Marion Dresel O’Connor loves a horse with “bling.” And a lot of it. Defying an unlikely background, modest means, remote location and some unconventional approaches, O’Connor has turned her love into consecutive national honors from the U.S. Dressage Federation as Dressage Sport Horse Breeder of the Year in 2009 and 2010, while her colorful horses make an impression on the dressage world.
These young horses can and do go on to the performance divisions, but the pathway is challenging.
Each year, hundreds of young horses show in the hunter breeding division, earning blue ribbons and national honors. But where do they go when they turn 4 and have finished showing on the line?
A living symbol of American freedom knows no boundaries in his new career.
He was born an American icon. As a wild U.S. mustang he symbolized independence. Surviving wasn't easy in the rugged desert landscape of Palomino Valley outside Reno, Nev., but as a young colt he knew nothing but the freedom of the desert wind.
Until the day the helicopters came.
Nine years later, this striking dun stallion trotted confidently in the company of champion warmbloods around the historic Dixon Oval as the first mustang to ever compete at Dressage at Devon (Pa.).
If you’ve purchased cooled semen for your mare or shipped cooled semen for your stallion, you have a horse named Galoubet A to thank for that.
The author looks at things to consider when breeding, training and showing a pony for sale.
When most people think of breeding, their first thought is “stallion,” but most breeders eventually find this to be incorrect. The best first word is probably “mare.”
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