It was a breath of fresh air on Tuesday January 19th when I stepped off the plane into the warm 70 degree weather in Florida! We were lucky enough to miss a cold front from the previous week and I was even more pleased observing the beautiful settings of gorgeous farms, rivers and palm trees [...]
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SmartPak Heads to the Bay Colony Dog Show
For the first time in a century, the Bay Colony Dog Show moved from its original location in Boston, MA to the Providence Convention Center in Providence, RI. This show brings in over 150 AKC registered dog breeds from all over the United States and Canada to strut their stuff for the judges. Since this [...]
SmartPak Heads to Equine Affaire
While it’s getting cooler outside, things are starting to heat up around SmartPak for the holiday season, and what better way to start the holiday season than with a trip to Equine Affaire MA! While I’ve been to a few different events with SmartPak in the last year, this was my first time ever attending [...]
Conquering Congress
I was a last minute team addition to an event SmartPak had spent months preparing for. It was our first trip to the All American Quarter Horse Congress and my first time attending a show with SmartPak. While I’ll admit to being just a little bit nervous, I was thrilled that my initiation was going [...]
A Look Back on the AQHA Bayer Select World Show
Here at SmartPak, many marked the end of summer and the sunny Labor Day weekend by attending picnics with friends and family, boating and long walks with our canine friends. Three of us were lucky enough to travel to Amarillo, Texas for the 2009 AQHA Bayer Select World Show August 30th through September 7th as [...]
AQHYA World Championship Show ‘Rocked’ this year!
As part of our new partnership with AQHA, several of us traveled down to Oklahoma City from July 29th thru August 8th for the 2009 AQHYA World Championship Show. Talented youth riders and their horses came from all over the U.S. from states as far away as Alaska to compete for the opportunity to be [...]
SmartPak Supports the Reiners at NAJYRC
Having just returned from the North American Junior and Young Riders Championships, I can say with confidence that this was a horse show that had it all! There were Quarter Horses and Dutch Warmbloods; there were cowboy hats, hunt caps and top hats. There was sun and sand; there was rain and mud. There was [...]
Team August Heads to Nationals
Hi, everyone! My name is Aly Murphy and I work at the SmartPak store in Natick, MA. I’m a senior in high school and have been riding for ten years with my trainer at August Farm. Three years ago, Team August Farm was established. We compete in interscholastic competitions with other middle school and high [...]
SmartPak Looks Back on our Trip to Rolex
by Laura Pola, Product Specialist
While 2009 celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Rolex Kentucky 3-Day Event, it was all a first for me! A New England born-and-bred hunter/jumper rider, I had never truly experienced horse country or 3-day eventing. This year’s Rolex was also the first time I had ever traveled with SmartPak to a [...]
SmartPak supports up-and-coming U.S. show jumping hopefuls!
by Jessica, Product Manager, SmartSupplements
Greenwich, CT – Team SmartPak member Peter Leone of Lionshare Farm hosted a clinic for young riders from California as part of the U.S. Developing Rider Program, September 12-14. The clinic focused on riding skills during the day and horse care/horsemanship skills in the evenings. SmartPak was proud to sponsor Friday’s [...]
