The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced on Jan. 16 that Kent Farrington (Wellington, Florida) has been voted the 2020 International Equestrian of the Year, and Tracy Fenney (Flower Mound, Texas) has been voted the 2020 National Equestrian of the Year by the USEF membership. Farrington and Fenney, along with many additional outstanding equestrians, were recognized for their […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced on Jan. 16 that Gazelle has been voted the 2020 International Horse of the Year, and Pritchard Hill, Balmoral’s 9-year-old Oldenburg gelding, has been voted the 2020 National Horse of the Year by the USEF membership. Gazelle and Pritchard Hill were honored during the virtual USEF Pegasus and Horse of […]
Ah, 2021 has arrived. A year full of promise and hope, a time to put the past year’s Facebook wars behind us and walk into a shimmery rose-colored room of peaceful existence. This is a year I think many of us are looking at with opportunistic eyes. A year that will be exactly like last […]
Twelve of the USA’s top young show jumping talents are gathered in Wellington, Florida, to participate in the first session of the 2021 U.S. Equestrian Federation Horsemastership Training series, which runs Jan. 14-17. While the annual clinic draws spectators online and in-person (in previous years) to watch Olympic veterans like McLain Ward, Beezie Madden and […]
Following the recent furor over the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s “Mileage Rule” and its effect on the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida, USEF CEO Bill Moroney and President-Elect Tom O’Mara held a town hall on Dec. 8 to explain how USEF officials develop the competition calendar and answer member questions. The following day, USEF members […]
U.S. Equestrian Federation officials announced Jan. 14, that the Pennsylvania National Horse Show will host the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final and Neue Schule/USEF Junior Jumper National Championships for the 2021-2023 competition seasons. In 2021, both championships will take place alongside PNHS competition at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, Oct.14-17. The 2021 edition of […]
If you had to guess the most common reason horse people call their insurance companies for death claim reimbursements, colic is an obvious choice. But the second most common cause of death seen by equine and livestock appraisers? Electrocution. Specifically, horses and cattle that have been electrocuted by an automatic waterer or floating de-icer. Here’s […]
Curious about the World Equestrian Center Ocala? This new mega-facility opened its doors to hunter, jumper and dressage riders for the World Equestrian Center Winter Spectacular I and World Equestrian Center Dressage IV Jan. 8-10 in Ocala, Florida. Competitors were eager to see the new showgrounds even before WEC Ocala’s public showdown with the U.S. […]
The way Will Coleman tells it, the idea to enter Tropics in the $20,000 WEC Hunter Derby wasn’t his. One of his customers, Gillian Grant, suggested it. “Not long after she leased [Tropics] she said, ‘You know what? I think this horse can do hunter derbies,’ ” said Coleman. “I said, ‘OK, Jill, he might, […]
When Jen Ellms-Millet unloads Pia Nye Liv at an event, without fail someone will come up to her to ask about the mare’s breeding. Many guess the 8-year-old mare is part-Fjord, but where did the spots come from? From what Ellms-Millet, 27, recalls after meeting “Pia’s” breeders, there was a Spotted Saddle Horse stallion living […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced on Jan. 16 that Kent Farrington (Wellington, Florida) has been voted the 2020 International Equestrian of the Year, and Tracy Fenney (Flower Mound, Texas) has been voted the 2020 National Equestrian of the Year by the USEF membership. Farrington and Fenney, along with many additional outstanding equestrians, were recognized for their […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced on Jan. 16 that Gazelle has been voted the 2020 International Horse of the Year, and Pritchard Hill, Balmoral’s 9-year-old Oldenburg gelding, has been voted the 2020 National Horse of the Year by the USEF membership. Gazelle and Pritchard Hill were honored during the virtual USEF Pegasus and Horse of […]
Ah, 2021 has arrived. A year full of promise and hope, a time to put the past year’s Facebook wars behind us and walk into a shimmery rose-colored room of peaceful existence. This is a year I think many of us are looking at with opportunistic eyes. A year that will be exactly like last […]
Twelve of the USA’s top young show jumping talents are gathered in Wellington, Florida, to participate in the first session of the 2021 U.S. Equestrian Federation Horsemastership Training series, which runs Jan. 14-17. While the annual clinic draws spectators online and in-person (in previous years) to watch Olympic veterans like McLain Ward, Beezie Madden and […]
Following the recent furor over the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s “Mileage Rule” and its effect on the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida, USEF CEO Bill Moroney and President-Elect Tom O’Mara held a town hall on Dec. 8 to explain how USEF officials develop the competition calendar and answer member questions. The following day, USEF members […]
U.S. Equestrian Federation officials announced Jan. 14, that the Pennsylvania National Horse Show will host the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final and Neue Schule/USEF Junior Jumper National Championships for the 2021-2023 competition seasons. In 2021, both championships will take place alongside PNHS competition at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, Oct.14-17. The 2021 edition of […]
If you had to guess the most common reason horse people call their insurance companies for death claim reimbursements, colic is an obvious choice. But the second most common cause of death seen by equine and livestock appraisers? Electrocution. Specifically, horses and cattle that have been electrocuted by an automatic waterer or floating de-icer. Here’s […]
Curious about the World Equestrian Center Ocala? This new mega-facility opened its doors to hunter, jumper and dressage riders for the World Equestrian Center Winter Spectacular I and World Equestrian Center Dressage IV Jan. 8-10 in Ocala, Florida. Competitors were eager to see the new showgrounds even before WEC Ocala’s public showdown with the U.S. […]
The way Will Coleman tells it, the idea to enter Tropics in the $20,000 WEC Hunter Derby wasn’t his. One of his customers, Gillian Grant, suggested it. “Not long after she leased [Tropics] she said, ‘You know what? I think this horse can do hunter derbies,’ ” said Coleman. “I said, ‘OK, Jill, he might, […]
When Jen Ellms-Millet unloads Pia Nye Liv at an event, without fail someone will come up to her to ask about the mare’s breeding. Many guess the 8-year-old mare is part-Fjord, but where did the spots come from? From what Ellms-Millet, 27, recalls after meeting “Pia’s” breeders, there was a Spotted Saddle Horse stallion living […]
