Dressage at Devon 2025

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By Emilie Brady

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September 16, 2025

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Mia Bagnato (USA) and Florida N won the $37,000 FEI 4* Speed Stake © SEL Photography

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The first week of the 2025 Old Salem Farm September Horse Shows presented by J.P. Morgan Private Bank concluded on Sunday with the $40,000 Old Salem Farm FEI 2* Grand Prix presented by J.P. Morgan Private Bank, where American Elena Haas successfully navigated Alan Wade’s technical 1.45m course with 13 numbered jumps to come out on top. She claimed victory with a faultless score of 32.75 seconds aboard Ogue BT Special.

With the beautiful backdrop of Westchester County’s surrounding horse country, the Old Salem Farm September Horse Shows presented by J.P. Morgan Private Bank feature two weeks of world-class competition on par with what everyone has come to expect from Old Salem Farm. The 2025 Shows host an FEI CSI4*/2* event, September 9-14, and an FEI CSI2* event, September 16-21, with both weeks rated USEF ‘National’ for hunters. Additionally, Old Salem’s September schedule includes a USEF National/Level 2 event, September 24-28.

Elena Haas (USA) and Ogue BT Special won the $40,000 Old Salem Farm FEI 2* Grand Prix presented by J.P. Morgan Private Bank © SEL Photography

Haas and her 11-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding are no strangers to winning in the Old Salem Farm International Arena, having led the victory lap in the $5,000 FEI 1.45m Two-Phase during the first week of the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows in May. This time, they bested a field of 42 entries representing 12 nations in Sunday’s $40,000 Old Salem Farm 2* Grand Prix, joining 12 other entries in the jump-off and tripping the timers in 32.75 seconds for the fastest of six double-clear scores.

“I knew there were a lot of quick ones in the jump-off, so I really wanted to push myself and my horse a bit,” Haas said. “I took every risk that I could, and it paid off in the end. My horse is just amazing. I’ve had him for about 2.5 years now, and he means absolutely everything to me. Any time I need someone to step up, he’s the one to fill that role. I always have so much fun with him, and we definitely had a lot of fun out there today.”

Haas and Ogue BT Special © SEL Photography

Hilary McNerney (USA) piloted her 9-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding Corlando to second place with a 33.22-second time. Vanessa Hood (ISR) and Take Two LLC’s 10-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding K&T Geromino rounded out the podium in 34.03 seconds.

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May 31, 2025

By Emilie Brady

Young U.S. team finished third of 18 in Frontera, Spain

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October 26, 2024

By Staff Writers

Vejer de la Frontera, Spain – The U.S. Jumping Team delivered an outstanding third place finish out of 18 teams at the 2024 FEI Jumping Nations Cup Vejer de la Frontera CSIO3* at the Andalucía Sunshine Tour in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain. The team, led by Chef d’Equipe Anne Kursinski, alongside Team Leader Erin Keating, included Raleigh Hiler and Obora’s Chloe, Taylor Kain and Jirenze, Vani Khosla and Cream Couleur Z, as well as Zayna Rizvi and Exquise du Pachis.
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The top finisher was Ireland with nine faults andin second place was Belgium with 15 faults. The U.S. team finished with 17 faults.

Anne Kursinski, Chef d’Equipe for U.S. Jumping Team, expressed immense pride in her team, highlighting the significance of their debut at such a prestigious event and their ability to return and produce strong results in the second round. “For three of them [Hiler, Kain, and Khosla] it was their very first Nations Cup,” she noted, emphasizing the determination each rider displayed. Kursinski praised the team for all their efforts: Kain for her impressive start, Khosla's strong comeback in the second round, Hiler’s clear round, and Rizvi’s role as anchor.

It was the second Nations Cup appearance at Vejer de la Frontera for Rizvi (Wellington, Fla.) and Exquise Du Pachis (Vagabond de la Pomme x Toska Hero), a 14-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare owned by Optimus Agro NV and cared for by Hector Garay. The pair have continued to gain experience in team competition over the past year and were chosen to serve as the anchor combination for the team in the rotation. Going into round two as the squad’s anchor, the pair leaned into their previous experience, completing a much-needed clear to secure the podium finish for the team. Kain (Ommen, Netherlands) and Jirenze (Baltic VDL x Zirence), her own 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare who is cared for by Patryk Rupniewski, were the first to jump for the team in round one, laying down a clear round with just a singular time fault.

Khosla (Portola Valley, Calif.) and Cream Couleur Z (Cream On Top x C’est Le Vie), a 13-year-old Zangersheide gelding owned by Van Shadow Stables, LLC and cared for by Manny Sedano, bounced back from a challenging first round to finish on just four faults in round two, with the final oxer nudged from the cups. With Obora’s Chloe (Chacco Blue x Alina), a 13-year-old Austrian Warmblood mare owned by Kurt Hiler and cared for by Sydney North, Hiler (Boston, Mass.) jumped a clear second round to further solidify the team’s third place finish.

“They were really impressive here and a lot of the other teams were impressed with our riders,” Kursinski continued. “The experience was particularly special given the team’s all-female lineup, contrasting with the all-male teams that preceded them.”

Kursinski reflected on the broader look towards the future of the U.S. Jumping Team, saying, “Using the U.S. Jumping Pathway and starting with our Young Riders and Junior athletes creates the important steppingstones to get to Nations Cup, and then hopefully five-star teams, championships, and Olympic teams. This is just the beginning for them.”

The U.S. Jumping Pathways program plays a significant role in developing top jumping athletes by encouraging Junior and Young Riders to develop the skills that lay the groundwork for future international successes.

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February 2, 2020

By SARA CAVANAGH

Pat Renner of Kintnersville, Pa. took this photo of her granddaughter Savannah Witt on her pony Elmo, that she named when she was 4 years old, at the Amwell Hunter Trials at Nona Garson' farm in Asbury, N.J.

Betty Moran

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January 27, 2020

By Staff Writers

Elizabeth “Betty” Ranney Moran (1930-2020) passed away peacefully at home on January 23, at age 89.

She was predeceased by her husband, James Maxwell Moran (1989), and her son James Maxwell Moran Jr. (2008). She is survived by her five children: Michael Moran (Anne), Frances Abbott (Franny), Elizabeth Legnini (Bob), Ranney Moran (Terri) and Caroline Moran. “Chummy” will be missed by her 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Betty was born on August 7, 1930 in Bryn Mawr, PA to Claude J. (1971) and Frances Buck Ranney (1937). In 1942, she and her father moved to “Brushwood Farm”, then a dairy farm, in Willistown Township and holidays and summers were spent in Barryville, NY, with her cousin, Joan and her extended Ranney family. She spent much of her free time loving farm life and animals of all kinds.

Her early years she lived with The Sisters of Mercy at Mater Misericordiae in Wynnewood (now Merion Mercy) with her beloved nuns, Sister Frances Marie and Sister Stella Marie, and then as a boarder at The Shipley School, where she met some of her closest friends. She loved to share stories of her pals and her athletic prowess playing first team in every sport, she was a “fierce” competitor.

Betty went on to attend Mary Washington College, VA and on a visit home met and fell in love with Max Moran at St Patrick’s Church, Malvern, as he passed the collection plate. Their lives became a whirlwind of children, animals of all kinds, trips to the beach in Avalon, horse shows, fox hunting and non-stop activity that Betty thrived on and Max took in stride with a sense of humor.

Her love of horses took her from fox hunting and pony club at Radnor Hunt Club and weekend horse shows, with all of her kids in tow, to steeplechase racing and then on to a very successful flat racing career, under Brushwood Stable. Her proudest moments in racing were winning the Belmont Stakes, The Pennsylvania Derby, The Arlington Million, The Jockey Club Gold Cup and The Grand National in England.

Betty had a competitive edge that she shared with her “Pigeons”, a group of fiercely competitive, fun loving women who spent hours competing at Backgammon, Bridge and Rummykub and any other game they could work up, with or without rules. The collective children of these women watched in awe of friendships that were steadfast. “Pidge”, as her friends called her, had a passion for travel and a thirst for adventure, which took her around the world, but her favorite places to visit were “out west” or Maine with family and good friends.

Betty Moran was passionate about things that moved her, and she was committed to supporting her community in a way that made a direct impact on people and how they lived, particularly in Chester County. Thorncroft, Home of The Sparrow, Chester County Boy Scouts, The Barn at Spring Brook Farm, Community Volunteers in Medicine, The Chester County Food Bank and many other remarkable organizations were the beneficiary of her time and her contributions.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend Betty’s life celebration service on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 2pm at Saint David’s Episcopal Church 763 South Valley Forge Road Wayne, PA. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a contribution in Betty’s name, to Community Volunteers in Medicine (cvim.org) 300 Lawrence Dr, Ste B, West Chester, PA 19380 or to the Chester County Food Bank (chestercountyfoodbank.org) 650 Pennsylvania Drive, Exton, PA 19341.

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January 20, 2020

By SARA CAVANAGH

Pam Coath took this photo of Chris Talley of Norther, Va., showing a horse in the Breed Show portion of Dressage at Devon.

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January 18, 2020

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Elaine Deutsch took this photo of Felicia Barr of West Chester, Pa., on Galloway Sunrise at Plantation Field 3-Day Event.

Paddy Neilson, top timber rider, died

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September 9, 2019

By SARA CAVANAGH

I had the honor to learn from and ride for Paddy," said Jake Chalfant. "We had some fun wins together, and it felt great to share a sliver of this man's outsized life. When my riding career was cut short, he visited me in the hospital. He gave me strength when I was down and made me feel like I still had value when I didn't even know who I was anymore. Paddy rallied the community behind me and put together a joint fox hunt one of the largest meetings ever assembled in my support. Every time I crossed paths with Paddy I got a huge smile and a "How are ya boy?" and then on departure a "Well done". Paddy you always left me buzzing.

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Pony Club member Taylor Brinsfield individual third in Pony Jumper Natonal Finals

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August 19, 2018

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August 16, 2018 – Two members of the United States Pony Clubs Pony Jumper Team, at the USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm August 8-12, 2018, rose to the top of placings inside and outside of the ring.

Taylor Brinsfield (C-2 Traditional, Green Spring Hounds Pony Club/Maryland Region) rode Sprite in three phases over three days to finish in third place in the Individual phase of the USEF Pony Jumper National Championship.

"It was just a wild experience, I'm super excited. If there are kids who are interested in riding, they should definitely come join.” Said Brinsfield.

After two rounds in the Alltech Arena, the USPC Pony Jumper team finished in fifth place. The team was made up of four riders: Keely Bechtol ((H-B HM/C-3 Show Jumping/Midsouth Region) riding Lark’s Magic, Taylor Brinsfield (C-2, Traditional/Maryland Region) riding Sprite, Nora Goldfarb (C-2 Traditional/Midsouth Region) riding Aluinn Denmark, and Megan De Michele (C-1 Traditional/Virginia Region) riding Gracie Lou.

Keely Bechtol (H-B HM/C-3 Show Jumping, Bluegrass Pony Club/Midsouth Region) received a $500 Emerson Burr Horsemanship grant for educational related expenses by winning the 15-17 age division. Bechtol placed in the top four of her division to move onto the hands-on portion of the testing. She used knowledge gained through Pony Club to demonstrate top horsemanship skills in her division.

Cynthia McGrath of Hummelstown, Pa., won Vermont's Welcome Stake Aug. 9, Marylisa Leffler of Brookeville, MD, claimed the final Grand Prix Aug. 12

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August 19, 2018

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East Dorset, Vermont – Cynthia McGrath of Hummelstown, PA, won the $10,000 Manchester Designer Outlets Welcome Stake on Thursday, August 9, during the final week of the Vermont Summer Festival, which continues through August 12 at Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset, VT.

The Thursday featured class saw five entries advance to jump off over the Kenny Krome-designed short course, with Lincoln Russell of Columbus, NC, setting the early time to beat at 48.47 seconds with Gaverdi Z, owned by Juan Ortiz.

Just two riders later, Ashley Foster of Brookeville, MD, made short work of Russell’s time. Following double clear jumping efforts in both the $10,000 Vineyard Vines Welcome Stake and the $30,000 Manchester & The Mountains Grand Prix during week five, Foster and Deliante M, owned by Rolling Acres, delivered a repeat performance for week six, tripping the timers in 41.14 seconds to take over the lead.

It was only McGrath and her mount Caruso, owned by Wynnwood Farm, LLC, who would topple Foster’s time, crossing the finish line in 39.82 seconds to take the win, relegating Foster to second and giving Russell the third-place honors.

“I walked the course and immediately loved it for Caruso,” said McGrath. “It was a great course for him because you could have a big open step and still make some nice turns; it was his type of jump-off. He just knew the drill. Sometimes he’s not focused and wants to play. He was so focused out there today.”

McGrath, who is trained by her husband and Thursday’s fifth-place finisher, Richard McGrath, only recently made the move up to the grand prix level with Caruso after competing the 11-year-old gelding successfully in the amateur-owner jumpers.

Cynthia McGrath of Hummelstown, PA, and Caruso won the $10,000 Manchester Designer Outlets Welcome Stake on Thursday, August 9, during the final week of the Vermont Summer Festival at Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset, VT.

Photo by Andrew Ryback Photography

“I’ve been bouncing back and forth between the amateurs and the grand prix,” explained Cynthia. “This circuit in Vermont, I’ve been focusing on the grand prix. It’s been a pretty smooth transition because we did some of the bigger amateur classes. It’s really just me getting through my nerves and getting a little more rideability with him.”

For the win with Caruso on Thursday, Cynthia was presented with a $1,000 gift card to the Manchester Designer Outlets, in addition to her share of the prize money. As the second-place finisher, Foster was also presented with a $250 gift card to J. Crew.

“I’m so excited to go shopping!” said Cynthia, who has been attending the Vermont Summer Festival for nearly 20 years. “It’s so great that the whole town gets behind this. We love coming here. The staff has just been so accommodating and so wonderful. It’s amazing that after six weeks, everyone is still so gracious and so easy to work with. Everybody just works together. It’s just such a nice feeling!

“I’ll you what as well, the footing has been spectacular this year,” continued Cynthia. “It’s been great; my horses love it. The first week that I was here, I felt like I was riding on a cloud. The horses felt amazing.”

August 11, 2018 – East Dorset, Vermont – Marylisa Leffler of Brookeville, MD, claimed the final grand prix victory of the 2018 Vermont Summer Festival season with the win in the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix on Saturday, August 11. The six-week, 25th annual Vermont Summer Festival concludes on Sunday, August 12 in East Dorset, VT.

Course designer Ken Krome saw five horses jump clear over his first-round track to qualify for the short course, with Leffler and her mount, Luminous, returning as the second entry to jump-off. They set the time to beat at a quick 40.26 seconds, putting the pressure on the riders to come, Jonathan Corrigan with two entries and Kevin Mealiff.

Corrigan, of Southampton, NY, returned next with his first mount, Loughnavatta Indigo, owned by Twin Oaks Stables, but the pair saw one rail fall for four faults in 39.95 seconds and the eventual fourth place finish. The next in the ring, Mealiff, of Lake Worth, FL, finished clear but more than a second off of Leffler’s time, tripping the timers in 41.30 seconds to ultimately end up in third with Audi’s Dimple, owned by Maarten Huygens.

It all came down to the previous week’s grand prix winners, Corrigan and Javas Keltic Mist, who topped the $30,000 Manchester & the Mountains Grand Prix on Saturday, August 4.

Marylisa Leffler of Brookeville, MD, and Luminous won the $50,000 Vermont Summer

Celebration Grand Prix on Saturday, August 11 in East Dorset, VT.

Photo by Andrew Ryback Photography

“That one turns so well,” said Leffler of Corrigan’s final mount, Javas Keltic Mist. “I know I have the foot speed – mine is fast – but I knew I had to keep up and keep moving, knowing that [Javas Keltic Mist] turns so well.”

While Corrigan and Javas Keltic Mist replicated their double-clear performance from the preceding week, Leffler and Luminous’s foot speed proved to be enough, as Corrigan crossed the timers in 41.14 seconds to finish in second.

“We’ve been knocking at the door a little bit the whole time here!” said Leffler, who finished in third with Luminous in the $30,000 Manchester & the Mountains Grand Prix. “For the jump-off, I walked an inside turn, but it felt kind of awkward; I thought, ‘I think if I just fly and keep all the jumps up, I have a chance today.’

“Luminous is kind of like a little race car,” continued Leffler in speaking of the nine-year-old warmblood mare owned by Rolling Acres. “The faster that you go with her, the better that she is.”

Marylisa Leffler of Brookeville, MD, and Luminous were joined in the winner’s circle by Jennifer Glass

of the Vermont Summer Festival, Beto Silva, and Patty Foster.

Photo by Andrew Ryback Photography

In recognition of her win, Leffler was awarded a scrim by Mona’s Monograms, as well as a crystal trophy. In addition, the Vermont Summer Festival recognized her groom, Beto Silva, with the weekly Grand Prix Groom Award in honor of his hard work preparing Luminous for competition. Silva was presented with a monogrammed jacket and coolerette from sponsor Glenn Geary of Horsewatch.

Daisy Farish completes a hat trick with her individual gold medal in show jumping

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August 19, 2018

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Daisy Farish didn’t have much room for error when she cantered back into the ring for the final round of the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) North American Young Rider Show Jumping Individual Championship. One rail, and she’d drop out of the medals. But Farish rose to the occasion, piloting Great White to their second faultless round of the day to claim individual gold in the finale of the Adequan®/FEI North American Youth Championships (NAYC) at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, NY, on August 5.

“I think having that pressure helped me a little bit, knowing that I had to get this done,” said Farish, 17 and from Lexington, Ky. “‘Bruce’ rose to the occasion.”

Samantha Cohen and Mckayla Langmeier had put the pressure on Farish with clear rounds of their own, but when she answered the call, they had to settle for silver and bronze.

Farish’s NAYC triumph came just a week after she’d won both the overall grand championship in the USEF Junior Hunter Championship – East Coast riding Style and the USHJA Hunterdon Cup Equitation Classic, presented by Intermont Equestrian at Emory & Henry College.

“I’ve done the Hunterdon Cup, Junior Hunter Finals and Young Riders for several years and I hadn’t won any of them yet,” Farish said. “It’s my last junior year, so it’s a dream come true to add those three titles to my accomplishments. I think it’s a culmination of the team behind me, my horses, my friends, my trainers, and everyone at Heritage Farm. It just came together for me this week.”
USHJA North American Young Rider Show Jumping Individual Championship medalists from left to right: Samantha Cohen (silver), Daisy Farish (gold), and Mckayla Langmeier (bronze) (SEL Photography)

Farish started off the week in the lead at NAYC after winning the Individual Qualifying speed round, but then four faults for a foot in the water while competing for Zone 5 during the Team Final put them into third in the individual standings before the two rounds of the Individual Final. “That almost gave me a little bit of ease, not coming back in on top today and having that pressure on myself,” she said. A clear round vaulted her right back into the lead before the final round, however. Farish knew she had to stick to her plan.

“He’s a super brave horse—the more I challenge him, the better he jumps,” Farish said of Great White, a 10-year-old Holsteiner gelding. “If I just canter around softly, he’s more likely to have one down than if I really ride him up to the jumps and challenge him. I think that’s good for me, because going into the last round today, I knew I could be conservative and have a time fault, but then I thought, ‘He’s going to jump better if I ride it like a real round,’ and he did.”

Farish has been riding Great White for 2½ years and has struggled with some rideability issues before discovering that he likes being ridden in a hackamore. “I think the biggest thing for me this week is seeing how far my horse has come,” she said. “He has surprised me in every way. I didn’t think we’d be here today and I definitely didn’t think we’d be winning gold. I’m so proud of him and so thankful to my trainers and everyone who helped him get here and helped me get here. I’m mostly just very proud of my horse.”

Farish also was awarded the United States Equestrian Team Foundation Maxine Beard Show Jumping Developing Rider Award, which includes a trip to an FEI Nations Cup competition. Farish will be able to observe what goes on in the stabling, veterinary inspections, schooling and show office as well as being able to walk the courses with U.S. team riders and the chef d’equipe.

Cohen, 17 and from New York City, N.Y., added the individual silver to the team gold she’d won with Zone 2 earlier in the week riding her Carmen, an 11-year-old KWPN mare. “Coming into today, I was in fifth and I just wanted to put in two of the best rounds that I could,” Cohen said. “My horse felt great. I had complete confidence in her and I thought she jumped amazing in the first round. In the second round, coming back in second, I knew there were a lot of clear rounds before and I couldn’t have a rail. So, there was some pressure coming in, but I know her so well and trust her so much that I felt confident.”

Langmeier, 18, worked her way up from eighth after the Individual Qualifying round to the individual lead headed into the last day, but a rail in the first round on Sunday dropped her down to the bronze medal riding Durosa W, a 10-year-old KWPN mare owned by Linda Langmeier. “My horse is a very hot chestnut mare, so in the speed [class] I didn’t really go that fast,” she said. “Then I was good in the team event and we were double-clear. Today, I had an unlucky rail out of the in-and-out and then she was super in the last round.”

All three individual medalists, by virtue of their NAYC placing, are qualified to compete on the U.S. Show Jumping Youth Team for the FEI Youth Nations Cup Final in Opglabbeek, Belgium on September 6-9.

In a special award presentation, the Ground Jury recognized Taylor St. Jacques with the Style of Riding Award.

North Salem, N.Y.----August 5, 2018----Daisy Farish started the week at the Adequan®/FEI North American Youth Championships winning, and she ended it with the gold medal in the North American Young Rider Show Jumping Individual Championship, presented by USHJA. She shared the podium on August 5 at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, N.Y., with Samantha Cohen, who took silver, and Mckayla Langmeier, who took bronze.

Farish (Lexington, Ky.) topped the Individual Qualifying round at the beginning of the week riding Great White. "Winning the speed gave me a lot confidence in my horse and myself going into the next few days," she said. Four faults for a foot in the water during the team competition dropped her to third in the individual standings before the final day of competition, but she bounced back up into the lead with a clear first round, then clinched gold with another one.

Daisy Farish and Great White ride to victory in the Young Rider Individual Championship. Credit: Jump Media/USHJA

"I think the biggest thing for me this week is seeing how far my horse has come," Farish said. "He has surprised me in every way. I didn't think we'd be here today and I definitely didn't think we'd be winning gold. I'm so proud of him and so thankful to my trainers and everyone who helped him get here and helped me get here. I'm mostly just very proud of my horse."

The weekend before, Farish topped the USHJA Hunterdon Cup Equitation Classic - East Coast, presented by Intermont Equestrian at Emory & Henry College, and also captured the overall grand championship of the USEF Junior Hunter Championship - East Coast riding Style. "It's a dream come true to add these three titles to my accomplishments," she said.

Her NAYC gold came aboard Great White, the 10-year-old Holsteiner gelding she's owned for 2½ years. But things haven't always gone smoothly for the pair. "For the longest time, we struggled with getting him broke and rideable because he was always kind of fighting against me, and it made it difficult to get him broke," Farish said.

McLain Ward's barn manager, Lee McKeever, suggested that they try a long-shank hackamore on Great White. "I don't know why it didn't pop into my head sooner, but the first day of NAYC last year, we tried this exact hackamore, and from the second we put it on, he was a different horse. He's been great ever since and he loves it," she continued.

"I think ever since we changed the bit, his rideability clicked. He's just 10 so he really started showing us his scope and range. I was young, so I wasn't jumping very big classes either, so all of the big classes we've done together have been both of our biggest classes. He's yet to show me what he can't jump, so I think we're growing together and jumping bigger classes and it makes me happy to see him progress," Farish said.

The individual medals turned into a tense battle between Farish, Cohen and Langmeier, who were all faultless in the final round. At the beginning of the day, Langmeier, 18 (East Granby, Conn.) led the individual standings with Durosa W, a 10-year-old KWPN mare owned by Linda Langmeier, but a rail in the first round dropped her to third and elevated Farish to the lead, leaving Cohen (17, New York, N.Y.) with silver aboard her Carmen, an 11-year-old KWPN mare.

Mckayla Langmeier and Durosa W. Credit: Jump Media/USHJA

Samantha Cohen and Carmen. Credit: Jump Media/USHJA

In a special presentation, the Ground Jury recognized Taylor St. Jacques with the Style of Riding Award. Additionally, Juan Andres Rodriguez of Guatemala City, Guatemala, was awarded the Caristo Cup, which is given to the chef d'equipe who best exemplifies Ralph Caristo's enthusiasm and professionalism.

The week didn't get off to the best of starts for Alexandra Pielet, as she had a run-out in the Individual Qualifying Round of the North American Junior Show Jumping Individual Championship, presented by USHJA, that put her into 11th place. But Pielet didn't let that stop her, as she and Helene VE jumped clear round after clear round to take the junior individual gold.

Junior riders took to the podium. Credit: Jump Media/USHJA

After putting in two clear rounds to help her USHJA Zone 5 team win junior gold a few days earlier, Pielet, 17, and Helene VE were the only pair to put together two clean rounds on the final day of the Individual Final, which moved her into gold-medal position.

Pielet had been focusing on the Zone 5 team effort, so she was a bit surprised with her individual gold. "This is a huge accomplishment," she said. "Getting a medal at a championship has been a dream of mine. It was just a dream come true to be able to go clear in all my rounds and have it pay off."

Helene VE, an 11-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare owned by Co-Pielet LLC, came into Pielet's life three years ago and Pielet started out showing her in the children's jumpers. "She's brought me all the way up to my first U25 classes in Florida. I never really had that high of expectations for her, but the bigger the jumps got, the more she just kept jumping her heart out and the more comfortable she was," said Pielet.

That long relationship helped them succeed at NAYC as the courses on the final day were tricky. "A few places were really challenging because you had to go forward and back and it really tested their adjustability. But it was great because it really had you thinking on your feet," said Pielet.

Alexandra Pielet rode Helene VE to the top spot in the Junior Individual Championship. Credit: Jump Media/LLC

Pielet used her knowledge of her mare's stride to help jump the testing lines without fault. "She has a small stride, so in the first round, I was not really planning on doing seven [strides] down the first line, but she jumped in short and then was cool off my leg, so I added there," she said. "Luckily, I know her really well, and I know she's pretty quick across the ground, so I can add in the lines if need be and still be okay on time."

Pielet lives in Highland Park, Ill., but rides with Andre Dignelli in New York, spending her summers in New York and then commuting back and forth during the school year. She plans to attend Auburn University (Ala.) in the fall.

Elli Yeager, 15 (Wellington, Fla.), had been leading the individual standings in her first NAYC until the final round, when she had two rails to earn the silver medal riding her Waliba VDL, a 15-year-old KWPN mare. "She jumped amazing all week. I just didn't help her enough to the triple [combination] and she had 'a' and 'b' down," Yeager said. "I just recently got this horse, so she's still fairly new to me. I've just been working with her on the flat to try and figure her out. I do jump her at home so I can get to know her better, but she doesn't really need to jump; she's amazing."

Elli Yeager earned silver in the Junior Individual Championship aboard Waliba VDL. Credit: Jump Media/USHJA

Claudia Villamil of Puerto Rico, 15, claimed the bronze on her own Quite Close Vd Smis, an 11-year-old Zangersheide mare. "She was really good; I couldn't have been prouder," she said.

Olivia Stephenson of Canada used a smart strategy to win gold in the North American Children's Show Jumping Individual Championship, presented by USHJA. Stephenson used her mare's strengths to be fastest in a three-horse jump-off, relegating her teammate for Canadian team gold, Charlotte McLaughlin, into silver and Guatemalan rider Valentina Arenas Saravia earned the bronze.

Children's riders took to the podium. Credit: Jump Media/USHJA

Mia Albelo from the Zone 3/4/5/7 team was the top-placed U.S. rider in fourth riding her Cassandra Dreams, a 12-year-old Holsteiner mare.

All three riders had jumped clean over the five rounds of team and individual competition during the week, so they had to jump off for the individual gold. Stephenson (Calgary, Alberta) got to watch both McLaughlin (Ottawa, Ontario) and Arenas Saravia (Guatemala) jump off before her and saw they'd both done six strides up the first line.

"I knew that Valentina's horse was very quick, but she seemed like she has a smaller step," Stephenson, 12, said. "I took advantage of that, because my horse has a huge step. In the first line, I saw that these two did six [strides] there and I think the five there helped me. When I went around, I tried to be efficient but also use my horse's big step, which helped me."

Stephenson rode Chaccana, an 11-year-old chestnut mare owned by Tomboy Farms to her title. "She's a bigger type of mare; she's 17 hands. She's faster when you gallop, and not so much at inside turns, so that's where I put my focus on in the jump-off. And I think that's what got us to the top," she said.

McLaughlin, 14 and from Ottawa, Ontario, rode her own Bronan, a 10-year-old KWPN gelding, to the silver medal. Arenas Saravia, 14, and Enrique Arenas' Belina, a 12-year-old mare, claimed the bronze.

Zone 2 wins Young Riders Show Jumping Team Championship, qualifying for the FEI Young Nations Cup Finals

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August 19, 2018

By Staff Writers

NORTH SALEM, N.Y.--The Zone 2 Young Riders team scored a remarkable victory in the USHJA North American Young Rider Show Jumping Team Championship, held at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, N.Y., on August 3.

The team of Katherine Strauss, 19 of New York City, N.Y., Madison Goetzmann , 18 of Skaneateles, N.Y., Samantha Cohen, 17 of New York City and Ailish Cunniffe, 21 of South Salem, N.Y., finished on a score of 9.80, more than 20 points ahead of the silver-medal Zone 10 team and the Mexican team that took bronze.  

This was the 11th time that Zone 2 has claimed Young Rider team gold, and in doing so this year In doing so, they secured the United States a spot in the inaugural FEI Youth Nations Cup Final, which will be held in Opglabbeek, Belgium, from Sept. 6-9.

"To win a gold medal for this team is definitely incredible because we had such great team spirit and have grown up together," said Goetzmann, who jumped two clean rounds on her own Prestigious in the Team Final. "It's such an amazing experience just being here and being able to add this medal to our and Zone 2's list of accomplishments. And we really owe this gold medal to Ralph Caristo, who has been the most incredible chef for so many years for Zone 2. We're all grateful for it."

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Scott Stewart champion in

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February 17, 2018

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Scott Stewart took home two championship wins today aboard Catch Me, owned by Gochman Sport Horses LLC, in the Antares Sellier France High Performance Working Hunter division, and aboard Lucador, owned by Dr. Betsee Parker, in the High Performance Conformation Hunter division.
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Scott Stewart and Catch Me.

Catch Me, an 11-year-old Holsteiner gelding, was champion last week in the WEF 5 Amateur Owner Hunter Over 35 with Becky Gochman, and continued to impress the judges into week six as Stewart piloted the grey to first place in the High Performance Working Hunter under saddle. The pair were first, first, and second over fences.

“He had two 94s and an 89,” said Stewart. “I don’t think he could go any better. I did show him one week in High Performance (here) and he hasn’t done that division much. I plan on using him on Saturday night [for the $100,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Hunter Spectacular]. He feels better than ever and he has really matured.”

Jennifer Hannan aboard Olympic Fire took the reserve championship win with a fourth in the under saddle and a first, second, and third over fences.

When asked about his winning rounds in the High Performance Conformation Hunter, Stewart commented that today marked a bold start to Lucador’s return from some time away from the show ring.

“He hasn’t shown since the National Horse Show, where he was champion,” said Stewart. “He was champion at [The Devon Horse Show] as well. He is super, a beautiful mover, and he has won at every horse show. He is definitely one of the best horses I have ever had.”
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Scott Stewart and Lucador.

Stewart’s notable mount took the top scores of the week aboard the 10-year-old Oldenburg with two 92s and a 90.

Stewart was crowned reserve champion with his other mount in the division, Private Life, owned by Dr. Betsee Parker. The duo were first in the under saddle and first, first, third, and seventh over fences.

Kelley Farmer and Shameless Crowned Champion in the Equine Tack & Nutritionals Green Hunter 3’9”

Kelley Farmer continued her winning streak into week six of the Winter Equestrian Festival with a championship win in the Equine Tack & Nutritional Green Hunter 3’9” division aboard Shameless, owned by Aizlynn Radwanski & Autumn View. Farmer jumped the eight-year-old gelding to a first, fourth, and sixth over fences with a first place win in the under saddle.
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Kelley Farmer and Shameless.

“This is my third week with him,” said Farmer. “We were a little rusty the first week here, but he was champion in both divisions last week, and he walked out here and was champion [again]. He has done nothing but progress and be a great horse. He is big-strided, scopey, light, and he’s easy.”

Farmer and Shameless won the $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Hunt and Go only two weeks ago here in the International Arena and have continued to prevail in the challenging ring.

“So far, he’s been a dream,” said Farmer.

Reserve honors went to Patricia Griffith and Chicago, owned by Callie Seaman, with a second in the under saddle and a first and second over fences.

As hunter competition continued into the early evening on Friday, Caroline Ratigan, aboard Trust, and Ella Bostwick, riding Ecko, prevailed as champions in the UHealth Junior Hunter 16-17 3’3” division.
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Caroline Ratigan, aboard Trust.

Ratigan and her mount of two years, Trust, claimed the tricolor in Section A with a second in the under saddle and two first place finishes over fences. The rider, of Berwyn, PA, is a WEF regular and continues to blaze trails in the hunter ring with the nine-year-old Oldenburg gelding for their third consecutive circuit together. Today’s win followed an impressive high score of 90 for the duo from last week.

“He has been a superstar from the beginning,” said Ratigan. “It was very exciting to get to go in [the International Arena], and I thought that the course was set nicely. It left a lot of space between the jumps to let you gallop and be nice the whole way around. He was unreal.”

Ella Bostwick, a Wellington, FL, native, was named champion in Section B with an eighth in the under saddle and a first, first, and second over fences aboard Ecko, owned by Muller Sport Horses LLC.
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Ella Bostwick, riding Ecko.

Home Horse

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November 30, 2017

By SARA CAVANAGH

Riders, enhance your core, balance, and symmetry! The Home Horse is a game changing device that revolutionizes the way we exercise, by engaging core muscles in patterned co-contractions, stretching and strengthening the pelvic floor, abdominals, obliques, hip abductors, and thigh adductors, directly translating into enhanced balance and core strength, as well as improved posture. The Home Horse is guaranteed to improve your riding and is a fun and challenging new way to effectively simulate some of the neuromuscular benefits of equine movement. There are hundreds of riders, in all disciplines using the Home Horse, including Olympians Boyd Martin, Phillip Dutton, and Will Coleman.

To purchase call Chris at 718 962 5409 or go to: homehorse.com

Racing statistics added to The Horse Online, ad prices now listed under advertising

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May 17, 2017

The Horse Online has added new features to its already comprehensive coverage of competitions, breeding and racing,

The latest additions are the standings of the leading trainers and jockeys at Penn National and Parx race courses and the leading trainers, riders, owners and horses at National Steeplechase races.

The Horse also has the capability online, that it didn’t have as a printed edition, of running video of competitions and races. If readers have videos they would like to see on The Horse, put them on YouTube and call editor Sara Cavanagh at 610-793-1964. The Horse will make the final decision of whether to place any videos in its publication.

The Horse Online is being very well read, which means its advertisers are getting wide coverage. Ads have been read as many as 48,330 times. Ad sizes and prices are now listed under advertising at the bottom of the online page. There are a limited number of four 900x600 or 900x400 ads at a cost of $450 and $350 respectively. There are five 900x100 ads available at $200, and sidebar ads at 300x500 or 300x300, are priced at $225 and $125 respectively. All ads are sized in pixels and must be prepaid. Ad make up is available at $45 for the 900px wide ads and $25 for the 300px wide ads.

The Horse is back by popular acclaim

UNIONVILLE, Pa.—Thirty-six years ago, The Horse of Delaware Valley announced its arrival with the headline “Who we are and why we’re here.”

“We’re a new horse publication focusing on a small area of southeastern Pennsylvania.” Since then, The Horse grew into the largest equestrian publication, covering Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

The last printed edition of The Horse was the December, 2016 issue, and now The Horse is resuming as an online publication, covering show jumping, eventing, dressage, racing, breeding and all the major national and international events.

The Horse Online will include a calendar and advertising. Calendar insertions must be sent in by the 15th of each month. Ads must be submitted, web-ready* and prepaid through PayPal, by the 15th of each month.

Ads will be posted once a month and will run throughout the entire month, while stories will be posted throughout the month.

Subscribers will be notified via e-mail with a message to their in-boxes, announcing which stories are included in each posting. Please join our mailing list to be notified of new stories.

Clicking on the “read more” button on the e-mail will take readers to the website of The Horse of Delaware Valley, where readers can easily navigate between the latest stories as well as archived stories.

Contact

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Contribute to Calendar

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To add your organization's events to our calendar, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.with full details.

Advertising

For Classified ads, please click on the "Classifieds on the top of this page. You will then be walked through how to submit and pay for your ad.. 

 

For Display ads, call Ginny Jenkins at 610-873-4042 to discuss size required and creative assistance you might need. Once your ad has been reviewed and submitted and you know the total cost, you can either pay by check to the above listed address or pay by credit card either with Paypal (via address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or by calling one of the numbers LISTED ABOVE.

 

Full page advertising (900x1100 pixels) is also welcome for the price of $945. Ask about our multiple insertion discounts here!

 

Please make sure you look at ads here on top of this page that run the whole width of our site on all pages.

 

For Facebook ads- Note: all advertisers get FREE EXPOSURE on our Facebook page. However, if you wish to gain greater access to readers on our Facebook page, we are now offering full page ads for $175/2 month at 3 - 4x/month exposure. Or $95/one month exposure, and just $35/month or $60/2 month for smaller ads running 3x/month.

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Ad space is available in several spots on our new website. 

1. Premium full width ads, sized at 1200 px wide and either 100 or 200px deep can be placed at the top of a page. This space is available for $600/month for a 100px deep ad or $800/month for a 200px deep ad.
2. Large, feature style ads, sized at 900 pixels wide and either 400 or 600 pixels or 1200 pixels deep (OUR FULL PAGE OFFERING), can be placed at the bottom of the page.....or UNDER AN ATTACHED STORY HIGHER UP IN A SPECIAL SECTION. There are only 5 spots available each month for these ads, and they are priced at $575/month for a 900x600 pixel ad and $425/month for a 900x400 pixel ad.
3. BANNER STYLE ADS, 900 pixel wide and 100 deep, can be placed at the top of a page just above the newspaper content and are priced at $225/month. There are up to 5 spots available each month for this size ad. There are also 900x150 and 900x200 pixel options available.
4. Large banner style ads, 900px wide and 200px deep, can be placed at the top of a page just above the newspaper content and are priced at $400/month.  There are up to 5 spots available each month for this size ad.
5. Smaller ads, 300px wide and either 300px or 500px deep, can be placed in the column on the right of each page.  300px x 300px ads are priced at $125/month and 300px x 500px ads are priced at  $225/month.
6. Classified ads - text only with a description of your service, job posting, or product - will be placed on the Marketplace & Classifieds Page. Please include a phone number.  $25 per month.

Ads must be submitted web-ready* or our art department can create your ad for a onetime charge of $45 for 900px or 1200px wide ads or $30 for 300px wide ads. Call Ginny Jenkins, Adv. Dir., at 610-873-4042 for more information.

* By web-ready we mean that ads should be:

1. In one of the following formats: .jpg, .gif or .png
2. Sized to fit the available ad location you have selected, ie 900px wide by 600px tall, 900px wide by 400px tall, or 300px wide and anywhere from 100px tall to 500px tall.
3. Saved at a resolution 72 or 96 pixels per inch.

Ads must be paid in full (by PayPal or by check to The Horse of Delaware Valley, 721 Haines Mill Rd., West Chester, PA 19382) by the 15th of the month prior to the ad running. If you require a written and mailed invoice or receipt, please add $10 to ad's cost. For an emailed invoice add $2.

Ask about our special “HDV REWARDS PROGRAM!”

About The Horse

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The Horse of Delaware Valley is the oldest and largest equine publication serving the mid-Atlantic states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia since 1985. We are also proud to add full coverage in the states of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts,Vermont ,West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky & Georgia.

The December, 2016 issue was the final print edition, but in February, 2017, the first monthly edition of The Horse Online was published. The Horse Online will follow the format of The Horse of Delaware Valley’s print edition and will feature news stories on showjumping, eventing and dressage as well as breeding and racing news and breaking stories of all equestrian disciplines.

Advertisers must submit their ads, prepaid via PayPal, by the 7th of the month previous to publication.

Ad prices now listed under "ADVERTISING".

The Horse Online has comprehensive coverage of competitions, breeding a racing.

The Horse also has the capability online, that it didn’t have as a printed edition, of running video of competitions and races. If readers have videos they would like to see on The Horse, put them on YouTube and call editor Sara Cavanagh at 610-793-1964. The Horse will make the final decision of whether to place any videos in its publication.

The Horse Online is being very well read, which means its advertisers are getting wide coverage. Ads have been read as many as 48,330 times. Ad sizes and prices are now listed under advertising at the bottom of the online page. All ads are sized in pixels and must be prepaid. Ad design is available at prices that start at $30 and up, based on ad size.

Meet the team!

Here now are our super knowledgeable, horse loving staff (shown below) who help us grow daily:

SARA CAVANAGH, OWNER AND EDITOR WEST CHESTER, Pa.--Sara Cavanagh competed in equitation, junior hunters and working hunters as a junior, finishing second four times in the Medal and Maclay Finals, to George Morris, Mike Plumb and Wilson Dennehy. After graduating from juniors, she showed in Amateur Owner and Green Hunters, finishing second twice in the national Horse of the Year on Smiling Sal and War Count. When it was thought that women would be allowed to compete for the first time in Three-Day Eventing in the 1960 Rome Olympics, Sara was invited to train with the Three-Day team in Colorado for three months along with Plumb, Dennehy, Billy Haggard, and four others. By the time women finally were allowed to compete in the Olympics in Three-Day Evening, Sara was married with children and concentrating on fox hunting, where she served as whipper-in to the Meadow Brook Hounds for 16 years, showing and raising her children. She was remarried in 1975 to her husband H.L. (Sandy) Schwartz, a life-long newsman, and in 1980, after moving to Pennsylvania, as Schwartz' idea, they started The Horse of Delaware Valley, and Sara has served as Editor from the beginning of the publication. Being to busy to ride, Sara began breeding thoroughbreds for the race track. Her homebreds, living at her farm, broken by her son Frank Steall and trained by Jonathan Sheppard, are Allowance winner Avilord, who won six races, and Dancing Together, who won two races and is now in foal to Redeemed, and an about to be 3-year-old , Ler's Go Danzing, who will race next year. When the cost of printing became prohibitive, Sara took the publication digital. She is thrilled with her staff and the great work they do and appreciative of the many subscribers.

GINNY JENKINS, ADVERTISING DIRECTOR DOWNINGTOWN, Pa.--Ginny Jenkins acted as the very first Advertising Manager for The Horse of Delaware Valley for their first 10 years and is back now to oversee the Advertising in our new ALL DIGITAL format as our Director. Armed with a great deal of Advertising Agency and Corporate Experience, Ginny has brought a great deal of expertise to our publication and many of the accounts she handles here. Ginny is best known to many of you horse lovers in the field as the creator of THE HORSE OF CHESTER COUNTY Calendars and also her book, HORSES NATURALLY, when she visited your farms for some natural Equine shots. She also has many award-winning pieces of Artwork and Photography shown in homes and offices around the country. Ginny is also a trained Level 3 - Reiki Master. We are delighted to have her lead us with new innovative programs to benefit not only our publication but the many accounts and clients with whom she works. Feel free to contact her at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  Visit Ginny's virtual art gallery here: https://www.facebook.com/GinnyJenkinsArt

EMILIE BRADY, ASST. ADVERTISING/SALES MANAGER--Emilie Brady is the newest addition to the HDV team. She comes on board as the new Asst. Advertising/Sales Mgr.  From Pony Club on up, and now living with horses herself, she knows all things Equestrian and can assist you with any inquiries. Emilie is also a small business owner and makes organic homemade dog and horse treats. You can purchase her products by sending her a message on her facebook or instagram page. To find out more about her small business you can search her facebook @Em Brady  and her Instagram @ emiliessmallbatchorganictreats.  As a graduate of Delaware University in Bucks County, PA, she is also armed with a great deal of savvy business experience over the past few years. She will be assisting current and new accounts with the many advertising options available here through our publication.  To work with Emilie, you can email her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or give her a call at 610-500-4908.

DAVID SMITH, CONTENT SUPPORT  HOCKESSIN DE--Dave joined The Horse of Delaware Valley team to provide content support.  He assists Heather with the montly updates to the website. He also provides troubleshooting, technical support, and technical consulting for the website's CMS.

 We remain the oldest and largest Equine Publication in the Mid-Atlantic Region!

(PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NY, OH, CT, MA, VT,WV, NC, SC, FL, KY & GA )

FIND SHOWS, EQUINE EVENTS, OUR NEW DIRECTORY OF SERVICES PAGE, RACING, KIDS CORNER, MARKETPLACE, AND CLASSIFIED ADS!

Our readers between the two age brackets of 17 – 35 yrs old/& 45 – 70 yrs old.

We have an affluent market share of people with an average income of $69,000 - $198,000/yr

• 69% own their own horse.
  
  
• 22% lease their horse.
  
  
• 48% enjoy showing their horse in local and regional events and love our show coverage!
  
  
• 74% also have other animals such as dogs and cats  (and goats, chickens, donkeys, etc!)
  
  
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• 24% are considering barn and/or fencing purchases in the upcoming 6 months.
  
  
• 17% are considering Equine Education/training options for themselves or family members.
  
  
• 32% make their living in an Equine related field  (Hoofcare, Barn Mgt., Training, Veterinary) 

HDV’s monthly themed advertising options are of as much interest to our readers as their editorial content.

 Our affordable classified and display advertising rates are considered the most cost efficient in the marketplace, and of value to 79% of our readers.

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