Kate Shoemaker Is Building For The Future

The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Qatar, Denmark: Kate Shoemaker’s passport has gained quite a few stamps this year. The 2021 Tokyo Paralympics team bronze medalist’s jet-setting lifestyle over the past few months is in pursuit of future podiums. While her partner of eight years, Solitaer 40, is her top pick for this year’s ECCO FEI World […]

More Than A Horse Show: Your Western NC Mountain Escape

  PAID PROMOTION Welcome to the ultimate destination for all who love horses, outdoor living and an active lifestyle: Tryon International Equestrian Center & Resort (TIEC) in Mill Spring, North Carolina. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Foothills and equidistant from Asheville and Charlotte, NC, as well as Greenville, SC, and accessible from three international airports […]

Ebeling Wins Freestyle, U.S. Team Takes Second At FEI Dressage Nations Cup CDIO3* USA

Wellington, Fla.—March 20 Ben Ebeling took first place Sunday, March 20, in the FEI Grand Prix freestyle CDIO3* aboard Indeed, earning a personal best of 78.41 percent, while the Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team finished second overall in the FEI Dressage Nations Cup USA CDIO3*, held March 15-20 in Wellington, Florida, on a final team score […]

Forum: Where Are The Area I Events Going?

As a lifelong Area I resident and competitor, I was saddened to learn that the iconic event at Groton House Farm in Hamilton, Massachusetts, would no longer be held. Event organizer Ann Getchell said that while the decision made her sad, “It was fun while it lasted, but nothing lasts forever.” Many of us senior […]

A Day In The Life With: Jessica Redman

If you’ve shopped for an off-track Thoroughbred any time in the past decade or so, there’s a decent chance you’ve come across Jessica Redman’s name. You might have seen pictures or videos of her sales horses shared on Facebook and know that she runs Benchmark Sport Horses, a sales business specializing in young Thoroughbreds coming […]

Mindful Remains A Competitor For Jennifer Hannan

In a profession that revolves around buying and selling, putting on training miles for the next person, and coaching ringside, Jennifer Hannan knows she has a unusual situation with Mindful. She has been riding the Hanoverian gelding since 2017 and cultivated something that is so rarely possible for a professional: a long-term relationship with a made partner that she alone competes. “I have been […]

Euthanized Maryland Horse Confirmed To Have Neurologic EHV-1

A horse who recently was euthanized in Montgomery County, Maryland, had equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy, the neurologic form of EHV-1, Maryland state veterinarian Dr. Michael Odian said Thursday. The horse, who was from a 44-horse barn in the county, initially tested positive for EHV-1 on March 9. “The index horse was sent to the Equine Medical Center […]

‘A Turd In Your Feed Tub’: A Failed Children’s Story

Somehow, along the road to becoming a weathered and leathery 34-year-old barn manager, I neglected to produce human offspring. I find myself fulfilled in keeping my legion of small beige dogs, horses, husband and draft mule alive. Adding a human infant to the mix seems fairly ridiculous, having spent the past couple decades working hard […]

Global Equestrian Group Acquires Show Grounds Live And Gold Coast Feed Companies

Global Equestrian Group announced on March 16, that it has acquired two new companies in the United States to expand and support their U.S. market operations. Located in Wellington, Florida, Gold Coast Feed is the official feed and bedding supplier of Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Servicing those at the Winter Equestrian Festival and Adequan […]