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Horses and People brief items
Editor's note: Due to space limitations, the Horse and Field Sports section of this week's Fauquier Times-Democrat newspaper did not include Horses and People briefs, nor the Sporting Calendar. We here at the Horse Sports desk recognize that these two items are by far the most read parts of our unique sports section. Therefore, we are 'publishing' the briefs and calendar in their entirety here online. Please refer to the Times-Democrat for other horse news, but trust that we continue to work hard to keep the horse sports news cranking out for local -- and out-of-area -- readers who've come to rely on.
Do not hesitate to call us at (540) 347-4222 with your horse news items and calendar entries. The Horse Sports section will soon be back up and running as usual in the Times-Democrat. Also, the horse sports desk can provide details on any area event -- upcoming or past -- that you need more information on.
New Web site
A new foxhunting Web site, www.foxhuntva. com, has been launched. There are many interactive features, and all of Virginia's many clubs are listed. Log on for more details.
Moonraker hosts clinic
Australian rider and horse biomechanic expert Colleen Kelly will give lessons and demos at Moonraker Stable in Catlett July 7-9. Look online for a clinic flyer: www.ColleenKelly.net or call Moonraker at (540) 788-4458.
A new view of Virginia's horse country
Virginia Film Tours in Richmond has four more "Discover Beautiful Middleburg" tours scheduled — July 12, Aug. 9, Sept. 12 and Oct. 11. Details are available online at www.virginiafilmtours.com or call (804) 744-1718.
Abernathy, redux
Horse trainer Randy Abernathy will return to Warrenton's Fox Trot Farm for another clinic July 19-21, with a demonstration event Friday evening, July 18, 7-9 p.m.
Call for details: (540) 341-4005 or log onto www.foxtrotfarm-va.com.
Pony club members qualify
Warrenton's Karin Brown and Albemarle's Izzy Brennan have qualified for the U.S. Pony Club's international mounted games team set to compete in Australia later this month.
Pony Club is the largest youth riding club in the world with 100,000 members ages 6-21. USPC has 625 clubs nationwide, including a dozen in the Virginia Region.
Lowe on winning team
Double-clear rounds led the U.S. team to victory in the Nations' Cup in Slovenia over the weekend. Upperville rider Alexa Lowe rode Windsor Farm homebred Nadyleen on the gold medal team with James Benedetto, Michael Morrissey and Tracy Magness. The team accrued 10 faults over two jumper rounds to beat Austria (13) and Italy (14.)
ODHPC event upcoming
The second in the series of Old Dominion Hounds Pony Club schooling shows is scheduled for Sunday, July 20 at Windsor Lodge Farm in Flint Hill. Divisions include dressage "test of choice" and combined test divisions ranging from first timers through training level. The jumping phase includes a "jumper derby" format combining show jumps with a short cross-country.
Entry forms are available by calling (540) 636-2344.
O’Connor elected to AHC board
David O’Connor, president of the United States Equestrian Federation, Olympic gold medalist, Pam American Games and World Equestrian Games medalist as well as a resident of The Plains, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Washington, D.C.-based American Horse Council.
In 2004, O’Connor officially retired from international competition and was re-elected as president of USEF for the 2005-2009 term.
As president, he works closely with the FEI, the international governing body for all non-racing horse sports, and serves as the official spokesperson of the federation on all matters relating to its governance and direction.
O’Connor has taken his career in new directions, including international coaching, having accepted the position of coach of the Canadian three-day event team.
He has also become a course designer for such venues as the Ocala Horse Park in Florida, the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington and the Colorado Horse Park.
“We are pleased to have someone with David’s experience and ability as a member of our Board”, said Jay Hickey, AHC president. “He provides great contacts with the show industry, both here and abroad.”
Voss art at NSL
An exhibit entitled "The Voss family, artists of American sporting life" is set to open at the National Sporting Library on Aug. 29 in Middleburg.
Organized by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. and curated by Ms. Gregory R. Weidman, the exhibition features more than 60 works of art by this prolific family of sporting artists who depicted the champions of the American turf and other sporting subjects.
Franklin Brooke Voss (1880-1953) was one of the foremost equestrian artists of the 20th century, painting such champions of American flat racing such as Man o’War, Equipoise, Seabiscuit, War Admiral, Sir Barton and Whirlaway for the premier racing families such as the Whitneys, Riddles, Vanderbilts, Phippses, and Wideners. Franklin Voss also depicted steeplechase races, foxhunting, and coaching. He was also a noted dog portraitist.
His brother, Edward Somerville Voss (1883-1969), was known for his lively watercolors of foxhunting scenes, and sister, Jessie Voss Lewis (1876-1962), captured family members in pastels.
Franklin’s sister-in-law, Elsa Horne Voss (1895-1982), sculpted small bronzes of animals. Each family member is represented in the exhibition.
The painting of legendary champion racehorse Man o’War with jockey Hall of Famer Johnny Loftus is one of the artist’s most recognizable works. The exhibit will feature some of Voss’s preliminary sketches still owned by the family, displayed alongside the related completed works.
The library is the final stop of the Voss exhibit, which opened at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga last summer. It will be on view through July 27 at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, Md. The exhibition closes at the NSL next February.
The exhibit is free and open to the public during the library’s hours of operation, which are Tuesdays-Fridays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays 1-4 p.m. For more information, call (540) 687-6542 or visit online: www.nsl.org.
MOC ride Sunday
The Middleburg Orange County Beagles will host a trail ride Sunday July 6 from Western View Farm near Delaplane. The ride begins at 9 a.m., and the cost is $20 for adults, $10 for kids 11-21 and kids 10 and under free.
Details are at (540) 364-3157.
Polo fires up for 4th weekend
Two of the area's best-known polo fields will host action on the Fourth of July holiday, with regular Saturday Twilight Polo slated at Great Meadow.
On Friday, July 4, a polo match will be played on the Great Meadow field as part of the Roaring Fourth of July celebration at the field events center in The Plains. No teams have been announced yet, but details will be online at www.greatmeadow.org.
Also on Friday, the Virginia International Polo Club will host a 20-goal polo match featuring 10-goalers Adam Snow and Owen Rinehart at a match at the historic Goose Creek polo field west of Middleburg. Play begins at 11 a.m.
Admission is free.
Snow and Rinehart will also team up to teach a clinic at the VIP's home grounds of Llangollen Farm in Upperville on Thursday, July 3. Call to sign up: (540) 592-7474. Details on the match are online at www.VIPoloclub.com. VIP also has a series of junior polo camps planned in July and August. Look online for details.
On Saturday, July 5, regular Twilight polo will be held in the lighted arena at Great Meadow. The first of two games begins at 7 p.m., with the Muldoon memorial as the evening's featured match.
At last week's Saturday games, Brandywine (Shaun McCauley, Justin Floyd, Martha Brown) beat out Destination Polo (Mark Goode, Laura Linfoot, JB Olinger) 13-12 in the first match. The second game was won by Skyland (Roy Perry, Doug Barnes, Juan Salinas), x-x over Livin' The Vision (Jacob Brown, Brandon Kirshner, Pablo Avalos.)
Lessons and league play continue at Barnes' Destination Polo near Great Meadow. Call (540) 229-POLO to get involved.
Warrenton Pony Show next week
The nation's oldest "junior-run" show, the Warrenton Pony Show returns to town next week for its 89th renewal. Held at the historic Warrenton Horse Show grounds, the Pony Show runs July 2-6, with classes at the A-rated event beginning at 8 a.m. each day.
Admission is free, and classes range from equitation, all sizes of pony divisions, children's hunters, breeding classes, amateurs, and Connemara and Caspian ponies.
Proceeds from the show benefit the Fauquier SPCA. Young people wanting to get involved in show operations can call (540) 347-7897. Show details are online at www.warrentonponyshowinc.com.
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