A Regarding Horses regular reader brought up an excellent point during the discussion surround Totilas’s sale to Germany and getting a new rider: getting sold is actually hardest on the horses. We’ve talked so much about how hard it must be for Edward Gal, and how much we hate to see such a special partnership [...]
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 [...]
It’s no secret in the equestrian world that riders of different disciplines tend to not get along. We all think our own way of riding is the best, which automatically makes all others the worst. Western pleasure riders think us hunter jumpers and dressage queens are royally stuck up, and we think that western pleasure [...]
Take an inside look at the upcoming World Equestrian Games 2010 venue, the Kentucky Horse Park. Kylie Lane and WEG’s Amy Walker take us through a quick tour of this beautiful park, including a look inside the brand-new indoor arena.
Lucinda Fredericks and her mare Headley Britannia powered to the lead at the 2009 Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event in the cross-country phase and maintained it with a clear round in today’s show jumping finals. Many tears accompanied her victory, as well as Bettina Hoy’s second place after a clear show jumping round with Ringwood [...]
Thoroughbred racing is an incredibly high-risk sport. A crowd of young, energetic, flighty, half-ton animals careen around an oval at speeds sometimes in excess of 40 miles an hour with lightweight humans perched precariously on their backs. The impact contained each time a hoof hits the ground at that speed carrying that much weight is [...]
Jamie Link, the new Chief Executive Officer of the Alltech FEI 2010 World Games Foundation, gives us an update on the economy, tickets sales and prices, volunteers and so much more. Listen in to this special 25th episode of the 2010 Radio Show all about the Alltech FEI 2010 World Equestrian Games. 2010 Radio Show [...]
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