Horse News

As you may know, I LOVE my horses and when I do show them, I feel the same unbridled joy as I did when I was 12 years old taking my horse to the county fair.

The "Best of 2012' awards were handed out last night by the Keystone Chapter of the U.S. Harness Writers' Association, and leading the way as Pennsylvania's "Horse of the Year' was Bob Key's Winning Mister 1:51.3 , the millionaire and FFA trotting star who established track records at every Pennsylvania harness track--and six track records in all.

In her first ever show, David McMillan's yearling filly Westmore Eclipse won the in-hand riding horse class, while her big sister Westmore Destiny, ridden by Laura McArthur, came first in the small riding horse class.

Faces in the Field Charming Creek Farm- Cindy Vollers and her sister, Lois Smith Photo by Susan L. Angstadt 5/10/13 Sisters Cindy Vollers and Lois Smith care for about 35 horses on Charming Creek Farm.

Lexington, KY - May 22, 2013 - Kent Farrington has taken over the lead in the 2013 Hagyard Challenge Series after winning the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic during the Kentucky Spring Classic.

A KNUTSFORD businesswoman is hoping the town supports one of the country's biggest horse shows on Bank Holiday Monday.

Young people are taking part in a charity horse-riding event this weekend to raise money for the children's ward at Boston Pilgrim Hospital.

Breeding at Sahbra Farms has come to a halt, following the sale of all four of the farm's stallions.

A horse farm north of the city is celebrating a rare event after one of its mares carried and gave birth to twins.

Kelly's Ford Equestrian Center held its United States Eventing Association sanctioned Horse Trial in Remington on Saturday.

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The first Wichita Falls PRCA Rodeo is May 31 through June 1 at the J.S. Bridwell Agricultural Center, presented by Barney Brehmer of Brehmer Rodeo Co.

Katie Oleson, daughter of late Free Press editorial writer Tom Oleson, has had an emotional year: the deaths of her father and mother, and health problems after a fall from her horse.

Stephanie Milligan poses with Whizzarita after a training session in the build-up to the September Trans-Tasman Western Riding Challenge in Melbourne.

The Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show Foundation has trotted out a new website. The site - http://www.blowingrockhorses.com - went online May 10.

Ms Conti said the six-month-old foal was fathered by her own stallion Dreamtime Xzibit - named after the US rapper Xzibit because he was ''big, black and beautiful''. She said the foal's mother was also ''a really special mare'', a thoroughbred by Kingston Rule which won the Melbourne Cup in 1990.

Midwestern horse lovers are loading up tack and trailers for horse training clinics, trail rides, horse shows and other exciting equine events for the third weekend of May.

A farm tour sponsored by the Agriculture and New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund and hosted by the Harness Horse Breeders of New York State will be held for the general public.

It wasn't long after she took responsibility for a group of horses a couple of years ago that the reputation of Karen Guerra and her Oak Hill ranch, Blue Honey Friesians, started spreading across the country and overseas.

The Charlie Daniels Band will headline the entertainment at this year's Tri-County Fair in Petersburg, with a show set for July 30.