By Susan Salk on February 29, 2012 Every seat was filled. And still, people streamed into the arena. They congregated four- and five-people deep, at the fence surrounding the arena, or peered down from above, hoping to glimpse the action from a mezzanine. Little children hung over the railing and stretched as ...

It was 2:30pm at the Pa. Horse Expo and I was sitting on Brazilian Wedding along with the other two trainers on their mounts about to enter the indoor arena to demonstrate what she was capable of after one month of training. You could hear the crowds gathering in ...

By Mary Getsey Bernier   The post-weekend buzz kicking off the week was off-the-track-Thoroughbreds (OTTBs), and the folks who love them:  specifically, the Retired Racehorse Training Project's Trainers Challenge; Brazilian Wedding (owned by Pat Dale, Three Plain Bays); and winner of the Trainer Challenge, Eric Dierks (Renovatio Farms, Tryon, NC).  Click here ...

February 28, 2012 Posted by Holly Covey under OTTBs I promised I’d find a way to use the word, “huge” to describe the first Retired Racehorse Training Challenge, and that word definitely fit the number of people who packed in, standing room only three-deep, to watch the final presentation ...

Eric Dierks Wins Best Trainer Title Retired Racehorse Trainer Challenge Draws Crowd of 3,000 February 26, 2012 The Equine Arena at the Pennsylvania Horse World Expo was filled way beyond capacity yesterday for the Retired Racehorse Training Project's first Retired Racehorse Trainer Challenge. Sixteen hundred sixty were lucky enough to find seats, ...

February 26, 2012 By: Molly Sorge Eric Dierks showed off how much Brazilian Wedding developed in just six weeks of training after coming off the racetrack. He claimed the top title in the Retired Racehorse Training Project Trainer Challenge. Jimmy Wofford joked that it was a shame that he hadn’t brought a ...

This video is my final ride on Brazilian Wedding before heading to the expo in Pa. for the Retired Racehorse Trainers Challenge. Hard to believe this horse has won her last race at the end of December and has been in my training for one month.  You'll see how ...

Steuart Pittman, founder of the Retired Racehorse Training Program interviews me about Brazilian Wedding going into week 4 of the Retired Racehorse Trainer Challenge. I got to show Steuart were Brazilian is in her training, answer a few questions, and even got Steuart to put some riding time in as well. ...

I recently did an audio interview with Horses in the Morning. Click on the headline of this post ("Audio Interview with Horses in the Morning" above) to get to a link to the audio. I'm about ten minutes into the program.Enjoy! Here is the link!

Watching Brazil in the pasture or in work, she carries off this persona that nothing could shake her off the game. She has the "eye of the tiger" attitude. Never says no, and always wanting to please. Brazil is her own identity. In company or by herself, she is ...