JULY July 15 Elvenstar July Horse Show, Moorpark. Hunter jumper show. Contact Megan Mallory 805-529-2800, x19; www.elvenstar.com July 13-15 Signature Horse Show at Las Amigas Ernie Howlett Park – Rolling Hills Estates. www.signatureshows.net July 11-15The Event at Rebecca Farm Kalispell, MT. For general information and trade show exhibition, contact Alison Heppner, alison@rebeccafarm.org (406) 253-4666. Begins […]
The Global Champions tour youthquake continued, with Philipp Weishaupt clinching his first Global Champions Tour Grand Prix win in Estoril, Portugal July 14. The 26-year-old German pulled off two brilliant clear rounds on Leoville 2, clocked an unbeatable jump-off time of 44.96 that his boss, Ludger Beerbaum, described as a triumph of “youth over age.” […]
It’s ten o’clock, and do you know where your horse trailer is? You would if you had the GPS Marco Polo TR-100. The tracking device designed for transpo companies with large fleets is now being marketed to the equine travelers. “Fuel is expensive, and trailers are really easy to steal,” the company’s Robert Tupajic said. […]
Australian rider Edwina Tops-Alexander ― a style icon and superstar on the global show jumping circuit ― has penned a book, Edwina Tops – Alexander, The winner of Oz, available from publisher Editions Lavauzelle for € 19,90 ($32) plus shipping, by clicking here. Tops-Alexander takes readers along for the ride as she leaves her native […]
Owning your own tack store definitely has some perks, but it also means that everyone and their second cousin twice removed will want to show you their version of the next best horse treat, riding jacket or breech to hit the market. However, since LA Saddlery is a small business, we believe it’s extremely important […]
It’s indisputable: with her win yesterday in the $200,000 Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Beezie Madden is the reigning monarch of the Spruce Meadows North American Tournament. The rider from Cazenovia, NY (whose name is also Elizabeth) has had more top placings in FEI classes than any other rider on the circuit and is far and […]
Canada will be represented in show jumping at the 2012 Olympics in London by a team that includes veterans Eric Lamaze, Ian Millar and Jill Henselwood, and newcomer Tiffany Foster. Yann Candele is the alternate. Foster, who turns 28 this month, is the only Olympic debutante in the bunch. She began training with Lamaze in […]
At 21, Nayel Nassar stunned onlookers at the Spruce Meadows North American tournament, beating Olympians and seasoned vets in the $35,000 Progress Energy Cup July 5. Nassar rides for Egypt and is based in Palo Alto, CA, where he is a third-year student at Stanford University studying economics. He was born in Chicago, and raised […]
Show jumper Margie Engle is expected to be released from the hospital today following surgery on her right leg. Engle broke her ankle and the fibula on June 28 when she fell off on course in a 1.30m WPTZ News Channel 5 class at the Lake Placid Horse Show in Lake Placid, NY. “He misjudged […]
Olympic veteran McLain Ward (USA) and Rothchild posted two clear rounds to win the $35,000 PwC Cup, a 1.60m FEI class at the Spruce Meadows North American Tournament, July 5. The course, designed by Michel Villancourt (CAN), had 15 jumping obstacles and 495 meters of track. This win, aboard the 11 year old Warmblood gelding, […]
