The Flintridge Riding Club is undergoing a reinvention for its 90th anniversary, with Dale Harvey coming in to manage the big spring hunter jumper show. Rechristened the Flintridge Horse Show, the April 29-29 event has been expanded to four days and will now include adult classes. The annual competition ― a fundraiser for the [...]
The California Department of Food and Agriculture reported today that it has confirmed three new cases of neuropathogenic Equine Herpes Virus-1 (EHV-1) at the quarantined Orange County premises where the disease surfaced earlier this month. That brings to a total of eight confirmed positive horses on the premises of that particular facility. All exposed horses [...]
The five cases of EHV-1 diagnosed Jan. 11-15 in Orange County, CA, have been contained, according to sources close to the situation. Although the California Department of Food and Agriculture has not given the official “all clear,” animal health branch chief Dr. Kent Fowler confirmed that the five cases were identified at a single facility [...]
Responding to entreaties from its elite jumper clients, the Langer Equestrian Group has installed high performance footing at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center. The first major event to take advantage of the upgrade was the $50,000 Grand Prix of Los Angeles CSI-W, which utilized the Equidome and adjacent warm-up ring Nov. 19. LEG CEO Larry [...]
It was another beautiful weekend beneath the towering oaks at the Foxfield Jumping Derby, Oct. 8-9 at Foxfield Riding School in Westlake Village. Georges Bittar and La Toya 39 leapt off with the blue ribbon in the main event―the $5,000 Foxfield Jumping Derby. Tammy Chipko and Lisone took top honors in the Calabasas Saddlery Junior/Amateur [...]
The Compton Jr. Posse has notched another successful year of “keeping kids on horses and off the streets,” and is already looking ahead as to how it can up its game in 2012, according to the group’s founder Mayisha Akbar. “What we’re working on is two-fold, building and developing our board of directors so they [...]
It’s that time of year again! The Los Angeles Equestrian Center welcomes Equestfest 2011, an extravaganza of equine entertainment that precedes the 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade, which features 27 equestrian units. The majority of them will be on display at the Dec. 30 Equestfest, which features 23 acts beginning at noon and running to [...]
For better than a century, the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena has captured the attention of the world on New Year’s Day, selling Southern California like the enviable pot of gold at the end of the rainbow… Editor’s Note: As we gear-up for the 2012 Rose Parade, The Equestrian News dipped into its archive to [...]
Below are some of the LAHJA rule changes that will go into effect in 2012. Additions are shown in blue. Section 5: POINTS b. Points will be awarded 1st-9, 2nd-6, 3rd-4, 4th-3, 5th-2, provided at least five three entries compete. If ten or more entries compete, points will be awarded 1st – 12, 2nd – [...]
Nacho Figueras’ Black Watch team will pound the chukkers at Will Rogers Park Oct. 9, when the second annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic touches down in Los Angeles. Last year marked the first time Veuve hosted its closing season game in Los Angeles, and the company proclaimed the event a huge success, as spectators [...]
