What is The Hunter Derby?
By TPH Intern Caroline Gabus, Photos by Adam Hill
The Plaid Horse is proud to sponsor a special award for the Top Scoring Junior Rider and the Top Handy Round Score at all the USHJA...
Be the Voice: The Horse Owner’s Responsibility of Advocacy
By Nilani Trent
Recently, Bill Schaub wrote a post on Facebook about the overuse of show horses, specifically calling out against competing excessive weeks in a row. I followed up on this topic the next day...
USEDHORSESTUFF.COM
Read more from TPH March Young Rider Style by CLICKING HERE.
By Sissy Wickes
GROWTH SPURT
Another show season, another trip to the tack shop, another experience of sticker shock when you buy the next size up...
Piper Klemm Ph.D. Publisher’s Note- January 2017
Photo: USHJA HORSEMANSHIP QUIZ CHALLENGE NATIONAL FINALS AT LAKE ERIE COLLEGE (PAINESVILLE, OH) IN NOVEMBER. LEFT TO RIGHT: CRICKET STONE, USHJA HQC AD HOC COMMITTEE CHAIR; PIPER KLEMM, TPHPUBLISHER; ALIX MORRISON, 2016 OVERALL GOLD...
Style Notebook: Sofia Roberts tells us about what she is wearing these days…
Read more from TPH March Young Rider Style by CLICKING HERE.
Your helmet? Samshield Premium Alcantara
Your gloves? Roeckl
Your favorite breeches? Tailored Sportsman
Your hunt coat of choice? Charles Ancona
Tall boots? Parlanti
As you move up...
TPH Young Rider Spotlight: Grace Klein’s Swift Ride to Success
Read the cover story from TPH March Young Rider Style issue and more by CLICKING HERE.
Photos by Andrew Ryback Photography
Grace Klein is a poised young woman with a shy smile and quiet demeanor –...
Equestrian Aid Foundation: Horsemen Helping Horsemen
Above Photo: EAF RECIPIENTS MERIBETH WHITE, CAROLYN DAVEY, NORA VANEGAS, AND JOE MCCLOSKEY. PHOTO © MEG MCGUIRE
Read this editorial piece and more from the TPH March Young Rider Style issue by CLICKING HERE.
By Sissy...
Lions, Tigers and Microchips, Oh My!
Find this article and more HERE in the TPH March 2017 Young Rider Style issue
By Sissy Wickes
Datamars executive Cailin Monahan is ready to assuage any fears about the USEF mandate on microchipping of competition...
Surbey Surges To The Top
Photo above: SURBEY FURTHERING HIS CANADIAN LEAD IN THE FEI NORTH AMERICAN WESTERN LEAGUE JUMPING-OFF TO 9TH AT THE PALM BEACH MASTERS IN FEBRUARY. PHOTO © ANDREW RYBACK PHOTOGRAPHY.
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April 2017 TPH Crossword- Inspired by the 2017 USHJA Horsemanship Quiz Challenge
CLICK HERE to download the April 2017 TPH Crossword!
Stay tuned for the April 2017 Equine Business issue of The Plaid Horse magazine by CLICKING HERE to find the crossword answers!
Available at a horse show near you, or...
March 2017 TPH Crossword- Inspired by the 2017 USHJA Horsemanship Quiz Challenge
CLICK HERE to download the February 2017 TPH Crossword!
Find the answers HERE on Page 80 of The Plaid Horse – Young Rider Style issue- March 2017
Available at a horse show near you, or online...
Piper Klemm Ph.D. Publisher’s Note- February 2017
BY PIPER KLEMM, PH
CLICK HERE to read more from the February 2017 Stallion issue
As we launch “Inside Your Ride: The Podcast” with Tonya Johnston this month and read Kim Harries’ article in this issue...
The Best Horse: What Riding #Sundaethebesthorse Taught Me About My Riding and the Sport
BY PUBLISHER PIPER KLEMM, PHD
I don’t get to ride very much. Between constant travel, late nights processing photos, perpetual emails, and trying to keep an ever expanding (incredible!) team running smoothly, I rarely actually...
Quick Facts about Pony Measurement
CLICK HERE to read Sissy Wicke's "Pony Measurement: The New Normal?"
Read the entire US Equestrian Hunter Rulebook HERE
Quick facts about Federation Measurement Verification
There are three kinds of measurement proceedings for horses and ponies: original...
Pony Remeasurement: The New Normal?
To read quick facts about pony measurement OR the entire section from the rulebook, CLICK HERE.
By Sissy Wickes
About last weekend: Amidst the Depo Provera/MPA debacle has come yet another strike from the USEF. Only...
Prevalence of Concussion Symptoms in Equestrian Athletes, Is It Underreported?
By Anne Z Hoch; MD Piper Klemm, PhD; Aniko Szabo, PhD;
Background: While there is increased awareness of concussion in football and hockey, equestrian riding is also high risk sport for concussion. There is...
10 Ponies For Sale or Lease That Will Not Be Random Measured
Due to US Equestrian enforcing random measurement, buying and leasing that pony hunter just lost a lot of market confidence. However, ponies over the age of 15 will not be randomly measured. Here are...
Kathy Russell Documentaries: Your Equine Journey
By Kathy Russell, Photos by Kathy Russell Photography
During her early childhood in Canada, Kathy Russell did everything but ride horses. Little did she know that attending a friend’s 11-year-old birthday party would change the course...
10 Things that Keep Me Up at Night Other Than Depo Use
The cost of horse showing.
Who’s working on it: Local shows stepping up their game
The lack of horsemanship.
Who’s working on it: TPH title sponsor of HQC
The new green hunter system.
What is this...
First Experience At The Winter Equestrian Festival
By TPH Contributor Julia Fischer
On a winter morning at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL, several horses were escorted through the bridle path near a local road, an ordinary day for them. The...
Piper’s Annual Plea for Kindness
I spend time during almost every week of a horse show giving hugs and listening while tears roll down someone’s face. These are generally sport and horse related moments. We put so much into...
It Shouldn’t Be Our Goal to Become FEI
Yesterday’s piece was fact. (Click here to read yesterday's piece) This editorial here, today, this is my opinion. Here we go! If you agree with any of these points, please copy and paste them...
