Off the coast of Tonga, in the deep blue heart of the Pacific Ocean, Cassie Jensen took a giant stride and went feet first. It was her first day in that water for 2018, and a new day always brought a different salty flavor. She just hoped the flavor would be extra special for her […]
Top American fashion label Ralph Lauren recently entered the diversity in horse sport conversation with an advertising campaign highlighting a side of equestrian sport outside the mainstream. The models: alumni and current students of the Philadelphia-based non-profit Work to Ride. Founded 25 years ago by Lezlie Hiner, Work to Ride is a community outreach program that gives disadvantaged […]
Allentown, N.J.—May 13 It was a fairytale weekend at the Jersey Fresh International for Fylicia Barr and her $500 Craigslist mare Galloway Sunrise, who took the lead after cross-country and never looked back. “She was the horse I did my first prelim on,” said Barr. “I brought her up from the ground up. I was […]
Allentown, N.J.—May 12 Fylicia Barr was the first person to ever sit on Galloway Sunrise’s back, and today at the Jersey Fresh International CCI4*-L, their partnership culminated in the biggest victory of Barr’s career. Heading into show jumping, the pair could afford one rail down, and they used it to secure the win ahead of […]
Allentown, N.J.—May 12 Fourteen horses presented in the CCI3*-L and 12 in the CCI4*-L this morning at the Jersey Fresh International, and all passed. Doug Payne withdrew Quantum Leap overnight in the CCI4*-L after the gelding incurred a heel grab on yesterday’s cross-country. They were sitting third. Nilson Moreira da Silva, who completed yesterday’s CCI4*-L […]
Allentown, N.J.—May 11 As the starter counted down Dana Cooke in the CCI3*-S start box at Jersey Fresh, she heard announcer Brian O’Connor say that either she or Mia Farley on BGS Firecracker could best class leaders Boyd Martin and Luke 140, but she only had .7 to play with. Cooke put that out of […]
Allentown, N.J.—May 11 In a CCI4*-L division stacked with five-star riders like Phillip Dutton, Allison Springer and Emily Beshear, it’s easy to expect one of them to come out on top after cross-country day. But as the trouble started piling up over Mark Phillips’ course today at the Jersey Fresh International, it was Fylicia Barr […]
Allentown, N.J.—May 10 Last year Olney Uncle Sam picked up two advanced wins and two top 10 finishes in his first year at the level with competitive dressage scores and confident jumping phases on paper. It might have seemed like an obvious choice for his rider, Emily Beshear, to take him to the Dutta Corp. […]
The moment he saw Laura Steenrod’s Facebook post, Jimmy Torano knew he had to help. It was 1 a.m.; he’d gotten up for a glass of water and just happened to check Facebook on his way back to bed. Steenrod, a trainer out of Jackson, Michigan, had put out a request to grand prix riders […]
There is something that really gets under my skin, and that is when I hear horse show parents spewing poor sportsmanship. Some do it ringside, but I’ve even read parental rants the day after the show on Facebook. That should give them the time to cool off, but rather it fuels their fury over supposed […]
Off the coast of Tonga, in the deep blue heart of the Pacific Ocean, Cassie Jensen took a giant stride and went feet first. It was her first day in that water for 2018, and a new day always brought a different salty flavor. She just hoped the flavor would be extra special for her […]
Top American fashion label Ralph Lauren recently entered the diversity in horse sport conversation with an advertising campaign highlighting a side of equestrian sport outside the mainstream. The models: alumni and current students of the Philadelphia-based non-profit Work to Ride. Founded 25 years ago by Lezlie Hiner, Work to Ride is a community outreach program that gives disadvantaged […]
Allentown, N.J.—May 13 It was a fairytale weekend at the Jersey Fresh International for Fylicia Barr and her $500 Craigslist mare Galloway Sunrise, who took the lead after cross-country and never looked back. “She was the horse I did my first prelim on,” said Barr. “I brought her up from the ground up. I was […]
Allentown, N.J.—May 12 Fylicia Barr was the first person to ever sit on Galloway Sunrise’s back, and today at the Jersey Fresh International CCI4*-L, their partnership culminated in the biggest victory of Barr’s career. Heading into show jumping, the pair could afford one rail down, and they used it to secure the win ahead of […]
Allentown, N.J.—May 12 Fourteen horses presented in the CCI3*-L and 12 in the CCI4*-L this morning at the Jersey Fresh International, and all passed. Doug Payne withdrew Quantum Leap overnight in the CCI4*-L after the gelding incurred a heel grab on yesterday’s cross-country. They were sitting third. Nilson Moreira da Silva, who completed yesterday’s CCI4*-L […]
Allentown, N.J.—May 11 As the starter counted down Dana Cooke in the CCI3*-S start box at Jersey Fresh, she heard announcer Brian O’Connor say that either she or Mia Farley on BGS Firecracker could best class leaders Boyd Martin and Luke 140, but she only had .7 to play with. Cooke put that out of […]
Allentown, N.J.—May 11 In a CCI4*-L division stacked with five-star riders like Phillip Dutton, Allison Springer and Emily Beshear, it’s easy to expect one of them to come out on top after cross-country day. But as the trouble started piling up over Mark Phillips’ course today at the Jersey Fresh International, it was Fylicia Barr […]
Allentown, N.J.—May 10 Last year Olney Uncle Sam picked up two advanced wins and two top 10 finishes in his first year at the level with competitive dressage scores and confident jumping phases on paper. It might have seemed like an obvious choice for his rider, Emily Beshear, to take him to the Dutta Corp. […]
The moment he saw Laura Steenrod’s Facebook post, Jimmy Torano knew he had to help. It was 1 a.m.; he’d gotten up for a glass of water and just happened to check Facebook on his way back to bed. Steenrod, a trainer out of Jackson, Michigan, had put out a request to grand prix riders […]
There is something that really gets under my skin, and that is when I hear horse show parents spewing poor sportsmanship. Some do it ringside, but I’ve even read parental rants the day after the show on Facebook. That should give them the time to cool off, but rather it fuels their fury over supposed […]
