SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2013) – Beau Clark was real happy when he tied for the arena record at the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo two nights ago. That record didn’t last long.
Month: February 2013
ARCADIA , Calif. (Feb. 14, 2013)—Curvy Cat, ridden by Joe Talamo, outgamed 3-2 favorite Best Present Ever in deep stretch to take Thursday’s $60,000 Deer Creek Purse, winning the second-condition allowance for older fillies and mares by a neck while covering 6 ½ furlongs down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course in 1:12.52.
ENCINO, CA (February 13, 2013) – Nominations were announced today for the 48th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, a star-studded event honoring country music’s best and introducing the industry’s hottest emerging talent. Produced for television by dick clark productions, the ACM Awards will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas onSunday, April 7th, 2013 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Feb. 13, 2013) – J.R. Vezain from Cowley, Wyo., and Sterling Smith are the most successful contestants in bracket three at the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo and even though they come from different ends of the arena, the duo have a lot in common.
ARCADIA , Calif. (Feb. 13, 2013)—A winner of the Grade I La Brea Stakes going seven furlongs on Dec. 26, Book Review was then a sharp second in the Grade II La Canada Stakes going a mile and a sixteenth on Jan. 20, and she’ll try that distance again on Saturday as she heads a six-horse field in Santa Anita’s featured Grade II, $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes for older fillies and mares.
WELLINGTON, FL-February 12, 2013—Grand Champions Polo Club-based pro teams Audi and Piaget will be well-represented on Saturday in the Outback 40-Goal Challenge Game at International Polo Club Palm Beach. Eight 10-goal players will compete for Equus & Co. and EFG Bank in the annual game that benefits the Polo Players Support Group, a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance to seriously injured or ill polo players and grooms.
LEXINGTON, KY (February 12, 2013) – Keeneland will increase purses for overnight (non-stakes) races for the upcoming 2013 spring race meeting—highlighted by notable increases for maiden and allowance races for horses three-year-olds and up.
FORT WORTH, Texas (Feb. 9, 2013)— Kendra Dickson of Aubrey, Texas, won the $5,000 Jerry Ann Taylor Best Dressed Award at the final championship round at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo on Saturday, February 9. The award was more than first place winnings in any of the three rounds of barrel racing.
Field vs. Feild: It’s no contest
FORT WORTH, Texas – It’s just about at the point where taking the bareback riding field to beat Kaycee Feild in the Will Rogers Coliseum is a fool’s bet.
Tampa, FL – February 11, 2013 -The 41st $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational, presented by G&C Farm, will take place this year on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium. America’s “Super Bowl of Show Jumping,” is a historic event, which brings together the top horse and rider combinations in the world. Invitations for the event are extended to the top thirty equestrians on the USEF National Computer Ranking List, plus past and present Olympians and other top invitees.