The White Turf races of St. Moritz – glitz, glamour and guts on the ice of a frozen lake in February under the Swiss Alps.
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This house is all about horse-power, but different kinds. My husband was part of the team that built the first amateur-built rocket to reach outer space. The CSXT rocket made its historic flight on May 17, 2004. Part of the avionics section, the “brains” of the rocket with its recording equipment, was built in our [...]
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I had just finished a tour of the Thoroughbred Center, when the guide inquired about my plans for my final day in Kentucky. I told her that one mission for the final day was dropping off my various and sundry purchases at a packing and shipping store, a last-day ritual for years. That’s how I’d [...]
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Some of the sturdiest, easy-to-pack souvenirs are books. Unless you go overboard and buy too many, but I wouldn’t know anything about that. When you go to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (or any other event in Kentucky), you’ll be able to find equestrian gifts galore at the Kentucky Horse Park, the venue [...]
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While I was leaving a lengthy blog comment on Discover WEG with Fran Jurga, I realized I could be talking about that stuff here, too. Don’t get me wrong – I love this Discover Horses blog about the upcoming World Equestrian Games. I plan to visit regularly (brace yourself, Fran). She thinks of things I [...]
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Video showing Little Silver Charm enjoying his preferred sport – soccer Remember the days when celebrities names were attached to golf tournaments? What used to be the Bob Hope Desert Classic is now the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Near here, what once was the Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open, is now the Travelers Championship. [...]
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Just a heads-up on a weekend adventure, if you’re within easy travel distance of New York City – or, rather, Elmont, NY. You can meet equine stars of the movies Hidalgo and the upcoming bio-pic Secretariat at the 2010 Northeast Equine Expo this weekend, May 29-30, at the historic Belmont Park. In addition to a [...]
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The photos in this post were taken during the same trip but after the Hunt Country Stable Tour, so that’s about all this has to do with horses. We’re going off-topic briefly to offer what feels like a meager “thank you” to those who sacrificed so much. Here is a photo essay from Memorial Day [...]
The Virginia Hunt Country Stable Tour happens every Memorial Day weekend. If you can get to the Washington, DC, area, you might want to give this tour a whirl. After my friend Sheryl and I took the tour, I wrote about where we went and what we saw. But I didn’t tell you how we [...]
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Hey – what’s this dog show post doing on our horse blog??? Because people who love horses often love other animals, too? Don’t worry. I won’t interrupt our cherished equi-centric programming for long. Or for very often. Anyway, if you’ve watched the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on TV, you’ve probably wondered what attending would [...]
