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Stepping Stone Farm Wins World Development Group Tack Room Award During Week Eight Of 2012 Winter Equestrian Festival

Stepping Stone Farm Wins World Development Group Tack Room Award During Week Eight Of 2012 Winter Equestrian Festival Wellington, FL (April 9, 2012) – Stepping Stone Farm’s stabling area at the 2012 Winter Equestrian Festival offers its clients, riders and staff all the comforts of home, and the farm’s welcoming setup helped them take home the World Development Group Tack […]

Charles Tota of The Dressage Connection Delivers Konigs With Color, Style, and Fit

Charles Tota of The Dressage Connection Delivers Konigs With Color, Style, and Fit Boots are a key element in any dressage rider’s wardrobe, whether they are for schooling, showing, or showing off. Charles Tota of The Dressage Connection is the top custom Konig dealer in the US, and is famous for his selection of unique fitting Konig boots that have […]

MDBarnmaster: Stable Fire Safety Tips and Recommendations

Another Devastating Stable Fire Rocks Horse World MDBarnmaster Responds with Safety Tips and Recommendations Corning, CA — A March 10th barn fire near Chicago, IL, killed six horses at a small racehorse farm. A February 21st fire at a Thoroughbred farm in Michigan killed 27 horses. These are the latest in a string of horse barn fires in recent […]

FOOTING RESEARCH FLORIDA

FOOTING RESEARCH FLORIDA FootingFirst and scientists from the University of Guelph (Canada), University of Maine (USA) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Science have pooled their expertise for an independent study of different types of surfaces. We hope to be able to take the opinion out of footing and truly have facts that can be used for the benefit […]

Living a Little Girl’s Dream

Living a Little Girl’s Dream Getting to Know Sylvie Willms One of the Stars of Europe’s most successful live entertainment show APASSIONATA Launching a North American Tour in Louisville this April. After five million tickets sold, fifteen countries visited and nearly a decade of touring experience, APASSIONATA premieres in North America showing audiences the breathtaking display of the beauty of […]

American Paint Horse Association turns fabulous 50

American Paint Horse Association turns fabulous 50 FORT WORTH, TEXAS—The American Paint Horse Association (APHA) officially turns 50 years old on February 16, 2012, commemorating a breed association that has registered more than one million horses. APHA began as the brainchild of a unique horsewoman, Rebecca Tyler Lockhart of Gainesville, Texas, in the early 1960s. An avid admirer of […]

Southern Eighths announces spring open schooling days

SOUTHERN EIGHTHS ANNOUNCES SPRING OPEN SCHOOLING DAYS January 10, 2012—Chesterfield, SC– Southern Eighths Farm in Chesterfield, SC is giving Beginner through Training level Event riders and horses the perfect opportunity to prepare for their next competition or to bring a young horse along with its upcoming Open Schooling Days. Mark your calendar now for January 21–29, February 18–26, and/or […]

What’s New in Managing Waste Today that is Green and Profitable?

What’s New in Managing Waste Today that is Green and Profitable? Green and profitable Equine Eco Green is setting standards for agricultural waste. This invention was the concept of Shelly Moore Townsend. As a lifelong equestrian her exposure to the many facets of owning a horse coupled with her concern for our environment led to the development of a process […]

Seeing a Man About a Horse Massager

Seeing a Man About a Horse Massager by Chelsea Lindemann Rocco Wachman, the colorful TV personality from CMT’s Cowboy U and lead instructor at Ar- izona Cowboy College, hasn’t had a chiropractor out to the ranch in over three years. “Our horses don’t have the kinds of problems they used to,” he says. His secret? Wachman relies on the Eq-uisports […]

War Horse By L.A. Pomeroy

War Horse By L.A. Pomeroy “In grateful and reverent memory of the Empire’s horses who fell in the Great War (1914-1918). Most obediently, and often most painfully, they died.” So reads the memorial at the Church of St. Jude in London dedicated to the mounts that served their country in World War I. Overall, nearly eight million horses […]