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Simonson’s no surprise at Grand Prix championships
Of course Christian Simonson and Indian Rock won big on the first day of the U.S. Equestrian Federation Grand Prix Dressage National Championship. What else would you expect from the defending national champion and Rocky, who were second in the Zen Elite FEI World Cup...
Wizard is a special memory
Wizard, the Oldenburg who was Adrienne Lyle's mount for an Olympics and the World Equestrian Games, has passed away in retirement at age 27. Adrienne, who went from Debbie McDonald's working student to her assistant before going out on her own, paid tribute to the...
A former racehorse is a hero
What happens to race horses when their career at the track ends? That's a question which is getting more attention these days -- as it should. There are opportunities for a new start in the show ring, pleasure riding and therapeutic work, among others. Sadly, not all...
A dedicated vital volunteer has left us
Sheila Tweedie, trustee emeritus of Mane Stream in Oldwick, N.J., passed away May 2. For more than half a century, she had been involved with Mane Stream and its predecessor, Somerset Hills Handicapped Riders Club in Bedminster, N.J. Trish Hegeman, Mane Stream's...
Kent’s number one: again
A little more than a month after winning the $1 million Rolex US Equestrian Open Grand Prix and the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final, the USA's Kent Farrington was promoted to world number one in the Longines rankings, overtaking Britain's Scott Brash, who held...
New names for the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame
Nina Bonnie, a pillar of the Kentucky Horse Park who served as its chairman and founded the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation in 1985, was voted into this year's class of the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame. She was a foxhunter and also highly successful with hunters...
Canadian show jumping medalist and coach Tom Gayford is gone
Canada's longtime show jumping Olympic medalist and chef d'equipe, Tom Gayford, died over the weekend at age 97. He rode on Canadian teams for nearly 30 years, beginning in the 1940s until the 1970s. At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, he was on the show jumping squad...
It’s victory for the USA at the Defender Kentucky 5-Star Three-Day Event
Moments after winning the Defender Kentucky 5-Star Three-Day Event on Diabolo Sunday afternoon, Will Coleman said “I wake up most days and I feel like a pretty lucky guy, but I feel extraordinarily blessed today, not just for this horse, but for the opportunity to...
Plan to attend a celebration of life for a revered youth leader
Kevin L Hennessy, Patricia Diamond Hennessey, Stacy Hennessy and Gerry Rushton are inviting friends and admirers of Judy Hennessey to attend a celebration of life for the late 4-H leader July 26 at the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation in Gladstone, N.J. Everyone who...
Virginia horse show canceled in the wake of EHV
Acting on guidance from the U.S. Equestrian Federation and the Virginia State Veterinarian regarding horses that competed at HITS Culpeper this month, the Virginia Horse Center Foundation Board of Directors and Hunter Jumper Committee decided to cancel their...
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