Olympic champion Eric Lamaze, 43, is celebrating after securing the No. 1 slot on the Rolex World Jumper Rankings this week. The Canadian’s back-to-back Grand Prix wins at La Baule and Rome on the super-stallion Hickstead have put him 111 points ahead of 31-year-old Kevin Staut of France, who had topped the Rolex Rankings since […]
National Horse Show president Mason Phelps, Jr., announced in May that E. Hunter Harrison was named chairman of the board for the National Horse Show Association of America Ltd. Born in Tennessee, Harrison served for many years as president and CEO of the Canadian National Railway before retiring in 2009. He has left a legacy […]
Adolfo Cambiaso returns for his second season of high goal polo at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club. Cambiaso was the top ranked polo player in the world when he made his SBP debut last year, joining John Muse and the Lucchese team. He ultimately helped Lucchese maintain a perfect record for the season […]
On June 3 the Netherlands galloped off with first place at the Nation’s Cup in St. Gallen, finishing on a mere 5 faults. Rich Fellers and Flexible placed second at the Longines Grand Prix of Switzerland. In the third round of the FEI summer Cup series, Great Britain and the home team of Switzerland tied […]
Call it beginner’s luck! The first time he’s shown in the open reining division at the Del Mar National Horse Show’s Western Week, Bob Avila won the Pacific Coast Horseman’s Association Championship aboard Juarez Whiz. “He’s a very nice horse,” Avila said of the nine-year-old gelding, owned by Ken Banks of Chulenberg, Texas. “We don’t […]
Cowboy Boot Camp has been tapped by the City of Rolling Hills Estates to assist in the development of a “Loose Horse Preparedness” program for emergency first-responders in the Palos Verdes Peninsula area. The program was prompted over concerns that many law enforcement officials in the equestrian community are typically not familiar with the proper […]
On June 13 the Autry Museum in Los Angeles will host a special preview screening of the documentary Buck, about the charismatic horseman Buck Brannaman, who inspired the novel and film of The Horse Whisperer. Winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s 2011 Audience Award for Documentary, Buck will be followed by a Q&A with the […]
The Compton Jr. Posse’s 2011 fundraiser was a sold-out event, drawing a glittering and enthusiastic crowd of supporters to the Marina Del Rey Yacht Club, May 21. Highlights of the event included the unspooling of a very special video, documenting the Posse— from barnyard to blue ribbons —created by honoree Kathy Vara and her husband […]
Shackleford scuttled the chances for a 2011 Triple Crown, as the first to cross the wire at the 136th running of the $1 million Preakness Stakes, May 21 at the Pimlico race course in Baltimore. He beat the favorite, Kentucky Derby-winner Animal Kingdom, by a half-length, as the race unfolded before 107,398 fans. The chestnut […]
Horse lovers streamed through the Los Angeles Equestrian Center’s Equidome May 4-8 for the 13th Annual Fiesta of the Spanish Horse Charity Horse Show and Spectacular. Over 300 horses were in attendance over the four-day event, which included dressage and driving as well as breed-specific classes for Andalusians, Lusitanos, Friesians, Paso Finos, Peruvian Pasos and […]
