Pepperell, MA – November 28, 2012 – Ten Broeck Farm, a full service dressage training facility owned by Phil and Orintha Silva, completed a whirlwind 2012 season. In addition to teaching dressage and training young sporthorses, the season included hosting several large regional events, participating at select major shows, and providing the venue for shows and keurings sponsored by various equine organizations.
A handsome painted mural showing cowboys and cows passing through Oklahoma (which was then Indian Territory) on their way from Texas into Kansas in the late 1860s.
There are dinosaurs by the side of the road from coast to coast in America- some of them are so bug that you can climb a staircase and visit religious shrines inside their bodies- and there are dinosaur parks with dozens of fanciful specimens, some we have seen with Day-Glo tennis balls for eyes.
September is the best time to come see the Corn Palace, when the exterior wall space on this Byzantine edifice is freshly covered with multicolored corn cobs, oats, barley, sorghum grain, and assorted grasses- all precisely arranges to form immense murals.
Whitfield, Cooper, Brazile among those chasing history at WNFR
Fred Whitfield’s autobiography – Gold Buckles Don’t Lie – is due to be published next spring and will end with his labors at this 20thWrangler National Finals Rodeo appearance. Whitfield says he’s “not worried” about how this plays out, but he also has a good enough sense of dramatic possibilities that he knows what a great last act could mean for book sales and his legacy in the sport.
Kevin Staut broke German hearts today when, despite all the odds being in favour of a home-side win, it was the Frenchman who came out on top in the fifth qualifying round of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2012/2013 Western European League series at Stuttgart. Partnering the on-form grey mare Silvana HDC, Staut snatched what looked like certain victory from Germany’s Marcus Ehning and Noltes Kuchengirl when quicker by a margin of just one-hundredth of a second in an action-packed 11-horse jump-off against the clock.
Trevor Brazile has got numbers: Sixteen world championships, nine all-around titles, 39 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifications, over $4.5 million in Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association earnings – and counting.
LEXINGTON, KY (Nov. 13, 2012) – Flashy Gray, a two-year-old filly by Flashy Bull who broke her maiden by 10¼ lengths at Churchill Downs on November 8, sold for $775,000 to West Point Thoroughbreds and Tom Keithley, contributing to double-digit gains across the board during Tuesday’s session of the November Breeding Stock Sale.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – There’s just something about Freedom Hall that brings out the best in Jon Ragatz. The 32-year-old steer wrestler won his fourth average title in six years at the Nov. 8-10 Ram Great Lakes Circuit Finals Rodeo and is starting to feel quite at home here.
Istanbul, TUR – The equestrian world celebrated its heroes Thursday night at a glittering gala evening in Istanbul, Turkey.