 she spent many months training in Holland as a working student for Bert Rutten. In 1995, Dueck rode in her first international competition and was long-listed for the Canadian Equestrian Team in 1996 with her first star mount, Korona. The pair eventually earned the Individual Silver Medal at the 1999 Pan American Games and competed at the 2003 World Cup Finals. Dueck's current mount, Ayscha, began the Grand Prix in 2010 at just nine-years-old, and has competed internationally with the Canadian team. The pair have now set their sights on the 2012 London Olympics, where they hope to help bring home a medal for their home country. More info...
May 8, 2012
First-Ever Southeast Medal Finals in Jacksonville Proud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project
Jacksonville, FL
The Southeast Medal Finals is pleased to announce the event will be a proud supporter of the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). The First Annual Southeast Medal Finals will take place on September 21-23, 2012 at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center. Highlights include the Southeast Junior 3' Medal Finals and the Southeast Adult 3' Medal Finals, the Region Three ASPCA Maclay Regionals.
WWP was founded by several veterans and friends, moved by stories of the first wounded service members returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq, took action to help others in need. What started as a program to provide comfort items to wounded service members has grown into a complete rehabilitative effort to assist warriors as they recover and transition back to civilian life.
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May 8, 2012
Paralympic Hopefuls Give Dressage DisplayThe Paralympics is only a few months away, and some disabled children from Northamptonshire have been given an insight into one of the equestrian events.
The Riding for the Disabled day was held at Moulton College near Northampton. It featured dressage displays from two riders who are hoping to compete at the Paralympics in August 2012. More info...
May 5, 2012
Fellers and Flexible Do It Again, Flying to Victory in the $50,000 Surfside Grand Prix presented by ShowBiz Magazine
Del Mar, CA
An international field contested the $50,000 Surfside Grand Prix presented by ShowBiz Magazine Friday evening at the Del Mar National Horse Show. Of the 26 entries in the class, six combinations were members of the USEF Long List for the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2012 Olympic Games. The prestigious California horse show, held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, serves as the first of four 2012 US Show Jumping Team Observation Events. Leading the victory lap tonight were Rich Fellers and Flexible, having bested the five horse jump-off, which included three long listed combinations.
Lauren Hough was the first member of the USEF Long List for the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2012 Olympic Games to produce a fault-free effort over the first round. Riding Robyn Parsky's Blue Angel, the Wellington, FL resident jumped a tidy, efficient round over the initial course. In the jump-off the 10-year-old Anglo-European mare looked on her way to producing a second clear round but slicing the turn to the penultimate jump resulted in four faults. They finished in fourth place. More info...
May 4, 2012
William Fox-Pitt Claims His Second Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event
Lexington, KY
For the second time in three years, William Fox-Pitt flew home to England wearing the Rolex Watch, the coveted prize given to the winner of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Bridgestone. Fox-Pitt rode Parklane Hawk to the victory, with a final score of 45.3 penalties.
Allison Springer of the United States rode Arthur into second place (47.0), earning the title of Rolex/USEF National Four-Star Champion and her own special prize, an 18-month lease on a 2012 Range Rover HSE courtesy of Land Rover North America. Boyd Martin of the United States finished third on Otis Barbotiere (51.0). More info...
May 2, 2012
Don't Just Dump that Old Tack, Give it a Second Career!
Mary Cox
The decision to sell my favorite saddle was due to the cold hard fact that I hadn’t jumped in more than 5 years, my passion has been Dressage for quite some time and I thought it was “time”. But my reaction to the phone call was ”What??!! Oh No, what had I done?”
Thoughts raced through my head….”Maybe I made a mistake and I’ll want to jump again…..and….I’ll never find a saddle that will fit me so well” With tears welling up in my eyes I suddenly realized why I felt so sad at my saddle’s final depart. To let go of my jump saddle meant I had to really let go of my once in lifetime mare, Fatima. She had passed away 5 years ago and only recently had I even allowed the horse I am leasing to “borrow” her bridle and blankets! More info...
May 2, 2012
“Rolex Ride The Course” Media Ride Puts Journalists in the Hot Seat
By Kim MacMillen
Looking through Comanche’s ears as we jigged up to the Rolex Head of the Lake water complex the jumps looked even more daunting from the saddle than from the ground, if that’s possible. Comanche, a red roan Appaloosa gelding, was my trusty, albeit enthusiastic, mount on the 2012 “Rolex Ride The Course” media trail ride around cross-country at the Kentucky Horse Park.
Thanks to Rolex Watch and Merrick Haydon of Revolution Sports, a small group of lucky journalists had the chance to tour the course on horseback to see the obstacles and galloping track from the perspective of the horse and rider. Our tour guides were Olympic silver medalist and veteran of numerous U.S. eventing teams Gina Miles and USEF President and Olympic gold medalist David O’Connor. We also had a visit with Derek di Grazia, the course designer, at one of the obstacles. More info...
May 2, 2012
Reining icon Bob Loomis and the striking mare Indigo Illusion earned their spot in the Hall of Fame.
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
This year, AQHA inducted six legends into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame: Gordon Hannagan, Bob Loomis and Walter Fletcher and horses Hollywood Dun It, Indigo Illusion and Streakin La Jolla.
“We are honored to welcome these six people and horses into an elite group of inductees,” says AQHA Executive Vice President Don Treadway Jr. More info...
May 1, 2012
Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Show
Oklahoma City
The tentative schedule for the 2012 Built Ford Tough American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Championship Show is now available online. The Ford Youth World, Aug. 3-11 at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, features the world’s top youth riders and their American Quarter Horses.
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