The National Dressage Pony Cup will hold its inaugural show June 28-29, 2008, at Paxton Farm in Cincinnati, OH. The show was created by a group of pony owners in order to promote ponies, their breeders and riders in dressage competition in the United States. Ponies of all breeds are invited to attend the United States Dressage Federation/United States Equestrian Federation-recognized show held in conjunction with Paxton Farms Summer Classic. The ponies will be officially measured at the show...

The grace period deadline for American Saddlebred Registry Futurities and Sweepstakes payments, as well as Three-Year-Old and Four-Year-Old new Sweepstakes nominations is Monday, February 11. All payments and/or nominations must be postmarked or faxed to the American Saddlebred Registry office on or before February 11. Yearlings (2007 foals) may be nominated to the Three-Year-Old Sweepstakes and three-year-olds (foaled in 2005) may be nominated to the Four-Year-Old Sweepstakes. Nomination forms...

Name/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner Kathy Brunjes/54/Bethel, ME/Theatric/10/Arabian/G/Rider John Crandell III/45/Star Tannery, VA/H H Saba Shams/9/Arabian/G/Ann Crandell Steve Rojek/62/South Woodstock, VT/Seyvilla Triproof/12/Arabian/G/Stephen and Dinah Rojek The alternate combination is: Ann Hall/51/Auburn, CA/Bogus Thunder/15/Arabian/G/Rider For more information about the USEF and/or the sport of Endurance contact Vonita Bowers at [email protected].

Thoroughbreds and Riders Able to Gain Recognition for Achievements at National, Regional, Local Levels The North American Thoroughbred Society (NATBS), a company that promotes the interests of Jockey Club-registered North American Thoroughbreds, today announced the first season of its North American Series Awards. The awards Thoroughbred participation as sport horses in all-breed, open shows in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. "The North American Series Awards is a wonderful program...

Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) announces the 2008 Emerson Burr Horsemanship Awards Program and application process for horse shows who are interested in offering the program to young equestrians for the upcoming competition season. Opportunities to participate in the Emerson Burr program will be offered in each of the 1-10 continental zones and also at the 2008 USEF Pony Finals National Championships at the Kentucky Horse Park. This program is open to Ponies,...

The first FEI Course for Eventing Officials, Level 2, will be held in Barroca d’Alva, Portugal, February 29–March 2, 2008. The Course Directors will be Anthony McPherson of Belgium—Overall; Christian Landolt of Switzerland—Dressage Specialist; and Ronald Alexander of Great Britain—Course Designer. Interested Officials can apply before February 15, 2008, to Filipa Rebelo de Andrade, Portuguese Equestrian Federation, at [email protected] . For additional information or course...

The World Games 2010 Foundation, Inc., has announced Lloyd Landkamer as the dressage discipline manager for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, in addition to his current duties as the para-equestrian discipline manager. Landkamer is one of eight managers responsible for planning, managing and directing the World Championship competitions in eight equestrian sports and communicating with the FEI and participating national federations. The managers will work on a contract basis with the...

The Challenge of the Americas, a horse sport spectacular featuring grand prix dressage and show jumping with a dinner/dance gala, returns to Wellington, FL, for the seventh consecutive year as a fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The 2008 Challenge of the Americas will be held at the newly renovated Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, the home of the CN Winter Equestrian Festival, on Saturday night, March 8, 2008. Competition will be held under the extraordinary new...

Stadium Jumping, Inc., one of the nation's leading horse show production companies, is pleased to announce the official dates of this year's equestrian competitions in Tampa, FL. Held the last two weeks of March and the first week of April, the horse shows will feature some of the very best hunter and jumpers in the country at the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center at the Florida State Fairgrounds. "We're excited about the Tampa shows this year," commented Eugene R. Mische, President of Stadium...

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced plans to earmark unused funds for state park projects to ready the Kentucky Horse Park for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010. “We must maintain Kentucky’s promise to the World Equestrian Games,” Gov. Beshear said. “And in light of our state budget situation, I believe this is the best way to make sure the 2010 World Equestrian Games are a great success.” In light of work to be completed at the facility and the approaching date of the event,...