Photo by Kristy Garber.
Big congratulations to our World Equestrian Brands Holiday Horse Costume Contest winner, Kristy Garber! Kristy will take home a stocking stuffed with $275 worth of World Equestrian Brands goodies, including their incredible leather cleaning supplies, some rubber reins, a super soft horse brush, and some muscle cream for after rides.
The model: Blaze, an 11-year-old Haflinger mare owned by Kristy’s daughter Lindsey. When Lindsey heard about the photo contest, she knew she wanted to dress Blaze up but couldn’t decide between a snowman and the grinch, so Kristy suggested a Christmas tree. The rest was history. “Blaze is nothing but mare and was happy to pose for the picture — she stood still for every second of her dressing and perked her ears for the picture!” Kristy says. “Blaze adores treats and really just anything she can eat.”
National Day Calendar: National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day
News From Around the Globe:
Sadly this week a wonderful young rider was involved in a life threatening accident. Kailey Giancola was discovered Monday afternoon after a suspected fall while hacking her horse, unconscious but breathing. She was transported to the hospital and has suffered multiple severe injuries to her brain and is in a coma. They are currently working on getting her transferred to a Level I trauma. Multiple people have reached out wanting to help – please continue your thoughts and prayers. This fund as been started to help towards Kailey’s medical bills. [Ride For Kailey]
What could be a more perfect horrible/good combination than horsey Christmas movies? A combination of two generally low quality movie genres that are nonetheless always enjoyable, mostly because your expectations were never that high. Wow, I really sold this one! Anyway, here are some great horsey Christmas themed movies to watch while you’re lazing around on the holiday. [Horses & Christmas]
The patchwork quilt of racing jurisdictions across the United States may soon be under uniform anti-doping regulations, after support for a House bill garnered a crucial majority of co-sponsors. The Horseracing Integrity Act of 2019 would create a national anti-doping authority that would be independent of existing racing regulators. The legislation now exceeds 218 co-sponsors, which is a majority of the 435 voting members of the House. [Anti-Doping Regulation for US Horse Racing]
Featured Video: Happy 60th anniversary, USEA!
Celebrating 60 Years of U.S. Eventing
This year, the USEA celebrated its 60th anniversary. Relive 60 years of eventing history in the United States!
Posted by United States Eventing Association, Inc. (USEA) on Thursday, December 19, 2019
