There is a growing number of equestrian trails in Palm Beach County, and county officials hope to slowly continue increasing the trails over time.
That was the message of Linda Wirtz, program director at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center, and...
Members of the Wellington Equestrian Preserve Committee decided Wednesday to postpone a recommendation that could make veterinary offices a permitted use in certain parts of the Wellington Equestrian Preserve Area.
Committee members wanted a second look at the ordinance with...
TAILS FROM THE TRAILS
“I live in The Acreage, and I’ve noticed the fireworks getting progressively worse each year,” Patricia Davidowitz said. “I currently have three horses. But last year, I also had Emily, a rescue horse who was very...
Palm Beach County Horseman’s Association held a fun show Saturday and Sunday, July 27 and 28, at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center. On Saturday riders, horses and trainers dressed in pirate outfits for a costume contest. The show was...
After a six-year ban and numerous attempts by activists to stop it, horse slaughter returns to the United States next month. A horse slaughterhouse is slated to open for the first time since 2007 in New Mexico. As a...
TAILS FROM THE TRAILS
The Fourth of July — a holiday most Americans celebrate with great enthusiasm, but one that many local horse owners dread.
“Unless you’re a horse person, you don’t understand how fireworks can literally scare a horse to...
TAILS FROM THE TRAILS
The flier says it all: the experience of a lifetime.
This summer, the Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center, located at 13300 6th Court North in Loxahatchee Groves, offered three separate week-long summer camps Tuesday through Friday, from 9...
The 2014 Global Dressage Festival season is on. Members of the Wellington Village Council gave necessary approvals Tuesday to allow for the upcoming dressage show season at the controversial Equestrian Village site.
Council members unanimously approved both a plat and...
TAILS FROM THE TRAILS
“I had just purchased a lovely 5-year-old Warmblood. I hadn’t even finished paying for him,” Ruth Mack recalled. “I live in California, and I’d shipped him with the rest of my barn’s horses to Wellington for...
TAILS FROM THE TRAILS
“That’s it, darling! That’s the way to do it.” Sitting in a plastic lawn chair, Julius von Uhl booms at the rider who makes the correction. “There, now. Isn’t that better?”
It is, indeed, better. Thirteen-year-old Chirsten...
