Friday News & Notes from SmartPak
Well, it’s the last day of November, and I stepped up my game this year and got a tree yesterday, then got home and decorated it, while watching Elf. So, my holiday spirit is very
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Well, it’s the last day of November, and I stepped up my game this year and got a tree yesterday, then got home and decorated it, while watching Elf. So, my holiday spirit is very
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How can we unlock the full potential of our event horses? Sports Medicine Associates of Chester County (SMACC) and Goodall Equine hosted an education evening to tackle that topic on Tuesday at the Mendenhall Inn in Chadds
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Here in the States we have giant carved fish and ducks we like to make our horses jump over at our big-time event. Down in Australia at Wallaby Hill they have, well, a wallaby. And his
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The Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event announced two items of interest this morning. The first: Kentucky has officially been granted five-star status by the FEI
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While it’s no longer the final event of the year, Pine Top’s Thanksgiving HT is always the happiest season wrap up for me. This is one of my favorite events of the year. We always
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The Horse Park of NJ recently hosted a Turkey Trot (for horse and rider), and ran a photo contest as part of the event. Michaela Schock won the “Individual Category” with this photo. The judges
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Being home for Thanksgiving meant I got to spend some time with my old retired guy (fourth from the left) who lives a happy, fat life at my parent’s farm. He got to hangout with
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While entry fees may not be on sale, pretty much everything else from every equestrian business ever is this weekend. This whole weekend after Thanksgiving has become quite an event in terms of shopping and I’ve
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Now that we’ve all gained five pounds in the past twenty-four hours, it’s time to spend all your money on Black Friday! Luckily (or unluckily depending on how you look at it), Black Friday has
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! It’s my favorite holiday, honestly, and I have a few main reasons. One: I think the idea of gratitude is something that we should practice more often. Two: There isn’t the same
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Area II, the largest and busiest area in the United States Eventing Association, will welcome Irish Olympian Joseph Murphy to speak and teach for attendees at their annual meeting on Saturday, Dec. 1. This year the
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Thanksgiving Day is just over one week away, and as the year winds down and the season comes to a close, it’s a time for event riders to reflect on 2018. In that spirit, EN wants to
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Congratulations are in order for Tsetserleg, who won The American Trakehner Association’s Special Director’s Award this week. This is a $10,000 prize awarded to the owner, Christine Turner, for Thomas representing at the 2018 World
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It would take you 37 hours to drive non-stop from one of this weekend’s U.S. horse trials to the other, which were separated by over 2,500 miles. The eventing spirit was alive on both coasts,
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View this post on Instagram Happy holidays from OJC! #thiswasallmymomsidea #igaveintopeerpressure #facebookstrikesagain #pass #uglychristmassweater A post shared by Lainey Ashker (@laineyea) on Nov 18, 2018 at 7:22am PST Is it ever too early to get
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Katherine Coleman clinched the first three-star win of her career today aboard Monte Classico in his own debut at the CCI3* level here at the Ocala Jockey Club International Three-Day Event, leaving all the poles in the cups
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Liz Halliday-Sharp and Fernhill By Night led after the first two phases in the CIC3* at the Ocala Jockey Club International Three-Day Event last year before a runout on cross country stymied their chance at taking
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All pairs that presented in the CCI3*, CCI2* and CCI* at the final horse inspection were accepted this morning at the Ocala Jockey Club International Three-Day Event here in Reddick, Florida. Laura VanderVliet’s CCI* mount Lady
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CIC3* Clubhouse Water: Action is underway the Ocala Jockey Club International Three-Day Event in Reddick, Florida. EN is on the grounds to bring you wall-to-wall coverage, and we also have the scoop on the live stream. All
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Hazel Shannon and Willingapark Clifford made history Sunday at the Australian International Three-Day Event when they became the first pair to pick up a second CCI4* win at Adelaide (2016 & 2018). Girl power has bee the theme
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Katherine Coleman could have run Monte Classico in his first CCI3* at Boekelo in The Netherlands last month, but she chose to postpone his debut at the level until the Ocala Jockey Club International Three-Day Event so she
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Week by week, the number of horse trials dwindle as fall creeps towards winter. It’s pretty hard to deny Winter is Coming and that 2018 really is waning now that much of the East Coast (and
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Kristen Bond and Liz Bond’s Enough Already delivered the best dressage score of the horse’s entire international career today at the Ocala Jockey Club International Three-Day Event to lead the CCI3* on 27.8. “Drake,” a
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