Miki Cohen, the force behind the Western States Horse Expo in Sacramento, is launching Horse Expo Pomona, February 2-4, 2012 at Fairplex in Pomona, California. The event fills the void left by Equine Affaire. In June the Massachusetts-based firm behind that expo announced it was cancelling the event, which had been held at the Fairplex […]
The U.S. heads to Mexico for the Oct. 14-30 Pan Am Games with the heat turned up: if the show jumping team doesn’t finish in the top five in Guadalajara, it won’t land a coveted Olympic berth. To the best of anyone’s recollection, this would be a first, at least since the International Olympic Committee […]
One hundred miles in 24 hours on horseback ― that’s the Western States Trail Foundation’s Tevis Cup endurance race. Riders who’ve made the trek from Lake Tahoe to Auburn describe it as an adrenaline-fueled test of strength, will and strategy that sees them trotting along narrow switchbacks edged by thousand-foot drops, climbing 50-degree inclines and […]
He was knockin’ on the door all year, but on Saturday night Lariccello found the “Welcome!” sign and barged on through, carrying Helen McNaught to victory in the $50,000 Grand Prix of Del Mar CSI-W. “This horse has come so close, so many times, I wanted to sprinkle holy water on him,” McNaught joked in […]
Karl Cook soared to the winner’s circle at the Del Mar International Horse Show Welcome Stake on Sept. 29, clocking 58.63 on Uno de Laubry. Richard Spooner and Billy Bianca were hot on his heels, trailing by 13 seconds. “It was really exciting because the first horse in the ring won the class. Kark Cook […]
Eric Lamaze and Hickstead won the $1 Million CN International that capped the Spruce Meadows Masters Tournament on Sunday, Sept. 11. The duo was the only one to go double-clear around Leopoldo Placidos’ challenging course ─ an accomplishment all the more astounding in that Hickstead is now 15 years old. To his first place prize […]
It was worth the trip from Germany for rider Andre Thieme and Aragon Rouet, who will be leaving Saugerties, New York $350,000 richer after winning the HITS Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix Sept. 11. California-based Duncan McFarlane and Mr. Whoopy were the only other pair to make it to the jump-off, where they had two […]
It was another great year for the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo in San Juan Capistrano, which drew a capacity crowd, sent cowboys home with more than $185,000 in prize money, and raised $100,000 for local charities, said event chairman Gilbert Aguirre. “It was smashing success,” said the cattleman, who operates a 23,000 acre working ranch […]
Local Southern California fox hunting clubs the West Hills Hounds and the Santa Fe Hunt have merged, effective with the 2011-2012 season, scheduled to begin in September. The clubs will combine hound packs and base operations out of SFH’s headquarters in Temecula. The move is expected to increase efficiencies and expand membership, said WHH’s Mitchell […]
El Sueño Equestrian Center in Somis hosts the second of three 2011 Benchmark Rallies on Sunday, Sept. 4. The events are part of a program developed by renowned international show jumping course designer Linda Allen. Allen developed the Benchmark Program in response to what she sees as a need for an affordable system of […]
