Wellie World North’
…events and even a steeplechase, are held.? Another chunk of land in nearby Green Creek is also owned by Smith.? Plans for an equestrian facility there have become stalled but…
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How I Deal With Competition Anxiety
…steeplechase jockey. Falling when racing over fences is a ?when,? not an ?if.? In steeplechasing, the average number of races between falls for a jockey is eight to 10 rides….
It Takes A Lifetime To Really Know Horses
…dozen horses at the stable, for the huntsman and first whipper-in and for the MFH, Lewis Murdock. About half of the horses were former steeplechasers who had raced for Mr….
What The Galway Downs Three-Day Event Reminded Me About Training
…much her gallop has developed: At Galway Downs, Amani finished both the steeplechase and cross-country phases about 20 seconds fast. The second indicator of her improvement is how eagerly she…
What The Galway Downs Three-Day Event Reminded Me About Training
…much her gallop has developed: At Galway Downs, Amani finished both the steeplechase and cross-country phases about 20 seconds fast. The second indicator of her improvement is how eagerly she…
Olympic Eventing: Where Welfare Meets Science
…to ban whips in racing and publicized the deaths and risks associated with the Grand National steeplechase in England. Last month, Animal Aid challenged the Olympics’ plans to include animals…
The Event at Rebecca Farm
…their final standing. This summer The Event will also feature Classic, or long-format divisions, which incorporate roads and tracks, steeplechase, and cross-country into four phases. A novice division has been…
Secretariat’s Preakness Record
…Eclipse Horse-of-the-Year awards.? And, although they never direct competitors nor the same age, the great steeplechaser Red Rum won his first Grand National in 1973. ? Secretariat was born March…
Media Critique: Rider & Horse Back to Back and Raja: Story of a Racehorse
…Paddy Murphy, an Irish former steeplechase jockey who’s become an equine dentist. He puts the horse together with his 16-year-old niece, Dee, and in one season of racing over timber,…
Book Excerpt: How Good Riders Get Good
…preparing him for the 1962 Green Mountain Horse Association Preliminary Level Three-Day. Thirty horses competed, a huge entry in those early days of eventing. Steeplechase took place down in the…