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Hundreds compete in March Trials
3/14/2010 11:51 PM
The Full Gallop Farm March Horse Trials featured nearly 350 rides this weekend.
Shanon Baker did intermediate with Black Sox Shiraz and found the cross-country course inviting.
The New Hampshire-based eventer and the New Zealand-bred Thoro ...
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Towell-Boyd wins Hunter Classic Spectacular
3/14/2010 11:50 PM
Finally Farm's Liza Towell-Boyd was a presence at the Progressive Show Jumping March Madness Week Two at Highfields Event Center, and, last month in Florida, she added to her already impressive list of accomplishments.
The 30-year-old rider tea ...
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3/13/2010 11:55 PM
The 68th edition of the Aiken Trials was an afternoon that saw dreams come true for an owner, the prominent green-and-yellow silks of Dogwood Stable and the start of a new era.
Lawrence O'Brien's Stiletto Ridge, the daughter of Grade 1 winner S ...
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Polo ponies to race today
3/12/2010 10:12 PM
The Aiken Polo Pony race will once again be one of the contests composing the card of the first jewel of the Aiken Triple Crown - the Aiken Trials - on March 13. The race will be sponsored by the Aiken Horse.
The horses will break from a standi ...
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3/12/2010 1:13 PM
If it wasn't for someone making a joke about Marni Williams' size, she may have never considered a career in Thoroughbred racing.
The Toronto native has two calls in the Aiken Trials and will be riding Cross Sabres Farm's Rani Baba in The Iseli ...
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3/12/2010 12:54 PM
Surefire Eventing's Jan Byyny who sustained injuries at the Pine Top Horse Trials at Pine Top Equestrian Center in Thomson, Ga., on Feb. 28, is continuing her recovery.
Bynny placed second in 2009 United States Eventing Association Lady Rider s ...
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3/12/2010 12:02 AM
Eventer Tara Ziegler - who has enjoyed success at the upper levels, including Advanced, and for the past three years has competed in the Kentucky Rolex 4-Star Concours Complet International - won the Adequan USEA Gold Cup CIC 3-Star division last wee ...
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3/12/2010 12:02 AM
The 68th edition of the Aiken Trials will be run Saturday at the Aiken Training Track and will feature six races.
The winter's cooler temperatures and higher precipitation levels played a role in the size of the fields for each race as a number ...
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3/10/2010 12:40 AM
* Richard Duchossois' First of February won a six-furlong allowance race by a half-length Saturday at Hawthorne. The 4-year-old chestnut daughter of the 2001 European champion 2-year-old male Johannesburg is conditioned by Chris Block and was broken ...
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3/8/2010 4:30 PM
The Sporting Days Farm Horse Trials concluded with the tadpole, beginner novice and novice levels going Sunday.
Avalo Farm's Michelle Donlick and Avalo's Rhapsody had a strong showing at novice level.
"We've been hindered in our dressage f ...
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3/8/2010 4:11 PM
The Sporting Days Farm Horse Trials, an event recognized by the United States Eventing Association and United States Equestrian Federation, features 343 entries this weekend.
Boyd Martin, owner of Windurra USA LLCs, has been having a busy weeke ...
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3/8/2010 4:11 PM
If Blake Alder had been able to work inside, he may have been an accomplished artist rather than a show jumping course designer.
The Germantown, Tenn., resident has been designing show jumping courses for a quarter of a century. He designed the ...
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3/7/2010 12:05 AM
Show secretaries play an important role in making sure an event goes smoothly. They are often the first person a competitor or exhibitor is in touch with and sees.
Sporting Days Farm secretary Mary Coldren, a Kirkwood, Pa., resident, was recogn ...
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3/6/2010 3:25 PM
Sporting Days Farm will have 330 riders going down the center line this weekend, and Friday featured Combined Tests from beginner novice through intermediate level.
The United States Eventing Association and United States Equestrian Federation- ...
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3/5/2010 11:55 PM
Aiken-based DFG Stable's Daniel Geitner went double clear with Sara Stumberg's 11-year-old Holsteiner gelding Snook, winning the Welcome Stake Friday afternoon at Highfields Event Center.
The Welcome Stake serves as a prelude to Sunday afternoon ...
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2/28/2010 11:53 PM
* Darley's Grade 2 winner Tizaqueena won the 11âÑ16-mile Allen LaCombe Memorial Handicap by three quarters of a length. The race had been originally scheduled for the turf Saturday at the Fair Grounds. The 5-year-old mare is by the 2000 Horse of the ...
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2/27/2010 11:43 PM
Jumping Branch Farm hosted a jumping derby schooling show Saturday afternoon featuring a course with a challenging variety of obstacles and jumps.
Aiken's Nicole Quinn had two rides - Haze My Man and Mind's Locked, who are both former Thoroughb ...
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2/22/2010 11:41 PM
The Paradise Farm Horse Trials, presented by Arenus, concluded Sunday with the cross country and show jumping phases. A total of 320 entries competed in the event.
"I'm very pleased," said Lellie Ward, Paradise Farm owner and horse trials orga ...
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