Horse & Riding News
Montco. Teen Rescued After Horse Riding Accident (CBS 3 Philadelphia)
07/02/2008 05:06 AMA quick-thinking plan helped save a teenager's life after she fell off her horse while riding in Montgomery County Tuesday evening.
Young Stedman Equestrian wins regional horse show, qualifies for national equestrian event in Oklahoma City (Sampson Independent)
07/04/2008 08:55 AMSHELBURNE, VT Jessie Pearson of Stedman, NC competed in the 2008 Southern States Regional Morgan Horse Show on May 21st through the 24th. Jessie finished first in the Hunter Seat Over Fences division while riding a Morgan horse.
BRETT HOFFMAN: Riding cutting horses family affair for Johnson (Athens Review)
07/04/2008 09:49 AMRiding cutting horses is a big-time family affair for Ben Johnson.
Back on her horse, rider finds comfort after accident (NBC Olympics)
07/03/2008 10:36 AMFor 28-year-old Kate Levy, horses are her life. But after a severe riding injury in August 2007, she was unsure if she would ever ride again. Yet just eight months out from the accident that almost paralyzed her, Levy was named to the short list of the U.S. show jumping team, one step closer to the Olympic Games.
Man drowns after jump from horse (The State)
07/02/2008 07:23 AMMYRTLE BEACH -- A 24-year-old Conway man who trained racehorses drowned after he jumped off a horse and into a pond, according to a preliminary autopsy. Jonathan Durant, who worked at Nobles stable on Rogers Road, died at 10:24 a.m. Monday after the horse he was riding stepped into a pond on the property, said Horry County Deputy Coroner Tony Hendrick. He said Tuesday that Durant may have ...
Horse show, of sorts, returns to Shows building, as PC Mounted Posse trains (Crookston Daily Times)
07/04/2008 12:50 AMAlthough a horse show hasn't been held there since 1997, the Red River Valley Winter Shows was once again filled with horses over the weekend, with the Polk County Mounted Posse holding a training session Saturday and Sunday at the site.
Teamwork a hallmark of horse trials (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
07/03/2008 10:23 PMSkilled horse-and-rider pairs and dedicated volunteers make large-scale event a success
Fort Pierce horse therapy farm hit by economy (Fort Pierce Tribune)
07/01/2008 11:14 PMA staggering economy has hurt a local horse-riding therapy program, causing its owner to wonder how many price hikes she can endure before she is forced to scale back services or close the barns.
Taming a mustang (Bakercityherald.com)
07/03/2008 11:31 PMTy Sumner earned a reputation as a horseman the hard way, riding saddle broncs to a state championship in high school, so when he set out to become a horse trainer he of course started with wild mustangs.
Boy kicked in head by horse (Perth Now)
07/03/2008 03:39 AMA BOY has been seriously injured when he was kicked in the head by a horse in Sydney.
