The 2008 North American Junior Young Riders Championships (NAJYRC) wrapped up competition on Sunday at the Colorado Horse Park in Parker, and the big winner in show jumping was 19-year-old Hannah Selleck of Thousand Oaks, CA. Selleck trains with Karen Healey Stables of Westlake Village, CA. Selleck and her horse Bauer took home the team […]
Karen Healey Stables’ Kasey Ament Wins $25,000 Open Equitation Championship at Del Mar National Horse Show
Karen Healey Stables had a great week of competition last week at the Del Mar National Horse Show. Assistant trainer Kasey Ament took first place in the $25,000 Open Equitation Championship. Riders from Karen Healey Stables took five of the top six ribbons in the class, and they brought home great placings in the other […]
Karen Healey Stables Wins Five HITS Desert Circuit Champion Awards; Carly Anthony Wins R.W. “Ronnie” Mutch Equitation Classic
Karen Healey Stables finished up their winter show season with huge wins. They took home three HITS Desert Circuit championships and two circuit reserve championships. They also won three championships and one reserve in the second half circuit awards. Carly Anthony of Redmond, WA, rode to victory in the R.W. “Ronnie” Mutch Equitation Classic. Second […]
Karen Healey Stables Awarded Tricolors and Blue Ribbons at HITS Desert Circuit, CN Winter Equestrian Festival, and HITS Arizona Circuit
Karen Healey Stables is based out of Westlake Village, CA, and had riders compete at three different winter equestrian show circuits this past week. They were victorious at all three, bringing home blue ribbons and tricolors. This past week, Wakeman was able to show on the large International Arena field, which usually hosts the grand […]
Karen Healey Stables Wins Three Mid-Circuit Awards at HITS Thermal, Dominates Equitation in Third Week
At the third week of the HITS Thermal Circuit, Karen Healey Stables dominated the competition. They won 14 equitation classes over the week against the best competition, and they won nine tricolor ribbons spanning the equitation, hunter, and jumper rings. They also won three mid-circuit awards. The Equitation 51 & Over Mid-Circuit Championship went to […]
Riders From Karen Healey Stables Excel at HITS Arizona Sundance Welcome Horse Show
At the Pima County Fairgrounds this past week, riders from Karen Healey Stables had great success. The Sundance Welcome Horse Show ran from Feb. 6-10, 2008, and riders Tammy Chipko and Carol Bird took home championships and top ribbons in the hunters and jumpers. Tammy Chipko of Westlake Village, CA, was unbeatable in the Amateur-Owner […]
Chronicle of the Horse: 2007 Horseman of the Year
Karen Healey joked that during the fall equitation finals, “I didn’t get the Academy Award, but I got a hell of a lot of nominations!” Healey’s students occupied three spots in the top 10 in the USEF/Pessoa Medal Finals (Pa.) and the ASPCA Maclay Finals (N.Y.), capping a year of success in the equitation, hunter and jumper rings. […]
Karen Healey Stables Has Amazing Results for Start of 2008 HITS Thermal Circuit
It was a great start for Karen Healey Stables in 2008. Many students showed at the first two weeks of the HITS Thermal Circuit in Thermal, CA, while others competed at the CN Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. In the first week of competition in California, Elizabeth Dickinson of Los Angeles swept up a […]
Hunter/Equitation Horseman of the Year: Karen Healey
Karen Healey joked that during the fall equitation finals, “I didn’t get the Academy Award, but I got a hell of a lot of nominations!” Healey’s students occupied three spots in the top 10 in the USEF/Pessoa Medal Finals (Pa.) and the ASPCA Maclay Finals (N.Y.), capping a year of success in the equitation, hunter, […]
Karen Healey Given CPHA Special Achievement Award and USHJA Distinguished Service Award
For trainer Karen Healey of Thousand Oaks, CA, 2007 was a very good year. Her students won an amazing amount of classes throughout the year, and she was honored at the California Professional Horsemen’s Association (CPHA) awards dinner with the CPHA Special Achievement Award and with four leading trainer awards. Healey’s students won four CPHA […]