Archive for: November, 2011

Equestfest takes center stage at LAEC

Colorfully-clad cowboys are as vivid as the beautiful paint Saddlebreds they're riding.

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 […]

Thouvenell, Branquinho triumph at Circuit Finals

Cowboy Ethen Thouvenell poses with his trophy saddle.

LANCASTER, Calif. – Steer wrestling was in the spotlight at the Ram California Circuit Finals Rodeo in Lancaster, where Luke Branquinho took top honors for best average and Ethen Thouvenell was crowned the year-end California Circuit Champion with earnings of $15,203 (landing seventh place nationally). Both cowboys qualify for the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, […]

Countdown to Equestfest

A regal carriage of gold pulled by four high-stepping Paint horses.

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 […]

A Couple of Happy Fellers

Rich Fellers and his fiery chestnut horse Flexible fly over an orange jump.

Rich Fellers and his wife Shelley landed top of the leader board at the $50,000 Grand Prix of Los Angeles, Nov. 19. Rich and Flexible placed first in L.A. just a week after winning the Sacramento International Horse Show $50,000 Grand Prix. The two World Cup qualifiers vaulted Fellers into third place in the North […]

Slaughter opponents gather in Victorville

The stone facade of City Hall in Victorville, CA, the location of a wild horse rally and hearing.

Wildlifekeepers.org has pulled together a rally and political fact-finding meet in Victorville tomorrow. Beginning at 11 a.m. with a rally outside City Hall, the event will then segue to a 1-3 p.m. community meeting with politicians and government agency representatives. SoCal activist Randal Masaro conceived the event prior to this morning’s cataclysmic conference vote on […]

Senate Kills Slaughter Hurdle

A clearly terrified gray horse makes its way through a kill chute in the march to slaughter.

It’s a bad news day for opponents of horse slaughter. A congressional conference committee passed a version of the 2012 Agriculture, Commerce and Transportation/Housing budget that excised language preventing the opening of horse slaughter plants in the U.S. That protective language ― which de-funded the USDA’s inspection of horse meat destined for human consumption ― […]

Fellers Flexes to Top at Sac Int

Rich Fellers takes his chestnut stallion Flexible on a victory gallop after winning the Grand Prix at the 2011 Sacramento International Horse Show.

Rich Fellers and Flexible rode off with the blue (again!) at the $50,000 Sacramento International Grand Prix CSI-W Nov. 12. It was a repeat of the duo’s 2009 victory. Pitting 23 horse and rider combinations over Heiko Wahlers’ challenging course, only three made it clean through round one (which produced several four-faulters). Michelle Spadone was […]

Australia, New Zealand dress for Olympics

Australian riders Lyndal Oatley on Potifar and Mary Hanna on Sancette wave with pride as they take their "honor lap" at the Olympic qualifier.

Australia and New Zealand have qualified for the team Dressage competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games as a result of their performance at the two-part regional qualifier held in Sydney on 28 Oct. 28 and in Ermelo, the Netherlands, Nov. 2. Three teams – Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa – were in competition […]

Sport Mourns Loss of Mighty Stallion Hickstead

Eric Lamaze and his horse Hickstead soar over a colorful jump incorporating the Olympic rings at the 2008 games.

Show jumping lost a superstar on Nov. 6 when the stallion Hickstead collapsed and died during the fourth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2011/2012 series at Verona, Italy. Drawn 22nd of 39 on the startlist, the horse has just completed Rolf Lundi’s 13-fence track with  Canadian rider Eric Lamaze. The duo dropped […]

Alliston 3* Winner at Galway

James Allison on the victory lap with his horse after winning the 3*.

TEMECULA, Calif. – Although the rains returned at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event today, they couldn’t stop the juggernaut that was British rider James Alliston. He started the day by winning the CCI1* aboard Mojo, then he placed second in the CCI2* with Tivoli. And then he finished his day with a victory in […]

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