Bring the Horses and Come Home to 14965 Oatland Court in Wellington This Winter
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Volunteers at WV Dressage helped unload donated hay for flood victims. They sprang into action even as dangerous flood waters continued to rise. Stranded horses and dogs needed food, water and care as the torrent swirled over roadways and seeped into homes and barns as Hurricane Harvey helped dump…
Terri Kane took an idea she imported from Europe to spread breast cancer awareness and ended up coloring the US Dressage Finals pink. Several years ago, horse show organizers in Odense, Denmark, chose to highlight breast cancer awareness month by providing pink polo wraps to the horses in the awards ceremonies at the dressage show….
Texans are tough. As Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters receded, the Houston Dressage Society (HDS) knew the show must go on and handily hosted the 2017 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional 9 Championships at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy, Texas, just weeks after the storm left a path of destruction. Competitors passed around stories of survival just…
Maybe it’s the horses. Maybe it’s the history and the diversely beautiful landscape. And maybe it’s the wine. Come to think of it, that has a lot to do with Portugal’s lure. In a week, I’ll be flying across the Atlantic with my friend and photographer extraordinaire, Meg McGuire, to head to my favorite riding…
JJ Tate must be one of the hardest working people in dressage. The Grand Prix rider based out of her own farm in Landrum, South Carolina, in the summer and Yellowbird Farm in Wellington, Florida, in the winter is a whirlwind of energy. She has trained 14 horses to the FEI-level, gone down centerline in…
Any dressage rider would be nervous going down centerline with a new horse and Charlotte Merle-Smith is no exception. She’s owned her 10-year-old Westphalian gelding Firewalker (Fidermark-Weinbotin, Weinberg) since November 1, but each day during the Jan. 22-24 show held at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival showgrounds in Wellington, Florida, her scores improved as she…