October 5, 2012
In yesterday’s post, I wrote:
“Local favorite Misdee Wrigley Miller (who splits her time between Florida and Paris, Kentucky) had the highest dressage score of the day (even beating out Chester Weber by a couple of points): 39.68.”
I should, of course, said that Misdee had the LOWEST (in other words, the best) dressage score of the day. I apologize for any undue confusion!
October 4, 2012
Today was the first day of dressage at this year’s Kentucky Classic CDE, here at the Kentucky Horse Park.
It’s also, of course, a regular work day for me. So I only made it out to the dressage arena for a little while this afternoon.
Here are a few photos of the three competitors in the Pair Horse division … the USEF National Pair Horse Driving Championship, in fact. I took these as the drivers were warming up for their dressage tests.
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Steve Wilson, from nearby Goshen (very close to Louisville), is competing in only his second advanced-level event:
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Over the past decade or more that I’ve known him, Jimmy Fairclough has always driven a four-in-hand team (including at this year’s FEI World Four-in-Hand Championship, where he won the team bronze medal), but he brought a pair of horses this weekend:
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Local favorite Misdee Wrigley Miller (who splits her time between Florida and Paris, Kentucky) had the highest [correction: the LOWEST; in other words, the best] dressage score of the day (even beating out Chester Weber by a couple of points): 39.68.
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October 3, 2012
There are work vehicles, at least one passenger vehicle, a horseless carriage, and quite a few “ghosts” (blurry images of people moving through the long-exposure frame) in this image of the Suffolk County courthouse in Boston, c. 1906. And do you see the dog?
October 1, 2012
The October issue of the magazine went out in today’s mail … to all current CAA members and CJ subscribers. Did you know that we now have a magazine-subscription-only option?
If you’d like to learn more about the Carriage Association, just follow the link (at right) to the CAA’s website. To learn more about joining / subscribing, get in touch with us!
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September 30, 2012
Because there’s no F1 race this weekend, how about we take a look at a 1920s-era hot rod instead? This is “The Cootie,” in front of the White House, in 1922.
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The Slower Road 