By Tracey Smith, on August 5th, 2010
 There are only 50 days to go until World Equestrian Games begin. I will be posting some visitor information later, but right now, let’s talk restaurants and Kentucky cuisine. Lexington has pretty much all of the chain restaurants you would be looking for, so if you are not particularly adventurous, you will be covered. But since many will be making a vacation out of the games and are coming from a considerable distance, i.e. west coast, Europe, etc… I thought a discussion of Kentucky cuisine and restaurants in and around Lexington may be in order.
Continue reading Lexington Cuisine – Hot Brown Sandwich Anyone?
By Tracey Smith, on August 2nd, 2010
 The organizers of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games are very concerned about misinformation circulating about the event. Below are some of the “Myths” they are hoping to “bust”:
Continue reading WEG 2010 Myths
By Tracey Smith, on August 2nd, 2010
 Select tickets for Dressage, Endurance, Eventing, Jumping and Reining competitions at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games are now available at with a 30 percent savings in a special promotion. The reduced prices will be available in a limited time offer until the Labor Day weekend, ending on September 6.
Continue reading WEG Ticket Prices Lowered for Early Rounds in Special Promotion
By Tracey Smith, on August 2nd, 2010
 Canadian Olympic show jumping rider Beth Underhill, has withdrawn from contention for the World Equestrian Games due to her partner of two years, the Dutch Warmblood gelding Top Gun, being sold by his owners. Underhill began riding the beautiful grey gelding by Corland in 2008, and have since finished second in the 2008 Canadian Show Jumping Championships held at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show; were members of Canada’s fourth placed team in the 2009 $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup at the Spruce Meadows “Masters” Tournament and, this past February in Wellington, FL, were members of the victorious Canadian team in the CN Nations’ Cup. Less than one week before receiving the news that the horse was to be sold, Underhill guided Top Gun to victory in the $35,000 1.50m Kinnear Financial Cup in the international ring at the Spruce Meadows “North American” Tournament in Calgary, AB.
Continue reading Beth Underhill Withdraws from WEG Contention
By Tracey Smith, on July 22nd, 2010
Top showjumper Okidoki died last night following complications relating to tendon surgery.
The bay 14-year-old Dutch warmblood gelding, ridden to many successes by Albert Zoer of The Netherlands, injured a tendon while competing with new owner Jose Larocca in Cannes in June this year. The horse landed badly in a jump-off (video below). . . . → Read More: Top Show Jumper Okidoki Dies Suddenly
By Tracey Smith, on July 21st, 2010
 There has been considerable controversy over the price of tickets, trade show booths, hotels rooms, parking, etc… in the past several months as many “horse people” are being priced out of the ability to attend the World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY this fall. There is a thread over on The Chronicle of the Horse’s forum entitled “World Extortion Games”. Are people exaggerating or are things really that bad. You be the judge.
Below is a letter that was copied into the above post on the Chronicle forum which originated on the Facebook page of Warmbloods Today Magazine:
Continue reading WEG 2010 Ticket Prices and Hotel Costs- Outrageous?????
By Tracey Smith, on July 21st, 2010
 The Canadian show-jumping phenomenon won the Rolex Grand Prix at Aachen on Sunday with his wonderful stallion, Hickstead. This is the latest in a string of victories for Eric that included winning the $200,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup on July 10 at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, AB. Incredibly, this latest victory was achieved even though Eric broke his left foot during the first round at Aachen.
Lamaze said he heard a crack and felt pain upon landing after the ‘c’ element of the triple combination. Lamaze and his Olympic gold medal partner, Hickstead, went on to complete two clean rounds before advancing to the jump-off where they again jumped clear in the fastest time to win the €350,000 Rolex Grand Prix of Aachen over Switzerland’s Pius Schwizer.
Continue reading Eric Lamaze Wins CHIO Aachen with Broken Foot
By Tracey Smith, on July 13th, 2010
 McLain Ward and Sapphire at the Rolex/FEI World Cup Final Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Ad Hoc Committee on Selection has approved naming the horse/rider combination of Sapphire/McLain Ward to the Show Jumping Long List for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Lexington, KY, September 25 – October 10, 2010.
Per the USEF Selection Procedure for the Show Jumping Team, the Selectors have the discretion to recommend up to six of the 15 horse/rider combinations to the Long List prior to the conclusion of the Selection Trials. The remaining nine combinations will be chosen according to their ranking at the conclusion of the Selection Trials which run February 25 -March 7 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL.
Photo by Shannon Brinkman/USEF
Continue reading WEG 2010 Show Jumping News- Sapphire/McLain Ward Named to Long List
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There are only 50 days to go until World Equestrian Games begin. I will be posting some visitor information later, but right now, let’s talk restaurants and Kentucky cuisine. Lexington has pretty much all of the chain restaurants you would be looking for, so if you are not particularly adventurous, you will be covered. But since many will be making a vacation out of the games and are coming from a considerable distance, i.e. west coast, Europe, etc… I thought a discussion of Kentucky cuisine and restaurants in and around Lexington may be in order.
