Allison Springer
Straight from the Rider’s Mouth
Check out these top picks from the Team SmartPak pros, or head over to SmartPak.com to read over 45,000 product reviews from riders across the country! 2011 Rolex Kentucky Competitor Allison Springer Charles Owen GR8 Helmet (#12415, $279.95) “I’m proud that I wore a helmet in my 2010 and 2011 Rolex dressage tests, and I [...]
2011 Rolex Day 1 Recap

With the first day of action completed at the 2011 Rolex Three Day Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t take the opportunity to share the highlights from the first day. Whether you’re a rider, SmartPak employee or eventing fan, it was a long and very full day. Allison Springer Allison Springer lead off the [...]
Greetings from Aiken!
We have had a wonderful start to our time in Aiken! I am so thrilled with the great improvements I have seen in my horses so far this year. Jack and I have really started a whole new relationship with one another. He used to be quite a strong ride for me, but he has [...]
Greetings from Florida!!
Hello from sunny Florida! I cannot tell you how good it is to be down here… well, I guess I can… it’s AMAZING!! All the horses traveled well, have all been body clipped and are now into their training routine.
On Helmets and what looks good!
Team SmartPak’s own Allison Springer discusses the changing trends from tops hats to helmets in the dressage ring.
Cross-Country Course Walk with Bruce Davison, Allison Springer, Amy Tryon, and Kiwi Joe Meyers
The crowds for the Professional Riders Organization cross-country course walk with Bruce Davidson, Allison Springer, Kiwi Joe Meyers, and Amy Tryon were what one might call, let’s say, enormous. See that teeming mass of eventing fans below? Right, that’s roughly half of the crowd that gathered to hear what these eventing legends, leaders, and stars [...]
Let’s Walk the WEG Cross-Country with Allison Springer

The World Equestrian Games is, undoubtedly, a big 4 star course. Let Allison Springer take you around the course with some highlights, which questions are particularly hard, and which horses and riders will succeed.
GMHA Training and Novice 3-Day Event
Greetings from the GMHA Training and Novice 3-Day Event! SmartPak is a proud sponsor of both the GMHA and the Classic 3-Day Series, so it was the perfect blog storm when one of SmartPak’s own, Colby, qualified for the event with her horse Rudder, and Team SmartPak rider Allison Springer was also competing with Nancy [...]
Luhmühlen Recap
Cross country day in Luhmühlen was kind of crazy. Arthur warmed up fantastically and went out on course making easy work of everything.
I have decided to go to Luhmuhlen!!!
Yes… Luhmuhlen is next! Arthur is perfect, I am determined! My travel plans, thanks to Paul Weygand at Mersant, are set. I love working with Paul. Fortunately we have done this a couple of times now, so we have a pretty good idea of what to expect and we also know to be prepared for [...]
