tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902023015902241936.post4164673280897992525..comments2024-03-28T13:14:58.707-04:00Comments on Horse Country Chic: The Late, Great and Relatively Unknown Ben O'Mearasega61http://www.blogger.com/profile/00905858668498941635noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902023015902241936.post-25597015811310818932016-11-11T14:26:07.749-05:002016-11-11T14:26:07.749-05:00I knew Benny and Carl Knee at Pelham Bridge in the...I knew Benny and Carl Knee at Pelham Bridge in the Bronx, in the late 50's. Benny recruited us girls to jump his horses. We'd go to horse shows, Benny would buy a prospect right at the show, put one of us (Benny's jocks)on the new horse, take 3 fences and then Benny would enter us in a jumping class and sell the horse when we exited the arena! Benny's guys were Dominick, Stevie, Jackie, and Jimmy. I am Janie Kayaloff, aka www.norajohnson.com for contact info.<br />Nora Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964000067942702673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902023015902241936.post-379472917392000482016-03-20T14:40:51.063-04:002016-03-20T14:40:51.063-04:00I also remember Benny at Prospect Park. We became...I also remember Benny at Prospect Park. We became very close in the years to come Please let me know who you are as we may know each other .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10188052575056452207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902023015902241936.post-22782558195551392032014-09-18T20:04:47.128-04:002014-09-18T20:04:47.128-04:00Worked as a groom for Carl Knee and Benny .....Ja...Worked as a groom for Carl Knee and Benny .....Jacks was a half standard bred and thoroughbred ....groom the old garden with the Hood .....could make a donkey jumpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902023015902241936.post-2759496827723892582013-08-01T15:29:56.272-04:002013-08-01T15:29:56.272-04:00I remember watching Mr. O'Meara at Fairfield ...I remember watching Mr. O'Meara at Fairfield and Oxridge shows...he, like almost every other jumper rider, poled his horses (bamboo rods, sometimes with spikes) to get them to jump clear...like the article says, it was a 'different age'...and George Morris was at times brutal on a horse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902023015902241936.post-34147792032126228982013-06-10T08:48:44.819-04:002013-06-10T08:48:44.819-04:00I met Benny when I was 14 years old. We worked at...I met Benny when I was 14 years old. We worked at the Prospect Park Riding Academy in Brooklyn. Benny went to Erasmus Hall High School. Several times a week, Harry Goldstein the owner, would let the stable boys take horses out for a ride through Prospect Park.<br />Benny would take these hack horses over every fence he could find. He often played hooky from school so he could work in the stable. He was a freckled face fun guy to be with. Who new he would turn out o be one of the greatest horseman of all time.<br /><br />RCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902023015902241936.post-7329580006163537052013-01-23T15:57:06.821-05:002013-01-23T15:57:06.821-05:00I most certainly have heard of Ben O'Meara, bu...I most certainly have heard of Ben O'Meara, but didn't know that much about him. What a rider he must have been! I don't like the sound of his training very much, but he certainly got results. Bet he was sorry he sold Good Twist! RiderWriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05679157278313699794noreply@blogger.com