Mary King Rules at Rolex

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What’s Happenin’ Incorporating I 38 30 Ingate HORSES USA PUBLISHER 70 Off Centerline Samantha Charles 84 Asides [email protected] EDITOR-IN-CHIEF N Cornelia Bernard Henderson Horse Show [email protected] 28 Five Questions for Lindsay Sceats 561-309-6636 38 On Course with Tori Corts STAFF WRITERs S Lauren Giannini, Jan Westmark - Allan, 40 Don’t Miss the Fieldstone Equestrian Danika Rice

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SIDELINES COLUMNISTS Eventing Dr. Bev Gordon - Horse in Motion E Lisa Hollister, Esq - Equine Law 10 Five Questions for Mike Costello Ann Reilly - Sports Psychology 72 14 Training Level Scholarships Encourage Sarah Ward My Line JUNIOR WRITERS Junior Riders Lauren Corey, 18 18 Mary King Rules at Rolex ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Melissa Burns [email protected] S Focus on Education 561-951-4225 46 College Prep Invitational Horse Show SOCIAL MEDIA Editor 48 College Riding: What to Expect Erin Gilmore I 50 Queen Margaret School Offers [email protected] ADVERTISING SALES Equestrian Program Joyce Jones 52 The Intercollegiate Vision of Bob Cacchione [email protected] 954-796-1809 54 Cornell University Student Wins CLASSIFIEDS D Sis Hotujec 56 Laying Down the “Law” [email protected] 561-798-4828

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Of course, Jan Letter from the Editor visited with juniors, including this month’s There’s a lot going on in this issue. Where to begin? cover girl, Allison Rolex is a good place to start, and Lauren Giannini and Toffolon and Geoffrey Kim and Allan MacMillan were there, taking photos of it all Hesslink and did a as Mary King roared home not just in first place, but first Lighterside on “Miss and second in American’s only four star. The leader board June” a calendar was in constant flux, and if you, like me, followed it daily girl we can all relate on Lauren Gallops (www.sidelinesmagazine.,com/blog/ to. All this and more laurengallops) you felt like you were there with her. If you and a wedding, hadn’t discovered our blogs, well, it’s high time you did. We too? Hats off to Jan do have some fantastic bloggers: get to know them. for being Trophy Danika Rice wrapped up the USPA Open for us, and Wife and Queen of Alan Fabricant, too, the photos. We love polo especially Organization! since Sidelines got its start as a polo publication, and the There is more to Open is definitely the best tournament north of the equator. read, of course. I Congratulations to Victor Vargas and his Lechuza Caracas know you will find on their win. some great people This is also our education issue, with a focus on schools within these pages. and riding programs. I know you will enjoy reading about I especially enjoyed some educators who make the three Rs reading, ‘riting this issue with its last and riding. CJ Law is an amazing woman who’s coached minute excitement (Rolex finished only three days before the Mount Holyoke team for the past 27 years, and Bob we go to the printer… Lauren had a deadline for sure!) and Caccione’s incredible journey all began when he was a I’m sure you will find lots to enjoy when you come in from sophomore in college himself. This year Bob was named your ride. With the weather so nice, I expect this issue will the USEF/EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian of the Year. be what you’ll grab après barn chores. Jan Westmark got married (now Jan Westmark-Allan) but before she slipped on her wedding dress, she visited with Until next month! one of the most amazing women I’ve ever read about. Do not miss reading “The Inspirational Life of Lauren Barwick.” Cornelia Henderson FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 5 6 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE F Five Questions for O John Xanthopoulos, MFH/Huntsman By Lauren R. Giannini Dr. John A. Xanthopoulos, X In 1973 John A. Xanthopoulos began his MFH/huntsman Treasure State lifelong involvement with the Intercollegiate Hunt, and Dancer, his paint/TB Horse Show Association. In 1974 he got hooked ex-racehorse mare H on foxhunting. When he joined the Department Photo by Christy Hayden/MT Shutterbug Photography LLC of Education at University of Montana Western in 2001, he launched his seventh IHSA team and continues to serve as its head coach. U John and his wife Susan, who rides and trains dressage horses, operate J & S Sporthorses, headquarters of the UMW Intercollegiate team N and Treasure State Hunt, founded by John in 2009. Their facility sets the stage annually for the UMW USEF horse show and three PHA T USEF/USHJA-rated hunter/jumper shows. It’s a good thing that John’s work is also his play.

Sidelines: How did you start Montana’s first I foxhunt? JX: My love affair with hunting started on the East Coast. Once you do it, it’s like a terminal N disease: you can never get away from it. I worked as a professor of Education at the University of Montana Western and there was G no hunt, so I decided to start Treasure State Hunt. Joe Emily at Knoxville Hunt (WY) drafted you learn something new every day. our first six couple of foxhounds. Three extraordinary women have helped me: Lia Nagle, Caroline Bielser, and Sidelines: Who are two of your most favorite field hunters? Catherine Mee. JX: I’m a Thoroughbred man. Most of our school and hunt horses Paul Delaney, master of Grand Canyon Hounds, is the are ex-racehorses. I say most, because one of my favorites is MFHA’s Rocky Mountain regional director. He and his crew a Quarter Horse, 15 hands. Pete is a wonderful animal and he came up from Flagstaff for a week and hunted with us. very much is in tune to the hounds and my horn. He instinctively They saw our operation, inspected our facilities and I think comprehends and understands as well as sees the action, and he they couldn’t have been happier. We became a registered will take me places safely the way no other horse will. I think he’s hunt at the Masters of Foxhounds Association’s annual half-goat. The other good thing about Pete, at 15 hands, I can get meeting in January. on and off to get gates, etc, with ease. My other favorite is a paint Thoroughbred mare, about 16.3 Sidelines: Did you grow up with horses? hands, off the Idaho racetrack. Dancer has a heart that will never JX: I was born in Greece and grew up with donkeys. I quit. That horse amazes me when we go for long runs that she love donkeys. As a young Greek kid, especially back in the will keep up and maintain and sustain the pace with the hounds. ‘50s and ‘60s, donkeys were all over the place. They were That’s what I love about her. Out in the flat open range and in the prime movers and shakers – those animals did everything hills, she will give me 1,000 per cent of herself. in those days. I have no desire to hunt a donkey, but we carriage-drive them. Sidelines: What do you tell your Intercollegiate riders about hunting? Sidelines: Who was most instrumental in teaching you JX: They’re beginner to advanced riders, and I don’t allow about hounds and hunting, about building and breeding a everyone to just come and hunt, especially my equestrian team pack? riders, unless they’re very ready, because it takes a pretty darn JX: Beth Dixon, who was huntsman for Tennessee Valley, good rider to go from zero to 60 in uneven terrain, jumping ditches and Lia Nagle. With Beth and Lia, I learned how to read and all that. You can and will get hurt if you don’t know what you’re the hounds, how to be patient with the hounds, that they doing. I’m very careful whom I allow to come with me. One of the are individuals but when they go hunting they become reasons why I think the team is doing very well regionally and one. From Lia I also learned how to hunt and what to do. in zones – I’m taking four individual riders to the IHSA National Lia and I exchange positions: I make her the huntsman Finals – is because those four riders have hunted with me. I do and I become the whip, and vice versa, because I see believe and I recommend to anyone that if you want to improve different things from different perspectives. For me, being your riding, ride in uneven terrain at your particular level. That will a horseman and/or a huntsman is a lifelong learning fix your position, your legs, your eye, your contact with your horse. experience. You never ever stop learning. Until you die, Your riding will improve dramatically. FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 7 8 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 9 10 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE E Five Questions for Mick Costello V By Lauren R. Giannini Mick Costello builds cross-country courses for eventing E and marathons for combined driving. His credits include 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games, Fair Hill International, Jackson Hole, Radnor Three-Day, Atlanta N Olympics and Rolex. The US Eventing Association honored Mick with the Posthole Diggers Award for course builders last year at the USEA’s annual awards luncheon. T His work is his play and he’s happiest with tools and earth- moving equipment: “I can drive anything. I’m not much on foot controls. My Caterpillar has joysticks; my backhoe has I a stick shift. At the Horse Park my favorite is the Caterpillar N 287, a multi-terrain loader with rubber track.” Sidelines: How did you make the transition from rider to course builder? G MC: I started in Pebble Beach Pony Club (CA) when I was nine. There were a lot of leftover Olympic horses from when the team trained out there in the ‘60s for Rome and Tokyo. It was quite an education. But to pay for the riding I started to build courses. I helped my brother Pete who was five years older. In 1969, right after I graduated from high school, I built what now would be called one-, two- and four-star championship courses for a big Labor Day event. One was the size of Rolex. I didn’t build the whole thing: We had a crew, but I was overseeing it and we worked all summer. Eventing moved east in the ‘70s and took off. In about ’89 I started building Fair Hill (MD) and in ’91 I started doing the Radnor (PA) cross-country and it went on from there.

Sidelines: How far did you go with Pony Club and eventing? Mick Costello builds cross-country courses all over the country, MC: I was a “C”: on the day I was to go for my “B” test I had bringing the designer’s ideas to three-dimensional life. On cross- to put on a horse trial. I enjoyed working more than riding, country day at Rolex, he’ll move from jump to jump, watching which wasn’t a passion for me. I always took an interest in the action and ready to fix something knocked askew, replace building jumps. My brother was a designer and a technical a frangible log or re-set a fence whose safety mechanism delegate, and I helped Pete full-time from 1985 to the early deployed Photo by Michelle C. Dunn ‘90s. I felt I should do something well, so I stuck to the building. I wasn’t very good at the designing anyway, not evening he’d have the figure roughed out. I have some seriously really. I know my limitations, and my strength has always big chainsaws. He’d be on top of a five-foot log with this 50-inch been building. chainsaw, slicing into it. He’s really fast, and he paints them, too.

Sidelines: Do you give input about safety issues? Sidelines: What was it like working with Mike Etherington-Smith? MC: I’ve helped the University of Kentucky program where MC: Mike and I spoke the same language. When Rolex needed a I can. They’re doing a lot of experimental stuff with safety. course designer, Janie Atkinson went to Blenheim (1993) and met One of the grad students made a collapsible table and they Mike who’d been designing that cross-country since 1980, I think, made a gate for David O’Connor: It was for a ditch with a and hired him for Rolex. I’ve worked with him since ’95: He is by wall behind it, and the mechanism was developed at UK. far the best ever. I’d get little cocktail napkin sketches to build the We have some demos with the current safety equipment – jumps, but we wouldn’t build them all the way. He’d come to walk reverse pinning, Mim-clip, pro logs, frangible pins. If they the combination with the technical delegate and I’d have to move get in trouble, these things help to save them. something a little or raise it or lower it or change it by a half-inch. We had birch rails going into Head of the Lake at WEG. I had to Sidelines: The WEG animals were really amazing: Who put dye in the water three times to make contrast behind those does the big loons, ducks, squirrels, etc? rails, something I wouldn’t have thought of. Everybody jumped it MC: One of the guys who worked for us had a brother terrifically. Mike does subtle terrain things to help the horses jump. whose wife was doing a doctorate at UK. Isaac Bingham I think he sees the way a horse does. No question that Mike is studied art in college. He had never worked with a chain the best. [Mick stated that he’s enjoying working with Derek di saw or anything and he did all the animals for WEG. Grazia, who stepped up to the design plate at Rolex when Mike Isaac would do a little clay model in the morning and by E-S retired.] FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 11 12 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 13 14 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE E Training Level Scholarships Encourage V Junior Riders With Stars In Their Eyes E By Lauren R. Giannini The majority of event riders compete at the lower levels, and N novice comes complete with baby novice and accommodating T divisions for both horse and rider. Suppose your ambition includes moving up? Training level is I where the groundwork gets laid to prepare horse and rider for the more technical questions of N the cross-country and that, as any eventing enthusiast will tell you, is the heart and soul of the G equestrian triathlon. With the emphasis on safety, the need for continuing education prompted the creation of a “bridge” to help junior riders make the leap from training to preliminary and on to the upper levels. That’s where the Professional Riders Organization (PRO) comes into the frame. Founded by five upper level riders in 2009, PRO seeks The future of eventing? Possibly: young enthusiasts who participate in the program will to improve the standards of have fun and improve on their eventing goals Photo by Lauren R Giannini competition and promote safety as well as attracting new fans, sponsors and participants to the sport of Three-Day Eventing. When PRO board member Marcia Kulak presented her brainchild of awarding scholarships to junior training level riders, the entire organization embraced the concept. “I’ve been involved in eventing for 30 years, and I’ve seen eventing grow, going from the long format to the short format, and go through a lot of changes,” says Marcia. “You can implement all the safety rules you want, all the best safety course designs – all the things that might make eventing safer, but what about good old-fashioned riding lessons and education in horsemanship? It doesn’t matter how hard the course designer has worked to make the cross-country safer. Once you turn your pupil loose in the start box, it’s up to them.” The livelihood of upper This young “D” Pony Clubber participated in a Virginia Regional Rally and already shows level event riders depends on a promising cross-country seat: if she hopes to move up in the levels, the Pro Junior their adult amateur and junior/ Training Scholarships will be a great resource – a veritable ‘leg up’ in the world of three- young riders. While many in this day particular subset can afford really Photo by Lauren R Giannini FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 15 nice quality horses, the Junior Training Scholarships are awarded according to criteria designed by Marcia on a point system that evaluates the rider. In other words: winning a horse trial isn’t the decider to receive a weeklong “training camp” complete with board for horse and rider with a top professional. “A lot of thought went into this,” says Marcia. “The emphasis is not a point system that rewards kids for winning a ribbon. It rewards kids for riding better. Say you have a qualified junior riding a Quarter Horse/Paint cross that isn’t going to score as well in dressage, but it goes clear cross-country and the rider does the job well. I want us to be able to reward a talented, dedicated and ambitious kid with a scholarship and not just someone in a position to ride the best horses.” All three phases come into play. A panel of three PRO judges will award points in dressage for the rider’s knowledge of the test, understanding of “connection” and use of the aids, knowledge of test, and turnout; in cross-country, the PRO ‘judges’ score the warm-up (rider’s position, balance, timing, level of confidence, maturity and composure) as well as the cross-country itself (pace, correct use of speed for course conditions and ability of both horse and rider), and how the rider ‘behaves’ if things go wrong. For show jumping, again safety in the warm-up area is a factor, as well as position, balance and timing, and how well the rider sees a stride. There are also opportunities to earn bonus points. “There aren’t any points for prizes, whether you’re first or 15th,” says Marcia. “It’s all about the rider. What’s great is that all of our professional PRO riders have agreed to participate in the judging. For the first year, we decided to keep it small and we have a group of four professionals who have committed to provide the actual training camps: Jan Byyny, Amy Tryon, Hawley Bennett-Awad and myself. We have people on the East and West coasts who are willing to commit to getting this program off the ground. I’m really excited about this program.” No doubt it’s the opportunity of a young rider’s lifetime. One of the best benefits is that it will increase any scholarship recipient’s life skills, because participation requires dedication and commitment, setting goals, and exhibiting good sportsmanship Marcia Kulak, upper level international event rider based in and good behavior (cursing a naughty equine or screaming with Florida, came up with the idea for the Junior Training level joy over a jump will impact negatively on a participant’s score). scholarships. Shown here at the 2010 American Eventing Networking is another substantial bonus: scholarship recipients Championships, dropping into the Preliminary water with Yoscha will find themselves on the radar of the top professional with Bosche Photo by Mark Lerner whom they spent that week. That could be very significant if the rider’s looking for a horse, working student position or just needs develop people to their full potential. The attributes of top event some help at an event. The connection, the bridge has been riders – physical skill, mental determination and the ability to established by the junior’s drive to win that scholarship: every overcome obstacles – are skills that will be beneficial in any walk PRO professional knows that part of the future of eventing is with of life.” mentoring junior riders with the focus and desire, even if they The program takes place at designated events associated with weren’t born with silver spurs. PRO on both coasts: Galway Downs and Twin Rivers in California; “I think that PRO is a good organization,” emphasizes Marcia. Southern Pines II in North Carolina, SureFire in Virginia; Millbrook “The riders know they have to put something back into the sport in New York; Richland in Michigan. Juniors must be members of and help to cultivate the future of eventing. It’s not just about PRO in order to participate in the PRO Junior Training Scholarship finding better riders and making riders; it’s about how wecan program. PRO Showcases Eventing as Entertainment The recent PRO DerbyCross brought a different kind of action to the main arena at the Wellington Equestrian Festival on March 5 during Nation’s Cup weekend, the world’s biggest equestrian weekend in the month of March. Five teams, each with three event riders, one show jumper and one polo player, navigated the hybrid course of cross-country and show jumping obstacles against the clock. The crowd loved the entertainment that certainly showcased three-day eventing in a whole new light at a powerful new venue. The event also raised money for Operation Homefront, a national non-profit which provides emergency financial and other assistance to the families of service members and wounded warriors. PRO’s decision to partner with Operation Homefront is quite fitting: eventing’s roots are in the Cavalry and three-day used to be called “The Military” until it opened up to civilians in 1952 upon the disbanding of the horse troops. 16 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 17 18 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE E Great Britain’s Mary King Pilots V Top Two at Kentucky Rolex E By Lauren R. Giannini N Drama, thrills, spills and lots of changes drove the Kentucky Rolex Three-Day Event, presented by Bridgestone, April 28- T May 1. Weeks of heavy rain turned into thunder storms and tornado warnings the I day of the first horse inspection, but the weather wasn’t the only extreme element. N The changes in the leader board raised the bar in terms of suspense from day one of G the dressage through the show jumping finale on Sunday.

Mary Rules with Top Two Mary King (GBR) partnered two mounts throughout the competition with uber-cool composure, stalking the early leaders from the git-go. Mary stood second after dressage with Fernhill Urco and fourth with Kings Temptress, but it was the cross-country, designed by Derek di Grazia in his first solo effort for Rolex Kentucky, that winnowed out the competition. Even Tiana Coudray, first after dressage with Ringwood Magister, fell prey to the four-star questions posed by di Grazia in spite of stating at Friday’s press conference: “… I am worried a bit, because Derek’s courses almost always put you at ease and then catch you out somewhere because you’re not paying attention. I need to really treat it like it’s not looking as nice as it is.” In retrospect, a lot of riders may be thinking along the same lines, but for the riders who train and compete in the UK, it was another four- star course. After cross-country, Mary led with what proved to be a one-two knockout punch. In the final results, the USA placed only three riders in the top 10, including Sinead Halpin and Manoir de Carneville (aka Tate), who spent time in England with her horse at William Fox-Pitt’s yard who made her figure it out for herself, not by teaching her how to do it. The approach obviously worked as Sinead and Tate, bested their British gold medal mentor in their own four- star debut, thereby earning third place overall and the USEF National 4-star Championship.

For more coverage of Rolex: www.sidelinesnews.com/blogs/laurengallops Mary King and Kings Temptress en route to double clear on the cross- country and King’s first ever Rolex win: note the rider’s smile Photo by Lauren R. Giannini FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 19

Fernhill Urco and Mary King danced through the Rolex Head of the Lake en route to a double clear, putting the veteran rider into the catbird seat for the show jumping finale with this horse in second and her mare, Temptress, in first. Mary joins an elite band of riders – Ian Stark (Badminton 1988), Mark Todd (Burghley 1987) and Blyth Tait (Burghley 1998) – to finish first and second at a CCI4* Photo by Lauren R. Giannini

Tiana Coudray and Ringwood Magister led after dressage and even though the California rider knew all about not being fooled by the alleged “straightforward” appearance of designer Derek di Grazia’s cross-country she experienced difficulties at three different obstacles and was eliminated, ramping up the dramatic changes in the leader board throughout Rolex Photo by Elisabeth Harpham Continued on page 20 Rolex “Ride the Course” Media Outing by Kim MacMillan

David O’Connor smiled at us as he turned his mount Scout toward the east end of the 2011 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event**** course. “Welcome to the First Annual Rolex Media Trail Ride,” he said and off we went. Sponsored by Rolex Watch U.S.A., and arranged by Merrick Haydon of Revolution Sports Marketing Group and the staff of the Kentucky Horse Park, the trail ride allowed us, a small group of journalists, to experience the view of the Rolex cross-country course that the riders see as they fly around on their wonderful horses. Though we didn’t jump the obstacles, we did get a true picture of their size and scope. I had been invited to join the ride representing Sidelines and my first thought as I looked at the Sunken Road obstacle from the back of Pocahontas, a mild-mannered Appaloosa mare, was, “Holy Moley, I am glad I am a writer and not a four-star rider!” O’Connor, and fellow four-star rider Robert Costello, were our guides as we toured the course. We stopped at a number of the obstacles and they explained the strategies and the options that would be used by the riders two days later. We were all mounted on Kentucky Horse Park trail horses and shepherded by Park Kim MacMillan and Pocahontas stand near Robert Costello as wranglers. My thanks to Rolex Watch and Revolution Sports, they listen to David O’Connor talk about the Head of the Lake David O’Connor and Robert Costello, the Kentucky Horse Park obstacle on the 2011 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event**** staff and especially Pocahontas. It was an experience I will cross-country course. never forget. Photo by Allen MacMillan 20 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE

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A smiling Sinead Halpin and Manoir de Carneville navigate the Rolex Head of the Lake: the duo worked their way up the leader board: 8th after dressage, fourth after a clear jump ‘round cross- country and then double clear in show jumping to finish third in their four-star debut and earn the USEF National Four-Star Championship Photo by Lauren R. Giannini

Last year’s Rolex winner William Fox-Pitt brought another rookie four-star horse, Neuf des Coeurs, and the duo went from 19th after dressage to put in one of the few double clears cross country before laying down another double clear in show jumping to finish fourth overall Photo by Lauren R. Giannini

Hannah Sue Burnett and St. Barths rose in the standings from 20th after dressage to fifth on the strength of their double clear cross-country, but two rails in show jumping dropped them to Oliver Townend and ODT Sonas Rovatio pulled up from 26th eighth overall and second-best American duo after dressage by jumping clear cross-county, then finishing with Photo by Sarah Miller/MacMillan Photography a double clear in show jumping for sixth place Photo by Lauren R. Giannini Continued on page 22 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 21 22 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE

Continued from page 20 A Few Come A-Cropper

Eventing, especially at the four star level always has its spills. The really good news this time, no rotational falls, and from all reports no bad injuries to either horses or riders. Here’s a look at a few who didn’t make it all the way around.

Allison Springer and Arthur, in third after dressage, enjoyed a brilliant run cross- country until their fourth attempt to win Rolex ended in disappointment as they parted company at the Offset Brushes (26ab) with only two more jumps to negotiate on the cross-country Photo by Jen Renth/MacMillan Photography

Another really dramatic change in the leader board took place when Will Coleman and Twizzel, tied for fifth after dressage came to grief at 15, the Double Corners: they both got up immediately and walked away from their fall, but Rolex ended for them with elimination Photo by Kristi Crowe/MacMillan Photography

The plight of Mojito and 24-year-old Kate Brown, who is about to take a dunking in the Rolex Head of the Lake, pretty much summarized the fates of a number of horse/rider combinations who ‘almost got round the cross-country’: according to other frames, the horse looked as if he wanted to land on the duck, but couldn’t find room or grip, shooting Kate out of the saddle and into elimination. Horse and rider were fine. Another fall and the only injury of the day occurred when R Star and Kristi Nunnink fell at the Land Rover Double Corners (15a). R Star was fine and Kristi was taken to the hospital for an injured arm but returned to Kentucky Horse Park that afternoon. The most influential fence turned out to be the Hollow which “got” Phillip Dutton/Fernhill Eagle, Michael Pollard/ Icarus, Kelly Prather/Ballinakill Glory, Peter Barry/Kilrodan Abbott, Kelly Sult/Hollywood, Jil Walton/My Sedona, and gave Tiana Coudray and Ringwood Magister their second refusal en route to the HSBC Normandy Bank where a third resulted in their elimination Photo by Allen MacMillan/MacMillan Photography FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 23 24 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 25 26 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE Sidelights Professional’s Choice Girth

Professional’s Choice, the family run company known for operating by the motto “the more comfortable the horse, the better the performance” is once again making strides in the equine industry with their recently released VenTECH™ English Girths. Featuring the company’s exclusive VenTECH™ technology, the ventilated non-slip neoprene conforms to your horse, and allows heat and moisture to escape while keeping him cool and comfortable for optimum performance. Constructed from a combination of premium limestone-based neoprene and state- of-the-art ventilated technology that allows heat to escape these girths are designed specifically for the performance horse. When asked how this product differs from other products on the market, Dal Scott, Professional’s Choice President/Founder stated, “This product will truly allow you to take your horse’s comfort and performance to the next level. Over the years, some of our customers have expressed an interest in a neoprene product that addresses the issue of heat retention. The ventilated technology of our new VenTECH™ line now ensures there is a Professional’s Choice product that accommodates the needs of every horseperson.” Other notable features include the slip resistant quality of the VenTECH™ material that provides grip due to its non-slip waffle pattern without over tightening, a common fault with leather girths. Also, the neoprene liner doesn’t harbor bacteria and peels away from webbing for easy cleaning. The Professional’s Choice VenTECH™ girths are available in both dressage and standard English styles. For more information go to profchoice.com or visit your local dealer. FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 27 28 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE H Five Questions for Lindsay Sceats O 2010 IHSA Cacchione Cup Winner By Lauren R. Giannini R Lindsay Sceats is determined to keep horses in her life, whatever it takes. Her family wasn’t horsey, but they lived down the street from a S barn that held the junior rodeo finals in Colorado Springs (CO). By the age of seven, Lindsay started lessons on western trail horses, but soon switched to English because she wanted to jump. E She got her first equine at nine and she’s still crazy about horses and riding, especially jumping. In addition to maintaining a 3.95 GPA at Mount Holyoke (MA), Lindsay won the Cacchione Cup at the 2010 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association’s Nationals: it’s the highest individual accolade S bestowed by the IHSA. C .J. Law, head riding coach at Mount Holyoke, claims that if anyone can combine riding with medical school and then balance a career successfully with grand prix H jumping, it’s Lindsay.

Sidelines: What was a highlight during your O junior years? LS: Winning the Ronnie Mutch Scholarship. It was a great experience getting to work with so W many top trainers. We have good trainers in Colorado, but not the breadth that you have on the East Coast and in Florida. I was 14 or 15, Mount Holyoke’s Lindsay Sceats shows her form over fences en route to and my mother came for part of the time and my winning the 2010 Cacchione Cup with a ‘luck of the draw’ horse from host trainer for a week. What stands out in my mind Skidmore. Photo by Ormophoto.com is the time people spent doing flat work with their horses. They weren’t just hacking. They were training to Sidelines: What are some of the most important things you compete. learned from C. J. Law? LS: She’s really good about making sure the horse is in front Sidelines: What took you to Mount Holyoke? of your leg. She helped me to put horses together correctly on LS: I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go to an all-girls school and the flat and incorporate lateral work – getting on horses you’ve try the East Coast. I ended up getting a scholarship for never seen before and riding them with a positive attitude and not academics, and my mom said if I went to Mount Holyoke getting sucked into thinking that you got the bad draw. She’s a I could take my Danish Warmblood gelding, Waldi (aka great lady. She keeps a lot of us organized all the time, and we Puffy), and that did the trick. Once I got here, I loved the really appreciate all she does. C. J.’s big on sportsmanship. No riding team and the combination of academics and horses, matter what kind of ride you’ve had, you get off, pat the horse, so I stayed. take it back to the handler and then, if you need to be by yourself for a few moments, that’s fine, but you don’t ever take it out on Sidelines: When did your success in Intercollegiate kick the horse. She’s a really cool horseman. She’s a good leader to in? have. LS: My freshman and sophomore years, I was learning how to do it. Last year was a stand-out year. Mount Sidelines: Are horses part of your future? Holyoke has a great history of producing good open LS: I always said I wanted to be a doctor or a jockey, but I grew riders who go on to be very competitive in the Cacchione too tall to be a jockey. I’m heading to Stanford in the fall. It was class, so it was nice to follow in their footsteps. We all the only one with a barn on campus, so it had to be that medical [27 qualified riders] competed in the jumping and flat school and the old man (Puffy) is being dragged along. I would rounds. Then they brought back 10 or 12 for another love to keep riding as an amateur. Eventually I would love to get jumping and flat round. I made that cut, but didn’t know a judge’s card. There will always be horses in some shape or where I stood. The third round put me into the final form in my life. I’m going to Spruce Meadows with Puffy. I’m so four. Winning the team competition is so important to excited: it’s my first time ever to show at Spruce and we’re doing all of us, because of the emphasis on sportsmanship the Low Amateur Jumpers. My ambition is to move up eventually and team spirit, but it’s also pretty impressive when a to High Amateur. Puffy’s 18 now – he used to be a Grand Prix school can claim they had a winning Cacchione Cup jumper. I need his clone so I can go after my goal of competing rider. Grand Prix someday. FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 29 30 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE

Catching up: Here’s another example of “there’s three sides to every story”: Mark Reid, who was erroneously On the Move: Eric L. Straus has been appointed to the I accused of stealing a horse from Randy Johnson, has Board of Directors of The National Horse Show Association of found the case to be dismissed. The State’s Attorney America Ltd. to fill out the term held by the lateGene Mische. didn’t even allow it to take any of the court’s time, he simply N dismissed it outright. An unfortunate misunderstanding, Mary Smith, the long time head of the Federation’s Licensed and the claim was a surprise to anyone who knows Mark, Officials Department, has resigned and is moving back home especially his loyal clients in Ireland, to whom he known for to Minnesota with her husband to be with her kids, grand kids, G his honesty and generosity. Mark is looking forward to next and the rest of her family. She will be sorely missed, since season’s Winter Equestrian Festival and bringing a group she keeps a treasure trove of of Irish horses and fresh faces of sponsorship to the show. Federation information in her brain, knows the rule book A Danny and Ron’s Rescue has reached a new milestone cold, and also knows where with over 3,100 dogs finding loving homes through their many Federation bodies are T efforts in the horse community. Jennifer Alfano just buried. E Bridget Love Meehan was named the new Executive Director of The Washington International Horse Show Photo by Diana De Rosa

recently found a doggie through Danny and Ron and we hear it’s living the dream life! These good-hearted men are currently supporting 44 dogs whose owners cannot afford the medical care British equine osteopath, Bruce Hewett, is much in for their pets. Thanks to your donations, their rescue is able to demand and he made a swing through the US the end provide for these needs. of April. He was visiting with Danny Warrington and A big thank you to all the horse show kids that have done bake we hear everyone was eager to use his services! See sales, boot shine at rings, and fund raisers to help save dog’s www.equineosteopath.co.uk lives. It’s pretty impressive what can happen when you put your Continued on page 32 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 31 32 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE

Continued from page 30 heart into something, isn’t it? Kudos to all!

Melanie E. Scott is re-opening her Turning Leaf Farm Hunter/ Jumper Horses at the new location in Millis, MA. After taking time off from the horse industry to be a mom, Melanie said she is excited to have her own barn again and will be bringing her son Evan, now 3 years old, out in leadline this season.

Larry Langer was one of the panelists for the recent Stewards’ clinic in Houston at Pin Oak 1. Surprise, surprise, taking the clinic were Archie Cox and Stephanie Wheeler. Boy is stewarding about to change!

There’s a new documentary about horseman Buck Brannaman, called “Buck”, that’s getting a lot of attention lately - it won the Melanie E. Scott is re-opening her Turning Leaf Farm Hunter/ 2011 Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and early Jumper Horses in Millis, Massachusetts. screenings predicted that it could be a mainstream hit. And guess what? “Buck” has been paying attention to us - Erin Gilmore’s Perspective and Beth Harpham’s Chasin’ will keep you happily Sidelines blog “On the Line” caught the eye of the film makers entertained between print issues. after she wrote about it, and her post was passed around among the whole team! Kudos to us! Kirsten Coe and Elan Ferder are engaged, as you could tell by the smile on her face. Be sure to take a look at the four carat And speaking of blogs, do check ‘em out. Erin, Lauren, perfect diamond on her finger! Logan Rawlings’ Onward, Upward, Dr. Alex Emerson’s Injecting Eirin Bruheim of Nordic Lights Farm in Tomball, Texas, is currently representing her home country of Norway at international show jumping competitions in France under the tutelage of Edouard Couperie of Barbizon, France. She had excellent results at her first event, Jumping Chantilly. Younger sister Lene Bruheim is also preparing for a big change as she readies her horse for the move to North Run Farm to train with Missy Clark and John Brennan.

Congratulations to 21-year- old Ali Wolff of New Albany, OH, whom the United States Equestrian Team Foundation selected as the 2011 recipient of the Maxine Beard Show Jumping Rider Award. The award gave Ali the chance to be credentialed and travel with the U.S. delegation to the 2011 FEI World Cup Finals in Leipzig, Germany, this past spring. She saw the operations of an international championship, including the stabling area, veterinary inspections and schooling, and walked the courses with the U.S. Show Jumping Coach, George H. Morris. How cool is that?

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Continued from page 32 Equestrian Arts is gearing up for the 2011 Lusitano “Pride of Horse Show News: Mike Belisle is the new show manager Portugal, Rides for Life” Festival on June 4, at their farm in the Fidelity Investments® Jumper Classic®, and looks Merrimac, MA. The event is part of a fundraiser to help raise forward to some exciting new changes at the 2011 show to be money for “The Ride for Life,” held in Maryland at the end of June. held this fall in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, September 14 Throughout the day, visitors will experience Lusitano exhibitions, through 18. kid’s activities, music, and authentic Portuguese food. The event gets underway at 2:00 p.m. and will run through the early evening.

William H. Weeks has joined the Taylor, Harris Insurance Services, Ltd. is as its new Chairman of the Board of Directors. Bill is a long-time horseman and owner of Sasco Creek Farm in

Circuit Parade of Champions. Small, Medium, and Large Pony Hunters: take your pick, they are all owned Dr. Betsee Parker. (L-R) Large Pony (For The Laughter), Meredith Darst, Small (Elation), Daisy Farish and Medium (Enchanted Forest). Maddy was Overall Hunter Rider. Photo by Emily Allongo

Southport, Connecticut and Wellington, Florida. Sasco Creek Farm is the home of grand prix mount Madison, a two time Grand Prix Association Horse of the Year. Count on the Garden State Horse Show to retain traditions of the past while adding new features to the show each year. Such a deal! USHJA and Diane Carney are offering an This year’s show again featured Driving for Surviving that opportunity to purchase the DVD made at the George H. Morris entertained the crowd on Saturday just prior to the Trainer Certification Clinic at Canterbury Farm. As the first Grand Prix. Photo by Reflections Continued on page 36 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 35 36 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE

Continued from page 34 USHJA Trainer Certification Clinic, this clinic set the standard for education by hosting three days and three sessions with George. Each day can be purchased individually for $120 or you can purchase the entire set for $350. Click here http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=I4S53lXtQIs for a preview clip. For purchasing please contact Diane Carney at (847) 922-6167 or dtelluride@ aol.com.

Will the rain never stop? Sunny Southern California wasn’t too sunny this spring, and too many shows got canceled. At press time, our fingers were crossed for the Blenheim shows, the Verdugo Hills show, and Gold Coast to get off to sunny starts and lots of horses. Northern California was downright winter like. So glad June is here at last!

Did you see the fun article on Larry Langer in the Chronicle? All of his friends have been calling, texting, and Facebooking that they now know what kind of Starbucks he likes. And the part that he met Marnye when he was just 12? We guess fact checking Frank Madden with the able assistance of Course Designer, is a dying (or dead) skill. (Not that we are blameless in that Scott Starnes held a great clinic at Huntington Central Park department, but we all do try to get it right!) Equestrian Center in Huntington Beach, CA. California folk are marking their calendars for the next clinic with Don Lucy Davis seems unstoppable. Four in a row at Thermal. Stewart on August 9 - 10. For more info, check out What is next???? www.HBHorseShows.com

Wedding bells: Our own Jan Westmark marched down the aisle the same weekend as Prince William and Kate. “My Bumps and Bruises: Seems everyone has had a bout fiancé’s name is Bill Allan (well William really - so I guess I am of something or a broken bone or two this spring. Foxhunting marrying my own Prince William!!). Hugs and happiness to you legend in his own time, Ben Hardaway had a fall in his kitchen both Jan! recently and broke his hip; we’re told he had a hip replacement at the Hughston Clinic in Columbus, GA. We wish him a speedy Foxhunting: Carrollton Hounds (Maryland) recently elected recovery. Jason Dudderar on as a Joint Master. Good hunting to you, sir! FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 37

Olivia Burns, who has been a Sidelines cover girl at least twice is now gracing the pages of the State Line catalog. We heard Cindy Screnci, who makes the clothing for Charles Owen wanted Olivia to model the jackets, but when she got to the photos shoot Olivia was skinny enough to fit into the western wear so they used her for that!

Jimmy Torano spent four days in the hospital recently and gave himself a big scare. Turns out he has diverticulitis. Jimmy has to change his diet and life style, and all will be well.

Todd Minikus really gave the show jumping world a scare. He has spent multiple days in the Cleveland Clinic, on and off a respirator and oxygen and days with no diagnosis. Last we heard the diagnosis was double pneumonia and Legionnaires Disease! Poor Todd was flat on his back for a minimum of 30 days. The support from his fellow horsemen has been extraordinary and it is nice to see that everyone pulled together to help Todd and family out in the time of need.

Despite being kicked in the face by a horse, a broken jaw, missing teeth, and subsequent surgery, Daniela Stransky was determined to catch Lady Gaga’s performance when The Monster Ball Tour came to town. Undeterred by her bruised and swollen lips and stitches, Daniela joined her “little monster” friends at the diva’s concert in Miami.

And speaking of scares, Laura Hall took quite a dramatic tumble during the Aiken Horse Show in early April. Laura reported later that her helmet really did its job, but that when she arrived at the emergency room, the doctors realized she was in A-fib, and fitted her up with a heart monitor for a few days.

Our dear Sports Psychology columnist Ann Reilly fractured her pelvis in two places. This on top of a badly fractured leg that still hasn‘t really healed AND the loss of her dear doggie. Our Ann has had quite a bad couple of years. Get well quickly! We want you to have put all your bad luck and trouble behind you for good.

Did you know that the FEI has drastically changed the way the World Cup Leagues work in North America? The West Coast League now includes Western Canada and Mexico, and instead of starting the last week in August, starts the first week of June. The West Coast US riders are not happy about the change, because it extends their season by two months, and forces them up to Canada for the whole summer. 38 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE

Tori and her H On Course stallion Ultimo compete at the Winter O with Tori Corts Equestrian Festival Photo by R By Jan Westmark ManciniPhotos Tori Corts grew up in Central Valley, New York and didn’t discover riding until six years ago. “I started riding late S compared to most riders in this industry,” Tori said, adding that her first mount was a very bad pony that she rode for about a year. Following a year with her naughty pony, Tori’s riding E career took a turn for the better when she started riding with Todd Minikus. “I pretty much went from crossrails to children’s jumpers immediately,” she said. Tori’s family owns Falkirk Farm in New York, which features a golf club, equestrian center, restaurant and TC: After WEF my horses headed home for some rest and wedding venue, and Tori has lived there since she was a relaxation. Then we will go to HITS, Lake Placid, The Hampton S baby. Her dad built the barn for her when she started riding Classic and a few smaller shows in between. and for five years Todd was based out of Falkirk and Tori had the opportunity to ride with him every day. Sidelines: How much do you ride? With her junior career behind her, Tori has started riding TC: I ride full time and run my farm. I’m taking some college H with trainer Marshall Fields. “It’s a big change moving up to courses online and work at our golf course when I have time. the grand prixs and Marshall has been a tremendous help in the short period of time we have been working together,” Sidelines: What do you do when you aren’t riding? O Tori said. “My horses have never jumped better and my TC: I have two brothers and a sister so when I’m not riding I like riding has improved. He has given me confidence and is to spend time with them. I also enjoy hanging out with my friends. W very committed. So far it has been a lot of fun.” As for a hobby, I’ll have to say I’ve never really had time for one. Sidelines: What was your junior career like? Sidelines: Do you have a favorite horse? TC: My first horse was Bebe (Quali De Bd) and I moved TC: That’s hard to say. My stallion, Ultimo is like a big pony with a up to the low junior jumpers with him. We won quite a huge personality but there’s something so sweet about my mare, bit together. I retired him a few years ago and he lives at Rockstar. She tries so hard. home on our farm. I also leased an amazing horse named Orkan. I won a great deal with him in the children and low Sidelines: Are you involved in any charities? divisions. My biggest accomplishments in my junior career TC: I am an ambassador for JustWorld International and would probably be winning both the Marshall & Sterling competed in both Charity Challenges at WEF. I am also involved, Children’s Jumper Classic and the NAL Classic the same along with my parents, with a therapeutic riding center called weekend at the Sussex horse show. It was my first night Winslow in Warwick, New York. We have sponsored their annual class so it was pretty exciting. fundraiser at our country club for the last four years.

Sidelines: As an Adult Amateur, what horses are you Sidelines: Describe yourself in 10 words or less. showing? TC: Competitive, focused, determined, sensitive, kind and TC: I have four incredible horses at the moment -- Ultimo, sometimes forgetful. Rockstar, Bodyguard and Tempo. I show Tempo in the low amateur/owner jumpers and the other three in the highs and grand prix’s.

Sidelines: What has been the highlight of your adult career so far? TC: I was circuit champion last year at WEF with my stallion, Ultimo. It was our first year together. This year I would say doing the Young Riders classes at WEF. It was a great experience for me and my horses.

Sidelines: What are your riding goals? TC: My goals for now are to continue to compete successfully at the grand prix level and possibly do Young Riders. I would also love to buy a few young horses to bring along. Tori and Rockstar in the International Arena at WEF Sidelines: What are your show plans for the summer? Photo by ManciniPhotos FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 39 40 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE H Don’t Miss the Fieldstone O Equestrian Summer Shows! R By Lauren Fisher The Plymouth Rock Hunter Jumper Classic in June will feature top classes, including a $2,500 2’9” Hunter Derby, Riders have a great alternative to their traditional a $2,500 Pony Derby Classic, and $7,500 Welcome Stake. horse show schedule in 2011 with a premiere line-up of Two Junior A/O Jumper Classics totaling $7,500 in prize S ‘AA’ hunter/four-star jumper competitions at the beautiful money and a $10,000 Open 3’3 Hunter Derby will be Fieldstone Equestrian and Show Facility in Halifax, MA. held, and the $25,000 Grand Prix will conclude the week. The 2011 Fieldstone schedule begins with the Fieldstone The Fieldstone Summer Showcase hosts the $10,000 Pony E Spring Festival on May 18—22, followed by a brand Hunter Derby Finals, $10,000 2’9” Hunter Derby Finals, new week of competition with the Plymouth Rock Hunter and a $25,000 New England Hunter Derby Final. There Jumper Classic on June 21-25, and concluding with is also a $5,000 Children’s Adult Jumper Classic, $7,500 the Fieldstone Summer Showcase on August 23-28. Speed Stake, $25,000 Grand Prix, and the Massachusetts Conveniently located in southeastern Massachusetts, Hunter Jumper (MHJ) Finals featured on Sunday, August 28. The Fieldstone Equestrian and Show Facility is easily The best horse show facility in New England, the Fieldstone accessible from anywhere in the northeast region. Equestrian and Show Facility will play host to the finest S Renovated in 2009, the facility boasts nearly 100 acres, competitions in the region in 2011. With show schedules boasting equipped with nine all-weather hybrid sand/felt/fiber over $100,000 in cash and prizes and great exhibitor parties and show rings, permanent and temporary stabling, ample events, these horse shows are not to be missed! H parking, and a beautiful all-grass Grand Prix field. A competitor in the hunter classic on the beautiful grass O ring at Fieldstone W

Fun classes such the Sit- A-Buck class are offered for exhibitors at the Fieldstone shows. All photos by Anne Gittins Photography

Charlie Jacobs competed in the grand prix at Fieldstone FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 41 42 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE H What’s O New at The R Colorado S E Horse Park By Christine DeHerrera

ver the past two decades The Colorado Horse Park S has changed the face of equestrianO competition in the Rocky Mountains and beyond. What began H as a homeowners’ amenity has evolved into the largest horse park west of the Mississippi River. Some O of the highlights have included hosting the North American Young Riders Championships, the W USEF National Combined Driving Singles Championships, dozens of Olympians in AGA Grand Prix show jumping events, a two-star Three Day Event, Maclay Regional Qualifiers and the Markel/USEF Region V Dressage Championships. As a vital partner to area residents, CHP has put on dozens of community events like Hands on Horses, the Olde Tyme Country Fair and the nationally recognized Halloween with Horses. To help the Park reach new heights, additional show dates were purchased in 2010 creating a new six-week Colorado Summer Circuit, June 8-July 24, 2011. For 20 years this circuit has attracted some of the continent’s best hunter and jumper competitors, and with a Grand Prix and big money classes every week, this event is expected to draw even bigger crowds in 2011. Eventers at all levels compete over the David O’ Connor- designed cross-country course Photo by Cristy Cumberworth FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 43

This summer riders will find exciting new programs during Riders like Olympian John Pearce have helped make The Colorado the Colorado Summer Circuit, like Derby Day--an entire Horse Park an exciting place for spectators to see some of the day devoted to derbies and festivities continent’s best competitors Photo by Horse and Ryder Photo by Horse and Ryder

The Colorado Horse Park believes in the importance of community events like Halloween with Horses, which was recognized nationwide Photo by Andy Barnhart

Dressage riders will find nearly $10,000 in cash and prizes during June High Prairie Dressage and Dressage in the Rockies Presented by Horseware Ireland 44 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE S I D E

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S Shane Rice does a little pony-ride time in Houston We Love Bruce Springsteed is bored by it all Photo by Eddie Marshall Horses!

Walking the walk: Chris Hays and Numero Lauri Hays and Numero Uno Photo by Chris Hays Uno Photo by Lauri Hays

We’re looking for you! Do you have a special horse-related E-mail your high-res, jpeg format photos to [email protected] moment to share? Send it to Sidelines! We’re seeking your and remember, if you send us a professional photograph, you must candids, and the top photos will be featured in the next issue of also send the photographer’s written permission for editorial use (an Sidelines. If your photo is picked as Editor’s Choice, you win a e-mail from the photographer will do.) free subscription to Sidelines. FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 45 46 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE f College Preparatory Invitational Horse Show Provides Great Opportunities For College-Bound Riders o By Lauren Fisher

Following an extremely successful inaugural event c in 2011, the College Preparatory Invitational Horse Show (CPI) is already in the midst of developing a bigger and better program for the 2012 season. The u 2012 horse show will be larger, allowing more riders to compete, including the addition of dressage classes and s an increase to five scholarships that will be awarded. The inaugural CPI event was held this January during the prestigious 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. Riders showed in Novice, Limit, Intermediate and Open divisions according to their level of experience, showing O both over fences and on the flat. With over a hundred entries, classes were divided into sections of 12 and competitors were awarded ribbons through eighth place N in each section. Judges included John French, Nona Garson, and Georgina Bloomberg. Students traveled from all over the country, Canada, Mexico, and the Bahamas to participate.

E Preparing and Educating Riders The mission of the CPI is to prepare and educate student riders in grades 8-12 about the format of D college equestrian competition, encourage academics and horsemanship, and to provide the riders with A competitor waits her turn to compete on an unknown horse in U resources to create their desired college equestrian the College Preparatory Invitational. experience. The show is specifically geared to promote college recruitment of equestrians by providing the equestrian experience and familiarize themselves with the C opportunity for coaches and potential students to meet. different associations that govern collegiate riding. There will The College Preparatory Invitational Horse Show is rooted also be a number of colleges and universities present at the CPI in the belief that equestrian talent, not finances, should to distribute literature and introduce the academic and riding A dictate a rider’s opportunity to be a part of a collegiate opportunities, including scholarships, offered at their institution. team. Given the fact that the CPI provides all the horses The future leaders of the equestrian business and sport are the and necessary tack for the show, riders do not incur the college bound riders. The College Preparatory Invitational Horse T expense of transporting horses to the show. By competing Show Scholarship Fund rewards social conduct and academic on unknown horses at the CPI, riders have a chance to be excellence as well as competitive success. In total, there will be seen in a formal competition by a variety of prospective five scholarships awarded to eligible CPI participants, including: I equestrian college coaches on a level playing field. CPI Horsemanship Test Award, CPI Highest Point Hunt Seat Along with the competition, the CPI will offer seminars Equitation Rider, CPI Essay Contest, CPI Champion of Service O and question & answer sessions during the show. Award, and CPI Highest Point Dressage Rider. Riders and their families will hear about the college The Entry Deadline for the Horsemanship Test Award and the Champion of Service Award is the same date as the CPI N Application Deadline: October 1, 2011. The Entry Deadline for the Essay Contest is November 1, 2011. The essay topic will be posted on the website on September 1, 2011, allowing two months time for riders to submit their essay. The College Preparatory Invitational Horse Show is dedicated to providing a first-class experience for the CPI competitors and spectators alike. The next College Preparatory Invitational Horse Show will take place on January 13-16, 2012, and will be based on the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) and the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) hunt seat equitation classification. In addition, the 2012 CPI will feature classes for riders interested in the Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA).

Please visit the CPI horse show’s website at Nona Garson, Georgina Bloomberg, and John French www.collegeprepinvitational.com for more information about the were the judges at last year’s CPI event, venue, scholarships and much more. FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 47 48 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE f College Riding: What To Expect o c u s O N E D U Riding for a college team can be great fun. The Skidmore College (NY) Thoroughbreds of Zone 2 returned to KY Horse Park to C defend their 2010 IHSA Team national championship this past May Photo by ormophoto.com By Mike Imparato riding, to learn more about the IEA go to www.rideIEA.com . A As owner and operator of www.EquestrianCollegeRe- Riding in college is fundamentally different than rid- cruiter.com I can easily say that the biggest mistake made ing one’s own horse at a horse show. The major dif- by equestrian athletes hoping to ride on the college level is T ference is that each rider at an intercollegiate show is not starting the process of planning the athletes future soon selected a mount thru a random draw. The rider that enough. As early as middle school an equestrian athlete I excels in this format is the one that has good a “feel” of should start keeping accurate records of riding accomplish- their horse and adjusts their ride accordingly. Another ments along with good video of riding performances. This difference in the two venues is that only equitation is way when it comes time to promote the student athlete to O judged at the collegiate level, so while the rider is com- potential colleges in sophomore or junior year of high school, municating with their unfamiliar mount the equitation the students’ resume along with video will be in order. Start- N basics of quiet hands, a good seat and a strong bal- ing in freshman year of high school, student athletes can anced position is emphasized. Another factor in inter- post their equestrian profile on www.EquestrianCollegeRe- collegiate riding is horsemanship, since a rider will be cruiter.com to gain exposure to colleges that might not yet be judged as much on overall position and the ability to on the student’s radar, since college coaches peruse this site deal with an unfamiliar mount. for upcoming potential team members. How to prepare for the college riding experience? In closing I can say the most important factor in the Expose yourself to as many types of horses as pos- equestrian athletes resume would be academic scores; all sible. This can be accomplished by lessoning on unfa- potential collegiate riders should pay due diligence to their miliar horses and helping your trainer around the barn, grades. Many colleges wanting equestrian athletes will offer offering to ride the horses that need exercise. Another academic full or partial rides to acquire a student athlete and fabulous way to become accustomed to the college rid- still more will offer partial athletic scholarships paired with ing experience is to join an IEA high school or middle partial academic scholarships to entice student athletes to school team and/or to encourage your trainer to start their programs, so by having weak academics an athlete is an IEA team. The IEA format mirrors that of the IHSA diminishing their chances for strong scholarship money. so it is an invaluable tool in preparing for collegiate FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 49 50 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE f Queen Margaret o School Offers c Equestrian u Program s Imagine a school where the equestrian program is integrated into students’ schedules, where riding boots and helmets co-exist with textbooks in school lockers, and the aspirations for equine careers – be they as a coach/trainer, veterinarian, veterinary technician or as an accomplished rider, are encouraged. Combine 27-acres in the beautiful O Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, surrounded by vast tracts of unspoiled mountain, forest, and coastal wilderness. Add to the mixture an indoor N Olympic size Dressage ring, outdoor ring, riding trails, stalls and paddocks for 45 horses and you have Queen Margaret School, where the Equestrian Program is an intrinsic component of the school’s identity. For riders interested in the disciplines of Hunter/Jumper, Dressage and Eventing, E high school can be a very fun place! The Equine Sciences course for Grades 10 to 12 students, developed by and available only at Queen Margaret’s, D offers high school credits for the study of Equine Health and Disease Prevention, Equestrian Event Management and Officiating, Responsibilities of Teacher and Coach, U Lesson Planning, Coaching Theory and First-Aid. “The QMS Equine Sciences students become animated with instructors as they work through an equine leg dissection to learn C more about the skeletal make-up of their four legged friends. Equine Science course this year was awesome,” says an excited Scarlett Foss, QMS Grade 10 student from Anchorage, Alaska. A “Projects are hands-on, exciting and the teachers are genuinely interested in what we think of the activities. I love it here.” “Our commitment to hosting leading clinicians, in the various T disciplines we offer at QMS, throughout the school year is very important to us,” explains Jessie Fraser, QMS Equestrian Director. “These clinics build our students’ skills, introduce them I to prominent people in the equestrian community and allow them to explore different teaching methods.” O Students may bring their own horse to QMS or ride one of the school’s horses. “Lessons are offered at the recreational skill development level as well as our more demanding competitive N program,” outlines Fraser. “Riders with a strong commitment to their riding performance may register for our Train to Compete program, giving daily access to a horse in our on-campus indoor and outdoor facilities.” Events and clinics are run on campus monthly, making it easy for students to acquire competition experience. Riders may compete in local, regional and international events. “Soar with QMS”, the school’s motto, is epitomized by a sophomore, Rebecca: “QMS has given me the confidence to go out into the world as a strong, independent female leader, with a love of my own.”

To learn more about Queen Margaret’s School and to apply, email [email protected] or visit their website at www.qms. bc.ca.

The QMS Equestrian Team competes locally, regionally and internationally FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 51 52 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE f The Intercollegiate Vision of Bob o Cacchione: An Incredible Journey c By Lauren R. Giannini “He held these truths to be self-evident: that any college student should be able to u participate in horse shows regardless of his or her financial status or riding level. So in 1967, s Fairleigh Dickinson University (NJ) sophomore Robert E. “Bob” Cacchione selflessly proposed the idea of making the sport he loved available to his peers, launching the creation of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA). In 2011, by unanimous decision, O the lasting impact of Cacchione’s vision has been recognized through the USEF/EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian Award.” N Quoted from IHSA press release by L.A. Pomeroy

Like many other young riders, college brought Bob Cacchione’s equestrian life to a screeching E halt. His parents had one son already in college, Bob was just starting, and they still had another daughter and son at home. Bob had grown D up riding with annual trips to the Garden even though his parents couldn’t afford the Medal/ David O’Connor presents Bob Cacchione with the 2011 USEF/EQUUS Maclays. He couldn’t imagine being without Foundation Humanitarian of the Year Award U horses, and the solution hit him like a bolt of Photo Courtesy of Brian Sosby/USEF lightning: a college riding club. and director. The presentation takes place at the Equine Industry Bob’s brainchild resulted in the Intercollegiate Horse Vision Award breakfast on June 17 during the AHP seminar in C Show Association. Over the years the IHSA would impact San Diego. not just the course of his life, but also many thousands of “I can’t believe the company I’m in for this Vision Award, not A college students. only the company I’m in, but also the past winners – I’m totally “I started a college riding club and it was so successful,” honored. It’s been an incredible journey,” states Bob. recalls Bob. “The first year it had 40 members, andI The Intercollegiate Horse Show Association provides an T became the youngest faculty member in the history of the opportunity for college students to ride, take lessons, and compete university at 18, a sophomore. I called Jack Fritz, who had affordably, whatever their riding ability and skill level. It didn’t a club down at the Fairleigh Dickinson, Madison campus. I matter whether you’re a walk-trot, walk-trot-canter, or a Medal/ I said, ‘Jack, come on up – let’s compete against each other, Maclay rider or even how much money you have. Bob’s vision was but don’t bring horses. Just bring riders. We’ll rent horses that everyone who had the desire to learn how to ride would be up here by charging a small entry fee.’ That made it fair, able to go into the show ring at their own level and demonstrate O because anyone who had a big expensive show horse at what they learned. the time would automatically win. This made the playing “That was my dream back then. Did I ever expect it would go field a lot fairer for everybody.” coast-to-coast or international into Canada? Did I expect 370 N Fritz and his riders came up, the show offered six different colleges and 8,700 riders a year and still growing? No, I never classes and proved to be a roaring success. After a little expected this. I’m just mesmerized by it,” admits Bob with his four-inch story appeared in the Chronicle of the Horse, six usual candor. colleges called Bob and said, ‘If you have another show in He credits all the great people who supported IHSA and made the spring, we’ll come.’ Several college clubs competed in it happen. Jack Fritz jumped into it from the beginning. Today, Bob’s spring show and afterwards he outlined his master the board of directors includes mostly professional horse people plan: “I told them ‘next year, you do one, you do one, you in their own right: Cindy Ford (Skidmore), Naomi Blumenthal do one and I’ll do the championship show’ and the IHSA (Syracuse) and Peter Cashman (West Point) who earned the was born.” IHSA Lifetime Achievement Award last year. On the western side, In addition to the USEF/EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian IHSA has Ollie and Debbie Griffith at Ohio State. Award, Bob was nominated for the 10th Annual Equine For the 27th annual IHSA National Championships, 400 Industry Award, sponsored by American Horse Publications riders qualified through regional, zones and semi-finals: they will and Pfizer Animal Health. The four finalists from the original compete as individuals and on teams in Western horsemanship group of 13 include: Michael Blowan of Old Friends, Certified and reining, as well as the traditional hunter seat. The finals took Horsemanship Association, Equine Land Conservation place May 5-8 at the Kentucky Horse Park, after this issue went Resource, and Robert E. Cacchione, IHSA co-founder Continued on page 54 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 53 54 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE

Continued from page 52 to press. “Twenty years ago if you asked those people ‘would you ever coach an intercollegiate team?’ they probably would have laughed at you,” states Bob. “Ollie and Debbie are in the AQHA and the NHRA: they’re still in that world, but out on their farm, they’re running the Ohio State Equestrian program. They’re the winningest western team in the entire country. Look at University of Findlay: Clark Bradley, Horseman of the Year with AQHA and he’s director of the western program with Cindy Morehead. Peggy McIlvie down at St Andrews and Carla Winberg who runs their western program is horsewoman of the year with AQHA.” The coaches’ credentials guarantee more than opportunity for IHSA riders: they promise quality, continuity and community. After

Cornell University Student Wins Inaugural IHSA National Championships Candid Photography Internship

Erika Hooker from Cornell University was named the winner Bob Cacchione poses with Zone 3 Region 4 High Point Rider for the inaugural the IHSA National Championships Candid Alyssa Piccoli of Kutztown University at the March 2011 show. Photography Internship. Erika and her camera will attend the The wild sunglasses make a great statement supporting IHSA’s 37th annual IHSA National Championships, May 5-8, at the emphasis on learning, sportsmanship and fun Photo by LA Pomeroy Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, capturing the excitement and camaraderie behind the scenes of America’s oldest and graduation, many students end up with horses of their own or largest collegiate equestrian championship. working somewhere within or in careers related the horse industry. “This is the first year that this opportunity has been offered The emphasis is on learning, sportsmanship and fun. Yet, and the committee was excited to create another opportunity there’s no doubt that Intercollegiate riders are very competitive. for students to participate in Nationals. A total of twelve IHSA Several riders who are now well-known qualified as individuals for members submitted applications and photographs for this the Cacchione Cup, which began in 1972. Winners include Beezie internship. It was a pleasure to read their submissions and (Patton) Madden - 1984, Peter Wylde – 1986 (Greg Best was review the vast array of photographs that everyone provided. reserve champion), Mark Weissbecker - 1973, CeCe Williamson It is clear that the IHSA membership has some very talented – 1981-83, Jean Oburg - 1975, and Jimmy Fairclough – 2009, individuals,’ said Kelly Francfort, committee chair (and coach of son of Robin and James Fairclough Sr, team silver medalist in the IHSA hunter seat team at Rutgers University). Combined Driving at the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games. For more information about IHSA and the 37th edition of its As for the founder and executive director of IHSA, Bob IHSA National Championships, May 5-8, at the Kentucky Horse continues to have a great time. He travels a lot, one or two events Park in Lexington, please visit www.ihsainc.com. Complete lists a weekend from September to May, and he still rides. He goes of qualifying teams and riders are now available at Nationals/ foxhunting more than anything else, accepting invitations from all Nationals Entries, http://www.ihsainc.com/CustomForms/ over the country. He hunts with Essex in New Jersey, packs in NationalEntries.aspx. North Carolina, South Carolina, and Montana, to name just a few. Sometime he’s invited by people who used to be Intercollegiate riders; several are coaches or board members actively involved with an IHSA region or zone. “I like to go to Virginia to hunt with Farmington (near Charlottesville) and stay with Tom and Claiborne Bishop,” said Bob. “Tom is a joint-MFH and they run the University of Virginia program. I absolutely do encourage the intercollegiate riders to roar around cross-country. I think any time you’re on the back of a horse it’s a great experience, a lifelong experience. If they can also learn something going forward, even better.”\ For more information, please visit http://www.ihsainc.com/ FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 55 56 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE f Laying Down The “Law”: o Sportsmanship & Horsemanship c By Lauren R. Giannini who are high up academically. They’re very competitive and work together well. It’s a good mix.” As head coach of Mount Holyoke (MA) for the past 27 C.J.’s emphasis all along has been a balanced blend of u years, C. J. Law racked up an impressive record in the sportsmanship and horsemanship. Her active involvement in highly competitive Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. IHSA includes serving on its board of Directors since 1986. She s Her riding Lyons advanced as a team to 18 National has been the Zone 1 chairperson and an organizer of the Zone Championship Finals, winning the top honors in 1986, 1 championship horse show since 1989. She’s on the IHSA 2000, and 2006. They harvested four Tournament of marketing committee. Champions titles (1993, 1997, 2002, and 2007) and three In 1997, Spur magazine (sadly defunct) named C. J., of her riders earned the greatest individual award bestowed Horsewoman of the Year, and cited her as one of its 20 most by the IHSA, the Cacchione Cup, in 1992, 2002, and 2010. influential horse people in the country. She created the IHSA O “We’ve had some real highs and lows. In 1985, I was privileged enough to come in second, my first year Mount Holyoke coaching, and I’ve learned a lot of lessons through the head coach C. N years,” said C. J. “My first national win was a huge one. J. Law with 2010 Getting a rider to the Cacchione level is a big deal, and Cacchione Cup I’m blessed to be part of my students’ lives. Lindsay winner Lindsay Sceats, who won the Cacchione Cup last year, is very Sceats E representative of my riders. We have a lot of students D U C A T I O N

Ask any Intercollegiate rider: winning the Cacchione Cup is huge: 2010 winner Lindsey Sceats, Mount Holyoke (on horse) with ring master John Xanthopoulos (coach: University of Montana-Western), Mount Holyoke assistant coach Gilly McPhee, head coach C. J. Law, and a complete entourage of prize presenters with Bob Cacchione, who founded the IHSA, for whom the Cacchione Cup is named All photos by Ormophoto.com FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 57

C.J. Law and the Mount Holyoke riders who qualified for Finals take a moment to capture some Intercollegiate memories Photo by Ormophoto.com

Senior Academic Achievement Award. That’s all part of the IHSA competition.” “At Mount Holyoke, the equestrian team has the support of the Equitation is the name of the IHSA game, but it’s practical, to campus, and the admissions office understands about riders even boot. The bottom line for the rider is getting the job done with the before they get to college,” explained C. J. “It’s really great for body parts in balance and in the correct position, whatever the the students to know that the college supports the riding program. horse might be doing. They know we’re strong on academics, too. That’s why I started “When I was at Averett University, I competed in IHSA myself in the academic award. It’s open to any senior student with a 3.5 the open level, and I also trained my own horse to Intermediate GPA or higher.” in three-day eventing,” said C. J., whose credentials are pretty The IHSA recognized C. J. with its Lifetime Achievement Award impeccable. She was selected to train with Jack LeGoff when he in 1998 for her innovative promotion of sportsmanship. She also was the US team coach, but gave up eventing when she had the founded the National Horse Show Sportsmanship Awards, one of first of her four children. Now if there’s any time to ride, it’s mostly three awards endowed by the Chu family in appreciation of their dressage or a trail ride at Camp Forest Acres (ME) where she is daughter’s dedicated coach whose positive attitude and team/ Director of Riding during the summer. community-minded spirit continues to influence Mount Holyoke “I do lots of things with my students that aren’t just totally riding students. and I give the team a lot of responsibility to put on quality shows “I think when you have a group of young athletes together and so that they learn to work together,” said C. J. “I want my higher- they’re very competitive, you have to make sure that the students level riders to understand that even the lower level riders are just and coaches encourage everyone to work together for the overall as important. It’s hard to balance that, and I work really hard on it.” goal,” said C. J. “I like to be there for them, not just as their riding Part of ‘laying down the Law’ includes making sure that her coach, but also as someone they can talk to. Many of these riders don’t get all wound up from various pressures in their students are away from their families for months at a time. They academic and equestrian lives. come from all over the US and from different countries. They “I think that women now have to learn to balance many ‘irons know that I’m always there for them and that they can trust me.” in the fire’ – some are in business and have high-paying jobs, According to Lindsay Sceats, Coach Law gives a pep talk to her but they want to continue with their hobbies and balance a family team at the start of the show season. Horses always come first. of some sort,” said C. J. “I try to make sure they keep a positive No matter what kind of ride they have, they have to pat the horse, perspective – the glass is half-full.” return it pleasantly to its handler and then take a time out to get C. J. is also quick to point out that she herself keeps learning roiling emotions under control again. Students must never ever even after all these years. What she harvests in terms of her own take that bad ride out on the horse. experiences ends up influencing her riders. What goes around, Many college equestrian programs depend on the good will of comes round. people who donate or loan horses. Some horses might be stiffer “When you have a team, you must work as a team and trust on one rein; others have a favored lead and some are challenging that you can depend on others to help you out when things get a to get in front of your leg. There’s a lot to be said about the luck of bit rough,” she explained. “We all have to learn that it’s okay to the IHSA draw. When you travel to an away show, you don’t know ask for help.” what you’ll get. It isn’t the rosettes, trophies and titles that make a winner. It’s “A lot of wonderful people donate horses and sometimes the heart. Just as C. J. recognizes hard work ethics and dedication in boarders let us use their horses,” said C. J. “That horse may not her Lyons, they respond to her total commitment to horses and be the ride you were looking for, but students have to deal with helping students to achieve their goals. whatever they draw. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. I “The students are young, but they’re open-minded, and they just make sure that my riders are really respectful to the horses inspire me to be better,” said C. J. “If you truly work hard enough, and to the people who let us use their horses, especially if it’s a you will succeed. You may need to ask for help along the way, but school horse program in another barn. Sometimes school horses that’s okay. Believe in yourself and you will get where you want act differently when you have people there for a horse show. to go.” 58 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE S Becoming the Best Rider P You Can Be O Ann S. Reilly, Ph. D. Just about every rider I have worked with has had a burning passion for horses, riding, and competition. But R at times, these riders lose sight of what they truly love to do. The desire to compete is still in their hearts, yet their negative thoughts make them disconnect with their T goals. Becoming the best rider you can be involves clearing the negativity from your mind, no matter what situation you are in, and replacing it with positive thoughts and goals. Start with your dreams and allow yourself to visualize the kind of rider you would like to be in the future. There are no limits to the success you can create, except those P that you impose on yourself, or allow others to impose on you.

S Allow Your Potential to Flourish Have you become fearful, depressed and accepting mediocrity? Are you anxious when you ride? Focusing on your dreams and goals provides inspiration and Ann S. Reilly, Ph.D. is a sport psychologist and author of “A Y motivation. You might think it is a waste of time to dream, Sport Psychology Workbook for Riders,” available from amazon. but if you become bogged down in the now, instead of com. Questions for Ms. Reilly’s column can be addressed to focusing on the rider you want to be, achieving your [email protected]. Photo by Ina Bachman C goals is harder. When motivation is waning, think about your goals, sit down and visualize riding the way you want to. Many riders think that they have to be able to student is ready, the teacher appears” is an old saying that H perform a skill to be confident. Practice it in your mind! is very true. Out of the blue you may find a new trainer who You can do it before you even try! This includes winning. can help you, or the horse that you have always wanted Practice riding winning rounds in your mind and then you appears and is affordable. You may get new clients in the will be ready to win in reality! form of students or horses who can allow you to teach and O Are you sure you will never compete in the grand prix ride at your true potential level. These kinds of small miracles ring? So what? Stretch yourself and your thinking, and occur when you clear out the emotional and mental clutter and decide in your mind that you are going to become the very allow what you want to happen to enter your life. Without the L best “average” rider there ever has been. Keep working emotional baggage, you are creating room in your mind for on developing your horses’ potential also, making them positive thoughts to become your dominant mode of thinking the very best “average” horse they can be. Become and growth to occur. O the best of the middle of the pack, and what you may find is one, that you become very happy and fulfilled, Constructive Criticism is Also Key your passion returns, and the results may surprise Do listen to helpful criticism. Technical instruction can help you. You may actually create your dreams and fulfill you become a stronger rider. Learn to identify the difference G your goals. Focus on what you can do well when riding between destructive and constructive criticism. Constructive and competing. By focusing on your positive, you will criticism usually comes from people who do have your best ride more confidently. You will have more good jumps, interests at heart. You may find, especially in competitive Y score goals, go faster, or perform dressage movements environments, that it is a very small number of people who are well. When that critical voice inside you starts talking, truly supportive of you and your growth as a rider. Maybe there just plain tell it to be quiet, shut up, and talk back to it, is only one, so rely on that one person for sound advice, or rely refusing to listen to the self criticism. Tell yourself that on yourself when there are not supportive people around you. there is no longer room in your life for self-criticism, and Focus on the fact that you are lucky to have a clear vision of send it off somewhere else, throw it in the trash, or write how you want to ride. After all, when you are in the ring, you a letter, say good bye, and burn the letter. are the one performing. It is more fulfilling to create the positive experiences in your life, the ones in which you stretched, grew, Push Yourself and Take Chances and tried, whether or not you obtained the ultimate goal. It is Take the risk and push past your current comfort level. the process that is the most fulfilling, that teaches the most This takes some work and courage on your part. Make lessons about life, and creates confidence, joy, and peace it a daily habit. Set some short and intermediate goals within ourselves. Make a deal with yourself to follow your for yourself and get busy working on them. “When the passion each and every day of your life. FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 59 60 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE S Pony Kids Name: Wylie Nelson Hometown: Burbank, CA I Age: 9 Ponies: James Blonde and Rainbow Canyon Trainers: Archie Cox, Brookway Stables D Favorite Pony: I can’t pick just one, I love them all. What pony would you like to ride? My sister’s pony Macy Grey! E How did you start riding? My mom and my big sister, Skylar, both ride. I grew up at the barn or at horse shows so I just got off my bike L and onto a pony! What is your favorite horse show? Any show at Blenheim Equisports in San Juan Capistrano, well really any show where my friends are also I showing. What was the high point of your riding Wylie Nelson completed on Rainbow Canyon Photo by Todd Sutherland, Flying Horse Photography career? Winning a couple classes in the N smalls on Lewis (Rainbow Canyon) and being Steinwedell Reserve Champion at Ranch & Coast on my ninth Other than riding what do you do? I play soccer, play birthday. clarinet, swim, handball, tennis, playing with my friends and I am What was the low point? Getting dumped in the first a JustWorld Ambassador. E class at the same show What are your plans for the future? I want to ride all the time S Who are your Equestrian Idols? John French & Francie and have my own barn! Name: Mark Leone, Junior Hometown: Franklin Lakes, NJ Age: 8 Pony: Blue Chip Trainer: Linda Smith, Sloane Coles and my Dad (Mark Leone of RiArm Farm) J What is your favorite pony? Trigger, my first pony. How did you get into riding? Everyone in my family rides! What is your favorite horse show? Lake Placid What was the high point of your riding career? Being R Circuit Champion at WEF 2011 in the crossrails hunter division on Blue Chip What was the low point? Getting bucked off Blue Chip in the fall Who are your Equestrian Idols? McLain Ward, my dad (Mark Leone) and Uncle Peter (Leone of Lionshare) Other than riding what do you do? I love motorbiking, soccer, baseball, hockey and basketball. What are your plans for the future? I am looking forward to the summer and Lake Placid and being with my friends

Mark Leone, Jr. is following in his father’s footsteps (or hoofprints?) Photo by Jane Leone Want to be a Pony Kid?

Fill out this easy questionnaire and e-mail it to editor@ Of all the ponies you’ve ridden, which is your favorite? sidelinesnews.com. Be sure to include a photo scanned at a What pony would you like to ride? minimum of 300 dpi, and tell us who took the picture. How did you get into riding? What is your favorite horse show? Name: What was the high point in your riding career? Hometown: What was the low point? Age: Who are your Equestrian Idols? Ponies: Other than riding, what do you do? Trainers: What are your plans for the future? FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 61 62 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE S A Few Minutes with Junior I Rider Allison Toffolon D By Jan Westmark Thanks to her small size, Alli Toffolon has had a long and successful pony career that has included major wins at the E Pennsylvania National Horse Show, Pony Finals, Devon and WEF. Now 15, the 5’3” Bronxville, New York resident is making the transition from showing ponies to showing L horses. Alli rides with Andre Dignelli and Patricia Griffith at Heritage Farm and says she has confidence that her trainers will help her as she makes the transition. “I started I riding at Heritage when I was nine and competed in short stirrup and children’s hunters. Then I moved up to the pony hunter division when I was ten.” N Even though she has spent years in the pony ring, Alli says she is finding the move to the horse ring to be challenging. “The hardest transition with the horses has E been tackling the timed courses like the Washington Jumper Phase and the USET. I am still learning to keep a forward pace and find all the jumps out of stride, which is very different from the pony hunters,” she said. “Riding S in the low junior jumpers has also helped me a lot with this challenge.”

Sidelines: You showed your horses at WEF this year, how did that go? AT: WEF was great. Although I have been competing J there for six years, this year was different and all new to me because I was no longer riding ponies. I started out doing the Big Eq and children’s jumpers and by the end of circuit I Alli and Class Action compete was also competing in the junior hunters and the low junior Photo by PARKER/RUSSELL - THE BOOK LLC 2011 R jumpers. Competing in all these new divisions was a very exciting experience. for the USET and the Washington Equitation. Even though it is my first year, I was ready to move to horses and all my training Sidelines: How are you handling the Big Eq division? in the ponies for many years has made qualifying a reasonable AT: My first year in the Big Eq has been a challenge but I goal. However, I recognize that it will take a lot of hard work, am very happy with my progress. My equitation horses are preparation, as well as training to get there. great and at WEF I was able to qualify for the George Morris Equitation Championships, which was a great experience. Sidelines: What do you like about training with Andre and I feel unbelievably lucky to have participated in it. My goal Patricia? is to qualify for all four finals and I have already qualified AT: I love training with Andre and Patricia because they both are for the Medal and the Maclay and am hoping to qualify great trainers. They have taught me so much and they always push me to do better so that I can improve. I would not be the rider I am today without them. Favorite: Actress: Jessica Alba Sidelines: What are your riding goals? Actor: Mark Wahlberg AT: In the Big Eq, my riding goals are to win a final like everyone TV Show: Diners, Drive Ins and Dives or NCIS else. I know this will be difficult, but this is what I am striving for. In Movie: Step Up the junior hunters, I am hoping at some point to win a junior hunter final. In the future, my goal is to compete in the junior jumper Food: Prosciutto finals at the Washington International Horse Show. Candy: Take 5 Place to travel to: Venice Sidelines: What do you consider your biggest accomplishment Class in school: Art or Geometry in the ponies? Number: 22 AT: At the Pennsylvania National Horse show in 2008, I was One thing you never leave home without: Cell champion on Ingénue and in 2009, reserve champion on phone Neverland. At Pony Finals in 2009, I was reserve champion on Braveheart in the large pony hunters and on Lands End Eros in FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 63 the small pony hunters. At Devon in 2009, I was champion on Hearts Desire. At WEF in 2010, I was circuit champion on Hearts Desire in the medium pony hunters and was circuit champion on Mapleside Dolcetto in the large green pony hunters and was awarded the Jim Brundage Memorial Trophy.

Sidelines: What divisions are you showing your horses in? AT: Class Action, aka Ranger, is one of my equitation horses. He has a great personality and is one of the most amazing horses I have ever ridden. He was my first horse and has become my best friend. Asten is my other equitation horse. He has been doing the equitation for many years and is a real pro at it. For a long time he has been successful with many riders and he will never let you down. Carlsson is my new junior hunter. I got him at WEF and I have only been riding him for about one month. He is a very young horse, but he looks better each week and I have high hopes for him. Furalissa is my junior jumper. She is also new for me but I think we are a great match. We were champions at WEF week 11 in the lows and reserve champion the next week. Matches like this don’t come around very often. This horse wants to win just as much as I do! Alli and her best friend, her equitation horse Class Action Photo by Barbara Bower of www.barbarasvisions.com Sidelines: Who are your equestrian idols? AT: When I am not riding I like to dedicate a lot of my time to my AT: My equestrian idols are McLain Ward, Kent Farrington, my friends. Also, I do a lot of schoolwork to make sure I have great trainers Patricia and Andre and one of my closest friends, Lillie grades on top of the riding. I also really love art and try to paint or Keenan. sketch as much as I can.

Sidelines: If you could compete in another riding discipline, what Sidelines: If you could meet anyone in the world who would it would it be? be? AT: I think it would be exciting to be a jockey because I’m small AT: I am a huge fan of the Food Network TV channel so I would and it would be really fun to gallop around a track. love to meet my favorite chef, Guy Fieri, host of my favorite show, Diners, Drive Ins and Dives. He has a very funny personality and Sidelines: What do you do when you aren’t riding? is a great cook! 64 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE S Juniorside I IEA Zones were a Blast D By Lauren Corey

Zones have finally arrived! It is time to find out whether E we have what it takes to make it to nationals. Interscholastic Zones were held at Thacher School in Ojai California, a six- L hour drive from my house. On the drive down to southern California, we were greeted with some rain, but luckily the show would go on. We arrived just on time to make it to the I first-ever Zone 10 Year End Banquet. The hosting coach gave out the awards for horse of the season as well as individual high point riders and team high point. As soon N as I walked into the room, all of my friends from the other teams came over. One of the things I love most about the E IEA is the friendships we make with other people that we would otherwise never meet. By the end of the evening, and a few popped balloons later, it was time to return to the S hotel room.

The Nerves Begin to Kick In The next day, our teams had to get up early and drive to Thacher School, where the competition would be held. J Apparently we should have brought our ski jackets with us; there was so much frost that one of my friends drew hearts in the ice on top of our car. I suppose it was better than the R overwhelming heat we have faced in the past, especially since we always have to wear hunt coats! With the arctic wind whipping our faces, we got the most stressful part of the day over with first: drawing the horses. The announcer called out all of our names and had us line up from tallest Lauren Corey riding Jewel, one of her favorite IEA horses just to shortest, which as usual put me toward the end, since moments before the tent blew into the arena I’m one of the shorter Open riders. My heart was racing Photo by Samantha Goldstein when it was finally my turn to pull out the packet of fun Flat Class Frustrations dip with my horse’s name on it. Each show features some After helping my team members get ready for their classes, it different type of candy, all pooled together in a bowl that was time for my flat class. As I mounted the pony I tried to get the riders draw from to tell them which horse they will ride. mentally prepared for a tough ride. I was going over the usual flat I was competing in three classes: team jumping, individual tests in my head, planning the best choices for me and the pony. flat, and team flat. Once I drew my horse for the jumping, Once again, the first half was flawless, he was listening to me and I rushed to get my boots and helmet on before drawing for we looked so good that one of the other coaches complemented the flat. After making sure I didn’t have any hair sticking me as we were trotting around the arena. Then the judge asked out of my helmet, it was once again time to line up from us to pick up the canter, we had a great transition, but he was tallest to shortest. With just two people left, myself and one getting faster and faster, I’m sure the wind didn’t help, so I half- girl behind me, the coach added the name of an infamous halted in the corner to bring him back. Then halfway down the pony, which of course I drew. Luckily, for the team flat I long side, right in front of the judge, the pony broke to the trot! I still drew one of my favorites, a grey horse named Jewel. managed to place third, but I was filled with disappointment that I Before it was my turn to mount up, I got to watch one of had not placed high enough to go to nationals this year. my friends compete on the horse I was to ride in the next At least I had one class left to end Zones on a high note. While class. She put in an amazing round and ended up winning we were trotting around, Jewel started whinnying and acting up. the class, sending her to nationals! Only the top-placing I thought maybe it was something I was doing, but then I glanced rider in each individual division can attend nationals. She around at the other competitors and realized they were all having passed me the reins and it was my turn to conquer the problems, too. It didn’t take long to figure out why -- the judge’s course. The first half of my course worked out super well, tent had blown into the arena! Everyone did a great job controlling we got a great distance to a red oxer, but when we came their horses while the ring crew ran in and collapsed the tent at to an awkward bending line, my horse decided he would record speeds. With that, it was on with the flat class. Jewel rather go straight... I managed to get him to the second was such a fun horse to ride, and that was one of my favorite flat vertical of the line, but it was not pretty. Overall it was a classes despite all the excitement. I only have one more season fun round; the horse had a nice jump and a really smooth of showing with the IEA, and I am determined to make it the best canter, not to mention I still got to take home a ribbon. one yet! FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 65 66 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE S On Course with Geoffrey Hesslink By Jan Westmark

I Geoffrey Hesslink, a 15 year old junior rider from Shelburne, Vermont, said he fell in love with horses as a little boy. “I loved horse books, horse movies and games. D No one in my family rode or knew anything about horses and my parents thought that my interest was just a phase I would outgrow. They introduced me to other sports and I E began swimming competitively.” When Geoffrey was nine, he broke his left arm and damaged the nerve and swimming became difficult. Geoffrey said he was upset so his dad took him to a nearby L barn for horseback riding lessons and he began taking weekly lessons on a pony named Star. “I had never been as happy as I was on a pony and from there my love of I riding grew,” he said. Geoffrey now trains with Don Stewart Stables in Florida, flying back and forth to Florida to work with Don. While the N traveling may sometimes get the best of him, Geoffrey said he has learned a great deal from Don and enjoys showing in the junior hunters and the equitation divisions.

E Sidelines: What do you like about showing in the different divisions? GH: I enjoy the junior hunters because of the S competitiveness and nice flowy courses. I like the Big Eq because of the complexity of the courses and the different jumps and courses.

Sidelines: How do you manage getting to Don’s farm for lessons? GH: Living in Vermont makes it a challenge and I have to J do a great deal of traveling. I spend the summer on the road with them and during the fall meet them at shows or at the farm for practice. This past winter I went to school Geoffrey and All That prepare for the ring R in Ocala for eight weeks during HITS so that was much All photos by Nancy Stewart easier. I will fly down as much as I can and meet them at shows until June when school gets out again. I am my equitation and how to make a horse go smoother and jump very fortunate that my parents support me and make the better. I have also learned the technical aspects to riding, which sacrifices to allow me to train with Don and Bibby. has helped in equitation and handy classes. I have learned how to handle a great ride as well as how to handle and learn from my Sidelines: What do you like about riding with Don and mistakes. The life lessons and morals of riding can not be taught Bibby Farmer? in a classroom or a school, you have to figure them out for yourself GH: I like training with Don and Bibby because they make and Don Stewart Stables has helped me greatly. me want to work harder and be better. They push me to understand my potential and learn the most I can about Sidelines: What horses are you showing now? riding and horse care. I have learned so much from Don GH: At the moment I am showing a horse named Adonis in the and the memories and learning experiences I have had Equitation. I also had the good fortune to have some great catch with him are priceless. I have learned how to improve rides in the junior hunters this winter. They included All That, Tellus, Arch Angel and Conversation Piece. I also showed a Favorite: medium green pony named Nickelback. TV Show: Jersey Shore Movie: The Shining Sidelines: How is your Big Eq career going? GH: I have qualified for the USEF medal for this year. I also Food: Sushi placed third this winter in the Ronnie W. Mutch Equitation Candy: Reese’s peanut butter cups Challenge. Last year I qualified for the USEF Medal and Maclay Place to travel to: Florida to ride regionals and competed in the Taylor Harris Medal and the New Class in school: History England Equitation Medal. Number: 1 One thing you never leave home without: Sidelines: What are your riding goals? My phone GH: My short term riding goals are to continue to improve and work hard. I hope to have success in the junior hunters and Big FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 67

in the USEF pony medal. Destiny and I had many division champions together. We also finished fifth at the Massachusetts Medal Final, second in the Pony Commotion at HITS Saugerties, and we were Best Child Rider at the Saratoga St. Clements Show and Classic Company Horse of the Year in 2009. Last winter during HITS Ocala I was lucky enough to show Windfall Caroline in the medium pony hunter division and Franklin’s Tower in the large pony division.

Sidelines: What did riding ponies teach you? GH: Ponies taught me to be determined and that I need to work to have a good ride and success. They also taught me how to stay on and recover from mistakes. Ponies can be very naughty and I do believe that riding ponies made me a better rider.

Sidelines: Do you have any good stories about mishaps that occurred while showing? GH: My most memorable story happened at the Skidmore Horse Show in Saratoga, New York. I was riding my pony Destiny in the Marshall and Sterling Pony Medal class. When I first started riding I had the good fortune to participate in a few clinics with a trainer and judge named Fran Dotoli. I really enjoyed working with her and learned a lot in her clinics. She happened to be judging at the show in Saratoga and I was hoping to have a good round. I was also at the show alone because my mom had left the show to go home because my sister had to have emergency surgery on her appendix. I was nervous and distracted and wasn’t really paying attention and I asked Destiny for a really long distance, which he couldn’t make, and he stopped and I went flying over the Geoffrey and Versace compete jump! It was really embarrassing.

Eq over the next few years. I would love to place at an equitation Sidelines: If you could meet anyone, horse person or not, who final during my junior years. would it be? After my junior years, I hope to ride professionally and compete GH: I would like to meet McLain Ward because he is just amazing. at the grand prix level.

Sidelines: What do you do when you aren’t riding? GH: When I am not riding I spend time hanging out with friends and family, doing homework, watching movies, listening to music, talking to friends, and wishing I were riding.

Sidelines: What has been your most memorable horse show up to this point? GH: It was definitely the Atlanta summer show in 2010. It was the show that I first showed 3’6” and I won my first Maclay class. I also won the USHJA Hunter Classic. I enjoyed showing in the Equitation Challenge class as well, where we rode to music.

Sidelines: Do you have an idea what you would like to do when you grow up? GH: When I grow up I would love to be a professional rider. As with all juniors I would love to progress and be good enough to ride in the grand prix ring and represent the United States. I also would like to train students. It would be great to share my passion for the sport with others.

Sidelines: If you could compete in another riding discipline, what would it be? GH: It would be eventing. I think riding cross-country in fields over cool log jumps and water would be exciting.

Sidelines: Did you have a pony career? GH: Since I did not start riding until I was almost 10 years old, my pony career was not that extensive. I spent most of my time riding Geoffrey and All That jump their way to the circuit championship my pony Destiny in the children’s hunter division and eventually in the Large Junior Hunters at HITS Ocala 68 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE

Lisa Hollister is an attorney practicing in Cincinnati, Ohio. Questions for Ms. E What Do Hollister’s column can be addressed to [email protected] Q Agister’s Liens U Seaman’s testimony as to the value Mean to You? of his horses and 5. That the jury I By Lisa Hollister, Esq. instructions did not meet Kentucky Law and were confusing. Every barn has faced the issue of a client who fails to pay Appeals Court affirmed the trial courts decision with the N their board bill. Almost all trainers and boarding facilities exception of the jury instruction for the claim of conversion (this are aware that when this happens there are state laws that does not mean that they felt there had been conversion but rather allow them to place an agister’s lien on their client’s horse that the jury instruction had been improper and thus could have E or horses so that the barn can sell the horses and use the resulted in an improper decision) on that particular issue the proceeds to pay for the goods and services that the barn Appeals Court reversed and remanded it back to the trial court for has provided to their client’s horses. However, to take full further proceedings. advantage of these laws one needs to be in compliance with the state statute. Appeal to the Kentucky Supreme Court L Unhappy with the decision, Seaman appealed the case to the Seaman v. Isaacs, 2010-SC-000063-MR (KYSC) * Kentucky Supreme Court, claiming that; 1. The lower court was proceeding, or was about to proceed, outside its jurisdiction (this A Facts was because of the court ordered the sale of the horses and that Cecil Seaman had horses at the Thoroughbred horse the proceeds of such a sale were to be put in escrow until the farm, Ballinswood Farm, Inc. Seaman and Ballinswood outcome of the legal proceedings); and 2. That the lower court W Farm had a disagreement regarding the care of Seaman’s was acting, or was about to act, erroneously and as a result of the horses and as a result the farm management told Seaman action irreparable injury could result. to leave with his horses. However, since Seaman had failed to pay his complete board bill, the farm filed an Jurisdiction agister’s lien in accordance with Kentucky law. In response The State Supreme Court found that since Seaman had initially to the farm taking legal action, Seaman filed both an agreed to the trial court’s jurisdiction he could no longer complain answer and a counter claim (a claim a defendant makes of that jurisdiction merely because it no longer suited him. against a plaintiff) against the farm and its owners, William and Alison Murphy for conversion (conversion is when you Irreparable Injury take possession of someone else’s property without a legal The State Supreme Court held that, even if the trial court was right). now misinterpreting the Appeals Court’s decision, it does not follow that Seaman would suffer irreparable injury as a result. Appeal of Trial Court Decision The Supreme Court found that the trial court would have to retry Next Seaman filed a motion for possession of the horses the matter of Seaman’s conversion claim against the Farm, but but failed to follow the procedure for the bond as mandated the judgment of the counterclaim for the amount owed on the by Kentucky law. (Under Kentucky law if one has a lien board was not to be part of the retrial. The State Supreme Court placed on their property they have the right to file a bond also found that the judgment was still valid and collectable by the and have the property discharged until the matter can be farm. The decision however did find that the judgment in favor of legally settled). As a result of Seaman failing to file the Seaman on the conversion claim might reduce the dollar amount proper procedure to delay the sale of the horses which in the decision at the retrial. As a result the Supreme Court held would result from the impending agister’s lien, the trial court that there was simply no irreparable harm to be claimed. ordered that the horses be sold and the proceeds of the sale escrowed pending the outcome of the issue regarding Conclusion the payment for the boarding of the horses. Additionally Agister’s liens, while a wonderful tool for those who have the jury found that the farm had not converted the horses legitimately provided valuable services for horse owners, still and awarded Ballinswood Farm $90,000 based on their come fraught with legal pitfalls. The most common pitfall is that claim for board of the horses. the client who has failed to pay his or her board bill might then file Seaman appealed the decision alleging the following a claim of conversion. While I would never advise a client to not errors: 1. That the trial court’s refusal to admit a letter take advantage of the law, I would advise them to keep track of a by Seaman demanding possession of the horses; 2. client who is failing to pay their bills and decide on the course of That the trial court erred by denying Seaman’s motion for action early on before the amount owed is astronomical. It would possession, because it required him to post a bond; 3. be far better to allow a bad client to leave with their horse after That trial court erred in overruling Seaman’s motions for failing to pay a month’s worth of bills than it would be to have huge summary judgment and directed verdict on the issues legal fees for litigation that could easily span over several years. of conversion (summary judgment and directed verdict are legal proceedings which can be used to expedite a * The real party in interest was Ballinswood Farm, Inc. not judgment or direct a verdict if a party fails to present a Judge Isaacs, but Isaacs was listed as a defendant because he necessary case); 4.That the Court erred in disallowing was the judge in the lower court decision. FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 69 70 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE

Catching up: Margaret Dinan a long time horsey friend of Cynthia Brewster- Keating has found her way It’s a small world in O to Aiken thru the website www.aikenhorsesonline.com Wellington where and is buying a small property in Windsor. Cynthia we caught Cherri says it’s been a very nice reunion – they hadn’t Rieber of the US F seen each other since Cynthia rode at Dana Hall in swapping horse Wellesley Massachusetts as a kid! tales with Australia’s Guy McLean and F Do people have more fun in Aiken? WE THINK SO! Cecilia Gonzaga of .... for instance, there’s Lisa Law, who has a pig in Fox Brazil Chase. Lucky for her, all of her neighbors approve of Penelope, no matter what the covenants say. Horses: We were sad to learn that Gretchen and Louis Heffner had to put down their horse Louie C (acquired from Aiken Equine Rescue just two years ago) due to an abscess in his abdomen, which was inoperable. They replaced him with a new paint named Hoax from was retired late in 2010. He was owned by Ahmed Zayat and E Heather Carlson who is from New Milford CT. trained by Steve Rasmussen, the same owner trainer as this year’s derby contender Nehro. The Zayat Stable connections Start Box: 2012 will bring some big changes to contacted New Vocations in early spring to see if they would governance of eventing: David O’Conner has just been be interested in taking the newly gelded Z Fortune. “We were N named Chef of the USEF Eventing Team, and will not run absolutely thrilled to get a horse in the program with such a for re-election next year as USEF President. George prestigious resume,” Anna said. “This is a perfect example of Morris will finish out his current contract as Jumping an owner doing right by their horse once its racing career is T Chef, and his replacement is being searched for. 2012 over. Z Fortune is a horse who still has a lot to offer. He didn’t will be very interesting indeed. need a retirement home he simply needed an opportunity to excel in a second career.” E Z Fortune is currently receiving transitional training for a second career as a riding horse. His information can be seen on the New Vocations website at www.horseadoption.com . Interested individuals are required to fill out an application R online.

Want to win a pair of DSB Dressage Sport Boots? Love L a contest? Check out Custom Saddlery’s website (www. mysaddle.com) and try your hand at the “Find Ravel” contest. Photos of Steffen Peters and Ravel can be found the site, and I each person who correctly emails in the page names where Ravel’s photos can be found will be entered to win a pair of dressage sport boots.

N Mark your calendars for Dressage at Devon September 27-October 2, 2011 at the Devon Horse Show Grounds, located on US Route 30, in Devon, PA. Check out the website (www. E dressageatdevon.org ), for Derby contender Z Fortune is up for adoption. Could news regarding new footing, sponsors, ticket information and he be your next great event horse? more. Photo courtesy New Vocations

Betsy Juliano of Talk about bragging rights! Anna Ford, Program Havensafe Farm Director at New Vocations tells us that former Kentucky (home base to Derby contender Z Fortune is officially up for adoption USDF President at the New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program in George Williams) Lexington, KY. “I believe this is first time a Kentucky and natural Derby contender has been made available for adoption horsemanship guy, publicly, which could make it a once in a lifetime Pat Parelli, strike experience to the lucky chosen adopter,” she says. the pose in this East In 2008, Z Fortune was well on his way to be a major meets West photo contender in the Kentucky Derby. He won the LeComte op at Tuny Page’s Stakes and came second in the Risen Star Stakes and Stillpoint Farm Arkansas Derby. In the Kentucky Derby he ran 10th to Big Brown. Following the Derby he went on to race eight more times and it should be noted that he never ran for a tag. With earnings of $432,000 in 15 starts Z Fortune FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 71

Can you name these dressage riders from these photos of them a few (okay quite a few) years back? Hints: The rider in blue sleeveless shirt has all the “write” stuff (NY Times Best Selling Author , Tami Hoag)

The rider climbing up the ladder on to his pony also climbed to the top of the USDF corporate ladder (USDF President George Williams)

Dressage rider Shannon Dueck spends most of her time in the saddle, but when time permits she can be found diving under the deep blue sea or foxtrotting across the ballroom dance floor. “My husband, Lorne, and I love to dive but we only get to do it rarely. This photo was taken of me in Belize, which has the longest living coral reef in the northern hemisphere. It was wonderful diving and being down there opens up an entirely new world to us! We haven’t been ballroom dancing at all this season, because both Lorne and I are much too busy, but beginning in May we will start lessons again. It’s so fun for us. Ballroom has many similarities to riding dressage -- frame, contact, tempo, etc. -- but it’s with a new twist for me, as I have to be the follower instead of the leader!” Photo courtesy of Shannon Dueck.

Dressage Canada has put in place new safety rules regarding headgear. The Dressage Canada Board has decided that riders at Fourth Level and below will be required to wear ASTM/SEI or BSI approved headgear at all times when mounted on the show grounds. The rider reading on The ESP folks and Robert Dover tell us the proposed her pinto pony new dressage complex on the corner of Pierson Road would someday and South Shore Blvd. in Wellington is right on schedule own a major and they are making plans to host events next season. brand in the equestrian News to share: New baby, engagement, pickup truck? On world (World the move, having parties, falling off horses? Share what’s Equestrian happenin’ with your dressage friends by e-mailing us at editor@ Brands CEO, sidelinesnews.com. Be sure to put “News Off Centerline” in the Robin Moore) subject line. 72 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE D The R E Inspirational S S Life of A Lauren G E Barwick

Lauren and one of her horses enjoy a stroll together Photo by Coco Baptist

By Jan Westmark

auren Barwick is the kind of person who would have inspired and motivated others to achieve their dreams no matter how her life turned out. LaurenL grew up in Canada and started riding at a young age. She was involved in Pony Club, three-day eventing, foxhunting and jumpers. “I couldn’t really make up my mind about what I wanted to pursue as a career, I only knew I loved the world of horses. I finally decided I wanted to focus on the movie industry, specializing in horses,” Lauren said. “I worked at a studio ranch for six months, in an apprentice program, learning about and caring for the stunt horses and doing special skills work in feature films such as The Pledge. I also had an agent and was doing a lot of movie extra work and auditioning for bigger parts. At the end of the program, I was hired to work at the ranch full time.” While Lauren thought her path was set, that all changed in an instant on July 17, 2000. While feeding the horses at the studio ranch, a 100-pound bale of hay fell ten feet and landed on her back. “I had two broken vertebras and a severed spinal cord. It took two screws, a bar, wire mesh and bone from my hip to reassemble my back. I was left paralyzed from the belly button down, with no feeling or movement,” she said. In addition to Lauren’s own devastation of dealing with her life-changing accident, her parents were

Lauren shows off her medals Photo by Raymond Smith. FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 73 also distraught beyond imagination. “I had always been classified as the semi- normal child in my family. I have a brother Cameron who was born with a severe brain injury and a sister Rosemary who has Downs Syndrome,” she said.

Rehab and Riding Again Lauren spent a few months in rehab and during that time she knew there was one thing she would never do again – ride. “I felt that it would be embarrassing to be led around in circles. Yes, it may be therapeutic for others, but I thought it would do nothing for my mind other than make me sad. I did want to remain active, so I tried many different sports: tennis, hand-cycling, kayaking, downhill mountain biking and sailing.” When Lauren returned home in a wheelchair for the rest of her life, she said she was inexplicably drawn to Lauren, in her wheelchair, cuddles with Peanut Photo courtesy of Lauren Barwick the barn. “I started teaching students on my horses but in the Grade II technical ride, a division that includes the I was too stubborn to get on. One day, while watching extended trot, 10-meter circles, backing up, transitions and another riding lesson, I had a horrible reaction and started serpentines. Then the pair took it one step further and won to cry heavily. As I tried to wheel away, the coach in the ring the gold medal in the Grade II freestyle, a division mainly insisted it was time for me to get on a horse. Next thing I for wheelchair users that allows everything except pirouettes knew, I found myself being picked up by two people and and tempi changes. plopped on a horse. I won’t lie; it was the worst experience I Looking back at the 2008 Games, Lauren said it was have ever felt. I had ridden horses my whole life and, at 22, nothing short of a miracle that she and Maile were able to I had absolutely no sensation of sitting on a horse. I thought compete at all. “When Maile arrived in Hong Kong she was that if I sat up I was going to fall down. I was led around in diagnosed with shipping fever and was beginning to develop a circle just like I didn’t want to be, and I had a pity party in pneumonia. She lost 41 pounds in five days and my only my head.” goal was to get her home alive,” Lauren said. “I didn’t think Lauren said she knew she had to make a major decision – I would compete, I only cared about getting Maile healthy.” would she or wouldn’t she embrace her predicament and get A few days before the Games, thanks to excellent back in the saddle again? “The next morning I got up early, veterinarians, Lauren was able to get back on Maile and went to the barn and politely and shyly asked to be put back walk around. By the time the Games opened Lauren and on a horse. That day was the beginning of my new-found her courageous mare were able to turn in their medal- love for riding.” wining performances. Lauren said winning the gold in the freestyle was not only unexpected, but it also gave her The Road To The Paralympics more determination than ever. “It was an incredible journey Early in 2001, only a short time after her accident, Lauren with many lows and highs but Maile definitely gave me her set a goal of becoming a Para-Dressage rider and competing everything and helped me achieve my dreams and goals.” in the Paralympics. True to form for someone who believes Lauren, now 32, has added riding against able-bodied you can accomplish anything you set your mind to, Lauren competitors to her list of things she can do and she has represented Canada at the 2004 Paralympic Games in won classes at First and Second level. “I use my voice, my Athens and the 2008 Paralympic Games in Hong Kong. The weight and two sticks. I also use my mind and my thoughts Paralympics are held the same year as the Olympics, and with my horses.” take place two weeks after the Olympics are over. Thanks to a vast amount of experiences she never dreamt Lauren was pleased with her results in Athens – 6th place would be her life, Lauren has also added motivational in the freestyle and 7th in the technical ride. But it was in speaking to her resume. She is often asked to give advice Hong Kong that Lauren really showed what she was made on how to use innovation to succeed, and talk about setting of. Lauren and the Dutch mare Maile won the silver medal Continued on page 74 74 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE

Continued from page 73 goals, teamwork and overcoming adversity. “When it comes to dealing with difficulties, I tell people don’t just think outside the box, because in my mind there isn’t even a box. You need to understand that it takes time and you can’t rush that. I have days where I think I should be able to do everything everyone else is doing and I get frustrated. Looking back, I am now doing all those things I wanted to, I just had to trust the process and keep practicing with great instructors and mentors. Instead of asking ‘Why me?’ you should say ‘Why not me?’ That’s how all the good things will come to you.”

Training With Pat and Linda Parelli Lauren considers meeting Pat and Linda Parelli, founders of the Parelli Natural Horsemanship Program, as one of those good things that came her way. Lauren met the Parelli’s in 2005 and they began sponsoring her, helping her to achieve her goals of riding in Hong Kong and at the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Kentucky. Lauren moved from Canada to join the Parelli Natural Horsemanship ranch, and alternates between living in Florida and Colorado. She is a Senior Protégé Lauren and Maile, her Paralympic partner, compete in the Mastery program with the goal Photo courtesy of Lauren Barwick of being a five-star instructor. “I am a at WEG as part of the Parelli demo team. Before the Para long-term student but look forward to the potential of being Equestrian Canadian team went into team training camp, employed internally – after I win another medal in London in I was able to participate in demos with Parelli, showing 2012 that is!” their principles and the kind of foundation I believe helps a Working with the Parelli’s once again changed Lauren’s performance horse achieve their optimum potential.” life. “Meeting Pat and learning his method transformed me. I became more emotionally and mentally fit,” Lauren said. “I Back In the Movies and Getting Married! realized there was so much to learn, about myself and my Lauren said not a day goes by that she isn’t thankful for relationship with my horses. When I started studying Parelli the opportunities she has been given. In March of 2011, everything just clicked. Pat and Linda helped me develop she appeared in an episode of the CBC’s television show the partnership I wanted with my horses.” Heartland and said she loved being back on a movie set. Pat said he believes Lauren can accomplish anything “It would have been so easy for Heartland to hire an actor she puts her mind to. “She truly embodies what the Parelli to ride a horse and pretend to be paralyzed, but they didn’t method stands for; inspiration, empowerment and making and that made it very special for me,” she said. the world a better place for horses and humans,” he said. Speaking of special, Lauren is thrilled to report that she Lauren has also worked with Dressage Master Walter Zettl, not only has two new horses but that she will be getting and said his patience and his understanding of horses, has married in September. “Both of my new horses are wonderful helped build her confidence and has given her the technique partners. They have a lot of icing but still need work in the and polish she needed. cake! I am developing a solid Parelli foundation on both and While Lauren had high hopes for the 2010 World Equestrian it will make them so much better.” Games in Kentucky, life took another unexpected turn prior Lauren said that one thing that keeps her life positive to the Games. “I had a bad car accident in June of 2010 and is surrounding herself with a wonderful group of people, broke six bones in my leg so I couldn’t ride for three months. including her father Ray Smith, who has consistently given Then Maile slipped and hurt her hock and was in a soft her unconditional support. “I love to surround myself with cast while being shipped to WEG. Both my coach, Andrea people who make me laugh even when I’m trying to be Taylor, and I rode her five days before the show and she was grumpy. My fiancé is the type of person that, even when he deemed sound. Maile was not very fit but did her best and is being ridiculous, he makes me smile.” in the freestyle we missed a medal by only decimal points.” While life didn’t turn out exactly as Lauren had hoped, she Pat and Linda, as well as scores of Parelli fans, were said she has found what she loves to do and that’s what at WEG to cheer Lauren on and she said that experience keeps her going on the difficult days. “There’s no guarantee strengthened her desire for a strong showing, and a medal, in life, you just have to make the best of whatever comes at the 2012 Paralympics in London. “I had three other horses your way.” FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 75 76 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE L Hey Look Mom, I’m Miss June! When my friend Holly called me to tell me I her beloved child was the new Miss June in a calendar, I knew immediately it wasn’t her daughter Alex she was talking about. Well, at least that is what I was hoping! G The new Miss June is Betiske V, or Bibi, as Holly’s beautiful Friesen mare is called, and she is the June picture in The Spirit of H Horses calendar by Lesley Harrison. I was really excited to hear that Bibi would go down in history as a calendar centerfold, because I T have always been a fan of taking lots and lots of photos of my horses and being memorialized in a calendar is definitely one step better. Bibi’s calendar picture is a painting that E Lesley Harrison did from a photo taken by Cally Matherly. In the photo, Bibi is galloping along the beach, splashing in the surf on R Hutchinson Island in Florida. I have always wanted to know how beach photos are done, because I know if I would have taken any of S my horses out to the beach, turned them loose and tried to take photos, I would have captured only one type of photo. Yes, I would have taken plenty of photos of my horse’s rump as I they disappeared down the beach, never to be seen again. I asked Holly to divulge the secret of beach D photos and wasn’t too surprised to find that photoshopping played a part in the experience. “We put Bibi on the lunge line and lunged E her at the edge of the beach and Cally took the photos,” Holly said. “Then the lunge line was taken out of the picture and when Lesley painted the picture she took the halter out also. Lesley also took creative license and added more mane and a flowing tail and crashing waves behind Bibi.” Bibi’s calendar debut reminded me of the time we made a calendar for my farm, using photos we had taken throughout the year. We came up with eleven photos easily, but couldn’t find a twelfth photo to make the cut. Sowe decided to stage a photo with our miniature Lesley Harrison horse, Twix. Thank goodness for digital cameras, because turned the photo into we had to shoot countless photos of Twix pulling his little a painting for her cart with a variety of kids from the barn. calendar and now Bibi We finally ended up with a photo of Twix with his eyes is Miss June closed, but at least his ears were pricked forward and Painting by Lesley Harrison the kids in the photo were smiling. Needless to say, my calendar wasn’t a bestseller and I don’t think any of them remain or anyone saved them as collector’s items. If I had to do it again I would have photoshopped Twix’s eyes open and added some crashing waves behind him just for fun. The calendar with Bibi, however, is definitely a keeper and I have it proudly displayed in my kitchen. While Bibi is Holly’s dream horse (she had been wanting a Friesian for 20 years) she is lucky that now her dream horse will live on in calendar form. Thanks to Lesley’s painting and Cally’s photograph, the rest of us can also enjoy the beauty of Bibi Bibi on the beach, as she gallops along the beach, with or without her halter. pre-photoshopped Photo by Cally Matherly FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 77 78 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE STALLION DIRECTORY

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Email [email protected] or call 440-478-3829 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 81 82 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE P Lechuza O L Caracas O Wins the Open

Rodrigo Andrade on Best Playing Pony Zoltan and Lechuza Caracas’ Sapo Caset All photos by Alan Fabricant

By Danika L. Rice

The pinnacle of polo in the United States is reached during the high-goal season in Wellington, FL and there is certainly no doubt that this year it was Victor Vargas’ Lechuza Caracas team that was on top. After spending nearly two years rebuilding their organization, Vargas’ team reached all three finals in the 26 goal series at the International Polo Club Palm Beach, clenching victories in the C.V. Whitney Cup and U.S. Open Championship, sandwiching a disappointing overtime loss to Audi in the USPA Gold Cup Final. The 2011 season was certainly not short of surprises, as legendary 10-goaler Adolfo Cambiaso and Jim Rawlins’ Crab Orchard team (defending champions of the 2010 US Open title) was knocked out of the Open early in a quarterfinal defeat to Camillo Bautista’s Las Monjitas. Facundo Pieres and his Zacara squad was also defeated early, losing in the quarterfinals to brothers Gonzalito and Nicolas as part of the Audi team. Audi bested Valiente in their semi-final match, while the Las Monjitas versus Lechuza semifinal proved to be a hard fought battle, getting sent into overtime to determine the victor who would face Audi in the coveted final match. The Sunday final on Field 1 at IPCPB was certainly more like home to Marc Ganzi’s Audi squad, who made it to the Martin Espain finals for their third consecutive year. Lechuza was inthe FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 83 hunt for it’s first U.S. Open title, and came to play and play hard. Audi had the odds, but Lechuza had the hunger, as they jumped to an early lead and held it for the entire match, never allowing Audi the chance to be ahead. Despite talented play by all three of Audi’s pros and an impressive U.S. Polo debut by Audi’s Brazilian Rodrigo Andrade, they were unable to convert on goal and missed several scoring opportunities.

Lechuza Caracas won the silver: Sapo Caset, Victor Vargas, MVP Juan Martin Nero and Martin Espain share the limelight

Lechuza demonstrated remarkable team play, and at the halfway point of the last chukker had a comfortable 4 goal lead. Audi came on strong in the last minutes of the game, but ran out of time and it was Lechuza who captured the victory with a final score of 8-6. Lechuza’s Juan Martin Nero, currently ranked the #1 player in the world by the World Polo Tour, was named tournament MVP, while Audi’s Rodrigo Andrade garnered Best Playing Pony honors with his 12 year old gelding Zoltan. Lechuza’s Sapo Caset was awarded the Best Playing String award in recognition of the Victor Vargas advances the ball for Lechuza overall ability of his collective group of horses in the tournament. 84 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE

Catching up: Debra Atwell says that playing Miami Beach polo was a lot more fun than she had imagined, A “My teammates were two seriously tall brunette models Polo comes to Blytheville - Paula Chermont from Brazil and Katherine Campos. Both could ride, play and look stunning with the greatest of S ease. It felt like we were photographed a thousand times. It was added fun watching all the men openly drool! We qualified but were just beat in the finals by Libby Scripps, I Val Biehl and Stephanie Kraml-Suttle. The only way any of us could bring ourselves to say goodbye was by promising a rematch this summer at Saratoga!”

D Cali Garcia-Velez checked in to say that Casa de Campo is hosting the FIP Championship Playoffs between the E USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Canada and Dominican Republic Wedding bells in the future for CSU Polo Alum Drew On April 9th & 10th the Polo Training We haven’t heard if they’ve set Luplow to Amanda Diehl. Foundation (PTF) held a free clinic a date yet. Congratulations to them both. S for kids at The Little Egypt Polo Club

from Cape Girardeau, Missouri. flew in to Houston to fill in for father Nicolai Galindo Dr. Rock Cato, and his wife Liz who was sidelined in the 8 goal after suffering from Carlos coordinated the event. Over 40 sore ribs. Carlos was back in action in a couple of weeks, children attended the 2-day clinic. but it was great having Nic around! Wilbur O’Ferrell, the instructor from

the Polo Training Foundation, flew in Aiken’s newest hot spot on Wednesday night is Eqwine from California for the clinic Bar & Grill at New Bridge Polo. In addition to food and drink, there’s a round robin game of Bocce Ball that’s proven to be quite popular and dare we say, competitive?

Dr. Horace Laffaye is definitely one of our favorite writers, The USPA chose Aiken as their spring and fall training and his latest book, POLO IN AMERICA - A HISTORY, is location for the Team USPA players as well as where they one that belongs on every polo player’s bookshelf. Check will headquarter their Horse Donation Program. Current high- with Horace or the Museum of Polo & Hall of Fame to goal stars such as Julio Arellano, Tommy Biddle, Jr., Jeff learn how to get your own copy. Blake, Luis Escobar, Sunny Hale, Hector Galindo, Adam Snow, Owen Rinehart and Jeff Hall will help in the coaching Club news: Aiken Polo Club had a fun day on May for the team. The USPA chose the Aiken location due to the 21 with junior and all pro polo exhibitions for a total of 7 accessibility to high goal polo at prestigious polo clubs like New chukkers, with barbecue and drinks served all through Bridge Polo Club and 302 Polo. The high concentration of games. All proceeds benefited the Aiken Junior Polo polo professionals and top level competition horses coupled program. with the affordability of polo in the Aiken area made for a perfect location for Team USPA. We heard via the grapevine that the city of Dallas has taken back the park where Las Colinas Polo Club was based.

Dallas certainly won’t be polo-less: Prestonwood Polo Club is going strong or so we hear, with approximately 100 acres, two polo fields, and another going in soon, a regulation size arena and a practice arena.

Passing: It is with fond memories but great sadness the folks at Oak Grove Polo Club remember our friend and colleague, Doug Chilton, who passed away Easter Sunday. He was diagnosed with cancer mid-December and with loving care from his wife Rhonda, he bravely fought the battle, always maintaining his infectious, outgoing sunny nature. To the females of the club, old and young, he will always be their pin-up boy, our Aqua Velva man.

News to share: New baby, engagement, pickup truck? On the move, having parties, falling off horses? Share Team USA celebrates their 15-9 Victory over England in the what’s happenin’ with your polo friends by e-mailing us 2011 Townsend Cup at Empire Polo Club in CA at [email protected]. Be sure to put “News for Photo by Cary Burch Asides” in the subject line. FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 85

In step with Aiken’s historic traditions, Linda Knox McLean, MFH of Aiken Hounds, sent out an open invitation to all of Aiken’s polo players to cap with the hunt on their polo ponies and in their polo gear. Theresa King, who both hunts with Aiken Hounds and plays polo on her foxhunter, organized “Polo Saturday as a perfect way to extend the sporting season, and give polo players a chance to try it out with their friends.” The Aiken Hounds hunt in Hitchcock Woods, donated for equestrian use by the Hitchcock family, whose members included the first Masters of the Aiken Hounds and two 10-goal polo players.

The Tallyho Cup and Polo Saturday in Aiken reaffirmed the traditional Aiken Polo players enjoyed hunting in Hitchcock bond between foxhunting and polo Woods with the Aiken Hounds

Bumps and bruises: At Aiken Polo, Grayson Brown’s horse went all wobbly and crashed into Justin Pimsner…Grayson broke femur and the poor horse went back to trailer and died…Justin, we hear is okay and Grayson’s hopping around in a cast.

Also crashing in Aiken during the 6 goal, Geoff Ellis took a tumble and blew out his knee… and that’s it for Geoff for the season!

Our hearts go out to Joi Rodriguez who was in a terrible wreck in April. The accident happened on I-10 when her right front tire tread separated, sending her truck and trailer off the road. The impact killed three horses, and a fourth had to be euthanized at the scene. Two horses survived and recovering, as are Joi’s three Jack Russell terriers that were traveling with her. Donations to aid in Joi’s recovery can be made through polo players support group (www.polosupport.com). 100 percent of donations in her name go directly Bryan Middleton takes a spill in the Houston Polo Clubs to her, and all donations are tax deductible. Governors Cup Photo by Rebecca Bollenbach 86 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE

Sheila Lequerica coaches daughter Lilly in kid’s polo at Houston Polo Club Photo by Rebecca Bollenbach

Two West Texas polo institutions, Midland Polo Club and Rancho Naranjo Polo Club from El Paso, Texas participated in the PTF training and instruction clinic with Wilbur O’Ferral and local coaches Yvonne Golston (Border Circuit Polo School) and Harley and Carolyn Stimmel with Louisa Fikes as assistant coach for the Midland Polo

Shane Rice of Team USA hits the ball out of the air Photo by Lynn Bremner FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 87 Polo Ponies Show Their Stuff P By Danika L. Rice Sugar Erskine won first and O The Second annual National second place Polo Pony Show hit the Wellington in the Open show scene in late March to Performance showcase the top polo ponies in Class. He’s L the country in conjunction with seen here on the United States Open Polo the winner, Championship. Shellrock, who O Players, Owners and Breeders at 18 is still alike converged on the Jim demonstrating Brandon Equestrian Center for why she’s won halter, performance and skills multiple Best classes to show off their equine Playing Pony athletes. Grand Champion awards honors went to Melissa Ganzi’s Open Quarzo, with Reserve Grand Champion going to Carlos Gonzalez’s Cibby, who was named the 2010 Grand Champion in the show’s inaugural year. Also noteworthy was 7-goal professional polo player Sugar Erskine’s performance, which garnered first and second Junior Polo place finishes, respectively, in Horsemanship the Open Performance class class winner was on mares Shellrock and Haley. Grant Ganzi Shellrock in particular was a All photos sight to see, as the 18 year old Courtesy of www. polo veteran showed off the americanpolohorse. com amazing agility and finesse that has won her multiple Best Playing Pony awards in her distinguished career. For full show results, please visit www. americanpolohorse.com

Grand Champion Open was won by Quarzo, owned by Melissa Ganzi 88 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE P The Truest Polo Pony O Remembering Ribbet By Danika Rice Kathy Linfoot bought Ribbet for L To a parent, the value of a good horse or pony can never her girls, but the be measured in money. You simply cannot put a price tag little pony went on the one that babysits without worry, that teaches more on to teach half of O than we ever could as an adult, that inspires confidence Southern California and will just as quickly cure cockiness. Many horse families how to ride (or so it can trace their greatest childhood memories to a single seemed) animal, and for the Linfoots in California, their greatest link was a pony named Ribbet. Corky and Kathy Linfoot purchased Ribbet for their daughters Jennifer and Laura, but she became a mentor and friend to kids all over southern California, including Mia and Jesse Bray and Hope Kerley, just to name a few. She began with Jennifer, and was then handed down to younger sister Laura. And so the tradition of riding with Ribbet began, and has traveled full circle to include Jennifer’s daughter Ansley before Ribbet regretfully succumbed to age-related issues at 35 years old. Ribbet is fondly regarded by Laura Linfoot as “a credit to Shetland Ponies everywhere, by being just about as naughty as possible.” Full of character and regarded as a staple at Eldorado Polo Club, Ribbet spent much of her 35 years with a child on her back, polo mallet in hand. Well, perhaps more accurately, Ribbet spent much of her time teaching aspiring polo players and kids roaming around the club. With a smile, Laura says “I am thankful that I wasn’t given a sweet old polo horse to start with, but rather a crafty pony. I learned plenty of lessons while being rolled

Hope and Kerry Kerley with Ribbet on, bitten, kicked and generally made a fool of.” Ribbet was gladly a pony who “did it all.” From polo to showmanship to 4-H shows and gymkhanas, Ribbet strutted around any available audience to show that she, indeed, always knew what she was doing, even if the rider on her back didn’t. Laura says “she wore blue ribbons like the color suited her, showing that she was all sugar and no spice. She knew the drill, and loved it.” The flashy paint pony with the pricked ears never ceased to make parents, and her riders, smile. She taught humility and confidence, all in one little 10 hand package. She knew when to be careful and when someone got “too big for their britches.” She knew just the right pace to pick, when a lesson needed to be taught, and when she needed to just listen. She was more of a teacher than most trainers could ever hope to be, and a priceless addition to each family’s life she touched. She was a pony worthy of recognition and tribute, far more than words written in a magazine. She is a representation, an icon of every person’s favorite childhood steed, a relatable link for each of you as readers to the animal who made you love horses in general, to the mark the special ones have left on your heart. “More than anything she taught me to love riding,” Laura says, “to enjoy each moment in the saddle, and to appreciate the view of the world from the back of a horse.” This is the lesson the great ones leave us with, no matter how many or few years we had with Mia Bray with Ribbet them. And this, is why we remember Ribbet. FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 89 Fieldside with Nicolas Roldan P By Danika Rice

Money and fame, fast horses and good-looking men. O Superficially, the appeal of the “Sport of Kings” is easy to spot among the scenery of Wellington, Florida’s International Polo Club. And it doesn’t take long to spot L super-star Nicolas Roldan, a fixture of Florida’s high- goal polo scene and 8 goal professional player. Entering his thirteenth year of competition at IPC, Nic continues to excel both on and off the polo field as a model, player O and ambassador to the sport of polo. Embracing Winston Churchill’s sentiment that “a polo handicap is your passport to the world,” Nic has created international recognition and a distinguished career for himself through the sport he loves. Although he would seem to be a seasoned veteran due to sheer tournament experience, his youthful energy and free spirit breathe refreshing life into a sport viewed by many to be an uptight, “rich man’s game.”

International Travels Born in Buenos Aires to professional polo player Raul Roldan, 28-year-old Nicolas exploded onto the American polo scene at the age of 14. The following year, Nic made history as the youngest professional player ever to compete in the coveted United States Open Polo Championship. On Nic Roldan says “I love the horses. It’s in my blood. They’re 80 percent of the game, so you have to love them to play well…” that first attempt, he won. And so began the long line of All photos by David Lomiinska international awards and tournaments, from representing the United States in the 2009 Westchester Cup against Nic says, “It’s not that I want to model, specifically, but modeling England, to playing with royalty captaining Prince Harry’s as a pro polo player will give more exposure to a sport that many team in the 2010 Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic. From South in America aren’t familiar with yet.” Africa to Argentina to high goal seasons in France and Spain, Nic has traveled to 6 different continents (he hasn’t The 2011 Season quite made it to Antarctica to play yet) as a player, Piaget The 2011 season for Nic begins in his hometown of Wellington, spokesperson and world ambassador for the sport of polo. FL at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. He began the 20 goal Expanding beyond his athletic talent on the field, Nic also series playing with Mt. Brilliant’s polo team, achieving recognition signed as a Wihelmina model, gaining more recognition with both a Best Playing Pony award (given to his mare Tulsa) for his beloved sport through spreads in magazines like and a Most Valuable Player nod in the finals of the Ylvisaker Cup, Vanity Fair and GQ, as well as appearing on E! television’s continuing a “hot-streak” that began last summer, winning the “Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami.” In an interview with GQ, East Coast Open in July in Greenwich, Connecticut as captain of Tupungato, followed by the 2010 Silver Cup Championship in Aiken, South Carolina as a member of Orchard Hill, a finals in which he was also given MVP and Best Playing Pony accolades. As the season progresses, Nic will join Faraway’s 26-goal team in his quest for another United States Open Championship. How does he handle the pressure of the country’s top polo? “When you’re playing at this level, there’s no room for error. You’ve got to be at your best all the time, have a clear head, and strive to be the best you can,.” he says. Through it all, Nic stays grounded in his love for the animals that make his career possible. “I love the horses. It’s in my blood. They’re 80 percent of the game, so you have to love them to play well. The rush, the adrenaline when you’re going 30 miles per hour with a great animal underneath you…..well, there’s nothing like it.” With such a hectic schedule, Nic credits the staff of caretakers for his string as an “invaluable” part of every day. “They’re the ones that work the magic, that make things happen for me,” he claims. “There’s so much that goes on behind the scenes everyday that people don’t see.” If the past year is any indication, Nic proves himself as an ideal representation of success both on and off the polo field, an Nic Roldan goes stride for stride with Gonzalito Pieres international ambassador the sport can truly be proud of. 90 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE Polo Club Directory Go to www.sidelinesnews.com for active links to polo club websites as shown below.

CANADA PACIFIC COAST SANTA BARBARA To advertise your POLO CLUB 8, 12, 20 Goal Seasons Polo Club in the Polo CALGARY POLO CLUB CALIFORNIA POLO CLUB Club League Polo - Apr-Oct Cam Clark – President Los Angeles, CA. 91436 Call Ariana, GM (805) 684-6683 Club Directory call P.O. Box 17, Site 9, RR 2 Phone - (818) 558-7656 (POLO) www.sbpolo.com Okotoks, Alberta, T1S 1A2 [email protected] Joyce Jones May – Sept. www.californiapoloclub.com (954) 796-1809 0-20 Goal & Green Horse Polo WILL ROGERS POLO CLUB 7 full size fields. Outdoor arena. Felice Densa – General Manager or email Club Office – (403) 938-0182 OC POLO CLUB April - September 23401 Via Pajaro Email: [email protected] (310) 573-5000 [email protected] Coto de Caza, CA 92679 Website: wwwcalgarypoloclub.com www.willrogerspolo.org Phone: (714) 791-8369 [email protected] THE TORONTO POLO CLUB www.ocpolo.com 13561 Leslie Street Richmond Hill, ON, L4E 1A2 Karen White – Manager SAN DIEGO POLO CLUB Year-round, 5 fields, indoor and (858) 481-9217 Fax (858) 481-2247 outdoor polo arenas, Email: [email protected] www.sandiegopolo.com Polo School (905) 888-POLO [email protected] www.torontopoloclub.com

EDUCATION DIRECTORY Go to www.sidelinesnews.com for active links to education websites as shown below. FLORIDA MASSACHUSETTS MULTI STATE To advertise your School or AMERICAN HERITAGE STONELEIGH-BURNHAM EQUESTRIAN COLLEGE SCHOOL SCHOOL RECRUITER Equestrian Program College Preparatory with Mina Payne Williams Find a college..Learn the process.. in the Education Equestrian Program for Director of Riding Get Recruited! PK3 - Grade 12 Admissions Office (413) 774-2711 equestriancollegerecruiter.com Directory call 6200 Linton Blvd. Equestrian Center (413) 773-8333 Delray Beach, FL www.sbschool.org Joyce Jones (561) 495-7272 NORTH CAROLINA www.ahschool.com (954) 796-1809 ST. ANDREWS or email PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE [email protected] Phone (800) 763-0198 Email [email protected] Website www.sapc.edu

Needy Nags Sounds Impossible aka Possum is Ready to Play Possum is a 9 year old 16h Thoroughbred gelding. He is a very sweet guy who last raced on 10/2009 - so he is ready for some green pastures and a loving human who wants a pleasure/trail horse! Possum is the true picture of class. He raced 43 times and won $191,045, including a second place finish in a stakes race, but now he wants to retire officially and move on to a more laid back life!! Possum is a wonderful horse, his current owner has had him for almost three years and he is looking for that truly special home. He is a KY bred by Smoke Glacken out of a You And I mare. He is sound with no vices; but does have some degeneration in one ankle, but there are no fractures or chips, just some build up of cartilage. He is ready for a forever home. Possum is up to date on vaccinations and deworming, and has a current coggins. He is hanging out at Bowie Racetrack where he can be seen!! For additional information, please contact Kim Clark. There is no adoption fee as a condition for placement but a minimum donation of at least $150.00 will help her continue in her work placing these wonderful horses. For more information, go to www.LeightonFarm.com or call Kim at (301) 579-6898. If you get a horse through this site, please make a donation to Thoroughbred Placement and Rescue, Inc. a 501(c)(3) non-profit, by going to www.goodhorse.org. FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 91 FARMS / BARNS / TRAINERS DIRECTORY Go to www.sidelinesnews.com for active links to farms, barns and trainers websites as shown below. ALABAMA CINDY REDDISH QUARTER PINE RIDGE FARM NEW JERSEY HORSES/SAVANNAH PINES Hunters - Jumpers - Ponies Training - Showing – Sales FOX LAKE FARM EQUESTRIAN CENTER Naples, FL 34108 GARY ZOOK Sales - Lessons Allison Majerik Black John Paul Jimenez (239) 207-9408 Show Stables @ 6984 S.W. Busch St., Palm City, FL and Mark Tompkins www.pineridgefarmnaples.com Autumn View Farm Hunters/Jumpers/Equitation/Ponies Training Cindy - (772) 283-6189 One of NJ’s finest facilities Birmingham, AL (205) 991-0624 Boarding Lisa - (772) 260-5540 Hunter, Jumper, Equitation www.foxlakefarm.com SUNLIGHT EQUESTRIAN 55 Bartley Road LADY JEAN RANCH CENTER Long Valley, NJ 07853 Fifty Rideable Acres Stuart, Florida – Helen Varble (908) 500-2020 FLORIDA Covered Arena with Mirrors Hunter/Jumper/Dressage/Western [email protected] Boarding Annual & Seasonal Boarding/Training/Showing/ www.garyzook.com 10333 Randolph Siding Road Lessons/Sales ASHLAND FARMS (772)-781-5429 Ken & Emily Smith Jupiter, FL 33478 www.sunlightranch.com Training/Showing/Sales (561) 745-1300 Fax (561) 745-2526 SOUTH CAROLINA 14710 Palm Beach Point Blvd. www.ljrelite.com Wellington, FL 33414 SUNSHINE MEADOWS TONY SGARLATA Ken (561) 818-8495 M&M SHOW STABLES EQUESTRIAN VILLAGE Full service show stable Emily (561) 371-1510 Hunter - Jumper - Dressage Hunter/Jumper/Dressage & Pleasure Charleston, South Carolina www.ashlandfarmsfl.com Boarding - Training - Sales 6 rings w/ jumps, 2 Dressage rings, (315) 730-8132 Boynton Beach, FL 1 mirrored. Boarding & Training tonysgarlatasales.com BILL SCHAUB (561) 239-6377 - (561) 644-3383 170 acres in Delray Beach, FL Over The Hill Farm www.mm-showstables.com (561) 441-2596 Hunter/Jumper/Equitation/ www.sunshinemeadows441.com TENNESSEE Training and Sales NEM HUNTERS & JUMPERS B (407) 322-1912 C (407) 474-2348 Nan E. Martin, Trainer/Rider INDIANA HUNTERS COURT STABLE [email protected] Lessons-Showing-Sales-Boarding www.othfarm.com Training, Sales and Showing (561) 315-6334 www.nemhj.com “Teaching horses and riders to be BANNOCKBURN FARM, L.L.C. their best…” CARRIAGE HILL FARM World Class Jumper Bloodlines David Q. Wright – Cell (615) 973-2713 Hunters/Jumpers/Ponies/Equitation PENNINGTON FARMS, INC. Ann Pennington, USEF “R” Judge Hunter/Jumper/Dressage/ www.hunterscourt.com Delray Beach, FL Hunters/Jumpers/Ponies Eventing Prospects Jane Fennessy – (561) 451-7900 Fort Myers, FL 33966 www.bannockburnfarmllc.com Vinissa Blann – (561) 715-4435 (239) 275-3276 Cell (239) 850-2085 VIRGINIA Tricia Loftus – (954) 650-8945 www.penningtonfarms.com www.carriagehillfarms.com RUGBY CREEK Full Service Facility/Retirement/ To advertise in the Farms/Barns & Trainer Directory Rehab/Lay Up/Seasonal/Foals/ Broodmares/Sales/Leasing call Joyce Jones (954) 796-1809 Nationwide Transportation (276) 579-4215 or email [email protected] www.rugbycreek.com

Stormy the Pony Needy Nags Stormy is a grade pony who was rescued from New Holland Auction in Lancaster, Pennsylvania by WHHOA. We Help Horses of America regularly attends New Holland Kill Auction which is one of the largest Kill Buyer Horse Auctions on the East Coast. Stormy is 4 years old 14 hands and green broke. He is quite mature and has a level back and he is expected to stay under the magic 14.2 size. He is VERY laid back and easy going. Stormy is sure footed and built to be a performance pony. Excellent confirmation and a level head = a great prospect. Give him a chance and you will be amazed. He is available for transfer of ownership and can be adopted to any state in USA with references through application. More info on Stormy can be seen on our website www.WHHOAHorses. org or on our facebook page search for WHHOA Horses. Or E-mail [email protected]. They also have other nice show prospects both yearling horses and large ponies. 92 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE REAL ESTATE DIRECTORY Go to www.sidelinesnews.com for active links to realtor websites as shown below. FLORIDA MARY ELLEN SENCER JUSTICE REAL ESTATE NORTH CAROLINA Broker/Owner Saddle Trail Realty (859) 255-3657 Luxury & Equestrian Property www.kyhorsefarms.com BROWNING REALTY, INT’L. (561) 512-4340 - Wellington, FL CAROLINA HORSE FARMS Eike & Randy Browning www.saddletrailrealty.com Sheelah Clarkson (828) 694-1558 Call (561) 791-2151, 358-2266 OFFUTT REALTY, INC. www.sheelahclarkson.com Email: [email protected] Located 5 minutes from www.palmbeachpolo-properties.com MATT JOHNSON, REALTOR The Kentucky Horse Park Equestrian Specialist (859) 421-5222 VIRGINIA Illustrated Properties, Wellington www.offuttrealty.com CAROL O’BRIEN, P.A. (561) 795-3013 [email protected] Keller Williams Realty, Wellington www.mattsells.com ROBIN SHORT, REALTOR (561) 758-8593 NEW YORK Lisc. Broker in Northern Virginia [email protected] (703) 728-2172 www.carolobrien.com PALM BEACH POLO REALTY SALLY SLATER - NY & CT www.robinshort.com Phone: (561) 798-7110 Prud. Douglas Elliman RE Email: [email protected] Bedford thru N. Salem & Vic. DIANA TASHMAN, L.L.C. www.palmbeachpolo.com The Tashman Group Equestrian Properties To advertise your Firm Keller Williams Realty (914) 584 0137 in the Real Estate of the Palm Beaches ROBERT ROSS [email protected] (561) 346-7955 Equestrian Real Estate Directory call [email protected] Keller Williams Realty-Wellington TERI POWERS, CRS, GRI Melissa Burns Phone: (561) 758-6185 Keller Williams Realty Email: [email protected] Equestrian Property Specialist (561) 951-4225 or THE ELEBASH COMPANY Serving Orange County, NY Pamela Surtees (845) 258-8312 [email protected] email Serving Wellington and SCOTT BRITAN www.farmsrus.net Palm Beach for 25 years Illustrated Properties melissab@ Wellington, FL (561) 371-7176 Member of the Florida Bar [email protected] sidelinesnews.com Phone: (561) 801-2633 [email protected] EQUESTRIAN PROPERTIES Karen Connelly Let the experts handle your KENTUCKY real estate needs. (561) 227-1535 equestrianpropertiesinc.com BIEDERMAN REAL ESTATE KY Equestrian Properties (859) 277-2030 HOLLY ANN CHANEY www.biedermanbrokerage.com TACK & FEED SHOP Boca Executive Realty, L.L.C. (561) 719-0828 CENTRAL KENTUCKY’S [email protected] DIRECTORY MOST RESPECTED FARM Go to www.sidelinesnews.com for active links to tack LAURA O’CONNOR BROKER & feed shop websites as shown below. Equestrian Specialist Kirkpatrick & Company Keyes Realty - Wellington (859) 231-8444 CANADA JC WESTERN SUPPLY (561) 252-4992 www.kirkfarms.com English & Western Riding [email protected] Boots & Apparel CHRIS & LINDA WILLSON RUNNING FOX EQUESTRIAN Jupiter, FL (561) 748-8801 Bringing YOU!! PRODUCTS, INC. WPB, FL (561) 684-7331 MARTHA W. JOLICOEUR, P.A. 19815 Airport Road jcwesternwear.com Illustrated Properties, Wellington, FL The Best of the Bluegrass RE/MAX Creative Realty Caledon, Ontario, L7K A01 Phone: (561) 797-8040 (859) 338-7925 Luc Childeric Saddles - Hunter/Jumper Email: [email protected] & Dressage, Dy’on bridlework - finest THE TACKERIA homesandhorsefarmsky.com 13501 South Shore Blvd., www.marthasproperties.com Sedgewick leather, Wildkart stirrup irons Suite 107 Toll Free: 1 (888) 387-8225 Wellington, FL 33414 www.runningfox.com (561) 793-2012 (800) 882-7656 [email protected] FLORIDA www.tackeria.com

C. M. HADFIELD’S SILVER SPUR SADDLERY Specializing in English Bridlework EQUESTRIAN, INC. New & Used Equestrian Supplies, and Clothing - Mon - Fri 9 - 5 Tack, Clothing, Bits, & Repair. 300 Business Park Way, Suite B-100 “Your One Stop Discount Shop” Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411 160 Business Park Way, Suite 2 (800) 854-RIDE (561) 793-2947 Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411 [email protected] Cris - (561) 798-6651 www.hadfieldssaddlery.com

To advertise your Store in the Tack & Feed Directory call Joyce Jones (954) 796-1809 or email [email protected] FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 93 EQUESTRIAN SERVICES Go to www.sidelinesnews.com for active links to equestrian services websites as shown below. ALTERNATIVE FLY & MOSQUITO HYPNOSIS/NLP PSYCHOTHERAPY HEALTH CONTROL LIFE COACH EQUESTRIAN COUNSELING NAN E. MARTIN, LSH DIPTERA SERVICES LAURA BOYNTON KING, Counseling for “Horse People” by a Solutions for Animals & Humans Botanical Insecticide C.H.T., N.L.P, Performance Coach Licensed psychotherapist and “Horse Intuitive - Raindrop Technique Barn & Backyard Bliss Certified Sports Hypnotherapist Person.” Helping horse people Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils Fly & Mosquito Control Systems (561) 841-7603 www.lauraking.net Overcome Anxiety, Depression, Equine Sales & Training (561) 329-8227 (561) 798-6801 Relational Conflict, Addictions, (561) 315-6334 Substance Abuse, Adjustment Disorders, www.experience-essential-oils.com INTERIOR DESIGN Transitional Issues and more. HOOF CARE/ (561) 791-8939 ARENA FOOTING FARRIER SUPPLIES LORRIE BROWNE INTERIORS www.sagrising.com/ecs Serving Equestrian & Seasonal Clients in Wellington, FL for the last 15 Years. GGT-FOOTING(tm) VISBY PRODUCTS SADDLE FITTING “THE ART OF GREAT FOOTING” Office – (561) 791-8585 No Hoof, No Horse www.lb-interiors.com (864) 804-0011 Distributor of Hoof Power SERVICE www.ggt-footing.com Rasps, Tools, and all your hoof care needs JUMPS SCHLEESE SADDLERY Wellington, FL (561) 965-9602 BREEDING SERVICE SERVICES JUMPS WEST The Premier Female Saddle Specialist! HORSE Largest Selection in N. America Adjustable saddles custom fit to you (866) 389-0018 and your horse in motion. AMETHYST ACRES TRANSPORTATION [email protected] Ride Pain Free. www.jumpswest.com For You. For Your Horse. EQUINE CENTER 1-800-225-2242 Stallion Collection, Cooling & Freezing BROOK LEDGE www.schleese.com Artificial Insemination, Assisted Foaling HORSE TRANSPORT OLD DOMINION www.saddlesforwomen.com (540) 254-1017 Trips 3-4x up and down East www.amethystacres.com HORSE JUMPS Coast weekly, 3-4x weekly to Experience, Quality, Handcrafted KY and back, Trips to CA, 48 states (540) 987-8412 & all CND Provinces. Insured, www.olddominionjumps.com CUSTOM BARN Licensed, DOT. Custom built vans, DOORS AND GRILLS air ride, video monitoring. 2 drivers Ea trip. Specializing in horse shows, To Advertise your Service in the Equestrian Barn moves, airport, racetrack, BARNWARE® Privates, Entire vans or LTL. Services Directory call Joyce Jones Custom Entrance/Stall Doors & Grills (800) 523-8143 (910) 944-8110 www.brookledge.com (954) 796-1809 or email [email protected] www.barnware.com

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WELLINGTON 1ST CLASS CENTER AISLE BARN – For rent by owner. 10-12x12 stalls, with matted floors and walls. Auto waterers, tack room, grooms quarters. Laundry room. RETIRE YOUR HORSE IN WELLINGTON! Riding arena w jumps—hot/cold wash racks. – 80 Acre Facility, Full /Basic Board, 5-20acre Hurricane Shutters, back-up generators. 6 Pastures, Shelter, Youngstock, Broodmares & grass paddocks. 2 short blocks to show Retired horses welcome! Starting at $300 www. grounds. SEASONAL, OFF SEASON OR FreeSpiritFriesians.com 561-762-9020 ANNUALLY 561-685-8302 EXTREME SPORT SAFETY EYEWARE – AIKEN, SC - Large grassy pastures with Carriagehouse House Polo. trees for shade. $200/mo first horse and $150 Carriagehousepolo.com BARN FOR LEASE additional. Will check on horses daily and refill 1-877-384-0711 (toll free) water trough. 803 257-7407 JN27 7 STALL BARN LEXINGTON KY - 10 minutes to Horse Park. 7 stall barn on 14 acres located on Paris Pike. Ring with jumps, 5 paddocks, W/D. 700 sq. ft cottage available. Call Kathleen Spears for details. 859-265-2626 MA1 NEXT ISSUE 6/11 DEADLINE 5/20 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES JUNE 2011 95 SIDELINES’ CLASSIFIEDS

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L’IL DECO - TOBIANO SPORT PONY - 2nd Generation Art Deco - Pinto, Oldenburg/ Shetland cross, 14.1hh Gelding currently J R JEWELS - EMERALDS – Specializing in training and showing in multiple disciplines - High Quality “One of a Kind” Custom Equestrian Dressage, Eventing, Hunter/Jumper and Fox Jewelry and Sculptures. Columbian Emeralds - Hunting. He sails over 2’9” hunter course jumps Diamonds and Precious Stones. Repairs 3755 with great endurance and accuracy. Foaled Military Trail 5A. Jupiter FL. 33458 Call toll February, 2004. Flashy, kind pony with beautiful free 1-800-840-6828 “Your imagination is our markings: a Medicine Hat, natural eye tattoo creation, so dream on.” AP03 and white eyelashes! Price $5,000. Call (828) 808-1040 or email: [email protected] JA15

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children. She’s versatile; riding, driving ( 5 BEAUTIFUL ACRES - in Suwannee English Tram and French harness, outstanding County, FL near Live Oak with quick access condition, accompanies her). She has been to Gainesville. Rolling land with beautiful used to teach disabled children to ride for the hardwoods. Secluded and perfect for your last 2 years. $7500.00 Cell; 561-351-8001 or dream home and horses. High and dry. New 561-784-8060 Survey included. $55,000. Owner financing if qualified. Email: [email protected] or call DAVIDHOPPERINC – Amenia, New York (803) 466-7399 or (803) 685-5902. M216 12501. Outstanding selection of sport horses- from unbroken to competition ready. Hunters, AIKEN, SC - HATCHAWAY BRIDGE FARMS. Jumpers, Dressage, Equitation. All prices, Per acre prices just lowered on some lots. BEAUTIFUL REGISTERED CAIRN TERRIER ranges. David Hopper. Cell: 914-474-7175. From $19/ac……OWNER FINANCING PUPPIES for sale located in Aiken, SC. Barn: 845-373-8897. www.davidhopperinc.com AVAILABLE…Beautiful high end equestrian Please email for more information and pictures FE5 development with four large gorgeous properties [email protected] JA16 already built. Fabulous riding facilities in friendly community. All horse people. Trails, jump fields and dressage ring 803-257-7407 N40 HORSES WANTED REAL ESTATE EQUESTRIAN COLLEGE RECRUITER SADDLE TRAIL LAND- EXTREMELY LLC - is looking for some nice school horses MOVIATED SELLER - 7 min. hack to WEF. Call AMAZING SELECTION OF WELLINGTON that are serviceably sound. These horses can Now! Mary Ellen Sencer 561-512-4340 Saddle PROPERTIES – FOR SALE- BARNS, compete on the flat through jumping 3’6”. Many Trail Realty. LLC [email protected] HOUSES & CONDOS Saddle Trail Realty, colleges are looking for mounts to replace some $499K FE7 LLC Mary Ellen Sencer 561-512-4340 of their school horses that are retiring. I have [email protected] AP10 placed about 8 horses in the last few months. You get the satisfaction of finding your horse a PONIES FOR SALE EQUINE PROPERTY - 5 bedroom 5 full baths new home where he will be well cared for and 2 1/2 bath home on 50 acres built aprox 1998 5 loved and you may qualify for a tax write off. SUPER FUN PONY FOR SALE! Welsh Cob stall barn with work shop/ tack room additional This is a free service and colleges are anxiously cross, 15, 14 H, chestnut with star, strip, snip out buildings 2 bedroom caretaker apt above waiting on some new arrivals. Please visit www. and flaxen mane/tail. Has done hunters, the barn. Pool, 2 acre stocked fish pond, hot EquestrianCollegeRecruiter.com and click on jumpers, police horse training, parades, trails tub exercise room 3 stories with all the stuff you the donation link. JN28I and Pony Club. Travels great. Will work for short want to live the life. Dexter Michigan approx. stirrup, older children or small adult. Approved 15 minutes from University of Michigan in Ann home only. (IN) 260-468-2392 or kim@ Arbor. 1.2 mil firm price reduced from 1.8 Call looncreekenterprises.com , $2,800. JA10 810 923 6199 or inquire [email protected] Missed the FE9 deadline? You can advertise on the website List your ad on the Barn Book Email: [email protected] website www.thebarnbook.com - Free classifieds Continued on next page 96 SIDELINES JUNE 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES’ CLASSIFIEDS

CUSTOM HOME IN PRISTINE EAST AIKEN Fine Properties LLC 204 East Washington St. SETTING – 182.1 acres w/ approx. 100 acres Middleburg, Va. 20117 703-966-9480 MA07 of Coastal Bermuda pasture. Gated entrance, three wells. 40x52 shop w/concrete floor& FINE HOMES AND HORSE PROPERTIES electricity. Luxury 2787 SF gourmet kitchen - available at Aiken, South Carolina’s w/granite counters & lighted custom cabinetry, oldest sporting community. Call or email hardwood floors, archways, Palladian windows, Courtney Conger, Carolina Company Real custom ceiling features. MB with marble Estate Company, (800) 880-0108. E-mail floors. Your ideal horse farm in this one ofa [email protected] Web kind tranquil setting. $1,200,000.00 Meybohm Page: www.carolinahorseproperties.com JL04 Realtors: David Stinson 803-640-0123 or George Fansmith 803-617-8038 AP05

SHERBORN, MA – Equestrian property 6.64 RENTALS acres, 8/9 stall barn, outdoor arena. 8 room, 4 AIKEN, SC - 2/1 lovely barn apartment with bedroom Colonial. Equine Homes 800-859- stalls and turnout also available. Seasonal and 2745, ext 727 MY8 weekly or weekend prices…call 803 649-6989 NV21 5 STAR HORSE FARM STATE OF THE ART BARN – WELLINGTON, NEAR THE SHOW FOR RENT: GROUNDS. 2.13 acres is Totally PCV Fenced. FOOL’S COTTAGE: Quaint downtown cottage, 14 stalls, 12 foot center isle barn, tack & feed 2 bedroom, 1 bath, open floor plan all renovated STREAMLINER DELUXE 8 HORSE – 54K mi. room, grooms quarters w separate large washer with hardwood floors and granite counter tops. kept in barn, absolutely beautiful. ONLY $49K, and dryer room w/ full cabinets and wash racks. Big picket fenced yard on quiet downtown street. Possible financing, for more pictures and info. All stalls have fans and rubber matted floors and $1,500/mo Furnished and utilities included 803 [email protected] 954-816-5993 walls w/automatic waters. 7 Paddocks, 4 run out 649-6989 [email protected] stalls, riding arena, 60 ft Round Pen BEAUTIFUL Reduced to $1,200/mo long term without utilities FARMINGTON GREEN HORSE MUST SEE HOME - Vaulted 18’ ceilings, crown MA09 TRANSPORTATION - (561) 791-9686; Cell No. moldings, marble throughout, cherry wood (954) 448-1044 D. O. T. Authorized and Fully private office, 4 bedrooms/office, 4 full baths, Insured Air Ride Equipped, Local and Long granite kitchen with large island, plus separate TRAINERS Distance. O854 eating area, family room, living room, formal dining room. Large Master Bedroom w/built in SUZANNE LA PORTE – DRESSAGE; Training closets & Large Master Bath w/ Jacuzzi. Built and Boarding, Year round in Loxahatchee, FL. VANS & TRAILERS ins throughout the house with indirect lighting 561-909-8163 or 561-644-7543 JA08 in most rooms and spot lighting in all rooms. 40KW back up generator, oversized heater for TEAMWORKDRESSAGEINC. = CARING pool and hot tub. Originally $3.45 mill NOW PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE $2.99 mill! Call for Appointment 561-632-1399 Customized Training Programs for All Levels. Tim McK.Rlty Some Owner Financing Available Board and Training multiple options. Trailer- MA08. in-Lessons Welcome. FEI Schoolmasters Available. Select Quality Dressage Horse 2008 4 HORSE TURNBOW TRAILER FOR CALL SUZY HASLUP – A leading agent for all Sales. Clinics. High Performance Libby & Jules SALE - 2 ramps, SL, reverse load, 10ft your equestrian needs. Specializing in AIKEN, Anderson. Jupiter, FL. Cell: 202-213-3191 LQ 7’6 tall 8’ wide aluminum/steel. www. S.C. Short term rentals, purchases and sales. E-mail: [email protected] FreeSpiritFriesians.com 561-762-9020 Visit www.aikenhorserealty.com or call 803-215- www.teamworkdressage.com NV24 0153 AP06

87-ACRE HORSE FARM NEAR OCALA FL. – 5156 sq. ft. main residence w pool. 3 barns, TRANSPORTATION Euro ciser, breeding shed, storage shed and track. 2 manufactured homes + grooms apt. Stephynie Pegram, Coldwell Banker, Camelot Realty 407-922-6053 GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY AP07

JUDY ROSSI, KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY WELLINGTON - Equestrian, residential, rentals, investment properties. Cell: 1-561-985- FRANK DIBELLA DELUXE HORSE VANS – 4466 Email: [email protected] 1998 DODGE RAM DIESEL 2500 - and 1987 New / used horse vans and trailers 2-15 horse. website: www.judyrossi.com MA06 Trailet 2 H/slant, with large dressing room, 4 Star, Hawk & Kingston Dealer. (PA) 610-495- awning, hay rack on roof…ramp. Both old but 2270 www.frankdibella.com www.horsefarmsandcountryhomes.com very well cared for and dependable…Truck CINDY POLK & DAVID O’FLAHERTY. has only 170K, great mileage for diesel…new REALTORS - Specializing in horse farms and Michelins all around on both. Perfect affordable country homes. *Land * Huntboxes * Hobby starter rig, $12,000 OBO Samantha Charles Farms * Polo Clubs * Fine Estates * Professional [email protected] 803 257-7407 Equestrian Facilities* Armfield, Miller & Ripley