Congratulations

Hot to Jump
  Susie Hutch and El Dorado 29’s Cantano are hot, hot, hot! Topping the field in the $25,000 Red, White & Blue Grand Prix presented by St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort, the $25,000 July Theme Grand Prix and this past weekend's $25,000 Showpark Racing Festival makes for four victories in five Grand Prix starts. Very impressive...
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World Cup Qualifiers

Vegas, baby, Vegas!
  Since most of us won’t make it to Hong Kong to watch the Olympics this year, our chance to watch Olympic caliber riders from all over the world compete is at the 2009 Rolex FEI World Cup Finals in Las Vegas. As avid equestrians we know that the qualifying aspect of making it to the World Cup has changed over the last few years, now all the classes are held indoors and the course designers set technical tracks to prepare potential competitors for the upcoming challenge. This makes for good show jumping from San Juan Capistrano to Sacramento starting in late August all the way until the World Cup is underway in April...
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Horse Connection Magazine
 This past June, Horse Connection won the American Horse Publications’ General Excellence Award for Self-Supported Free Publications. This monthly magazine is found at horse shows and tack stores from coast to coast.

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EquestriSol News

  Congratulations to our west coast riders on their victories abroad - performing well on the Super League Tour, Will Simpson and El Campeon’s Carlsson Vom Dach are gearing up for the Olympic Games; winning in Monaco on Cristallo and Pako, Richard Spooner and his horses are going strong on the Global Champions Tour; after a fabulous World Cup this spring, Rich Fellers and Flexible were the only clear in the $60,000 Investors Cup at Spruce. Joie Gatlin & Morley Abey have opened up a second location in Calgary.

  With Medal Finals and World Cup Qualifiers around the corner, we’ll have plenty going on here at home and will keep an eye out for our west coast medal final contenders on the east coast...

  We are proud to announce the launch of the new
Pegasus Show Stable website:
www.pegasusshowstable.com

  Look for the launch of up to ten more websites currently in development, as well as a host of ads in
your favorite equestrian publications.

  We are having fun developing new ad campaigns for Freelance Show Jumping - Cam & Becky Smth, Blenheim EquiSports and Blue Ribbon Law.

  Meanwhile, Chloe is almost 18 months old. Where does the time go?

Conversations with
Course Designers

Scott Starnes
  A name we have seen printed in prize lists for many years, we caught up with Scott while he was designing courses in Parker, Colorado for the series of ‘A’ shows at the Colorado Horse Park...
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Conversations with
Industry Innovators

Mosley and Mary
  Have you ever wondered (or have you been around long enough to know) - who is "Mary" of Mary’s Tack & Feed? We were honored to have a chance to chat with Mike Mosley, owner of this well-established brand, to find out the answer to this and more...
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Laura Listens

Westin
  About a month ago, I wrote a really sad story about the death of my favorite horse of all time - Tustin. Fortunately, not all is lost, and though I have had to gain some patience and take a step down from the height at which I was previously competing...
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ShowMom Snippets

Does your daughter want to ride in college?
The Ins & Outs of NCAA teams
by Kathy Keeley
  There are two choices if you want to ride on a college team in a formal program: NCAA varsity equestrian and IHSA collegiate teams. Many parents think the two are synonymous when in fact they are very different - from scholarships and show formats to athletic benefits...
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NCAA Equestrian Teams
by Marcia Hester
  It seems like yesterday that I was watching my daughter Lauren with pigtails and ribbons canter around the pony ring at horse shows across the country. Of course, the ponies lead to children’s hunters, which lead to junior hunters. Next on the agenda is equitation, a discipline which requires a special horse...
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At the Back Gate

Are you GREEN?
  We’re not talking green with envy or even Green Working Hunters, we’re asking you consider how to be more environmentally aware and take action at home, at the barn and at shows.

  Whenever possible take into consideration your surroundings. Here are a few tips on how you can reduce your carbon footprint and nonpoint source pollution....
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