If there is a catchphrase that best describes the work of artist Leslie Anne Webb, it’s ‘Don’t fence me in.” Her work, like nearly everything she does, is big and bold, from her choice of oversize canvasses, to her horses, with their whimsical expressions, peering out at the viewer as though they might be leaning […]
The HITS 2011 Dessert Circuit is one for the history books – qualifying West Coasters for the new $500,000 Diamond Mills Hunter Prix Final, offering jumper riders like Germany’s Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum the chance to rack up points for the $1 Million Pfizer Grand Prix and catapulting 18-year-old Lucy Davis into orbit as a superstar. “The […]
With $78,600 in prize money for the circuit, Oregon-based rider Rich Fellers won both the Catena Leading Grand Prix Rider and Platinum Performance Leading World Cup Rider honors on the HITS Desert Circuit, which ran Jan. 25-March 13 in Thermal, Calif. On Feb. 5 the duo began accelerating its World Cup drive with a blue […]
John French wound down the HITS Desert Circuit with a flourish on March 12, finishing first and second in the $25,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix – the richest hunter prize on the six-week Thermal winter circuit. French claimed the blue on Oscany Inc.’s Clooney, and placed second with Jessica Singer’s Cruise. Jenny Karazissis came in third […]
Trail fans are invited to join the “Best of America by Horseback” cast as they film an episode for RFD-TV in Norco, aka “Horsetown USA,” May 6–8. There’ll be three days of riding through the Hidden Valley Wildlife Preserve, past the historic Lake Norconian and Norconian Hotel, and over the scenic hills of western Riverside […]
In a world that tends to define them by what they cannot do, children, youth and adults with disabilities are often hard-pressed to find activities that allow them to demonstrate their abilities and have fun as well. Therapeutic horseback riding is one such outlet. Long established as a beneficial aid to those with physical, cognitive […]
