Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 10 With half a dozen rings running for four straight days, the U.S. Dressage Finals at the Kentucky Horse Park is a bustling scene. A total of 345 entries, including 185 adult amateurs and 160 open riders went down centerline 970 times. It’s impossible to keep up with everything, but here are some […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 9 It’s hard to miss Wildwynn Wesley when he’s trotting around the warm-up. Warmbloods go bug-eyed when they see the 12.2-hand Welsh Pony (Wynnbrook Starburst—Lanes Snow Queen) strutting his stuff, but that doesn’t bother him or his diminutive rider Katie Miller. “He doesn’t really think he’s a pony,” said Miller, Belvedere, North Carolina. […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 9 Jim Koford and Adiah HP are the king and queen of Grand Prix freestyles, and they followed up their open Grand Prix championship at the U.S. Dressage Finals with their third consecutive open Grand Prix freestyle championship (75.01 percent) on Saturday night, but they had Vashti, who’s by the same sire as […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 9 When Ruth Shirkey purchased an in utero breeding from Cheryl Johnson in 2010, she wasn’t expecting a filly, but when Wyleigh Princess was born on May 4, Shirkey had a decision to make. “When she told me on her birth date, ‘Well there’s good news and bad news,’ we chatted about it, […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 9 The last time Jamie Leuenberger rode at the Kentucky Horse Park she was cantering around on a pony during USEF Pony Finals in 2010, but she’s returned this weekend to for the U.S. Dressage Finals with a passion for the sport and The Black Pearl, a gelding of unknown origins who’s found […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 9 Shannon Clifford was just looking for goats when she went to an Amish auction six years ago near her home in Lebanon, Indiana, but when she saw Norma Jean she was intrigued. “It was rainy and cold and wet, and she was being really naughty,” she recalled. “She was tied to the […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 8 Adiah HP has been on quite the road trip over the last months with her dancing shoes, with stops at the U.S. Dressage Festival Of Champions (Illinois), Dressage At Devon (Pennsylvania), the Region 1 Championships (North Carolina) and the Washington International Horse Show (D.C.) where she performed a freestyle demo to thousands […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 8 When Amy Gimbel had the opportunity to buy Eye Candy five years ago, she admitted to dragging her feet a bit. She’d ridden the mare at her trainer Heather Mason’s barn and didn’t want to let anyone else have her, but she just couldn’t commit. One day Mason finally gave her an […]
Mark Bellissimo, CEO of Equestrian Sport Productions and managing partner of the Wellington Equestrian Partners, announced that ESP has completed the installation of a newly engineered riding surface in the international arena and warm up ring at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (Florida). “ESP is committed to staying ahead of the technology curve when it […]
The results of a major research study commissioned by the Fédération Equestre Internationale, aimed at identifying best practices and management of horses training and competing in hot and humid environments, have been published. Conducted at the Ready Steady Tokyo Test Event in August 2019, and led by the FEI’s climate expert David Marlin, Ph.D., the […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 10 With half a dozen rings running for four straight days, the U.S. Dressage Finals at the Kentucky Horse Park is a bustling scene. A total of 345 entries, including 185 adult amateurs and 160 open riders went down centerline 970 times. It’s impossible to keep up with everything, but here are some […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 9 It’s hard to miss Wildwynn Wesley when he’s trotting around the warm-up. Warmbloods go bug-eyed when they see the 12.2-hand Welsh Pony (Wynnbrook Starburst—Lanes Snow Queen) strutting his stuff, but that doesn’t bother him or his diminutive rider Katie Miller. “He doesn’t really think he’s a pony,” said Miller, Belvedere, North Carolina. […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 9 Jim Koford and Adiah HP are the king and queen of Grand Prix freestyles, and they followed up their open Grand Prix championship at the U.S. Dressage Finals with their third consecutive open Grand Prix freestyle championship (75.01 percent) on Saturday night, but they had Vashti, who’s by the same sire as […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 9 When Ruth Shirkey purchased an in utero breeding from Cheryl Johnson in 2010, she wasn’t expecting a filly, but when Wyleigh Princess was born on May 4, Shirkey had a decision to make. “When she told me on her birth date, ‘Well there’s good news and bad news,’ we chatted about it, […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 9 The last time Jamie Leuenberger rode at the Kentucky Horse Park she was cantering around on a pony during USEF Pony Finals in 2010, but she’s returned this weekend to for the U.S. Dressage Finals with a passion for the sport and The Black Pearl, a gelding of unknown origins who’s found […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 9 Shannon Clifford was just looking for goats when she went to an Amish auction six years ago near her home in Lebanon, Indiana, but when she saw Norma Jean she was intrigued. “It was rainy and cold and wet, and she was being really naughty,” she recalled. “She was tied to the […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 8 Adiah HP has been on quite the road trip over the last months with her dancing shoes, with stops at the U.S. Dressage Festival Of Champions (Illinois), Dressage At Devon (Pennsylvania), the Region 1 Championships (North Carolina) and the Washington International Horse Show (D.C.) where she performed a freestyle demo to thousands […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 8 When Amy Gimbel had the opportunity to buy Eye Candy five years ago, she admitted to dragging her feet a bit. She’d ridden the mare at her trainer Heather Mason’s barn and didn’t want to let anyone else have her, but she just couldn’t commit. One day Mason finally gave her an […]
Mark Bellissimo, CEO of Equestrian Sport Productions and managing partner of the Wellington Equestrian Partners, announced that ESP has completed the installation of a newly engineered riding surface in the international arena and warm up ring at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (Florida). “ESP is committed to staying ahead of the technology curve when it […]
The results of a major research study commissioned by the Fédération Equestre Internationale, aimed at identifying best practices and management of horses training and competing in hot and humid environments, have been published. Conducted at the Ready Steady Tokyo Test Event in August 2019, and led by the FEI’s climate expert David Marlin, Ph.D., the […]
