Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Equestrian

Vet Clinic Rule Change Concerns Equestrian Board

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...

Fireworks And Horses: A Bad Match, Part 2

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...

PBC Horseman’s Association Fun Show

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...

Take Action To Stop The Return Of Horse Slaughter

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...

Fireworks And Horses: Always A Bad Match

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...

Polo Camp Brings The Sport To Vinceremos

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...

Wellington Grants Permits For 2014 Dressage Festival

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...

Equine Hyperbaric Chamber A Lifesaver

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...

Trainer Julius Von Uhl Offering Clinics

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...

Polo And Punch At Vinceremos

BY ALEXANDRA ANTONOPOULOS The Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center celebrated its summer polo camp finals Friday, June 21 with Polo & Punch. Sponsored by Everglades Farm Equipment, FPL and the Palm Beach Kennel Club, the event gave campers the opportunity to...

Carlos Gonzalez Enjoys His Polo Ponies

TAILS FROM THE TRAILS Carlos Gonzalez is passionate about the things in his life: his wife, his children, his horses and his sport, which happens to be polo. He grew up playing polo in his native Argentina, moved to South...

Committee OKs More Lot Coverage For Rustic Ranches

Wellington’s Equestrian Preserve Committee recommended approval Wednesday, June 12 of an ordinance that would allow residents in the Rustic Ranches community more lot coverage. Wellington Principal Planner Bill Nemser told committee members that currently Rustic Ranches has 5-acre and 10-acre...

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Flavors ‘Decades Tour’ A Tasty Traveling Experience

On Thursday, June 5, the Greater Wellington Chamber of Commerce hosted Flavors 2025, now in its 22nd year. Several...