If you’ve got a question regarding horse care or are looking for someone to bounce ideas off of regarding a problem horse, there’s one person you can be sure will take a few minutes to give you a thoughtful response. In the California hunter/jumper circles, many professionals turn to David Vega when they are stuck. […]
Take a 15-year-old who’s scored numerous wins on numerous catch-rides and pair her with a 22-year-old veteran jumper and equitation horse, and you’ve got a combination that’s primed to compete. That’s exactly what happened in this year’s Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals—West at Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano, California, […]
It all started with a simple saddle pad. Back in 2016, George Scott Waters was just embarking on his eventing career with his Thoroughbred-cross mare, An American Girl (Salute The Truth—Olney Emmy Lou). A lifelong Maryland resident, Waters thought it would be cool to have a saddle pad adorned with the distinctive Maryland state flag. […]
Unionville, Pa.—Sept. 20 Coming off a big win at the MARS Great Meadow International CCI4*-S (Virginia) in August, Liz Halliday-Sharp was hoping to have a smoother ride today on cross-country at the Plantation Field International CCI4*-S with Deniro Z. The leaders after dressage and show jumping, they finished bang on the optimum time of 6 […]
Paso Robles, Calif.—Sept. 20 The CCI4*-S had an exciting shake up of the top placings to finish out the international divisions at the Twin Rivers Fall International. It was Tamie Smith and Passepartout, owned by her daughter Kaylawna Smith-Cook, who came out on top with the fastest cross-country time of the group. Ruth Bley’s 11-year-old […]
The sweat was dripping off my brow in the hot August air, and my little arm muscles were trembling. I had just filled up two 5-gallon water buckets at the spigot, and my naive 12-year-old self underestimated the amount of strength required to lug them the 5,000 steps to the trailer. I made it a […]
Imagine being struck by lightning, not once, not twice, not three or four or even five times, but 17 times in three years. That’s essentially what happened on a Standardbred breeding farm in northeastern Pennsylvania from 2014 through 2016, when 17 out of 28 foals were born with dysphagia, a condition where the foal aspirates […]
Plantation Field, in Unionville, Pennsylvania, will no longer host eventing competitions after the property owner, Cuyler Walker, terminated the lease with the Plantation Field Horse Trials. Walker subsequently resigned from the board of the Plantation Field International, which is being held this weekend. The property has hosted eventing for nearly 20 years, and most recently […]
Based in North Salem, New York, and Wellington, Florida, Georgina Bloomberg was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2015 Pan American Games (Ontario) with Lilli. Bloomberg has competed in two Longines FEI World Cup Finals and won the inaugural $210,000 Central Park Grand Prix (New York) with Juvina. Her son Jasper, 6, […]
On Sept. 17, U.S. Dressage Federation President Lisa Gorretta sent an email to membership informing them of the cancellation of the 2020 U.S. Dressage Finals to be held Nov. 5-8, in Lexington, Kentucky, due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. “In coming to this decision, which I assure you has not been made without a […]
If you’ve got a question regarding horse care or are looking for someone to bounce ideas off of regarding a problem horse, there’s one person you can be sure will take a few minutes to give you a thoughtful response. In the California hunter/jumper circles, many professionals turn to David Vega when they are stuck. […]
Take a 15-year-old who’s scored numerous wins on numerous catch-rides and pair her with a 22-year-old veteran jumper and equitation horse, and you’ve got a combination that’s primed to compete. That’s exactly what happened in this year’s Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals—West at Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano, California, […]
It all started with a simple saddle pad. Back in 2016, George Scott Waters was just embarking on his eventing career with his Thoroughbred-cross mare, An American Girl (Salute The Truth—Olney Emmy Lou). A lifelong Maryland resident, Waters thought it would be cool to have a saddle pad adorned with the distinctive Maryland state flag. […]
Unionville, Pa.—Sept. 20 Coming off a big win at the MARS Great Meadow International CCI4*-S (Virginia) in August, Liz Halliday-Sharp was hoping to have a smoother ride today on cross-country at the Plantation Field International CCI4*-S with Deniro Z. The leaders after dressage and show jumping, they finished bang on the optimum time of 6 […]
Paso Robles, Calif.—Sept. 20 The CCI4*-S had an exciting shake up of the top placings to finish out the international divisions at the Twin Rivers Fall International. It was Tamie Smith and Passepartout, owned by her daughter Kaylawna Smith-Cook, who came out on top with the fastest cross-country time of the group. Ruth Bley’s 11-year-old […]
The sweat was dripping off my brow in the hot August air, and my little arm muscles were trembling. I had just filled up two 5-gallon water buckets at the spigot, and my naive 12-year-old self underestimated the amount of strength required to lug them the 5,000 steps to the trailer. I made it a […]
Imagine being struck by lightning, not once, not twice, not three or four or even five times, but 17 times in three years. That’s essentially what happened on a Standardbred breeding farm in northeastern Pennsylvania from 2014 through 2016, when 17 out of 28 foals were born with dysphagia, a condition where the foal aspirates […]
Plantation Field, in Unionville, Pennsylvania, will no longer host eventing competitions after the property owner, Cuyler Walker, terminated the lease with the Plantation Field Horse Trials. Walker subsequently resigned from the board of the Plantation Field International, which is being held this weekend. The property has hosted eventing for nearly 20 years, and most recently […]
Based in North Salem, New York, and Wellington, Florida, Georgina Bloomberg was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2015 Pan American Games (Ontario) with Lilli. Bloomberg has competed in two Longines FEI World Cup Finals and won the inaugural $210,000 Central Park Grand Prix (New York) with Juvina. Her son Jasper, 6, […]
On Sept. 17, U.S. Dressage Federation President Lisa Gorretta sent an email to membership informing them of the cancellation of the 2020 U.S. Dressage Finals to be held Nov. 5-8, in Lexington, Kentucky, due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. “In coming to this decision, which I assure you has not been made without a […]
