The first official FEI World Cup Vaulting season came to a close Feb. 5 with emotions running high, as Switzerland’s Patric Looser captured the male title, and Great Britain’s Joanne Eccles took top female honors in Bordeaux, France. Qualifiers were held at five venues over the winter months, and today’s closing stages saw the top […]
Bosom Buddy Bags Every time we return from the American Equestrian Trade Association show our employees and customers are always excited to hear about what new products really wowed us. This past August, one of our favorite items was not a riding breech, show jacket, or saddle, it was a line of products called the […]
In an amazing comeback, Helen McNaught won the second grand prix of the HITS Desert Circuit, piloting Lariccello to the blue in the $50,000 EMO class on Sunday, Jan. 29. McNaught ruptured a neck vertebrae late last year during a schooling incident at her Outwoods Farms, based in Castro Valley, CA. “This is my first […]
They served on the front lines, the back lines and everything in between. The horse in war was an indispensible partner, and an estimated eight million of them died in WWI. “The soldier came to regard his horse almost as an extension of his being,” wrote J.M. Brereton in his book The Horse in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Among the last to go, Beezie Madden and Coral Reef Via Volo blazed to the lead, ending the day first-ranked and vaulting Team USA to the top of the Pan American Games show jumping competition after the first contest of three. Madden and Coral Reef set a blistering pace at 77.53, leaving all the rails […]
Marking the first time the individual medals have been swept by one nation in dressage at the Pan American Games, U.S. riders Steffen Peters, Heather Blitz and Marisa Festerling nabbed Gold, Silver and Bronze, respectively. The U.S. riders each scored over 80% for their freestyle rides Wednesday, when the individual trophies were handed out. The […]
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 […]
