Yann Candele. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography. Toronto, Ontario – With one week to go before the opening of the 2015 Royal Horse Show, tickets are selling fast. Held as part of The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair from November 6 to 15 at Exhibition Place, the Royal Horse Show welcomes hundreds of competitors to Toronto,…
It is tough to be a champion in any FEI discipline. But what does it take to excel at two? Shelly Temple, with her 17 year old Morgan gelding LR Ami B-Line (“Cooper”), recently earned the US Dressage Federations silver medal. Shelly has concentrated on ridden dressage with Cooper since his informal retirement from the…
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat and Delgado registered a convincing victory at the second leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2015/2016 Western European League at Lyon, France. (FEI/Pierre Costabadie) Lyon (FRA), 30 October 2015 – Riding the crest of the wave that saw them take Freestyle bronze at the FEI European Championships in Aachen, Germany…
Lexington, KY (October 30, 2015) – Jane Heart LLC is pleased to announce the new Jockey Cap Collection that will benefit the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund. Created in 2006 by leaders in the horse racing industry, PDJF assists jockeys who have suffered on-track catastrophic injuries. PDJF is an independent public charity that has disbursed over…
Erin Ballard and Appy Cara. Photo Credit Katy Whitt Photography. October 28, 2015, Calgary, Alberta: The pulse has quickened at the Royal West in Week Two as the big names began gearing up for the weekend’s big prizes. On Wednesday Canada’s Erynn Ballard sharpened her game in the $45,000 GGT Footing/Whittling Structures Classic 1.45 m…
29 October 2015 – OLYMPIA, the London International Horse Show welcomes two of the world’s top dressage riders, Kyra Kyrklund and Laura Tomlinson, to each perform a fascinating masterclass on Tuesday 15 December and Wednesday 16 December, respectively. Fans have the rare opportunity to get up close and personal to dressage legend and six-time Olympian…
Just when you thought Fridays couldn’t get any better – they do! This Friday, October 30, at 9 pm EST, tune in to Ride TV (Dish Channel 248) to relive the highest-ranked class in U.S. show jumping this year, the Canadian Pacific $1 Million Grand Prix FEI CSI-5*, presented by Wells Fargo. Flip to Ride…
Photo courtesy of Jimmy Richardson. Jacksonville, FL (October 28, 2015) – “The Jacksonville Equestrian Center is awesome. We love the facility and have every expectation of returning with our horse show next year,” said Jessica Altum, 4-H Animal Science program coordinator and horse show supervisor for the 2015 Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair Association 4-H &…
Rebecca Hart with Schroeter’s Romani. Photo (c) Lindsay Y. McCall. Katy, Texas – October 28, 2015 – Para-Equestrian Dressage athletes from around the United States have made their way to Katy, Texas for the 2015 USEF Para Equestrian Dressage National Championship and Katy, Texas CPEDI3* October 30 – November 1. Both events will run simultaneously…
Mixed Pleasure with Old Friends Volunteer John Bradley (Photo by Laura Battles) GEORGETOWN, KY – OCTOBER 27, 2015 – Mixed Pleasure has died. The 30-year-old resident of Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, KY, was euthanized Monday evening due to complications from colic. Michael Blowen, founder and president of Old Friends, made the…
