Diamante Farms, home base of U.S. Dressage Federation gold medalist Devon Kane, has been designated as an official USEF Elite Training Center. This designation is given to first-class equestrian facilities that are instrumental in providing USEF high-performance training sessions,...
TALES FROM THE TRAILS
The weather couldn’t have been better, the tack shops were packed and ready, and shoppers were prowling for bargains on Black Friday.
Chris Burwell, owner of the Silver Spur Equestrian Emporium (561-798-6651), had racks of gently used...
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Bonnie Kiefer remembers her first time on a pony, even though she was only 2 years old. It was a pony ride at a carnival, and she recalls what the pony looked like, the smell of...
Staller, a new web and mobile-based solution that enables horse owners to rent stalls at or near equestrian competitions in the United States, was co-founded last month by members of the Ferrando and Godoy families, who are originally from...
Angela Wade of Wellington captured the world championship title in amateur trail at the 2016 Lucas Oil American Quarter Horse Association World Championship Show on Nov. 17 in Oklahoma City.
Wade showed her American Quarter Horse One Hot Drama Mama....
The Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center in Loxahatchee Groves held its annual Holiday Horse Show to showcase the accomplishments and skills of its riders in a circus setting on Saturday, Nov. 19. Participants, volunteers and family members had a great...
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Good Earth Farm owner Nancy Fried Tobin is thrilled to offer a two-week camp, dubbed Kind Kamp, over the Christmas break in partnership with the Brighter Future Foundation. She first met with the foundation’s executive director...
Grand Champions Polo Club will host the fifth annual International Cup, pitting Uruguay vs. the United States, on Saturday, Nov. 26, along with the Carlos Gracida Memorial Legends of Polo game.
Uruguay borders Argentina and, like its neighbor, is also...
The Wellington Chamber of Commerce hosted its 10th annual kickoff to the equestrian and polo season luncheon at the Wanderers Club on Wednesday, featuring keynote speakers Mark Bellissimo and Noreen O’Sullivan.
O’Sullivan, representing the Gold Coast Dressage Association and Wellington...
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Emily Jewel lives in southern Indiana and breeds draft horses. “We do a little bit of everything with our horses — shows, parades, horse expos,” she said.
It was at a horse expo, where she was giving...
Three-year-old Fiona Mae Lashells is no ordinary toddler.
She rides horses, hangs out with her farrier father Heath Lashells, competes, has won pageants and even models.
“She has been around horses since she was about three weeks old, going to the...
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Sometimes I get nostalgic thinking about long gone horse-related businesses. I rode or boarded at many farms that no longer exist: Pine Grove Stables, now Okeeheelee Middle School; a barn which underwent many name changes, including...
