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Send in Your Cross-Country Photos for the Jan Byyny Column! Updated: 2009-10-20 Email us your photos today!
Have you ever wondered what a top international rider and trainer would say about your galloping position? What would they say about how you and your horse look coming down a drop fence or clearing a big table? Well here’s your chance to find out! Eventing USA has an exciting new column this year in which international eventer Jan Byyny will critique your photos. (Above left: Jan Byyny and Syd Kent competed in the prestigious Fair Hill CCI3* in Elkton, Maryland - finishing in a very respectable seventh for the gelding's first CCI3*. Emily Daily photo.) Photos should be taken from the side to give Jan the best angle for her critique. |
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 2006 AEC FeatureTHE 2006 Wellpride American Eventing Championships will be remembered as a year of records, a year of firsts, and a year of lasts. A record 496 competitors represent ing a record 35 states traveled either just up the road or all the way across the country Buying an Event Horse - An Insider's Guide - Part IAt the 2003 USEA Convention in December, we participated in a panel discussion on buying an event horse. It is a topic that is quite familiar to us, as our business is largely built around event horse sales. Buying An Event Horse - An Insider's Guide - Part IILike most professional horsepeople, a large part of our business is teaching and training event horses and riders. But compared to other eventing professionals, we both buy and sell a lot of horses. As a result, we have seen pretty much every aspect of th Buying an Event Horse - Suitability, Size, Temperament and What You Can Live With - Part IIIIf buying a new horse is in your near future, you have probably already found a selection of horses to look at and hopefully have considered how much you are willing to pay. You may have arranged a trip to a horsey area or used the service of an agent. Starting Your Green Horse Over Fences - Three Introductory Exercises - Part IAt the risk of stating the obvious, most of us who event do so because we enjoy jumping. But most of us could stand a bit of improvement, whether in the way we ride, in the way our horse goes, or both. Additionally, most of us will at some point be faced Starting Your Green Horse Over Fences - Part IIIn the last article we introduced a young horse to jumping at the trot using low flower boxes with an emphasis on keeping the horse relaxed, regular, and straight. In this article we build on that introduction, adding a vertical, oxer, and the canter. Starting Your Green Horse Over Fences - Part IIIIn this, the final article in our series about starting a young horse over fences, we will look at a horse that is get ting ready for his fi rst novice horse trials. He has progressed through the exercises described in the previous two articles and is now About the 'Chase - Feature: Phase BThe steeplechase phase of a three-day event is an exhilarating experience, but can be nerve wracking for the uninitiated! You and your horse will be running at close to racing speed, clearing brush fences to complete the course against the clock. Step By Step: Riding AdvancedTest ABy Amber Heintzberger with Bea di Grazia Published March/April 2006 Conditioning Muscle Soreness and Massage - Robert Altman (PDF 21K)For Many Injuries During Competition, the Primary Problem May Result From the Effects of Conditioning. Robert Altman, an equine sports massage therapist from New Salem, Mass., was the sports therapist for the Canadian and U.S. three-day event teams Swimming for Fitness - Dr. M. Davis (PDF 25K)As you envision swimming your horse, probably you’re thinking of a crystal-clear lake with a sandy beach on a hot summer day and you on your horse’s back. Did you imagine a pool inside a veterinary hospital? Swimming has become increasingly popular. Teaching Your Horse to Gallop in Balance and Rhythm - Torrance Watkins (PDF 22K)Olympic Rider Torrance Watkins Explains the Art of the Balanced Gallop – Improving Your Horse’s Stride and Learning Gallop Secrets The Gallop Position - Beth Perkins (PDF 17K)The galloping horse senses if the rider is in balance. Even the most beautifully balanced horse is not helped by a rider floundering around in the saddle. An unbalanced rider does not give the horse confidence coming to a jump..... 2006 USEA/Spalding Labs Young Event (PDF 504K)The 2006 USEA/Spalding Labs Young Event Horse Series is well under way. With the first seven competitions completed, hopefuls for the championships still have ten more qualifiers between now and the Championships, which will be held October 5 at the Chairman's Letter from Kyra - Lessons Learned (PDF 97K)In June of 2005, the Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation, Inc. released a statement announcing: “the Foundation will no longer operate the Morven Park International Equestrian Center as an internal part of the Foundation.” However........ The Race for the Cup Kicks Off (PDF 175K)The race for the Cup is a hot one, with some of the country’s top horses and riders jockeying for position in what looks to be the most competitive Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series to date. 2005 AEC ExperienceThe second annual American Eventing Championships, held at the Carolina Horse Park in Raeford, North Carolina, September 14-18, attracted nearly 400 competitors rep resenting 32 states and almost every corner of the country. EVENTINGUSA What's New
Send in Your Cross-Country Photos for the Jan Byyny Column!Have you ever wondered what a top international rider and trainer would say about your galloping position? What would they say about how you and your horse look coming down a drop fence or clearing a big table? Well here’s your chance to find out! Even (October 20, 2009) Eventing USA Welcomes ThorTurf as Column SponsorEventing USA is pleased to welcome ThorTurf Equestrian Surfaces™, a revolutionary horse footing company, as the new sponsor of the popular horse health column, 'While You're Here Doc.' (January 26, 2009) |
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