Jumping without tack, pair takes 1st place
USDF silver medalist Chesna Klimek and off-track Thoroughbred Solar walked away with the win at the Emerald Downs trainer challenge last month after she rode the beautiful black horse over a jump— bareback, and without a bridle. The pair took first place in the 100-day Trainer Challenge, after outperforming other competitors in two divisions— the in-hand demonstration, and a three-and-a-half minute freestyle completion, which featured the daring jump. Says Klimek, “Three minutes isn’t a lot of time to showcase what they’ve learned. But I knew he seemed pretty calm at the show, so I decided to do the bridle-less jumping. […]
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Talented racehorse is a natural at dressage
Straight off the track after 62 starts and amassing $125,000 in purse earnings, Bold Vindication began training for dressage as easily as if he left all those starting gates; he now does a collected canter instead of a hard run for the finish line. Under the guidance of Minnesota trainer Suzanne Wepplo, Bold Vindication learned in eight short weeks to do a collected walk, trot, and canter with good contact, while holding a steady frame, and with natural elasticity. “He’s been easy in every way,” she says, noting that he had many fine attributes, including an uphill conformation and a […]
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’09 Breeders’ Cup hopeful triumphs over famine
A year after one-time Breeders’ Cup contender Pulsion wobbled off a rescue van at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital suffering from emaciation and infection, and following unstinting help provided by generous people who paid his vet bills and donated care at a layup facility, the horse who suffered extreme peaks and valleys in his young life is on the upswing—and headed to his first horse show. Next weekend, a young Florida nurse will ride Pulsion at the Punta Gorda Horsemen’s Association schooling show, in the hunter/jumper division. “I got Pulsion a month and a half ago, and everyone who sees […]
