There aren’t many horses, much less thoroughbreds, who perform at both the highest levels of Eventing as well as Dressage, but Whitney Grabe has one. I saw this photo posted by Whitney this week, and
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lauren Davis (@laurenedavis107) Bird is the Word is worth his weight in gold. Not because of his first career as a racehorse or because of his
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At this stage in my life, I’m fairly convinced that December factually passes in a time warp, because not only am I always unprepared for December 1st, but before I can hardly blink, January 1st
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It’s officially the first day of the last month of 2023! When I say time is an illusion, it applies to the fact that I usually don’t know which day of the week it is,
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For us as riders, we prepare for events ahead of time: making sure our horse is fit, sending in our entry, and fine-tuning our dressage test. For all the people who make our competitions go
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by @heelsdownspark How are we all doing today, campers? Feeling full to the point of swearing off food forever? Ready to change your phone number and not
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jonelle Price (@jonelle_price) Cosby Green is looking for a partner in crime! Fresh off her first five-star-finish at Pau, young American talent Cosby
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Aiken charities, get ready: the Stable View Foundation is accepting applications for their 2024 charities from November 15th through December 15th. The Stable View Foundation was established in March 2023 with a goal of streamlining
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I have almost exclusively weirdos with big personalities, but I have a new horse in the barn, and I have a feeling he will bloom into a big annoying personality just like the others, but
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Listen, I don’t know what kind of superwoman powers Liz Halliday is wielding these days, but to go directly from the Pan American Games in Chile all the way to meet her horses on the
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Listen, I may have a weird karmic fate for plain brown geldings, but Pippa Funnell seems to be opposed to brown geldings with right socks. And they must be tall and have one LEFT sock,
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Everybody is excited to be in Maryland this weekend, either as a competitor or a spectator, but is it more exciting than picking up a new project from the track? Eh, in my world…the latter
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The weather in Virginia has ben absolutely out of this wold nice. High forties at night, low seventies during the day, perfect lighting that makes everything look magical, and I’m honestly living my best life on
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My passion for puzzling out young horses will always offer me a certain level of job security, because they all start out that way, and not everybody wants to deal with their formative years. A
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Veronica Green-Gott contributed to this report. We knew Phillip Dutton and Z had been plenty competitive at Stable View in the past. We also knew Z (Asca Z – Bella Bouche B by Babouche vh
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The entire team at Stable View has spent the last decade pouring their hearts and souls into the always adapting and improving facility here in Aiken, South Carolina, and this weekend is a celebration of
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US Eventing team stalwart Phillip Dutton leads the Stable View CCI4*-S in both experience and placings as he and his World Equestrian and Olympic Games partner Z landed themselves in the overnight lead position after the
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I forget how much base level fitness my horses have because of where they live. My turnout fields are large and mostly on the side of the hill, and my neighbor is an avid fox-hunter
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We’re fully into the fall season now as we look ahead to the remaining major FEI events on the calendar for 2023. A few big events are yet to come, not the least including Morven
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Let’s talk Oktoberfest. No, not the German festival with beer and lederhosen. It’s the 10-year anniversary of Stable View’s Oktoberfest, where the equestrian community flocks to Aiken from far and wide to compete from September
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As far as I’m concerned, September and October are our best months in Virginia, because it FINALLY cools off at night, but it’s not yet cold during the day. To me, there is nothing better
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I was really excited to read that Dr. Temple Grandin will be the keynote speaker at this year’s USEA Convention (see the link below), as I’ve been a massive fan of hers for many many
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8 months ago, Jane Jennings was desperately researching why SF Vancouver II had started demonstrating symptoms similar to head shaking. The beautiful bay warmblood, nicknamed “Teddy,” was only eight years old. Despite the odds, on
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