American horse dies after fabulous performance at show jumping World Cup Finals
Tragedy followed triumph tonight as Chromatic BF—who earlier had jumped to third place in the Longines FEI Show Jumping World Cup Finals—collapsed in his stall and died in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Click here to read the competition story or go to the...
Marcus Orlob is riding for a dressage dream: Another UPDATE
There have been a number of last-minute horse/rider pairings at Grand Prix this season, the latest being Marcus Orlob and Jane, together only for eight weeks. Last weekend, they won the 3-star Grand Prix Special with 71.894 percent at TerraNova...
Salvino bows out: Update
The speculation about Salvino's future is over. The 17-year-old Hanoverian stallion who was a lynchpin of so many U.S. dressage teams will compete no more. He's headed for a breeding career in Florida and Colorado. Owned by Betsy Juliano and ridden...
German speedster takes WEF’s biggest prize
The 5-star finale of the Winter Equestrian Festival was worth every penny of its $500,000 purse in excitement, as a nine-horse jump-off ended with Germany’s Christian Kukuk wresting victory in the Rolex Grand Prix from U.S. favorite McLain Ward by...
USHJA Town Halls offer a chance to be heard on key issues
The loss of boutique shows, the “crazy expensive” cost of showing, reporting horse abuse, and of course, social license to operate were among the topics at the most recent Town Hall in a series offered by the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association. The...
A brave horsewoman closes the book on a life-changing fall
A little more than two years ago, professional rider Cassandra Kahle of Redfield Farm suffered a TBI (traumatic brain injury) when her horse fell during a jumper class at HITS Ocala’s Post Time Farm. On Sunday, the last day of the 2024 winter...
It’s the Irish show jumping team on top of the world
The Longines League of Nations’ debut in the U.S. crackled with excitement from beginning to end, as teams from 10 countries that included 18 of the world’s 20 top-ranked show jumpers offered what might be a hint of the action in this summer’s...
Stunning performances highlight the Lugano Grand Prix at WEC
When is a $330,000 grand prix not the featured attraction at a horse show? Answer: When it’s held during a week that offers the only U.S. leg of the Longines League of Nations, a new version of the traditional Nations Cup series. Teams from 10...
A thrilling week for international show jumping: The world is focused on Ocala
The Longines League of Nations show jumping is the kind of competition for which Ocala’s lavish World Equestrian Center was created. Teams from 10 countries from three continents are being showcased at a setting offering the ultimate comfort for...
The Essex Horse Trials is adding to its special history
As dusk fell on the evening before the first Essex Horse Trials in 1968, Sally Ike was helping organizer Roger Haller complete work on the final cross-country fence at his family’s Hoopstick Farm in Bedminster, N.J. At the time, Sally was a...
U.S. and Aachen set for a new partnership
Britain’s splendid Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment is a hard act to follow in the pantheon of the Aachen horse show’s “partner country” collaborators. But the USA is ready to handle the position in Germany this summer, armed with such...
New Wellington showgrounds gets final nod from Council
It’s been a long slog to get to a new showgrounds for Wellington, Florida; nine-plus months and approximately 70 hours of hearings (I admit I’ve lost the exact count.) But on Tuesday night, the Village Council signed off on the project with a...
A special horsewoman who knew just how to help is being missed
You may not have heard of trainer Debbie Haimowitz. She didn’t run a big stable, have high-profile horses or compete on the Florida circuit. But the Goshen, N.Y., resident, who succumbed to cancer last month at age 67, was a kind and dedicated...
The equine welfare question and how to handle it
Less than a month after the last U.S. Hunter Jumper Association’s Town Hall about social license to operate, the organization held another Zoom session dominated by that subject and horse abuse on Monday night. It gained an even greater sense of...
Wellington board votes on showgrounds compatibility
In the quietest – and shortest-- meeting since consideration of the controversial Wellington North and South projects began last year, the Florida village’s Planning, Zoning and Adjustment Board unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday night...
Gladstone’s exciting driving revival is under way
“Gladstone.” It’s a name synonymous with excellence in the horse world, the former U.S. Equestrian Team training center at Hamilton Farm in New Jersey, now the home of the USET Foundation. For decades, Gladstone was known around the world as the...
Show Jumping Hall of Fame to induct a special horse and a memorable man
A panel of voters from the horse industry has selected Francisco “Pancho” Lopez and the Holsteiner gelding Cedric, a regular on the U.S. Nations Cup teams, for induction into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame March 3 in Wellington, Fla. The...
Details about the new Wellington showgrounds revealed at hearing
Some crucial questions about the expanded Wellington, Fla., showgrounds finally were answered Thursday night at a meeting of the Equestrian Preserve Committee. Although the session, which ran more than five and one-half hours, was held to insure...
Dressage medalist Adrienne Lyle is up for the Paris challenge
Olympic and world championships dressage medalist Adrienne Lyle is off to the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Fla., with two new horses this week. The trio is still in a period of adjustment with each other, since the horses arrived from Europe...
Dressage winners Marek and Howington often cross paths
It’s fun to see fresh faces at the top of U.S. dressage classes. For a long time, the USA’s familiar names have been leading competition in America and elsewhere, but now there’s a changing of the guard, so to speak. A perennial team member, the...
The Babington Benefit has become a special tradition for a special person
The annual Kevin Babington Benefit is more than a fundraiser; it’s also a tribute to the inspirational show jumper whose spinal cord injury has not dimmed his spirit. He was front and center in his wheelchair last week at Victoria McCullough’s Mida...
An Irish triumph was more than luck
Partnered with three exceptional horses, Irish riders took complete possession of the podium at the Winter Equestrian Festival’s weekend feature, the $385,000 Fidelity Investments 5-star Grand Prix. Winner Darragh Kenny was aboard the 14-year-old...
Hunter teams have a promising WEF debut
Amid all the controversy and lobbying about expanding the main showgrounds in Wellington, Florida, remember that even as equestrians cite the need for big improvements there, what the public sees is pretty darn good when they come to the home of...
At last, the Wellington Council reaches a decision about a controversial project
After eight months, more than 60 hours of public deliberations and much community angst, the Wellington Village Council voted just before midnight Wednesday to take 96-plus acres out of its Equestrian Preserve for a golf community, in order to...
Horse sports must deal with social license to operate; thoughts from a USHJA town hall and Europe
A discussion on the threat to horse sport from social license to operate (SLO) drew 200 very concerned people to a U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Town Hall Monday night. Dozens of commenters pointed out the need for many changes in how equestrians...
Can Global Dressage be saved? Money is being raised to buy it
In a last-minute attempt to save Equestrian Village as a dressage venue in Wellington, Fla., a fund-raising effort has brought in commitments of $25 million. The Village Council could vote Wednesday on removing the property from the Equestrian...
Resolution delayed on Wellington showgrounds
A decision affecting plans for a much-needed expansion of Wellington, Florida’s, world famous showgrounds has been postponed until at least next month by the Village Council. The land and funding for the expansion are tied to Wellington Lifestyle...
What’s going to happen with the Wellington showgrounds?
With the possibility that the Wellington, Florida, Village Council is on the brink of deciding whether to remove land from the Equestrian Preserve, paving the way for a golf-oriented development, both sides on the question Wednesday were keen to...
After a year’s absence, the Four Seasons show returns at age 50
Four Seasons, which traditionally marked the start of the outdoor show season in New Jersey, is making a comeback April 11-14 following a cancellation in 2023. The U.S. Equestrian Federation national show is returning to its former home at...
Two more big-name dressage horses get new riders
"Won't you change partners and dance with me?" goes the line from the old Fred Astaire song. It keeps coming to mind as riders and countries change partners in a flurry of activity before the Jan. 15 deadline for nationality switches before this...
The clock is ticking on a Wellington showgrounds decision
Will the Wellington, Florida, Village Council vote this week on whether land should be taken out of the Equestrian Preserve for the first time, as part of a trade-off around expanding the cramped Wellington International showgrounds? The answer was...
There’s more than one viewpoint on a controversial clinic
A U.S. Equestrian Federation clinic for 11 up-and-coming young riders set off a storm of heated comment on social media Saturday, after some who viewed the session criticized comments by clinician Katie Monahan Prudent, while others supported her...
Another well-known dressage horse has a new rider
The beginning of the winter dressage circuit every year is a time for change, but this season it seems an unusual number of high-level horses are switching owners. The most recent on that list is Serenade MF (Sir Donnerhall/Duet MF X Don Principe)....
Dressage veteran Adrienne Lyle has a lot to look forward to in 2024
Christmas was great for dressage rider/trainer/new mother Adrienne Lyle, but it’s the new year that brings the promise of even more excitement for the Olympic and world championships team silver medalist. When Zen Elite Equestrian Center owner...
Who is Heidi Humphries?
Heidi Humphries has made a major splash in the world of dressage by buying several high-profile horses recently, including two top international mounts for Olympic and world championships team silver medalist Adrienne Lyle. But this is a fairly new...
Sagacious HF has left us
Sagacious HF, a genuine warrior of a dressage horse who won medals for the U.S., died this weekend. He was less than three months short of his 25th birthday. The Dutch warmblood (Welt Hit II/Judith X Cocktail) competed until the age of 23. He began...
Remembering those who left us
The lull before the new year offers an opportunity to reflect on special memories of the people and horses we lost in 2023. Let’s recall their accomplishments and raise a toast to them as we head into 2024. The first person who comes to my mind in...
A look back at 2023
It's time to recount the big stories from this website that made an impact in the year just past, in addition to some that weren’t earth-shaking, but are worth remembering nevertheless. If you want more details on any of these items, click the...
Barbara Hay has said farewell
Barbara Hay’s life focused on raising young horses and training young riders. She died at her Rainbow Ridge Farm in East Amwell, N.J., on Dec. 27, just three days short of her 72d birthday. A national examiner for the U.S. Pony Club who was the...
Good golly — Miss Molly needs help so she can help veterans and others: UPDATE on donation info
Miss Molly can’t tell the story of how she wound up in two Texas auctions, just a short step from being sent to slaughter. But the scars on the palomino Quarter Horse’s face and legs; the way she bit at people, aiming to wound them, or kicked hard...
A historic feed business is heading west, but not too far from its roots
There’s more to Somerset Grain & Feed than its name implies. In addition to selling sustenance for horses and other animals, grooming tools, pet toys and various agricultural items, it is also a quaint mini museum on the outskirts of suburban...
Another British sweep for the Freestyle in London
It was the second day in a row of a 1-2-3 finish for British dressage riders at the London International Horse Show, but this time, it was set to music. Charlotte Dujardin and Imhotep dominated on Thursday in the FEI Dressage World Cup Freestyle as...
British clean sweep in London dressage
It was exhilarating to see the talent on display Wednesday in the qualifier for Thursday’s FEI World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle at the London International Horse Show. How much better will the top horses perform when the music is playing and the...
Hot topics and serious conversations at the USHJA annual meeting
There were a lot of important questions asked during Town Hall sessions Monday and Tuesday at the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association’s annual meeting, but they all could be boiled down to this big picture concern: “Are we doing the best thing by our...
IHSA alumni riding on their own road
The Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association’s decision to stop offering classes for alumni had been coming for a while. “They’d been thinking about this for years,” maintained Lena Andrews, a former member of the Lehigh University IHSA team who was...
A unique way to start Thanksgiving
Hundreds of people turned out as the Essex Fox Hounds gathered for their Thanksgiving hunt, adding to a decades-old tradition that many consider the perfect appetizer for a turkey dinner. Each year, attendance grows for the occasion at scenic...
It’s beginning to look a lot like…
We have an ancient dog-eared Advent calendar, made out of paper, that is decades old. How many I couldn't tell you exactly, but it has the traditional numbered windows that count down until Christmas. Each day, you open one of the windows and see a...
It’s the WEG (unofficially) again at Aachen in 2026
After an eight-year absence, the FEI World Equestrian Games in effect will be back, coming to Aachen, Germany, in 2026, in all but name. The FEI awarded world championships in jumping, dressage, para dressage, eventing, driving and vaulting to the...
Michael Barisone is moving on with his life
Dressage trainer Michael Barisone is writing a book, and now it has a happy ending—except it’s also a beginning. The first line of the book, he explained, is “I have lived two lives.” Barisone was given another chance today in court, following more...
Toward a better showgrounds in Wellington
With Wellington, Florida, “at a turning point,” the Village Council faced some hard truths and voted 4-1 Thursday night to take land out of the Equestrian Preserve, the key to enabling development of an expanded showgrounds that would replace the...
The questions keep coming about the Wellington showgrounds
At the very end of a five-hour Wellington, Florida, council meeting on the controversial Wellington North and South development proposals, Councilman John McGovern raised a key question Wednesday night. At the heart of all the conversation about...
The new showgrounds, etc., saga continues in Wellington
They wore red T-shirts with white lettering that said “Vote No,” part of an overflow crowd which showed up for the Wellington, Florida, Village Council’s five-hour Tuesday night meeting on development plans that would affect the equestrian...
You could bet on the outcome at the Royal Winter Fair (Final Update)
For the first time, show jumping enthusiasts had the opportunity to bet on the FEI Longines World Cup qualifier class at Toronto’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Bookmaking firm Fitzdares, which offers odds on everything from snooker to ski...
You can bet on the outcome at the Royal Winter Fair
For the first time, show jumping enthusiasts have the opportunity to bet on the FEI Longines World Cup qualifier class at Toronto’s Royal Winter Fair. Bookmaking firm Fitzdares, which offers odds on everything from snooker to ski jumping, is...
Another shoe drops for Helgstrand: UPDATE
Following a decision to ban dressage trainer/entrepreneur Andreas Helgstrand from consideration for the Danish Olympic team, the Danish Riding Federation and the Danish Riding-Instructor Association are canceling a cooperation agreement with...
Dutch Times is on the mend
It started out as the ride of a lifetime around a top-level cross-country course at last month’s MARS Maryland Fair Hill event. Arielle Aharoni, at age 23, was in her first 5-star competition on Dutch Times, a horse her mother, Christina, had...
The heartbreaking end of a true love story
It was a saga that captured the hearts and imagination of millions--how a sweet colt made an instant connection with a teen who battled a cruelly debilitating syndrome and forged a link that carried them both to world-wide fame. Cody Dorman, who...
A new barn is on the horizon for Somerset County stable
Another step in re-imagining the Stable at Lord Stirling Park will offer new housing for 16 horses and related facilities as part of a project to update the facility in Basking Ridge, N.J. Now that the Somerset County Commissioners have agreed to...
The U.S. did it–book a plane to Paris: UPDATE
Even before the Pan Am Games team show jumping medals were decided this afternoon in Chile, after three perfect trips in the second round of today's team competition, the U.S. was set to finish high enough to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris....
The MARS Maryland 5-star was super, but bet it will get better in 2024
Most successful equestrian competitions develop their reputation and standards over many years. After all, it takes time to refine an offering and make it attractive to both competitors and spectators. That’s why the transformation of the MARS...
It did not go well for the U.S. at the Pan Am Games show jumping: UPDATE
One of the scariest things that happened on Halloween is the prospect that the U.S. may not qualify for the Paris Olympics, after a difficult start at the Pan American Games in Chile. The team needs to be among the top three in the final standings,...
A surprise and not a surprise at Pan Am Games eventing
The Canadian team of Mike Winter, Karl Slezak Colleen Loach and Lindsay Traisnel upset the U.S. by 0.1 penalty at the Pan American Games in Chile Sunday to take team gold. But individual gold went home with Caroline Martin Pamakcu on HSH...
Pamukcu was up for the MARS Maryland 3-star challenge
With her victory on HSH Connor in the MARS Maryland 3-star Long event at Fair Hill, Caroline Martin Pamukcu earned the distinction of being the winningest eventer in the world this year, having now notched 11 victories. Perhaps she’ll earn one more...
A come-from-behind Irish winner for the Maryland 5-star
Here’s how Austin O’Connor describes himself on his Facebook page: “Irish international event rider and two-time Olympian...working hard to make it 3!!” A victory Sunday in the MARS Maryland 5-star at Fair Hill with Colorado Blue probably did a lot...
A popular clinician returns to Gladstone
Nancy Jones likely is the biggest fan among the many fans of trainer Jeff Cook as a clinician, explaining, “He knows as much as anybody in the world, and he does it kindly.” She’s a trainer herself, so when she says, “There’s nobody any better,”...
It was an amazing cross-country day at the Mars Maryland 5-star
The optimum time for completing designer Ian Stark’s cross-country course at the MARS Maryland 5-star event was designed to be difficult—if not impossible—to make. But a thoroughbred from stellar racehorse lines showed up the warmbloods by...
It figures: the MARS Maryland 5-star by the stats
When I met Sam Watson and Diarm Byrne at the 2016 U.S. Eventing annual meeting, it seemed obvious their new company, EquiRatings, was a good idea. At the time, though, I could not have known how incredibly good it would prove to be. The future...
Brits dominate at MARS Maryland 5-star
There goes the podium…maybe. British riders are standing first, second and third in the MARS Maryland 5-star at Fair Hill after the second day of dressage. And just for good measure, a New Zealander is fourth. You can’t say it was unexpected, they...
Who’s the leader at Maryland 5-star? No surprise
Remember those EquiRatings statistics we told you about yesterday? They proved their worth on Thursday as the MARS Maryland 5-star event began with the predicted winner taking the lead. Notice I didn’t say the predicted winner, Great Britain’s...
Details on changes to plans for Global Dressage property in Wellington (UPDATE)
More information has emerged about what was behind Tuesday's abrupt postponement -- with an hour's notice -- concerning the Wellington Village Council's consideration of an application for the Wellington North development. Details of the thinking...
It’s a waiting game to see if Wellington’s showgrounds will expand
Just when the Wellington, Fla., Village Council should have gotten its first crack at evaluating the controversial development proposals from Wellington Lifestyle Partners Tuesday night, the applicant asked for a postponement after additional...
The former runner-up becomes the winner at the Talent Search Finals
Luke Jensen was second last year in the Platinum Performance/U.S. Equestrian Federation Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East, but for 2023, the determined rider could not be denied the top spot. The championship, which enjoys extra prestige...
A special stable will come back to life in a reversal of fortune
Who could have predicted this? In an incredibly happy twist of fate, an iconic New Jersey stable property that seemed destined for a housing development has been purchased to continue as a home for horses. It gets even better. Top jumper...
Dressage at Devon, 2023 edition, was a show to remember
Dressage at Devon is a one-of-a-kind horse show, a unique celebration which this year elevated its offerings with additional exhibitions and learning opportunities to reach a bigger, more varied audience. The organizers put in an incredible amount...
A star rises at Dressage at Devon
The race to Riyadh is on. Benjamen Ebeling took the 2023-24 season’s first U.S. FEI World Cup Finals qualifier with a decisive victory during Dressage at Devon on Indeed. The Danish warmblood added an exclamation point to her name on Saturday night...
They were dancing with sparkle at Dressage at Devon
It was a night like no other in the long history of Dressage at Devon. The usual Friday feature of the Grand Prix for Freestyle qualifier was upstaged by an exciting newcomer: the Dance-Off. It did more than fill the gap between the afternoon and...
Dressage at Devon Master Class was really quite a masterpiece
It’s wonderful to watch dressage at its best in the competition arena, but what does it take to actually go down centerline and put in a test worth watching? During NorCordia’s Dressage at Devon Master Class Thursday night, World Championships team...
Rain can’t douse enthusiasm at ESDCTA Championships
It takes more than a little rain to discourage dressage riders from participating in a competition they have anticipated all season long. Actually, even a whole lot of rain Saturday couldn’t dampen spirits during the Eastern States Dressage and...
Babington benefit show is now a special tradition
It's been five years since show jumper Kevin Babington suffered a catastrophic fall in a grand prix, but his friends haven't forgotten the paralyzed Olympian. On October 1, they will hold what has become an annual benefit horse show, a fixture that...
Washington says goodbye to the Puissance
We were lucky, those of us who experienced the excitement of Thursday night at the National Horse Show in its heyday at New York City's Madison Square Garden. The hot ticket was the Puissance (even more than the closing day's grand prix), and the...
Daniel Bluman HITS the mark in $300,000 grand prix
Daniel Bluman couldn't have cut it any closer. A heartbeat. An instant. Little more than a 10th of a second was all that separated the winner of the 4-star HITS $300,000 Grand Prix from runner-up McLain Ward in a hold-your-breath jump-off on...
The mare scored a sweep at the European Dressage Championships
It was game, set and match for defending titleist Jessica von Bredow-Werndl at the FEI European Dressage Championships on Sunday, as the 2021 Olympic gold medalist and the impeccable TSF Dalera BB won the Grand Prix Freestyle in Riesenbeck,...
Who won at the Europeans–the stallion or the mare?
So much for the widely touted head-to-head match-up between British World Dressage Champion Lottie Fry on Glamourdale and Olympic (as well as defending European) Champion Jessica von Bredow-Werndl of Germany with TSF Dalera BB. Jessica came out on...
Aachen wants to do it again
Aachen, which in 2006 produced the most successful of the FEI World Equestrian Games™, has put in a bid to host every world championship but endurance in 2026. Just as it does with its annual show, the German venue wants to present Jumping,...
An iconic stable will be closing its doors
It is heartbreaking news: The family of Tempel Smith this month announced the closing of the ground-breaking Tempel Lipizzans program, which introduced so many in this country to dressage and this beautiful breed. When Tempel and Esther Smith...
Simonson blazes his way to the national Intermediate 1 title
Handling both the heat of competition and the heat of broiling temperatures with a feel like triple digits, Christian Simonson took the Neue Schule/USEF Intermediate I championship on Son of a Lady during the Dressage Festival of Champions on...
How much is too much?
Should there be a limit on how many times a horse can compete at each show? It's a question that often comes up during the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association's Town Hall forums, as it did again on Monday night. "Each barn, each trainer, each owner is...
“It doesn’t get any better” proud owner says of Dublin victory
A U.S.-owned Irish hunter purchased off a video has made history at the Dublin Horse Show. Dr. Brendan Furlong's Bloomfield Watergate, the show's Supreme Young Horse as a 3-year-old in 2022, was named Supreme Hunter Champion this month for what is...
The saga of a new Wellington showgrounds goes on past another midnight
After more than 15 hours of hearings over three evenings, Wellington, Florida's Planning, Zoning and Adjustment board after midnight Thursday recommended that the Village Council either deny a plan to remove 96 acres from the Equestrian Preserve or...
Brits sweep Euro eventing championships, Paris is next
Britain defended its 2021 FEI European Eventing Championships title and then some today at Haras du Pin, as it took not only team honors again, but also collected individual gold and silver with smooth performances by Ros Canter on Lordships...
Brits widen lead in eventing champs and what happened to Michael Jung?
You really can't count on anything in life, and nowhere is that more true than in the cross-country phase of eventing. Overnight leader Michael Jung of Germany, who has boatloads of world championships, European and Olympic medals, won't be adding...
British dominate eventing championships but Jung is number one
British riders have taken six of the top nine places on the leaderboard at the European Eventing Championships and lead the team standings, but the irrepressible Michael Jung of Germany stands first individually after dressage with fischerChipmunk...
Swiss triumphant in Dublin Nations Cup
After a 40-year gap in bringing home the Aga Khan trophy, the Swiss team reclaimed the prize with a stunning victory in the FEI Nations Cup of Ireland on Friday. The fans who jammed the stands around the massive arena at the Royal Dublin Society...
WEC Ocala gets team series nod from FEI
The World Equestrian Center in Ocala has been named as one of four venues for the new Longines League of Nations that gets under way next year. The allocations, which run through 2027, were also made for Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, St....
Herslow’s 2021 Dressage at Devon victory is acknowledged at last
Congratulations to Kim Herslow for winning the 3-star Intermediate I and I-1 Freestyle during Dressage at Devon in 2021. Wait--what? 2021? This is not a news flash that got buried by mistake nearly two years ago. This month, Ailene Cascio, owner of...
Amateur show jumper dies after fall: UPDATED July 28
Wayne Barr Jr., 59, suffered a fatal accident when he was unseated in a training jumper class at the Saratoga Summer Celebration Horse Show last weekend. During the tiebreaker at the New York competition on Saturday, his horse, Pacco, put in an...
A different way of marketing sport horses
Managing risk when investing in horses is always tricky. The fragility of these animals and the whims of fate too often can result in a devastating outcome for owners, riders and trainers. Catherine Haddad Staller, based in Califon, N.J., and...
More details about expanded Wellington showgrounds revealed in first of two hearings
A presentation about an expanded showgrounds for Wellington, Fla., got priority from Wellington Lifestyle Partners in its first appearance before the Village Planning. Zoning and Adjustment Board Wednesday night. Plans for the Wellington North and...
Remembering Kavar Kerr, a dynamic figure who got things done
(a reminiscence from an Oklahoma friend, Barbara Haney, was added to this story July 24) Kavar Kerr "lived a life of doing for others in an incredible fashion. She was a force of nature to get things done," said Burr Collier, president of the...
Jane Sleeper could use some help
Eventer Jane Sleeper usually is the one who offers a helping hand, whether as a volunteer or by training horses and riders, drawing on the wisdom learned in her long career. But Jane, 73, had a bad fall in late May, noting with her usual sense of...
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