Archive for: June, 2012

A Different View of Rolex

Woman in a brightly-colored coat of geometric pattern leads a bay horse.

Every time I drive into the Kentucky Horse Park, my heart skips a beat. After a dry, dusty (but exciting!) winter on the SoCal Desert Circuit, the part of my nature that was imprinted growing up in Washington State starts dreaming about green grass, spunky horses and the unpredictability of a Kentucky spring. Landing in […]

Clarke McLords It Over Memorial Day Crowd

Lane Clarke cuts a striking figure in his royal blue jacket aboard the bay jumper McLord's First John.

Call it a Cinderella ending! Lane Clarke, last in the ring on the Irish Sport Horse McLord’s First John, rode off with the blue ribbon at the Langer Equestrian Group’s $30,000 Memorial Day Grand Prix, May 28 at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center. Jenni Martin-McAllister was a close second on Union Jack, and Clarke third […]

Cowboys Steer Clear

Luke Branquinho hoers in mid-air between his horse and a steer.

Ethen Thouvenell loves to win rodeos – but he especially loves to win them when he’s in his home state of California. The Napa  native turned in a 6.7-second effort to edge past Ty Gonsalves and Billy        Bugenig and win the Woodlake Lions Rodeo, May 12-13, earning $1,083. This vaults Thouvenell to the top of […]

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