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Devonwood To The Rescue as Fires Continue to Rage In The Pacific Northwest

2024-10-15T21:57:38-04:00September 9, 2020|DressageDaily, Driving Daily, Eventing, Looking Back, News, Wellness|

“Pandemonium here, ” was in a late night message sent by Noah Rattner, general manager and co-owners of Devonwood Equestrian Center, Sherwood, Oregon. With high winds and fires raging in the surrounding regions, Rattner put out a message on his Facebook Page that Devonwood was ready and able to take [...]

Take a Virtual Tour of The American Driving Society's All New Robust Website

2024-10-15T21:57:39-04:00September 5, 2020|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back||

The new ADS website is nearly here! Not already a member? You are guaranteed to get your money's worth and heres why. We will be switching URLs to the new website over the holiday weekend. Please be patient if there is limited access while this process develops. On Tuesday morning, [...]

FEI Tribunal Alerts Community to Avoidable Contamination Risk

2024-10-15T21:57:39-04:00September 5, 2020|DressageDaily, Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Eventing, Looking Back, News, Show Jumping Daily, Wellness, Western HorsesDaily|

Following recurring cases in which human medication excreted via urination in horses’ stables has resulted in horses testing positive for prohibited substances, the FEI Tribunal has urged the FEI and all athletes to reinforce the information and education provided to support personnel about this avoidable contamination risk. This advice is [...]

How A Small California Horse Community Came Together To Save Horses and a Few Other Living Things

2024-10-15T21:57:40-04:00September 4, 2020|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Endurance, Eventing, Looking Back, News, Show Jumping Daily, Wellness, Western HorsesDaily||

Scott and Kathirin Dancer traverse the USA and Europe having competed their driving horses in multiple World Pairs Championships. They recently purchased and developed a winter facility in Ocala, Florida, but as native Californians, their roots run deep in the northern California horse world. Kathrin and Scott are the owners of [...]

American Hanoverian Society's 2020 Inspection Tour Underway

2024-10-15T21:57:41-04:00September 2, 2020|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News|

Leatherdale Farms is proud to partner with the American Hanoverian Society to sponsor prize money for their 8th Annual AHS Yearling and Two-Year-Old Futurity during their inspection tour! Dedicated to providing breeders world-class Hanoverian stallions with both classic and modern bloodlines, Leatherdale Farms is passionate about high-quality sport horses in [...]

U.S. Dressage Pulls Off Successful Championships Amidst the COVID Pandemic

2024-10-15T21:51:43-04:00August 27, 2020|DressageDaily, Looking Back, Wellness|, |

In spite of the challenges of holding a National Championships in the midst of a pandemic, the American dressage community came together and made this year’s U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions a huge success. The credit for that success goes to everyone involved – USEF officials, show managers, judges, competitors, [...]

Understanding Hay Quality – Even Good Hay Has Bad Things

2024-10-15T21:51:44-04:00August 26, 2020|Looking Back, Wellness|

As the source of 50 to 90 percent of a normal, healthy horse's nutritional needs, hay warrants careful consideration. Yet, there is a lot of confusion over what, exactly, defines "good" hay. Nutrient content and cleanliness are distinct traits often presumptively and wrongly lumped together. "People need to be more [...]

The Upside of Downtime With Young Showjumping Professional Lillie Keenan

2024-10-15T21:51:44-04:00August 26, 2020|Looking Back, News, Show Jumping Daily, Wellness|

Young show jumping professional Lillie Keenan made a pact with herself when it became clear the COVID-driven competition closures would last a while. "I'm going to be better coming out of this than when I went in." That's saying something for an equestrian already sitting at #10 on the U.S. [...]

ArenaGreen Footing One Stride Closer in Selection for International Water Change Maker Awards 2020

2024-10-15T21:51:45-04:00August 26, 2020|DressageDaily, Driving Daily, Looking Back, News, Shop, Show Jumping Daily, Wellness|

Wellington, Florida (August 20, 2020) “We’re really excited that our private organization has made the second cut,” said Alex Carr, environmental specialist for ArenaMend, LLC, whose environmentally-safe, dust-free, and waterless ArenaGreen Footing is one stride closer to the finals in the worldwide Global Water Partnership’s Water ChangeMaker Awards, presented in [...]

Equine Testing With USDA Wreaks Heartache For Some When Importing Horses

2024-10-15T21:51:47-04:00August 24, 2020|DressageDaily, Driving Daily, Eventing, Looking Back, News, Show Jumping Daily, Wellness|

Just two months before the pandemic shut down international travel, Cheryl Benefiel made a trip to the United Kingdom searching for that “dream horse.” She found her. A beautiful, five-year-old gray mare named Libris Charlotte. As Benefiel began the process of getting her new horse to America, she was unaware [...]

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