For me this contest started with a message to me from one of the readers of my blog. Katee pointed me towards the contest web site, and I checked it out. You know the rest from there, and now it is almost over.
Along the way in my quest to learn as much as I could about the… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
This is an extra chapter for Sheri’s Great 8!
Chapter 9 – Mounted Police
When The Games begin in Lexington there will be lots of horses and riders preparing for, and competing in, well known equestrian disciplines. There will also be horses at The Games that will put on exhibitions to entertain the horse-loving crowds. However there… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
Here is the eighth installment of Sheri’s Great 8.
Chapter 8 – Dressage
When I first planned out how I was going to handle Sheri’s Great 8, I decided that I’d only do the dressage portion if I had time. After all, the point of the series is to get an education, albeit an abbreviated one, about… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
This is the seventh installment in Sheri’s Great 8.
Chaper 7 – Driving
Driving always looked like fun. My old trainer, Blair, did a lot of driving with her horses before I met her, and had one horse in training that drove when I worked for her. I never drove the horse myself, but she did teach… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
This is the sixth installment in the series Sheri’s Great 8.
Chapter 6 – Para-Dressage
I approached this part of the series with many questions. What would be the best way for me to experience this discipline, since I am not disabled? Off the top of my head I didn’t know anyone who was.… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
At a competition as important as The Games, you’d better have a world class facility that will live up to the expectations of the best equestrians the world has to offer. The Kentucky Horse Park, host to The Games, dedicated themselves to updating their riding arenas. They didn’t cut any corners, either.
Two brand new facilities were… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
Here is Part 2 of my series on common lameness problems in horses as they apply to disciplines at The Games.
Source material was taken from the book Diagnosis and Management of Lameness in the Horse (Ross and Dyson). Please note that all of the photos in this post were taken by me and do not… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
The horses that will be competing at The Games are certainly athletes. In any sport where you have athletes, you also have the potential to have injuries to these athletes. An injury right now to any of the horses planning on competing would be devastating, but it’s always something that the riders, trainers and owners… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
Early in the contest I was interviewed by a Cleveland radio station about the Live From Lexington contest! Bruce Van Dyke of v107.3 FM and WEOL AM930 and I talked for about 20 minutes about the contest, my riding background, and my blog. The interview has already aired twice, and I’m not sure… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
Yesterday I rode my horse, Kaswyn. He’s been rehabbing from a tendon injury and we just started trotting again. He felt great – willing, energetic, and sound. After the ride I took off his tack and let him roll in the arena. It’s one of his favorite things to do.
Sheri Israel is Dressage Mom, and wants to be A World Equestrian Games Blog-O-Spondent!
EXPERIENCE WITH HORSES
I’ve been riding since I was 12 years old, and have shown Arabian horses English, Western, equitation, halter and side saddle. Although I’ve only owned two horses, I’ve ridden dozens more, and each has given me experience for which I will be forever thankful. For the past 14 years I’ve concentrated exclusively on dressage training, and my horse (FM Kaswyn+//) and I have had great success at the FEI levels, winning three National championships, three Reserve National Championships, several National Top Ten Awards , United States Dressage Federation All Breeds Awards, and Arabian Horse Association Year end awards. This riding and showing experience gives me extensive knowledge of the true sprit of the WEG – the partnership between horse and rider as a team.
CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET HORSE COMMUNITY
I write about my horse experiences on my blog, http://www.dressagemom.com, where I have been blogging since 2006. I have hundreds of visitors to my site daily, and many followers. Oftentimes it’s a “slice of life” blog, where I explain the struggle to fit in family, a full time job, and riding and still try and keep my house clean (I confess that my tack is usually cleaner than my kitchen floor!) Sometimes my blog is all about horse information, most recently about the persistent lameness issues of my horse and how I am dealing with them. I have also written several in-depth stories in which I include photos and video (much of which I shoot myself) to illustrate my experience. My 2009 trip to the Arabian Sport Horse Nationals in Lexington, KY is a good example; I wrote a post every day and included commentary and videos of my rides at the show, plus my show results. Dressage Today features my blog on their web site, and I was invited to be an Equestrian Collections Facebook Team Member, where I also publish blog posts.
POINT OF VIEW
As an FEI dressage rider who has shown dressage through Intermediare I and has trained Grand Prix movements, I have perspective on higher levels of competition. I actively seek to better my riding with my trainers help through lessons, frequent phone calls, and by reading classical dressage texts and good dressage magazine articles. However, I’m not a professional, and can look at world class riding from a different point of view. I blog about this as I see it, through the eyes of an adult amateur. My insight, along with my ability to blog on the go, will make the WEG come alive for those horse lovers who want to know what it’s really like to be at an international competition.
For me this contest started with a message to me from one of the readers of my blog. Katee pointed me towards the contest web site, and I checked it out. You know the rest from there, and now it is almost over.
Along the way in my quest to learn as much as I could about the… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
This is an extra chapter for Sheri’s Great 8!
Chapter 9 – Mounted Police
When The Games begin in Lexington there will be lots of horses and riders preparing for, and competing in, well known equestrian disciplines. There will also be horses at The Games that will put on exhibitions to entertain the horse-loving crowds. However there… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
Here is the eighth installment of Sheri’s Great 8.
Chapter 8 – Dressage
When I first planned out how I was going to handle Sheri’s Great 8, I decided that I’d only do the dressage portion if I had time. After all, the point of the series is to get an education, albeit an abbreviated one, about… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
This is the seventh installment in Sheri’s Great 8.
Chaper 7 – Driving
Driving always looked like fun. My old trainer, Blair, did a lot of driving with her horses before I met her, and had one horse in training that drove when I worked for her. I never drove the horse myself, but she did teach… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
This is the sixth installment in the series Sheri’s Great 8.
Chapter 6 – Para-Dressage
I approached this part of the series with many questions. What would be the best way for me to experience this discipline, since I am not disabled? Off the top of my head I didn’t know anyone who was.… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
At a competition as important as The Games, you’d better have a world class facility that will live up to the expectations of the best equestrians the world has to offer. The Kentucky Horse Park, host to The Games, dedicated themselves to updating their riding arenas. They didn’t cut any corners, either.
Two brand new facilities were… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
Here is Part 2 of my series on common lameness problems in horses as they apply to disciplines at The Games.
Source material was taken from the book Diagnosis and Management of Lameness in the Horse (Ross and Dyson). Please note that all of the photos in this post were taken by me and do not… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
The horses that will be competing at The Games are certainly athletes. In any sport where you have athletes, you also have the potential to have injuries to these athletes. An injury right now to any of the horses planning on competing would be devastating, but it’s always something that the riders, trainers and owners… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
Early in the contest I was interviewed by a Cleveland radio station about the Live From Lexington contest! Bruce Van Dyke of v107.3 FM and WEOL AM930 and I talked for about 20 minutes about the contest, my riding background, and my blog. The interview has already aired twice, and I’m not sure… Read the post and enter for your chance to win an iPad!
Yesterday I rode my horse, Kaswyn. He’s been rehabbing from a tendon injury and we just started trotting again. He felt great – willing, energetic, and sound. After the ride I took off his tack and let him roll in the arena. It’s one of his favorite things to do.
