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English Pleasure Geldings

by Janelle Schroeder | 10/10/2011 10:43:22 PM

Ow. Scott Thacker’s horse wound up on top with Scott on the bottom, but Scott’s okay. He might need a jacuzzi tub and some Ben-Gay, though. Scott, it was good to see your wave as you walked out! 1 CBMF Restless and Teresa Rosa 2 Balenchine and Glenn Bouvier 3 Total Request and Susan Morey

Pleasure Driving Amateur Gelding

by Janelle Schroeder | 10/10/2011 10:42:16 PM

1 Dragonsmeade Carnegiehall and Dan Kelley (UNANIMOUS!!!!!) 2 Sacred Path Indiana Jones and Nancy Hendrick 3 FRF Seattle Reign and Jared Gove 4 CBMF Audacious and Debra Hurst Walters 5 Locutus and Jodie Maunder Headley

Western Pleasure Junior Exhibitor 12 & 13

by Janelle Schroeder | 10/10/2011 10:18:25 PM

17 in the class and nobody threw a shoe!!! Yay!! 1 EV Santa Fe Special and Mallory Stacy 2 HyLee’s Fanflaire and Sara Heidenreich 3 T-Towne Talk About Me and Ashley Wingate 4 Intrepid Rock Festival and Melissa Monty 5 Cobridge El Dorado and Alexandra Spratt 6 Park Place Dominion and Ada Johnson 7 Harlington’s D’artagnon and Aidan Lorenson 8 Hi Bridge Regal Night and Paige Crowley 9 Bold Jangles and Emma Pedersen 10 Cingate Jack Flash and Lauren Osborne

World Championship Futurity Pleasure Driving Three Year Old

by Janelle Schroeder | 10/10/2011 10:10:35 PM

Well, we started with 10 and were rolling along, then we lost a shoe and had one take the gate while the farrier came in. Good times with the junior horses today!! I didn’t need my two diet cokes to stay alert!! AGH! Mannnnn, second time out and we’re still going the first way!!! We need McGyver in here to fix these shoes and harnesses!! DAMN!!! Third timeout….we have another shoe off!!! Wtf, people?!?!! Where’s the shoestring and duct tape???? This is the world’s...

Classic Pleasure Saddle Masters

by Janelle Schroeder | 10/10/2011 10:00:56 PM

1 Scandia’s Debutante and Hunter Novotny (UNANIMOUS!! Yayyyyyy, Hunter!!! You two were so cute!!) 2 Pacific Rim Take Aim and Donna Zimmerman (also unanimous!! Donna, you’re having a great show!!!) 3 MLF Caliente and Debra Hurst Walters 4 BW Shrek and Betsy Buchanan 5 Springmill Encore and Judith Schweiger 6 Freddy Mercury and Cindy Beckman 7 Ultra’s Special Diva and Annette Smith

Hunter Pleasure Mares

by Janelle Schroeder | 10/10/2011 10:00:29 PM

1 Indian Creek Bali Ha’I and Mary Carlton (UNANIMOUS!!) 2 MEM Naughty But Nice and Karen Bobbi (also unanimous!!!) 3 Brash & Sassy and Scott Nevers 4 VVM Rock ‘N Roses and Katie Mair 5 Ultra’s Now & Forever and Lindsay Perry 6 Boxford Living Art and Amanda DuPont 7 Susanne Dawson and Belle Bradford 8 JDS Dream Girl and Ariel Bowden 9 Copperleaf Gwendolyn and Caryn Earehart 10 Winterset Deja Vu Again and Jenna Domanico

The Dressage Foundation Opens New Equestrian Fundraising School on January 3, 2012

by The Dressage Foundation | 10/10/2011 9:14:47 PM

Lincoln, NE – Olympian Carol Lavell says: “For most riders, financial support becomes the ultimate hurdle.” John Boomer, newly-retired President and CEO of The Dressage Foundation adds: “Fundraising – it’s needed by most equestrians in all disciplines, the techniques are not now being taught, and who better to do it than The Dressage Foundation whose very business is raising money, managing it, and giving it away.” During the past two years, the...

Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy Win High Performance Reserve Championship at Capital Challenge Horse Show

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 10/10/2011 9:00:30 PM

Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy win the High Performance Hunters Reserve Championship at the Capital Challenge Horse Show. Photo By: Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. Buffalo, NY - SBS Farms returned home yesterday from the prestigious Capital Challenge Horse Show held in Marlboro, MD. The event has seen some of the most respected riders of the industry showing for the top honors in the competitive hunter divisions. SBS Farms' professional rider and trainer Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy captured...

Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Executive Director Robert E. Cacchione Named to Gentlemen’s Committee of 128th Alltech National Horse Show

by L.A. Pomeroy, IHSA Media Liaison | 10/10/2011 8:58:56 PM

Fairfield, CT -- Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) executive director Robert E. Cacchione has accepted an invitation to join the Gentlemen’s Committee of the most prestigious indoor horse show in American history, the 128th annual Alltech National Horse Show, November 2-6, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Cacchione’s role on the Gentlemen’s Committee caps a brilliant year of recognition for his dedication to intercollegiate horse sport, accepting the U.S....

First Glimpse of the Venue in Guadalajara

by Joanie Morris | 10/10/2011 6:35:24 PM

Guadalajara Day 2 : Happy Columbus Day to everyone at home! We are trotting along swimmingly here in Mexico – never a dull moment in thus constantly changing place. We had breakfast this morning with Mauricio Guererra, the competition manager for Equestrian, and got up to speed on all the things that going on in our sport here in Guadalajara. There are some changes, but flexibility is key at any Games so we are rolling with it. We met up with Kerri Macgregor, the Chef d'Mission from...