Heidi Degele is a whiz when it comes to selling horses and she knows a thing or two about preparing and showing horses for maximum impact. Want to learn some of her secrets to successful horse sales? Read on. The Wellington-based professional dressage trainer’s key tips for selling horses revolve around consistent training, a fitness Read more
Terri and Devon Kane engage in some friendly mother/daughter rivalry when it comes to choosing dressage horses for Diamante Farms, located in Wellington, Florida. The first year they bought foals in Europe, they purchased two at the Oldenburg auction. Of the two, one was sold and one was kept as a possible FEI-level horse for Read more
Buckeye went down centerline with his floppy ears forward, a bright “spot” in a predominance of warmbloods. When the scores were tallied at the Tryon Spring Dressage National Show in Tryon, North Carolina, Buckeye, the 2008 Leopard Appaloosa mule, and Samantha “Sammi” Majors notched a third-place finish in the Open First Level Test 3 with Read more
A cheeky 15.2-hand ¾ Connemara gelding and his 5’11” trainer have no time for nay-sayers. Nine-year-old Kynymont Gunsmoke’s Gideon and Grand Prix rider JJ Tate earned a 71.105 percent in the Open Intermediaire II at the Tryon Spring CDI3* and National Show, proving that good things do, indeed, come in small packages. “He was Read more
Lee Burton decided to take the plunge and today she celebrated her first CDI jog at the Adequan® Tryon Spring Dressage 1 CDI3*. Clad in coral, she stood out against the gray skies at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in North Carolina, as she and her horse trotted out for the official jog. Burton and Read more
John Mason’s crystal-clear focus and rock-solid work ethic belie his 26 years, while his Texas-bred “yes ma’am” showcases his Southern-style manners. Mason, a licensed horse trainer and instructor trained in Germany, is the head dressage trainer at Tex-Over Farms in Conroe, Texas, just outside Houston. He started riding at the age of 4 and, at Read more
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