Wellington, FL – March 7, 2013 – Mark Leone trotted his way to impressive placings in the Short Stirrup division during week six of the Winter Equestrian Festival. Now just three short weeks later, under the tutelage of Linda Smith-Faver at Happy Endings Farm, Leone has quickly jumped his way up the divisions to be a top contender in the Medium Children’s Hunters and the Equitation 11 & Under.
Month: March 2013
Ocala, FL – March 6, 2013- The 2013 show season has been very successful for the horses and riders at Top Call Farm, resulting in multiple championship and reserve championship wins at HITS Ocala and the Winter Equestrian Festival. Based out of Bloomfield Hills, MI, Top Call Farm is a full service hunter/jumper facility that travels south each winter with Greg and Jessica Crolick to showcasing their winning mounts at the country’s top equestrian events.
Windsor, SC – March 6, 2013 – For the third year in a row, the Salute to Driving weekend, held in Windsor, SC, March 1-3, 2013, featured a beautiful dinner and auction, multiple driving clinics and a Combined Test Competition, all for the benefit of the United States Equestrian Team Foundation and the United States Equestrian Federation’s High Performance Driving program.
ENCINO, CA (March 6, 2013) – The Academy of Country Music announced today that Luke Bryan, Kelly Clarkson, Hunter Hayes, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, George Strait and The Band Perry are scheduled to perform as part of the 48th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.
Loxahatchee, FL – March 5, 2013 – Sunny skies, a convivial atmosphere and top-notch dressage performance highlighted the 30th anniversary of the Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI-W February 28-March 3. Seasoned international competitors and young rising stars alike came out to vie for victory at the historic event.
Merrimac, MA – March 5, 2013 – Sons of the Wind School of Equestrian Arts will be showcasing the talent of their Lusitano mounts throughout the country during the month of April at multiple events. In additional to conducting informational clinics, Sons of the Wind will be performing a Quadrille and athletic movements including Airs Above the Ground for those in attendance.
1. Masters to undergo knee surgery, out 6-8 months
Two-time and reigning World Champion Team Roper Chad Masters injured his left knee March 1 while steer wrestling at the Timed Event Championship of the World in Guthrie, Okla., and will be out 6-8 months.
ARCADIA , Calif. (March 2, 2013)—In a desperate finish, Argentine-bred Suggestive Boy, ridden by Joe Talamo, held off the late charge of Silentio and Rafael Bejarano to win Saturday’s Grade I, $300,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (turf) by a nose, providing Hall of Fame trainer Ron McAnally with his 700th career win at Santa Anita while getting the distance in 1:32.89.
ARCADIA , Calif. (March 2, 2013)—Before an on-track crowd of 26,901 and in a performance for the ages, 6-5 favorite Game On Dude went gate to wire to win Saturday’s Grade I, $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap by a record 7 ¾ lengths under Mike Smith, vanquishing eight rivals in 2:00.14 while becoming only the third horse in the 76-year history of the race to win it twice.
Roy Rogers has known the joy of a good wife, a happy family, and a wonderful career as King of the Cowboys. He also owned a horse named Trigger, the most famous movie animal of all time, and Roy loved Trigger as much as any man can love a horse.