A tentative schedule for meetings held during the week of the Lexington Junior League Horse Show has been announced. Included in this schedule are board and committee meetings for the American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA), American Saddlebred Registry, United States Equestrian Federation, United Professional Horsemen’s Association, American Hackney Horse Society and American Saddlebred Museum. On Friday, July 14, the ASHA will be holding a Saddlebred Advancement Seminar and an Open...

The USEF/Markel Young Horse Dressage Selection Trials concluded the 2006 qualifying season for the FEI World Breeding Championships at the CDI***/Y Raleigh and Capital Dressage Classic, June 2-4 in Raleigh, NC. Champion of the five-year-old division with an overall two-test score of 8.592 was Unitas, a bay Dutch Warmblood gelding (Niagara - Nellyzora by Harald; bred in The Netherlands), ridden and owned by Teresa Butta-Stanton of Glen Burnie, MD. Winning both the Preliminary and Final Tests...

Please review your points and standings in your respective division(s) by: --Ordering a copy of your horse's point report via e-mail or mail (faxed copies will incur an additional charge). --Call the Horse Report Hotline at (859) 225-2040. --Or, access your horse’s point report via the USEF website at www.usef.org . Please refer to the steps below for accessing your horse’s point report: 1. Once on the USEF home page, please select Authorized Users Area in the upper right corner. 2. Once you...

The U.S. Saddle Seat Equitation World Cup has received official word that the dates for the 2006 International Saddle Seat World Cup competition have been changed. The event has moved one week later and will now be held December 4-10, 2006. The prestigious international competition will be held at South Africa’s premier equestrian facility, the Parys Indoor Arena in Parys, South Africa. The U.S. will be taking on teams from Canada, Great Britain, Namibia and South Africa in an effort to match...

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven and International Equestrian Federation (FEI) President HRH The Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón have signed an agreement for the transfer of governance of equestrian for persons with a physical disability from the IPC to the FEI. The transfer ceremony took place at the FEI General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 2 and will come into full effect on July 1 with the IPC Governing Board accepting the provisional membership...

Arnd Bronkhorst (Brentina, the 2005 Farnam®/Platform™ USEF Horse of the Year, now has the Brentina Cup named after her, which will be awarded to the winner of the USEF National Young Adult Dressage Championship this weekend. ) Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation® (USEF) is pleased to announce the qualifiers for the USEF National Young Adult Dressage Championship, whose winner will be awarded the Brentina Cup (formerly the Passage Cup). The inaugural 2006 Brentina Cup will be...

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Youth Executive Board announced the availability of the 2006 USDF Youth Convention Scholarships. Packed with educational programs, fun events, a great trade expo and the USDF National Symposium, the USDF Annual Convention is an invaluable event for anyone interested in dressage, especially USDF's youth members, who are the future of USDF and the sport. The USDF Youth Convention Scholarship will award four youth members up to $1,000 each to help...

The 2006 USEF/Markel Young Horse Dressage Selection Trials continued at Dressage at Flintridge, May 26-28, in La Canada-Flintridge, CA. This Western Selection Trial for the FEI World Breeding Championships showcased the region’s most promising dressage prospects in their quest to qualify for Verden, Germany. Champion of the five-year-old division with an overall two-test score of 8.688 was Big Tyme, a bay Belgian Warmblood gelding (Saros–Elvira by Wenderkreis; bred in Belgium by Worfthoeve 3),...

The American Saddlebred Registry has taken a significant step to streamline its registration process, effective immediately, announced Petra Green, Senior Registry Supervisor. A time-consuming and duplicative step in the process has been eliminated. A second identification form for each registered animal, requiring detailed markings, which had accompanied the DNA/Blood-Typing kit, will no longer have to be completed and returned to the Registry. “We’re pleased to take this step in response to...

After a four month search, the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) has named Gary Zimmerman as its new Executive Vice President out of a field that included 120 candidates. “Gary's quick and direct answers to the Board proved to be the deciding factor for all of us,” says AHA President Myron Krause. “He welcomes the opportunity to use his talents to meet our mission. After listening to his confident explanation of what he can bring to AHA, the board and executive committee felt he was the best...