Classic Company President Bob Bell is feeling pretty special thanks to the kind folks of the Georgia International Horse Park, City Manager Tony Lucas, and Randal Mills, the Mayor of Conyers, who proclaimed Friday, November 7 as “Bob Bell Day” in the city of Conyers. The proclamation was an expression of appreciation to The Classic Company for 15 years of quality hunter/jumper events held at the former Olympic venue. Mayor Mills shared how Classic Company was the first major equestrian event to...

Competition in the Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series continued during the month of October, as the end of the Series was drawing near. With only a few horse shows remaining in the schedule, competition was in full-swing. With Cavalor's support, the series honors one rider each month as the Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series Rider of the Month. The honor goes to the one rider who earns the most points on one horse in series competition that month. With...

The Palm Beach Dressage Derby, PVDA Ride for Life, Children of the Americas Dressage Invitational and Freestyle 2010...Serious Fun collectively announce the creation of the Signature Dressage Series. This collaborative effort was created to sustain an East Coast series of dressage events in support of various non-profit organizations. The Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI-W/CDI-Y kicks off the series March 4–7, 2010. One of the highlights of the Derby will be the Selection Trials for the 2010...

The SmartPak Equine/United States Eventing Association (USEA) Area II Adult Riders Training Three-Day Event, October 22-25, at Waredaca Farm in Laytonsville, MD, hosted 37 riders in three divisions. The event was a huge success with all but two riders completing the exciting long-format course. When it came time for the award ceremonies, it was three grey horses that earned the blue ribbons. D.C. McBroom aboard Twain won the A division on a 35.30 having added no additional penalties to their...

Old Salem Farm in North Salem, NY, will host a two-day clinic with two-time Olympic Gold Medalist McLain Ward. On December 5-6, riders eager to learn from the accomplished show jumping veteran will be able to do so at Old Salem Farm. Ward helped the United States show jumping team win Gold medals at both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, and has won major titles at some of the most prestigious horse shows in the world, including the $250,000 FTI Grand Prix at the Hampton Classic Horse Show and...

American Quarter Horse Racing World Champion Be A Bono has moved to the Kentucky Horse Park’s Hall of Champions. Be A Bono earned American Quarter Horse racing’s top honor when he was named the World Champion of 2004. He also earned champion three-year-old and champion three-year-old gelding honors for 2004. Owned and bred by the late Spencer Childers of Fresno, CA, the sorrel gelding was trained by Dan Francisco. Be A Bono was foaled February 22, 2001, and retired from racing as a...

The Kentucky-born trotter Mr. Muscleman, a winner of $3,582,823, has a new home at the Kentucky Horse Park. He arrived on October 16, and will take up residence in the Hall of Champions along with the other breed ambassadors. The nine-year-old Standardbred was foaled at Brittany Farms in Versailles, KY. John Nicholson, Executive Director of the Kentucky Horse Park, said, "The Kentucky Horse Park is considered 'hallowed ground' in the Standardbred world, as it was built on the former Walnut Hall...

Lexington KY - The US Show Jumping Team of Laura Teodori/Kasoar D’Uxelles; Lacy Morrone-Cramer/Ulyssess Van De Krekebeke; Georgina Bloomberg/Metropolitan, and Mario Deslauriers/Vicomte D settled for second place in today's Nations Cup competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After two rounds of competition, the US Team finished tied with Brazil with 11 faults, forcing a jump-off for the win. US Team Chef d'Equipe Michele Grubb elected to send back Deslauriers, who ended today's battle with...

For the third year in a row, the National Equestrian Centre in Lake St Louis, MO, was home for a week to some of the best Friesian horses in the world. Judges for the International Friesian Show Horse Association (IFSHA) World and Grand National Championship Horse Show were Lois Heyerdahl for dressage and sport horse in-hand divisions while the carriage pleasure driving horses were pinned by Audrey Bostwick. Three USEF Friesian judges—Gary Mullen, Todd Trushel and Dr. Walter de la...

Lexington, KY – The Eventing High Performance Training Lists have been revised for the 2010 season. Horse/Rider combinations will be invited to participate in training sessions this winter with Mark Phillips. It is anticipated that training sessions will be held in California, Florida, and South Carolina; dates will be finalized and published in December. A List riders may also receive training grants. Name/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner A List Will Coleman/26/Gordonsville,...