TAILS FROM THE TRAILS
No one thinks much about stomachs until there’s a pain, and then that’s all you can think about. It’s true about people, and it’s true about horses. I never thought about horses having ulcers at all,...
Escue Polo hosted the Cruz N 4 Chukkers Charity Arena Polo Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 31 to benefit 15-year-old, up-and-coming polo player Lucas Cruz in his battle against ameloblastic fibroma. Money raised will be used for Cruz’s chemotherapy and...
TAILS FROM THE TRAILS
The Acreage Horseman’s Association is bringing a new show to town this year, and its riders and director are very excited about the group’s first hunter/jumper series.
“This will be our first full season offering a hunter/jumper...
TAILS FROM THE TRAILS
It’s back! Somehow we’ve survived yet another summer in South Florida, and now it’s time to start thinking about which weekend show is coming up.
The Palm Beach County Mounted Posse starts next weekend, Sept. 7-8 —...
Members of the Wellington Equestrian Preserve Committee recommended approval last Wednesday of an ordinance that could make veterinary offices a permitted use in certain parts of the Wellington Equestrian Preserve Area.
The request was brought by Palm Beach Equine Clinic...
TALES FROM THE TRAILS
Hay burners. That’s what Bill called them. He ran Higgs Feed at the corner of Southern Blvd. and Military Trail some 30-odd years ago.
Back then, I boarded a horse at the Polo Ground Stables on land...
Town-Crier columnist Ellen Rosenberg hosted “Groundwork from the Horse’s Perspective” at Nicole Hornstein Equestrian Park in The Acreage on Sunday, Aug. 18 (credit cheryl). Participants learned how their own mood and body language affects their relationship with their horses,...
TAILS FROM THE TRAIL
You may have driven by the Museum of Polo & Hall of Fame, located at 9011 Lake Worth Road. It’s worth a stop. They’re open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. During the...
Though the 2014 Global Dressage Festival is set, it will be October before permanent plans for the future of the controversial Equestrian Village site are in place.
The property owners, Wellington Equestrian Partners, agreed earlier this year to resubmit a...
The Palm Beach Horse Park, a Western-oriented equestrian complex proposed for construction on Wellington’s K-Park property, has created an Equestrian Advisory Board to provide expert guidance and gather feedback from fellow equestrians as plans for the horse park’s facilities...
TAILS FROM THE TRAILS
Imagine a classroom. Any classroom. Picture the teacher entering on the first day. What’s her mood? Excited to be there? Telling a joke to ease the tension before introducing herself and the subject? Resigned to yet...
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...
