It’s not unheard of for a person to attend a baby shower and leave with a touch of baby fever. But attending a baby shower and going home with horse fever? Dr. Jesse Akers Reagin did just that. In late 2019, Reagin, a dentist and co-owner of Dental Creations in Daytona Beach, Florida, attended a […]
As judges, we are officials. We’re no different than umpires in baseball or referees in basketball. Most judges enjoy watching good horses and riders. We give our honest opinion of the competition we are watching. We have been accredited by our national organization, the U.S. Equestrian Federation, with continuing education clinics routinely scheduled. We also […]
The U.S. Dressage Federation has announced the first dates for the newly established Dressage Seminars, part of the USDF Instructor/Trainer Development Program. These two-day seminars are open to anyone seeking to gain knowledge, with the first day being geared toward a larger general audience and featuring demonstrating horses and riders and the second day designed […]
Horse shows in the mid-20th century America were society events. The well-heeled and the famous would arrive, be seated in swanky hospitality accommodations with food and drink, and people watch, as well as horse watch. As in horse racing, the horses themselves were sometimes secondary to the spectators, but not to the competitors. Most of […]
At last fall’s Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Landon put in a spectacular performance that helped earn the United States its spot in the Paris Olympics, and served as the official stamp that the young gelding, who moved up to the five-star level in late 2022, has become Kent Farrington’s newest top partner. In […]
In the early 2000s, Katy Harvey purchased a former Hanoverian broodmare named Flizzard (Wertherson—Mistral) to be her dressage mount. With her copper coat, white socks and broad white blaze, “Fizz” was a stunner, and although she was still green under saddle after having several foals, Harvey was excited to develop their partnership. Not long after […]
After Emily Smedlund lost her Andalusian cross after 11 years together, she decided to rescue another horse to help ease her broken heart. “I wanted to give something that didn’t have anyone all this love I had,” explained Smedlund, 41, of Cary, Illinois. “I wanted to save a life.” Smedlund also hoped the horse she […]
On July 26, 2023, eventer Lindsey Smith’s career was on the rise. She had a barn full of exciting young horses that she was riding for clients, and she recently had moved her personal horse up to the two-star level. “I was working really hard, and I was the furthest I had ever been in […]
Winning was a matter of fractions for Germany’s Richard Vogel and United Touch S in the $385,000 Lugano Diamonds CSI5* Grand Prix, held during “Saturday Night Lights” at Wellington International’s Winter Equestrian Festival. In front of a packed International Arena in Wellington, Florida, four athletes advanced to the jump-off from a starting field of 39 […]
Up-and-coming eventing athlete Tommy Greengard of Malibu, California, was named the recipient of the United States Equestrian Team Foundation’s Amanda Pirie Warrington Grant for 2024. The Amanda Pirie Warrington Grant is awarded annually through the USET Foundation’s Amanda Pirie Warrington Fund. Pirie’s family established the fund in her memory to provide financial assistance to an […]
It’s not unheard of for a person to attend a baby shower and leave with a touch of baby fever. But attending a baby shower and going home with horse fever? Dr. Jesse Akers Reagin did just that. In late 2019, Reagin, a dentist and co-owner of Dental Creations in Daytona Beach, Florida, attended a […]
As judges, we are officials. We’re no different than umpires in baseball or referees in basketball. Most judges enjoy watching good horses and riders. We give our honest opinion of the competition we are watching. We have been accredited by our national organization, the U.S. Equestrian Federation, with continuing education clinics routinely scheduled. We also […]
The U.S. Dressage Federation has announced the first dates for the newly established Dressage Seminars, part of the USDF Instructor/Trainer Development Program. These two-day seminars are open to anyone seeking to gain knowledge, with the first day being geared toward a larger general audience and featuring demonstrating horses and riders and the second day designed […]
Horse shows in the mid-20th century America were society events. The well-heeled and the famous would arrive, be seated in swanky hospitality accommodations with food and drink, and people watch, as well as horse watch. As in horse racing, the horses themselves were sometimes secondary to the spectators, but not to the competitors. Most of […]
At last fall’s Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Landon put in a spectacular performance that helped earn the United States its spot in the Paris Olympics, and served as the official stamp that the young gelding, who moved up to the five-star level in late 2022, has become Kent Farrington’s newest top partner. In […]
In the early 2000s, Katy Harvey purchased a former Hanoverian broodmare named Flizzard (Wertherson—Mistral) to be her dressage mount. With her copper coat, white socks and broad white blaze, “Fizz” was a stunner, and although she was still green under saddle after having several foals, Harvey was excited to develop their partnership. Not long after […]
After Emily Smedlund lost her Andalusian cross after 11 years together, she decided to rescue another horse to help ease her broken heart. “I wanted to give something that didn’t have anyone all this love I had,” explained Smedlund, 41, of Cary, Illinois. “I wanted to save a life.” Smedlund also hoped the horse she […]
On July 26, 2023, eventer Lindsey Smith’s career was on the rise. She had a barn full of exciting young horses that she was riding for clients, and she recently had moved her personal horse up to the two-star level. “I was working really hard, and I was the furthest I had ever been in […]
Winning was a matter of fractions for Germany’s Richard Vogel and United Touch S in the $385,000 Lugano Diamonds CSI5* Grand Prix, held during “Saturday Night Lights” at Wellington International’s Winter Equestrian Festival. In front of a packed International Arena in Wellington, Florida, four athletes advanced to the jump-off from a starting field of 39 […]
Up-and-coming eventing athlete Tommy Greengard of Malibu, California, was named the recipient of the United States Equestrian Team Foundation’s Amanda Pirie Warrington Grant for 2024. The Amanda Pirie Warrington Grant is awarded annually through the USET Foundation’s Amanda Pirie Warrington Fund. Pirie’s family established the fund in her memory to provide financial assistance to an […]
