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 [...]
Odds are, unless you’re taking a group of people to Kentucky for a specific job – say, to compete or to work — on the 2010 World Equestrian Games, you probably won’t be staying for the entire event.
So, you probably won’t need a house. You’ll probably be looking for a hotel.
If you’re on a budget, [...]
Video of a shop window in Saratoga Springs
I’ve lived a three-hour drive from Saratoga Springs, NY, for almost <cough!>ty years now, but this weekend was the first time I’d ever been.
We had an action-packed weekend, like our blogging colleague Left at the Gate, did, but we enjoyed different activities than he and his party [...]
We raced ever more threatening skies after our lunch, again at the Red Horse Tavern out on the patio by the main drag through Middleburg.
This is the fourth installment in a series about a trip a friend and I made to take in the Virginia Hunt Country Stable Tour.
The tour is both a Memorial Day [...]
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This is an edited version to reflect updated information. The changes are in the latter part of the post. Thanks!
Let’s say that you’re planning to spend a few days in Kentucky for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
While you’re there, you’d like to sample a mint julep. Or sip wine with dinner. Or visit [...]
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Part 3 of the Virginia Hunt Country Stable Tour series
On the second day of our Virginia Hunt Country Stable Tour, we rolled out of our Chantilly hotel and drove west on US 50 with the knowledge that we were racing stormy weather.
And we had a big plans, too – a farm with endurance Arabians, the [...]
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Promo video for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games
Well, with that kind of build-up and historic importance … we had to know that attending an event at the WEG would cost more than a night out at the movies.
The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games has released a ticket price list. Tickets go on [...]
We’ve had a lunch break at Middleburg’s Red Horse Tavern, and now we’re refueled for a busy afternoon.
This is the second post in my series about a recent trip to take the Virginia Hunt Country Stable Tour, an annual fundraiser held to benefit the Trinity Episcopal Church of Upperville, just down the road a piece [...]
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A pack of happy hounds. Civil War re-enactors playing the fiddle from horseback. A cheese tasting. Horses swimming in a special indoor pool.
That’s a minor sampling of what we saw on the Virginia Hunt Country Stable Tour, which has been an annual fundraiser for an Upperville church for the past fifty years.
This post will be [...]
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Remember the old “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” TV show?
And its tagline of “champagne wishes and caviar dreams?”
That was all so ’80s.
Still, we all have “somedays” that fuel our dreams. Like once-in-a-lifetime trips.
This is the first in a series of “champagne wishes” horse trips.
Since the Dubai World Cup is just around the corner, as [...]
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