Hurdling toward Gold at Goose Downs Farms

Claire Parker, 16, and her horse, Good Friday, had just finished leaping over 13 hurdles in the show-jumping competition at the Goose Downs Farm equestrian event in Galisteo on Sunday.

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THEATER Top of Utah 'THE ALTOS: A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE SOPRANOS,' Hunt Mystery Theater, 7 p.m. Sept. 10, 24, Boccia's D'Italia, 1045 N. Washington Blvd., Ogden. $15/show, food available for purchase. 866-569-1482. Discount code for $2.50 off: hmnews. Additional shows and dates at a Sandy restaurant. www.huntmysteries.com . read more

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The bird's-eye view

The Birdsall family of Topsfield has come a long way in the horse world in the past 17 years since their daughter Victoria was born. Before Victoria came along, the extent of her parents' knowledge about horses was limited to renting them in Jamaica for an afternoon of horseback riding on the beach. Now the family owns its own farm along with several horses in Hampton Falls — the Silver Oak ...

Off to the World Equestrian Games

GEORGETOWN — Georgetown residents Alan and Maureen Aulson's passion for driving horses originated 26 years ago when Maureen noticed a pony on a rope for sale by St. Mary's Church. Asking price: approximately $100.