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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Nov 21 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
Nov 20 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
Nov 15 2011 | Posted in
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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 ― […]
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 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 […]
Nov 7 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
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 […]
Nov 7 2011 | Posted in
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