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| BLM Confronts Challenges in the West's Wild Horse and Burro Program |
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The Bureau of Land Management is facing a number of difficult challenges in the National Wild Horse and Burro Program. Our goal in the West is to manage healthy, free-roaming herds on healthy rangelands; however, it is becoming increasingly difficult to do so. Wild horses and burros in the West have virtually no natural predators...[read more] |
| Sho Clothes Hosted Leading Palm Beach Equine Veterinarian at Shop Talk |
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Wellington, FL- The Sho Clothes’ Sho Room hosted their second Shop Talk last week. Shop Talk is a series of monthly educational Question and Answer sessions hosted by Sho Clothes and the Gold Coast Dressage Association (GCDA). Shop Talk gives equestrians in the Wellington, Florida area the opportunity to converse with top professionals in the equine industry....[read more] |
| The Paddock Saddlery Announces the 2008 Markel Amateur Dressage Championships Winners |
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Wellington, FL- Winner’s of the 2008 Markel Amateur Winter Dressage Championships presented by The Paddock Saddlery were notified this week. The Markel Amateur Winter Dressage Championships recognizes leading amateur’s accomplishments over the winter show season in South Florida. The 2008 awards ceremony will be a virtual presentation. Photographs of winners with...[read more] |
| Oded Shimoni’s Summer Clinic Schedule: Next Stop Buck Davidson’s |
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Wellington, FL- International dressage trainer, Oded Shimoni takes short breaks from his training schedule at Stillpoint Farm in Wellington, Florida to teach clinics throughout the US. Last month he was at Amanda Person’s Farm in Atlanta teaching Amanda, Jason Canton and others. This month Shimoni is heading to Pennsylvania to coach a clinic to with Three-Day Eventer,...[read more] |
| Elizabeth Niemi Dances Under the Stars on YouTube.com |
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Wellington, FL – Grand Prix dressage rider and trainer Elizabeth Niemi is featured in two videos recently posted on the popular website YouTube.com. Niemi rode two horses, Wholio and Florencio, in the exhibition Grand Prix freestyle competition, Dressage Under the Stars. The competition was held Friday nights during the winter season in Florida at The Players...[read more] |
| Six Time National Driving Champion,Chester Weber Featured in Television Show |
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Ocala, FL- Internationally renowned driving champion Chester Weber, has been featured in a new television series, The Ocala Horse Show. Weber is based in Ocala, Florida during the winter season. The rest of the year, he travels with his team internationally to compete in the world’s premier driving competitions. Weber is well respected for his outstanding accomplishments...[read more] |
| World Equestrian Brands Awards Marco Bernal and Ashley Holzer the Musical Freestyle Wins at the CDI Zada WEF Dressage Classic |
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Wellington, FL- World Equestrian Brands awarded Marco Bernal the FEI Intermediaire I Musical Freestyle CDI win and Ashley Holzer the Grand Prix Musical Freestyle CDI win at the Zada WEF Dressage CDI Freestyle. Under threatening skies the horses and riders performed as if the sun were shining. With classic music portending a delivery from darkening skies, Bernal...[read more] |
| Play it Again Beezie- Beezie Madden and Play On make the Absorbine® Myoplast®1.50m Classic look like a Cakewalk |
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Wellington, FL – Beezie Madden and Play On glided into victory for a second win of the $20,000 Absorbine® Myoplast® 1.50m Classic held on Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. This team previously won the 1.50m Classic on February 2nd and returned Saturday to win easily, stopping the clock at 40.80 seconds with a clear round. |
| Steffen Peters Rides Dream Street Stallion,Fantasma, in The 2008 Challenge of the Americas |
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Wellington, FL- Olympic Team Bronze Medalist, Steffen Peters rode Deborah Howe's grand prix stallion, Fantasma in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Challenge of the Americas on March 8th, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. Peters was a originally scheduled to ride Elizabeth Niemi’s grand prix mount, Wholio, an 11-year-old Hanoverian...[read more] |
| Instant Replay-Rodrigo Pessoa Wins the Absorbine® Myoplast®1.50m Classic a Second Time at the Winter Equestrian Festival |
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Wellington, FL- Speedy Brazilian, Rodrigo Pessoa, finished first to win Saturday’s Absorbine® Myoplast® 1.50m Classic for the second time in a row. The clock caught him at 32.119, narrowly shaving .497 of a second off Ian Miller and Redefin’s time of 32.616 seconds. Pessoa and the 9-year-old liver chestnut son of Baloubet du Rouet, have been in...[read more] |
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