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  • Woodge Fulton & Ringfort Tinkatoo at NAJYRC 2012
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    Emily Hogye: Vaulting 2012 by Sideout Videos
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    WEF 2011 Six Bar @ Nespresso Battle of the Sexes

    Catherine Pasmore winning the Six Bar at WEF- Battle of the sexes 2011

Blog

Newbury Charity Race Day- Goodwood

Newbury Charity Race Day- Goodwood

Hi, As I mentioned in my last post, Bluey and I were asked to take part in a discipline parade at Newbury Racecourse’s Goodwood Charity Day. The idea, dreamt up by third year students at the Royal Agricultural College, was to demonstrate the different uses that horses, in particular ex-racehorses, can be put to.

February Update

February Update

Hi, Sorry that its been a while since I last posted, I’ve been rather busy with academic work and getting Bluey ready for the first ride of the season.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

The Christmas holidays have come and gone, and I am back at Ciren for the final term of my second year. Eleven weeks of assignments and exams to get through and it will be time for our course study tour to Kentucky, followed by a 5-month work placement, which I am undertaking at Ffos Las [...]

Bluey’s Second Year

Bluey’s Second Year

Time goes so fast, we are now a month into term, meaning that there are only six weeks left until the Christmas holidays!

Good morning equestrians!!

Good morning equestrians!!

Good morning! Yes, it’s morning, and it’s good! …But what about those snap crackle pop aches you have from riding/ vaulting/ training yesterday? All day? Ugh, just bring me the coffee!! Many of us hard working equestrian athletes know what it feels like to peel ourselves out of bed in the morning and be a [...]

Variety: the spice of (equine) life

Variety: the spice of (equine) life

With the endurance season coming to an end, most riders will either be planning their equestrian winter, or turning their horse away for the cold, dark months ahead. For horses that have been competing over long distances since the spring with intense training schedules and competitive rides reaching 160km having a month or two off [...]

Interviews

Rider of the Week: Lindsay Cayer

Rider of the Week: Lindsay Cayer

Welcome back Junior Equestrians! We are re-introducing a series of Horse/Pony/Rider of the Week here on JEM, and our first story comes from a young rider by the name of Lindsay Carter from North East Pennsylvania. Read her sweet story below! ‘Hello my name is Lindsay Carter. I am nine years old and just moved [...]

Deep South Success: An Interview with Cameron Dauterive

Deep South Success: An Interview with Cameron Dauterive

This past summer, Cameron Dauterive and her athletic Oldenburg gelding Don Giovanni took a journey across the country…

Lillie Keenan Rises to the Top of the Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final

Lillie Keenan Rises to the Top of the Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final

SAUGERTIES, NY (September 8, 2012) – Today Lillie Keenan proved, as she often does, that age isn’t always indicative of skill or experience. 

Historic ASPCA Maclay National Championship Returns to Alltech National Horse Show

Historic ASPCA Maclay National Championship Returns to Alltech National Horse Show

Lexington, Ky. – August 25, 2012 – The second edition of the Alltech National Horse Show in Lexington, KY, is set for October 30 through November 4, 2012. The show will once again be held at the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park.

U.S. is Golden with Young Riders & Juniors in SmartPak Reining Championships

U.S. is Golden with Young Riders & Juniors in SmartPak Reining Championships

  Lexington, KY - The Reining Team Championship competition was tightly contested today at the Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships

USEF National Young Riders Dressage Championship

USEF National Young Riders Dressage Championship

Roenick, Uhlir, and Davis Ride Off With National Youth Championships. 

Disciplines

Horse & Rider of the Month: Laura Clarke & Wilson

Horse & Rider of the Month: Laura Clarke & Wilson

Welcome to another installation of Junior Equestrian’s Horse/Pony/Rider of the Month. Our submission for March 2013 comes from Laura Clarke, who sent in some background info and photos of her and her ride Wilson! ‘I think Wilson-originally known as Disco John when he was a racehorse- and I should be rider/horse of the week because [...]

JEM Staffer Seeks Support

JEM Staffer Seeks Support

Hey Junior Equestrians! If some of you don’t know, I’m Parrish Frisbee, and I’ve been a member and avid contributor of Junior Equestrian Magazine since February 2012.

Tune-In! WIHS President’s Cup Grand Prix!

Tune-In! WIHS President’s Cup Grand Prix!

WHAT: The $100,000 President’s Cup Grand Prix, presented by Events DC, is a FEI World Cup Qualifier event.

Deep South Success: An Interview with Cameron Dauterive

Deep South Success: An Interview with Cameron Dauterive

This past summer, Cameron Dauterive and her athletic Oldenburg gelding Don Giovanni took a journey across the country…

Up-and-Coming Talent Ready for Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East

Up-and-Coming Talent Ready for Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East

Gladstone, NJ – The top young talent will be showcased at the 2012 Platinum Performance/ USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East…

Reed Racks in More Accolades

Reed Racks in More Accolades

Parlanti Leading Rider at American Gold Cup

Academics

A Leg Up for Students with Learning Challenges

A Leg Up for Students with Learning Challenges

My colleagues and I are often contacted by the parents of students with learning challenges who want to know what colleges and universities can offer their son or daughter the best learning support services over the course of their four years – as well as offering a great equestrian experience. As diagnostic techniques for students [...]

Is Online Education Right for You?

Is Online Education Right for You?

For high school students who are very serious about their competitive riding careers, the idea of earning a college degree online while simultaneously freeing up time to ride and compete can certainly seem like the ideal path to take after graduation.  In particular, for students who hope to become professional horsemen and women (and whose [...]

Riding Well, Doing Good:  Hofstra IHSA Raises $6,000 Against Leukemia

Riding Well, Doing Good: Hofstra IHSA Raises $6,000 Against Leukemia

Fairfield, CT—September 15, 2012— According to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS), leukemia is responsible for more deaths in children and young adults under age of 20 than any other cancer.  Every four minutes – roughly the time needed to ride an over fences course – someone is diagnosed with blood cancer.  Every 10 minutes, someone dies.  Enter Hofstra [...]

If the Boot Fits…

If the Boot Fits…

It turns out I’m going to have to go shopping for a new pair of everyday riding boots this winter.  My beloved (but 13 year old) Dehners have been repaired no less than four times over the course of their lifetime but have reached a point where they’re about to give up the ghost on [...]

Mid-Atlantic Equitation Festival Gallops Into Showplace Arena

Mid-Atlantic Equitation Festival Gallops Into Showplace Arena

SCHOLARSHIPS, PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS AND HOLIDAY EQUESTRIAN SHOPPING FAIR

Summer Tips for College-Bound Equestrians

Summer Tips for College-Bound Equestrians

No high school student ever wants to hear the word “homework” uttered during the summer months, but what I have found with my students is that, if the homework is horse-related, they tend not to frown upon it so much.  In fact, let’s take the word “homework” out of the equation and call this what [...]

Other Recent Posts

Denny Emerson shares eventing and endurance rider experience

Denny Emerson shares eventing and endurance rider experience

| October 17, 2012 | 0 Comments

Denny Emerson is the only rider to have ever won both the gold medal in eventing and the Tevis Cup buckle in endurance.

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Season 2012: Taking the good with the bad…

Season 2012: Taking the good with the bad…

| September 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

2012 has been a washout for many endurance riders. Rides have been lost to the weather, and many others- Margam, Ludlow, Cirencester and Tintern to name a few- were either cancelled or never arranged for a variety of reasons. Red Dragon would be the next ride on my calendar, but due to a lack of [...]

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Summer Eventing Wrap Up

Summer Eventing Wrap Up

| September 13, 2012 | 0 Comments

Well summer is officially coming to an end, but what a great season it was!

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Wentz Powers to Fourth Place in Individual Test at 2012 Paralympic Games

Wentz Powers to Fourth Place in Individual Test at 2012 Paralympic Games

| September 2, 2012 | 0 Comments

Greenwich, UK- The United States sent three riders into the Main Arena Saturday…

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Vaulting TV! Check it out! Watch videos from the World Vaulting Championships, CHIO Aachen, and more – see the best in the world!

Vaulting TV! Check it out! Watch videos from the World Vaulting Championships, CHIO Aachen, and more – see the best in the world!

| August 24, 2012 | 0 Comments

We were so lucky to have journalists and filmers following the WC last weekend – A huge thank you to everyone at Vaulting TV. Now, you gotta check them out!! Search them on facebook, or YouTube, and check out all of the outstanding media, videos (hence TV!), etc… from them!

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Man and his horse – an amazing combination of athletes.

Man and his horse – an amazing combination of athletes.

| August 24, 2012 | 0 Comments

Just as I was scrolling through photos from the World Championships form this past week, I came upon this photo, which is one of a few of Jacques Ferrari (FRA) and his horse in the warm up arena. All are truly inspiring to me, and bring joy to my heart And it made me think… [...]

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Shawn Casady Leads Junior Ranks

Shawn Casady Leads Junior Ranks

| August 22, 2012 | 0 Comments

Overwhelming lead heading into the 2012 Hallway Feed National Hunter Derby Series Final Derby.

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Dressage at Devon Offers Opportunities For Young Equestrians

Dressage at Devon Offers Opportunities For Young Equestrians

| August 22, 2012 | 0 Comments

Devon, PA (August 2, 2012) On Sunday, September 30, after the excitement of Dressage at Devon’s Saturday night FEI Grand Prix Freestyle, where Olympic caliber equestrians ride their horses through highly choreographed movements to music,…

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