HJN Content posted on May 30th, 2007

EC Certified Coach Leads Canadian University Students to Nations’ Cup

Ottawa, Ontario — Equine Canada certified coach Marie-Helen Lessard of Orangeville, ON accompanied three Canadian university student riders to the International Student Riding Nations’ Cup in Buchs ZH, Switzerland, April 19-22. (Read on…)

Jack Kelly in the Lead Up to the Largest Equestrian Event Ever Held in the United States of America

If there were ever a gift most of us would dream of having, it would probably have a lot to do with time; you could avoid embarrassing situations, resurrect burnt dinners from the bin, take back those terrible things you said or did, pop the ball in the hoop when the whole crowd is cheering and there are 3 seconds to go, the list is endless. So how (knowing that this power will not be unveiled to him in the meantime), 3 years prior to the biggest equestrian event ever held in the US, does Jack Kelly actually feel? (Read on…)

Leffler tops Kursinski in Open Jumpers on Tuesday at Devon

DEVON, Pa.—Despite fighting a bad cold, Mary Lisa Leffler of Brookville, Md., was one of only two riders to conquer the course set by Olaf Petersen, who was the course designer at the Athens Olympics, in the evening jumper class at the Devon Horse Show.

From a starting field of 15, only Leffler on Rolling Acres Farm’s Gerona 92 and Olympic veteran Anne Kursinski on Samara jumped clean in the first round of the $7,500 Open Jumper class to return for the timed jump-off. (Read on…)