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100 Miles With The Endurance Riders At The World Equestrian Games

Sep 01, 2010 No Comments by Jackie

I’m sure I’m not alone in daydreaming occasionally about how wonderful it would be to saddle up Ace and take off for a long cross-country ride. Trotting and cantering through the woods, across the fields, stopping to rest by the streams we encounter. Ambling along, enjoying the beautiful weather and scenery with my best equine [...]

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Slide Into Kentucky With The Reiners: Basics Of Reining at the World Equestrian Games

Aug 18, 2010 No Comments by Jackie

I promised earlier this week that I was going to do the next WEG discipline profile on dressage. The thing is, I already did it, and just forgot. So go read the WEG dressage overview I already posted if you are interested. In the meantime, let’s move on to reining! It seems appropriate, because I [...]

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US Field Narrows to 10 Riders For WEG Jumping Short List

Aug 11, 2010 No Comments

There are just 44 days to go until the World Equestrian Games, and it’s starting to feel real to me as we get closer and closer to having our American team named. The field has been narrowed down for our US show jumpers, and the following riders and horses, in ranked order, have made the [...]

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King Ace of Pasturalot; Or Turning Horses Out Safely in Herds

Aug 09, 2010 1 Comment

It’s been my long-held belief that horses should come well-stocked with bubble wrap – or at least with plenty of gauze, vet wrap, and furazone ointment. They’re good at getting themselves in trouble, and never more than when they are are turned out in the pasture together. Horses are herd animals. Almost all of them [...]

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Tutorial in World Equestrian Games Jumping’s Unique Format

Aug 03, 2010 No Comments

Show jumping is traditionally the most widely popular equestrian discipline in the general public. It’s easy to understand and exciting to watch. And I’m sure it will be no different at the upcoming World Equestrian Games. The World Equestrian Games jumping format is one of a kind, making it one of the most exciting jumping [...]

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Exorbitant Prices The Dark Cloud Over The World Equestrian Games?

Jul 22, 2010 11 Comments

I’ve been looking forward to the World Equestrian Games coming to Lexington for two and a half years for one reason: the horses. And the gorgeous, athletic horses will still be there in no short supply. But it really feels like the price-gouging surrounding the Games is putting a huge damper on what could be [...]

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No Better Way To Start Young Riders Than United States Pony Club

Jul 16, 2010 1 Comment

When I found out that my very good blogger buddy Courtney of Three Days Three Ways grew up in Pony Club, I was first exceedingly jealous and second begged her to write about it for us here on Regarding Horses. She was very generous in lending her writing skills to tell us about her experience [...]

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