The crowd erupted as Buck Davidson entered the main arena today on dressage day one at the World Equestrian Games. So enthusiastically, in fact, that the announcer begged everyone to hold their enthusiasm for after his test. I caught a…
Monthly Archives: September 2010
World Equestrian Games Friends (In Bronze)
The Kentucky Horse Park celebrates horses in every way including in art. In our walks around the park (up and down hills, from one side to the other and back again) there are horses in pastures, prepping in warm-up rings, and hacking across fields. There are also horses frozen in time in sculpture that capture moments we all know well.
Welcome to the World Equestrian Games
Welcome to the World Equestrian Games at the Kentucky Horse Park! There’s so much to come but let’s start with a walk around the park with me.
Team Spirit at the World Equestrian Games
The World Equestrian Games are as diverse and international as I’d hoped they’d be with different languages and flags around every corner. Being a lover of travel and language I’m just as happy as can be. I ran into this…
Just Your Typical Day in Lexington
It has been said before, but this is such a cool experience! The World Equestrian Games continue to amaze and impress me with all that there is to see!
Tagged with: Reining, Team SmartPak, Tim McQuay, Tom McCutcheon, WEG, Western
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Posted in SmartPak Features, Team SmartPak
The Power of Uber-Cool Boots
The Cordoba Boot is a beautifully styled two-tone brown calfskin leather boot. The heavy duty full-length zipper has a long leather fringe pull and single buckle closure for a unique and stylish look.
USA Wins Team Gold!
It is always great to win, especially when you know that you have competed and done your best against the best in the world. It was a great day for everyone on the USA Reining Team. Tom McCutcheon started things…
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Posted in SmartPak Features, Team SmartPak
Shawn Flarida’s Run at the 2010 WEG Reining Team Competition
The Team Reining competition is wrapping up at the World Equestrian Games and Team USA still has a dominant lead. One of the SmartPak team happened to capture this video of Shawn Flarida’s run aboard RC Fancy Step that earned…
The Reiners Have Arrived!
We are here! After months of planning, preparing and organizing, the day has finally come! The first group from Tom McCutcheon Reining Horses and McQuay Stables arrived at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky today amid a flurry of…
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Posted in Blogs, Events, SmartPak Features, Team SmartPak
Those moments that make your heart bounce…
It is Saturday of the AECs, aka “the mandatory outing” and I am at work while Amy is trying to make the US Team for the World Equestrian Games. So this is the series of events that show up on…
A Groom’s Tale – Part II
SmartPak photo shoots are a lot of fun, but they’re also a lot of work. The preparation starts weeks in advance, the expectations are high and the timing is tight. The entire team is going full throttle, and no one stops until the job is done.
Richland Park HT and a whirlwind trip…
Amy, Shelby, Leyland and just about all of the O’Connor Event Team headed east from the heat and humidity of Virginia to compete in either the Three Star or the Advanced divisions of Richland Park with their short listed horses.
