It’s been a long time since anyone’s taken the King’s Cup from British soil, but Kent Farrington is bringing it back to the U.S. after a spectacular victory aboard Uceko earned him the title winner of the Longines King George V Gold Cup. The Sunday contest took place at the Royal International Horse Show in […]
I must admit, I rushed to see Cowboys & Aliens on opening day because I wanted to see the horses and it was 105 degrees outside, so cool movie darkness coupled with salty, overpriced popcorn proved an irresistible lure. I love Westerns, and this one started out following the formula of a loner cowboy (whose […]
Southern fliers from Zone 4 grabbed the gold in both the Junior and Young Rider jumper divisions at the 2011 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships in Lexington, Kentucky, Friday. In the YR division, California’s Zone 10 took silver, and Zone 2 – New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania – earned bronze at […]
If some of the legends who have roped in the huge arena at the California Rodeo throughout its 101-year history were watching this year’s edition from above on July 24, the team roping winners made them proud and brought back fond memories of a bygone era. Team ropers and brothers Jay and Randon Adams from […]
For the second consecutive year, Canada team took gold for the 2011 SmartPak Reining Team Championships at the Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships, with the country also sending a bronze medal north of the border. The top-placed score at the July 29 event in Lexington, Kentucky, was 623 for Alberta/Manitoba riders Jessica […]
The USEF short list of eventing riders for the Pan Am Games includes three California riders. The complete list of horse/rider combinations the United States Equestrian Federation has selected for its Short List/Nominated Entry for the 2011 Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team to represent the United States at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, […]
Region 5 – including locals from Kentucky – nabbed the team gold dressage prize opening day at the 2011 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships, July 27-31 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Silver went to Canada, and bronze to the west’s Region 8. Ascending to the podium to accept gold for […]
For the management team behind Acclamation, the choice was between the July 17 Grade III, $100,000 Sunset Handicap on closing day of the Hollywood Park meeting, or the July 23 Grade I, $300,000 Eddie Read Handicap on the opening weekend at Del Mar. The decision: scratch from the Sunset and gear up for the Read, […]
Pepperdine University is reigniting its equestrian program and has named as coach Erin Rorabaugh of Fairview Farms. The team is expected to be competing in Intercollegiate Horse Show Assn. events by October. It will be based at Rorabaugh’s Pegasus Equestrian Center in Agoura, just minutes from Pepperdine, off Kanan Dume Road. It becomes one of […]
The United States Dressage Team came away from the World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen with much to celebrate—notably Steffen Peters’ second-place finish in the Grand Prix Freestyle with Ravel, and his sweep of the Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire classes with his “small tour” horse Weltino’s Magic. The annual German show, which ran July 8-17, […]
