The Plaid Horse

Read our November Cover Story! Ryan Kenny didn’t have winning the Developing Pro Challenge on his bucket list this year. Only six months into his professional career, and at only 20 years old, Kenny’s mindset the night of the prestigious class was to go into the ring and have a good experience–to set a foundation for future success.

I put my foot in the stirrup and, once again, the world is quiet. There is no book report due, no 8th grade dance I worry about being asked to. There is only 17 hands of young, nervous horse underneath me. We had jumped this wall before, why was it a problem now? We could easily jump much higher than this. What wasn’t he getting?

Having variation in your daily exercises will also help keep them engaged and thinking without getting bored. I am big on reward and praise, so when they do something well and correctly, let them know. Most importantly, remember patience. We tend to look for instant gratification in this day and age and need to remember it takes time to build habits. Progress can be just one small step forward, not necessarily crossing the finish line.” –Quinn Partridge

Jirenze jumped incredibly for Team USA in our first CSIO 3* Nations Cup for 3rd Place out of 18 teams! Geoff Case Photo: Piper Klemm, Ph.D. / The Plaid Horse

Jirenze you have been life changing for me. Today I was honored to wear the pinque coat representing Team USA in the show ring for the first time! Thank you to this incredible mare, every horse who has taught me my entire life and all the people who have come together over so many years to make my dreams a reality! Geoff Case, Taylor Kain Equestrian Photo: Piper Klemm, Ph.D. / The Plaid Horse

Jirenze in the 1.55 m CSI 3* Grand Prix in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain. Photo: Piper Klemm, Ph.D. / The Plaid Horse.

Sugarbrook Positron Blue 🦅 and Lacey Powers in the “Toy Story” Pony Hunt Teams at the Washington International Horse Show 🌟

Im Special in the CSI 2* Grand Prix in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain. Photo: Piper Klemm, Ph.D. / The Plaid Horse.

Craft Culinary Concepts, the preferred food and beverage provider at Will Rogers Memorial Center (WRMC), has named Waylon Cornelius executive chef of the center’s catering and concessions. A native of Mansfield, Texas, and 2003 graduate of AIMS Academy of Culinary Arts in Dallas, Cornelius is shifting the expectations of the center’s guests from a typical “BBQ and beans” menu to a bill of fare satisfying both the palates of the world’s greatest horsemen and DFW’s most discerning gala planner.

Junior riders have been preparing all week for Sunday’s 2024 Hamel Foundation National Horse Show 3’3″ Equitation Championship. In its 7th year at NHS, 186 riders competed in the Championship Final, marking one of the final’s largest classes to date. In the end, it was Rosemary Bilson and Cherokee Show Horses’ Que Color who emerged victorious.