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September 2, 2010
NEWS FROM USEF'S 28 BREEDS AND DISCIPLINES                 
Saddlebred 
American Saddlebred's Biggest Stage Crowns New and Repeat World's Grand Champions
Merrill Murray and Courageous Lord. Photo by Jen Corcoran / E Motion Photography.
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Louisville, KY
- The 2010 World's Championship Horse Show (WCHS), held annually in conjunction with the Kentucky State Fair, was held at Louisville's Freedom Hall from Sunday, August 22, through Saturday, August 28. Among a formidable field of competitors, as in each class, Courageous Lord emerged victorious in the Five-Gaited World's Grand Championship, owned by Marsha Shepard and Bill Carrington of Shelbyville, TN, and ridden and trained by Merrill Murray...

Reining
Update: USEF Names Adequan U.S. Reining Team for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games
Shawn Flarida and RC Fancy Step have been submitted to the Nominated Entry. Photo by K.C. Montgomery.
Shawn Flarida
Lexington, KY
- The USEF submitted the following horse/rider combinations to the Nominated Entry for the Adequan U.S. Reining Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games to be held in Lexington, KY September 25-October 10, 2010...
 
Hunter/Jumper
SBS Farms' Jersey Boy and Jennifer Alfano Victorious in $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby (Chicago Hunter Derby) Presented by CN
Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy. Photo by Lindsay McCall/PMG.
Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy.
Buffalo, NY
- SBS Farm's talented chestnut gelding Jersey Boy and rider Jennifer Alfano defended their title at the second annual $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby (Chicago Hunter Derby) Presented by CN on Saturday, August 29, at Annali Farm in Antioch, IL. Winning the class for the second year in a row, Jersey Boy and Alfano finished second in the first round of competition with a score of 182...

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World Equestrian Games News 
Several Ticket Offerings Sold Out For 2010 Games: Ticket and Hospitality Sales on the Rise
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Lexington, KY
- Tickets to the Reining Individual Final and Grounds Pass tickets for October 1 are sold out for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Additionally, on-course hospitality for eventing cross-country on October 2 has sold out. Only a few hospitality passes to the Makers Mark Bourbon Village remain for October 1. Champions Club tables for Opening Ceremonies, driving, and dressage, are nearly sold out...
 
Industry News 
The EQUUS Foundation Announces 2010 Grant Awards
EQUUS Foundation LogoWestport, CT - The Board of Directors of The EQUUS Foundation, Inc., is pleased to announce the award of its 2010 grants to 60 charitable organizations that use the horse to benefit the public; promote the horse's health and welfare; and advance the equestrian sport. The EQUUS Foundation is dedicated to securing homes and useful lives for horses, enhancing the lives...

Dressage
Order of Go Posted Online for Dressage by the Bay Fall Classic and Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 2 Dressage Championships
George Williams and Don Bailey will return to Traverse City to compete. Photo by Diana Hadsall.
George Williams and Don Bailey will return to Traverse City to compete
Traverse City, MI
- Horse Sports by the Bay, Inc., is pleased to announce that the orders of go and ride times are now posted online for the Dressage by the Bay Fall Classic and 2010 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 2 Dressage Championships. Ride times can be found by clicking here.  

The competition will be held September 9-12, 2010, at Flintfields Horse Park in beautiful Traverse City, MI. Some top competitors include George Williams and his fantastic Intermediaire I horse, Don Bailey...
 
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Arabian 
Sport Horse Nationals Showcases the Versatility that Comes from the World's Oldest Horse Breed
VMA Khaphur Khopi+++/, 2009 Sport Horse
 In-Hand Champion. Photo by Jackie Finlayson.
Nampa, ID - 
Approximately 400 Arabians, Half-Arabians and Anglo-Arabians will model their natural abilities as sport horses at the Idaho Horse Park in Nampa, ID, Sept. 22-25, 2010. The Sport Horse Nationals Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (Sport Horse Nationals), produced by the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) of Aurora, CO., features 90 classes in four divisions, the sport horse division, hunter/jumper division, dressage division and the driving division...

International Disciplines
This Week in International Disciplines
Driving
The first of two Mandatory Outings for the drivers on the Short List for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games was held over the weekend at the Carolina Horse Park in Southern Pines, NC...

Eventing
U.S. riders on the Short List for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games made a solid showing at the Richland Park Horse Trials in Richland, MI...

Jumping
Show jumping action continued this week at the Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, British Columbia...

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Shetland 
Silver Meadows Training Center Gelding Wins Year Supply of Vetrolin® Grooming Products From Farnam at American Shetland Pony Congress
Photo by Washburn Photography
Ardmore, OK - Isn't He Just Magical managed to outshine all of the other Shetland Ponies at the 2010 American Shetland Pony Congress Show in Ardmore, OK, when he won the Vetrolin® Grooming Award, sponsored by Farnam...
 
Greeting Cards Available through The Race for Education
weg card imageThe Race for Education - a non-profit scholarship foundation - has created a series of cards that feature artwork by renown artist Andre Pater. The original artworks will be sold at auction during the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on September 30, but you can now have these beautiful images in the form of greeting cards.
 
Cards are 5x7 and sold in groups of four at a cost of $20. Proceeds go to assist the North American Junior & Young Rider Championships.
 
To learn more, contact Race for Education at (859) 252-8648. 
 
 
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in the Apple iTunes App Store
ShowNet Mobile is here! We now offer our LIVE system through our first to market iPhone application. Blackberry and Android applications will be available soon.

shownet mobile screensKentucky Horse Shows and ShowNet Video bring this special one-time promotional offer to Apple iPhone users.
Special Promotion!
Access ALL Kentucky 2010 horse show results and video data, and live Traders Point and the Kentucky Summer final show for just $50! This low price includes ALL available video for all of these shows, some 10,000 video clips available for just $50, only available through your ShowNet Mobile app.
NOTE: Video is not available for the Traders Point horse shows.
Promotion Shows: Kentucky Spring 1, Kentucky Spring 2, Kentucky Summer 1, Kentucky Summer 2, Young Riders, Junior Hunter Finals, USEF Pony Finals, Trader Point Horse Show and Kentucky Summer Final.
View ShowNet Mobile on iTunes!
 
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