Geraldine Bidwell brings us this series chronicling the life and times of legendary grand prix rider and trainer Hap Hansen. A longtime rider and owner in the sport of show jumping, Bidwell owns Hansen’s current show jumper, the 10-year-old gelding Acer. Click to read Part I, [...]
A backdrop of snowcapped mountains stood in sharp contrast to the hot weather that greeted riders competing in the $50,000 Card Flex Grand Prix on Sunday, March 8th at HITS Thermal in California. At a toasty 88 degrees, the sun shone hot enough on the field [...]
Geraldine Bidwell brings us this series chronicling the life and times of legendary grand prix rider and trainer Hap Hansen. A longtime rider and owner in the sport of show jumping, Bidwell owns Hansen’s current show jumper, the 10-year-old gelding Acer. Read Part I here, and [...]
A cool Southern California evening contributed to a perfect setting for the $50,000 Purina Animal Nutrition CSI 2* W FEI Grand Prix on Saturday, February 22nd at HITS Thermal. Spectator bleachers were packed to shoulder, with friends passing their picnic baskets to others and sharing [...]
When you are an icon the stature of Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, the number of first-time wins are a bit fewer and far between. She’s won the most famous grand prix classes in the world - several times over. She's earned many of the top medals in the sport [...]
Geraldine Bidwell brings us this series chronicling the life and times of legendary grand prix rider and trainer Hap Hansen. A longtime rider and owner in the sport of show jumping, Bidwell owns Hansen’s current show jumper, the 10-year-old gelding Acer. Read her first post [...]
There were lots of question marks ahead of the only Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup competition that takes place annually in the United States. When sponsorship commitments pulled the Nations Cup league class away from its longtime home in Wellington, FL to three hours north in [...]
Spur marks. We don’t want them, we try not to inflict them upon our horses. . . and yet, all too often, they appear. If you’ve ever seen some poor soul riding around with standing wraps stuffed sideways under the girth, ostensibly creating a barrier [...]
West Palms Events is pleased to announce a unique new scholarship program, which commences in March of this year. West Palms will offer up to three horse show scholarships per year, each with a value of $6,500.00, to be used towards show credit at any West [...]
They're not exactly scales, and they're not exactly your run-of-the-mill leather. . . but they are always, always a head-turner. Now don't go jumping to conclusions; this is not an "only in Wellington" post. However, we can put Mr. Charles Pinnell's alligator half chaps squarely into [...]