But Kopatz, who developed her love for horses as a teen in North Canton, hearing stories about riding in fox hunts in Philadelphia from her grandparents, has produced the very thing that all the monied interests and powerful syndicates of the horse-racing industry crave every year: A Kentucky Derby contender. Beacon Journal . 03/30/2007 . Don't need Kentucky to breed a contender Subscriber Services Complete Forecast Search Recent News Archives Web for Jobs Cars Real Estate Apartments Local...

Unfortunately, Calvin had recently passed away and his son Wade Miller was struggling with the complications of running a large ranch of cattle, horses and buffalo. Having Heritage Certified horses mean the goal of the breeder is to promote rare and heritage bloodlines from intelligent, willing and sane horses with the natural running-walk, which replaces the trot in a Tennessee Walking horse. When they began breeding, the Pacovskys agreed they wanted nothing but the best, and that meant...

In Horse Bowl, teams compete against one another answering questions ranging from horse breeds, diseases, breeding, horse care, riding and anatomy. The two have coached horse bowl teams together the past seven years, while Eggeling has coached teams since 1995. In addition to studying and practice, Petersen said one of the most important things to being successful at the competition is being able to overcome nervousness. The team had been practicing for two hours a week, 10 weeks prior to...

Mississippi, she said, already hosts many of the "high dollar" barrel racing events and it was "only natural" that pole-bending, another timed riding event, would begin to recognize that prominence. Rovetto, of Utica, said she expects Brookhaven to become even more prominent in equine competitions with more national attention in the coming years. Brookhaven was chosen as a site for the national qualifying competition after Jimi "Jay" Rovetto, one of the organization's four national...

Today, she spends a great deal of her time working as a freelance writer, largely specializing in the horse industry, where she is published regionally, nationally and abroad. Frank has fancied Paint horses most of his life, which explains his endeavors today. During this time, she has shown Quarter Horses in mulitiple all around events; however, for the past decade, her attention has been focused primarily on cutting and reining competition. They are both very strong tobiano horses. The...