Slipstreaming
RACING – Research published in 2015 from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia) quantifies the advantages of “slipstreaming” in horse racing. Slipstreaming is well known in cycling and speed Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Barbara Newtown
Q & A with Lenell Dean
Lenell, competitors at shows and rodeos from the East Coast to Oklahoma have heard you announcing. Do you have country roots? My family grew crops and had cattle and horses Continue Reading →
White House Equestrians
Horses and Presidents have been a good combination, especially since the start of the twentieth century, when dealing with horses became a choice, not a necessity. When a President is on a horse, Continue Reading →
Remembering Leverne Perry
Leverne Perry died March 27th, 2016, but his contributions to the quality and financial health of Quarter Horse racing in Louisiana will continue. Tony Patterson, who followed Leverne Perry as executive Continue Reading →
Equestrian—The Worst Olympic Sport?
Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight, a website dedicated to statistical analysis, made his mark doing political election forecasting. His website has since branched out into areas like Major League Continue Reading →
Snowtime
My husband and I moved ourselves and our horses to Wisconsin from the California desert. We thought we had plenty of time to get ready for winter: it was only Continue Reading →
