Lexington, KY - The Board of Directors of the Midwest Charity Horse Show invites all to attend its 70th anniversary edition, set to take place June 14-18, at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. In addition to celebrating its 70th year, Midwest also will celebrate the honor of being named 2010 UPHA National Honor Show of the Year. Officiating this year's show are David Cater, Dunbarton, NH; Kim Cowart, Statesville, NC; and Renee Lavery, Simpsonville, KY. The panel will judge the performance classes in the Saddlebred, Roadster and Hackney divisions, as well as equitation. Lavery also will judge the Morgans, and Richard Wright, McHenry, IL, will judge Arabians. Midwest Charity Horse Show is held at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Coliseum and runs five days with class sessions at 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., daily.  

Rodrigo Pessoa and Let's Fly over the final jump in the jump-off. Photo by Sportfot©.

Wellington, FL - The ninth week of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) has come to a close at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Saturday Night Lights at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival brought a crowd of more than 4,200 spectators to watch Brazil's Rodrigo Pessoa and Let's Fly jump to victory in the $231,000 FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix CSI 4*-W presented by Bainbridge Companies. Pessoa earned the winning cut of prize money after an exciting jump-off of many of the top horses and riders in the world. Leopoldo Palacios of Venezuela designed the course for a field of 42 starters. Eight jumped clear in the first round to advance to the jump-off. Six of those eight were the top women riding for ...

Oklahoma City, OK - Two of the nation's top NRHA Professionals are coming to Colorado for the 2011 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Regional Clinic Series May 21-22. NRHA Professionals Randy Paul and Tracer Gilson will once again share their expertise to benefit reiners of all ages and experience levels at Skyline Ranch in Carbondale, CO. NRHA Professional Randy Paul reached one of the industry's great milestones by becoming a Million Dollar Rider in 2008. Paul has had a long and outstanding career with multiple NRHA Futurity and Derby championships. Tracer Gilson, an NRHA Professional with over $344,000 in earnings, brings a lifetime of experience to share with clinic participants. Gilson grew up in the NRHA with multiple Top Ten youth finishes and, in 2006, placed fifth in the NRHA Novice Horse Open Top Ten standings.

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Courtney King-Dye will speak about The Road to Grand Prix during the KWPN-NA Annual Meeting. Photo by Susan J. Stickle.

Sutherlin, OR - What does it take to get a horse to grand prix? This is the theme of this year's KWPN-NA Annual Meeting to be held March 24-26 at DG Bar Ranch. This incredible opportunity to learn from some of the most respected names in sport horse breeding and training begins Thursday evening with Olympian Lendon Gray, United States Equestrian Team Foundation (USET) member Courtney King Dye, Olympic medalist Steffen Peters, and top young horse trainer Scott Hassler via video, sharing their experiences of bringing a horse up the levels, including a review of their work with international grand prix stallion Idocus. 

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