I was delighted to hear that the horse welfare-focused town hall meeting hosted by the US Equestrian Federation in June in Lexington, Kentucky, included “open dialogue on concepts including potential rule and policy changes aimed at improving horse safety and well-being.” This was the first in a series of such meetings, and I applaud USEF for tackling this […]
Every time 13-year-old Maverick Wright goes down centerline, he remembers his father’s advice: “He always tells me to smile lots and to just go out and have fun.” And how could he not aboard 22-year-old Maple Lane Kero, or “Peach,” as he’s known around the barn? The pint-sized Welsh Cob gelding (Mill Gate Hercules—Canterbrook Marmalade, […]
Cavaletto Loma Z may have spent plenty of time in the jumper ring with Ashlee Bond before moving to the other side of the show grounds, but according to trainer Shari Rose, his willing attitude made for an easy transition to the hunters. “He has always tried to do the right thing,” Rose said of […]
In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case of Jacobellis v. Ohio, a First Amendment dispute in which a theater owner sued the state of Ohio over its attempt to ban him from showing a French film with an explicit love scene. The court had the difficult task of trying to precisely define obscenity, […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 16 Tori Colvin’s Saturday night didn’t start out very auspiciously. While warming up her first horse for the handy round of the Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship, she took a tumble. She withdrew that horse, Southern Night, and whether she would ride Dicoblue PS, with whom she led the class after […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 15 Just how good is Tori Colvin? One only needed to watch her classic round today with Dicoblue PS in the Platinum Performance USHJA international Hunter Derby Championship. From the moment she picked up the canter to when she landed off the final fence, she kept a nice loop in the reins, gently […]
In a sea of bays, grays and chestnuts in the Platinum Performance USHJA 3’/3’3″ Green Hunter Incentive Championship, GFS Mikado stood out when he entered the Rolex Stadium at the Kentucky Horse Park. With his smokey cream tobiano coloring, the warmblood stallion has a look more often found in the pony ring than in the green hunters. […]
The ponies are headed home after USEF Pony Finals and now it’s time for the best full-sized hunters in the country to take over the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The Platinum Performance USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championships and the Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship begin Tuesday and run through Saturday. Green Incentive […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 15 This week Stephanie Danhakl had a premonition that she needed to be in Kentucky for the final round of the Platinum Performance 3’/3’3″ USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championship. Even thought she had horses competing this week, the amateur hunter rider wasn’t planning to attend because her family is in the middle of […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected to represent the U.S. jumping team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Spruce Meadows CSIO5*, hosted as part of the ‘Masters’ Tournament taking place Sept. 2-7 at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Alberta. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland and team leader Lizzy […]
I was delighted to hear that the horse welfare-focused town hall meeting hosted by the US Equestrian Federation in June in Lexington, Kentucky, included “open dialogue on concepts including potential rule and policy changes aimed at improving horse safety and well-being.” This was the first in a series of such meetings, and I applaud USEF for tackling this […]
Every time 13-year-old Maverick Wright goes down centerline, he remembers his father’s advice: “He always tells me to smile lots and to just go out and have fun.” And how could he not aboard 22-year-old Maple Lane Kero, or “Peach,” as he’s known around the barn? The pint-sized Welsh Cob gelding (Mill Gate Hercules—Canterbrook Marmalade, […]
Cavaletto Loma Z may have spent plenty of time in the jumper ring with Ashlee Bond before moving to the other side of the show grounds, but according to trainer Shari Rose, his willing attitude made for an easy transition to the hunters. “He has always tried to do the right thing,” Rose said of […]
In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case of Jacobellis v. Ohio, a First Amendment dispute in which a theater owner sued the state of Ohio over its attempt to ban him from showing a French film with an explicit love scene. The court had the difficult task of trying to precisely define obscenity, […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 16 Tori Colvin’s Saturday night didn’t start out very auspiciously. While warming up her first horse for the handy round of the Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship, she took a tumble. She withdrew that horse, Southern Night, and whether she would ride Dicoblue PS, with whom she led the class after […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 15 Just how good is Tori Colvin? One only needed to watch her classic round today with Dicoblue PS in the Platinum Performance USHJA international Hunter Derby Championship. From the moment she picked up the canter to when she landed off the final fence, she kept a nice loop in the reins, gently […]
In a sea of bays, grays and chestnuts in the Platinum Performance USHJA 3’/3’3″ Green Hunter Incentive Championship, GFS Mikado stood out when he entered the Rolex Stadium at the Kentucky Horse Park. With his smokey cream tobiano coloring, the warmblood stallion has a look more often found in the pony ring than in the green hunters. […]
The ponies are headed home after USEF Pony Finals and now it’s time for the best full-sized hunters in the country to take over the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The Platinum Performance USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championships and the Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship begin Tuesday and run through Saturday. Green Incentive […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 15 This week Stephanie Danhakl had a premonition that she needed to be in Kentucky for the final round of the Platinum Performance 3’/3’3″ USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championship. Even thought she had horses competing this week, the amateur hunter rider wasn’t planning to attend because her family is in the middle of […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected to represent the U.S. jumping team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Spruce Meadows CSIO5*, hosted as part of the ‘Masters’ Tournament taking place Sept. 2-7 at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Alberta. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland and team leader Lizzy […]
