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Nydrie’s “Day in May” was simply amazing

Nydrie’s “Day in May” was Amazing Virginia truly is for horse lovers. Two people who love history, horses, and restoration projects made a commitment to bring back the glory of a famous racing stable – Nydrie – that had been empty and unkempt for over 20 years. On Sunday, May 24, 2026, four years after […]

Nydrie – A Day in May

A Day in May Join us on Sunday, May 24th for a day of education and celebration! This one day clinic, Grand Opening Lunch and Grand Opening Reception will celebrate the newly renovated Nydrie in Esmont, Virginia, on Sunday, May 24th. Offering three masterclass sessions and two conformation clinics given by top-notch clinicians and ‘R’ […]

A Clinic with Purpose

The Amazing Inaugural Rider to Horseman:A Clinic with Purpose Featuring Traci & Carleton Brooks of Balmoral, Authors of ‘With Purpose’ Embracing the importance of why you do what you do with your horse was the intent and everyone walked (and rode) away with that and more from the inaugural Rider to Horseman: A Clinic With […]

Phoebe Weseley: The Engine Room

What a great article about Cassanto in the Yearbook Issue (Jan. 27 & Feb. 3, pg. 26). When I looked at his breeding I saw that he has Corde (Cor de la Bryere) five times in the fifth generation, which is the “engine room.” No wonder he is such a fabulous horse! I would love […]

Phoebe Weseley of River Run Farm featured on “Her Riding Habit”

My name is Phoebe Weseley and I own River Run Farm, LLC. I am an amateur rider who has owned my own farm for over 20 years. I grew up in Manhattan as the daughter of two doctors. When I was a teenager, my parents were in upstate NY and saw a skinny neglected Arabian […]

River Run Farm Congratulates…

Kristin Frishman on the purchase of Bella Fiona. Shama Alghurain on the purchase of Holland. Kayla Walker on the purchase of Middlemarch. Special thanks to Krista Olson and Point of View Farm, Genuine Farms and Vasile Zirnoveanu.

Colin Syquia Claims Victory in $5,000 Hunter Derby at Vermont Summer Festival

East Dorset, Vermont – Colin Syquia of Forest Hills, NY, won the $5,000 3’3” NEHJA Hunter Derby, presented by Eastern Hay, on Thursday, July 20, during week three of the six-week Vermont Summer Festival, running through August 13 at Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset, VT. Course designer Gerry Briggs of Smyrna, TN, designed the […]

Bright Ideas: A Princess Pony, A Pet Pig and A Fabulous Farish

Put that altogether and what do you have? This week it’s Reserve Champion at the USEF Pony Finals, Green Medium Pony division with over 70 entries. The pony is Brighton Heartbreaker, a 6-year-old Welsh cross, and this was her ninth show ever. The rider was the talented Daisy Farish, a 13-year-old competing in her seventh […]

The 52nd Washington International Horse Show Begins Competition With Hunters

Jennifer Wood Media Washington, D.C. –  The 52nd annual Washington International Horse Show began today with hunter competition for professional and amateur riders, who had the first classes of their divisions and finish for championships tomorrow. In the evening session, children’s and adult hunter riders reigned the ring. After four years of competing in the […]