Educational Day at Southern 8ths Long Format Breathes New Life into an Old Classic

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So8ths/Nikon Three-Day Event Off to a Great Start   What a brilliant first day! The annual So8ths/Nikon Three-Day Event held at Southern 8ths Farm in Chesterfield, SC keeps setting new standards. This year the educational day on May 2 garnered rave reviews from competitors and officials. Read more at the source: Educational Day at Southern 8ths Long Format Breathes New Life into an Old Classic Article excerpt posted on Sidelinesnews.com from What's Happenin'. … [Read more...]

The Winning Ways of William Fox-Pitt

William Fox-Pitt and Parklane Hawk, owned by Catherine Witt, won the 2012 Rolex title.
Photo by Beth Cole Grant

By Maria Wynne Sidelines Writer Across the Pond William Speed Lane Fox-Pitt. An appropriate name, and the full version is not often used. He is more commonly known merely as William Fox-Pitt and dominates the world stage in the sport of Three-Day Eventing. Not only does his quite formidable height of 6-feet-6-inches make him stand out in a crowd but his competition record does even more so. He is distinctive in every way.   I spent some time with him a few years ago at the … [Read more...]

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Darren Chiacchia, a 2004 Olympic eventing bronze medalist, 2003 Pan American Games individual gold medalist and a winner of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, is continuing his steady recovery from the near-fatal fungal meningitis he contracted last October. Darren won three blue ribbons at the White Fences Dressage Show in Wellington, Florida in February aboard his own black stallion, Ballzauber. Now head trainer for The YARD Sport Horse Center, also in Wellington, he is training a solid group of both young and advanced eventing, dressage and show jumping horses. For more information on Darren, visit www.teamchiacchia.co. Photo by Bob Carey

Chuck and Anne Koch’s Mr. Bockman has been sold to London Paralympian Dale Dedrick as a World Equestrian Games U.S. team prospect. The 13-year-old Westphalian gelding (Arpeggio - Hauptstutbuch Amore) was imported from Europe and has been in training with Grand Prix dressage rider Chrissa Hoffman in Ocala, Florida. Dale, who is from Ann Arbor, Michigan, competed in the 2012 London Paralympics Grade II events riding Bonifatus and was the 2011 Para-dressage National Champion. She is campaigning … [Read more...]

Halliday claims emotional CIC* victory in Barroca

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Liz Halliday made the perfect start to her international 3-Day Eventing season at Barroca d’Alva in Portugal last weekend by winning the CIC* International with Blackie (Fernhill By Night).   The event was marred by sadness however when experienced fellow rider Bruno Bouvier suffered a fatal accident when his horse had a rotational fall during Saturday’s CIC** Cross Country. Liz had known and competed against Bruno for many years and the following day dedicated her victory to a respected … [Read more...]

Darren Chiacchia continuing a Steady Recovery from Meningitis

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Darren Chiacchia is continuing his steady recovery from the near-fatal fungal meningitis he contracted last October by winning three blue ribbons at the White Fences Dressage Show in Wellington, FL on February 23 and 24. Now head trainer for The YARD Sport Horse Center, also in Wellington, he is training a solid group of both young and advanced eventing, dressage, and show jumping horses.   Darren and Ballzauber Read more at the source: Darren Chiacchia continuing a Steady Recovery from … [Read more...]

Italian Grand Prix Dressage rider Silvia Rizzo

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Silvia Rizzo explains her start in the horse world, how she chose dressage as her preferred discipline and how she is loving her first trip competing in the United States. She even got to meet a very famous American! Video posted from Sidelines TV, Italian Grand Prix Dressage rider Silvia Rizzo. … [Read more...]

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You will now find Bev Harrison and The Tack Collection, and all of her wonderful art at their terrific new location in Lafayette, Colorado, where Bev is a 4th generation resident. Be sure and stop by and say hello to Bev, and her friendly dog, Gabel. Bev is very excited about her move and is also planning on giving some equestrian art lessons! Gabel is so happy about the move, he cannot stop wagging his tail! Media personality Steve Williams enjoyed a wonderful stay at the home of a … [Read more...]

Sidelines Spotlight: American Women Shine at Burghley (Way to go Sinead Halpin and Allison Springer!)

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By Jan Westmark-Allan Now that the November issue of Sideline s is on the news stands (you can see it free online if you have a print subscription also!) there are several stories that were cut from the issue because of space — but they are still great stories and I want to share them with you!! MiMi Falb wrote a wonderful on-the-scene story on the success that American eventers Sinead Halpin and Allison Springer had at the Burghley Horse Trials following the London Olympics. It’s a great … [Read more...]

Olympic Sidelines – Arrived in London!

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  By Kim MacMillan July 24 th – Hello London! We finally arrived in London late on Tuesday evening, July 24 th , after a panic-filled trip to the Indianapolis airport much earlier the same day. We started out at “O’dark thirty”, as my father calls it, with plenty of time to get to my cousin’s house (she had agreed to drive us to the airport and store our car at her house for the next three weeks) and the trip went downhill from there with a flat tire and a torrential downpour complete … [Read more...]

September 2011 Table of Contents

On the Cover: Tami Hoag and Bacchus read Tami’s novel Dark Horse together  Photo by Jack Mancini

Polo 76 Five Questions for Peter Brant 78 California Gets the Royal Treatment 82 Beneath Western Skies 84 Catching Up with Ty MacCarty Departments 4 Letter from the Editor 19 Sidelights 44 Side Shots 54 Sport Psychology 85 Equine Law 90 Needy Nags Directories 86 Stallions 89 Polo Clubs Across America 89 Education 90 Farms, Barns, Trainers 91 Real Estate 91 Tack and Feed 92 Equestrian Services 93 Classified Subscribe for just $29.95 or … [Read more...]

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