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Enjoy Paso Finos at the PFHA Grand National Championship Show

by By Sarah Holt | Jul 27, 2005, 4:40 AM

The Paso Fino Horse Association encourages all to make plans to attend the 33rd Paso Fino Horse Association Grand National Championship Show, which take place at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter, in Perry, GA. See the best of the best vie for various titles during the weeklong event, with competition beginning Sunday, September 18, and running through Saturday, September 24. Spectators will enjoy a full slate of 118 classes ranging from versatility and Western, to performance and...

World-Class Reiners and Horses to Battle It Out for National Championship Title at Kentucky Horse Park

by By Sarah Lane | Jul 27, 2005, 4:27 AM

For the first time in Kentucky Horse Park history, reining will take a dizzying spin to center stage, as the park plays host to the inaugural Adequan®/ United States Equestrian Federation Open Reining Championship, the USEF National Youth Reining Championship, presented by Markel Insurance and Hagyard-Davidson-McGee, and the final qualifying competition in preparation for the 2005 FEI (International Equestrian Federation) World Reining Masters Series Finals—all in the same week, August 23-28....

Ashton and Dobbin Clinch the Cosequin Stuart Horse Trials CIC** Division

by By Violet Forbes | Jul 27, 2005, 3:39 AM

The Cosequin Stuart Horse Trials and CIC** came down to a nail-biting finish as Corinne Ashton and Dobbin, the overnight leaders, entered the ring and began their quest for the top honor. Dobbin dragged down one fence giving them four penalty points, leaving only five points between her and Mara Dean, who had completed a clear round. The cheers were deafening as Ashton managed to negotiate the remaining fences fault free and within the time allowed to finish victorious with a final score of 41....

Kalarama Farm Owner Edwin Paul Hamilton Mourned

by By Reeves Kirtner | Jul 25, 2005, 11:56 AM

Kalarama Farm owner and 1997 American Saddlebred Horse Association Breeder's Award winner Edwin Paul Hamilton, 85, of Springfield, KY, passed away the evening of Saturday, July 23. In the 1960s, more than half of the 300 acres of Kalarama Farm in Springfield was sold to a land developer. Hamilton purchased the remaining 110-acres; his daughter and American Saddlebred Registry Director Joan Hamilton convinced her father to continue the tradition of Kalarama Farm that began in the early 1900s....

Dressage at Devon to Host First Class for Four-Year-Old Horses

by By Sally Silverman | Jul 25, 2005, 9:47 AM

The 31st Annual Dressage at Devon Horse Show will host a new dressage class for four-year-old horses. It is the first time that such a class has been offered in North America. The class will be held on Friday, September 30. Dressage at Devon opens on Tuesday, September 27, and runs through Sunday, October 2, at the Devon Horse Show grounds in Devon, PA. The four-year-old class was created as a new class of the North American Breeder's Futurity (NABF), which began at Dressage at Devon three...

Portion of Las Vegas World Invitational Ticket Sales to Benefit USEF Athletes Going to 2006 World Equestrian Games

by Sarah Lane | Jul 25, 2005, 2:00 AM

Lexington, KY – In cooperation with the Las Vegas World Invitational, one of the world’s premier show jumping events for 2005, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has arranged for a portion of select ticket sales to benefit U.S. teams and athletes in their quest to compete in the 2006 World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany. When USEF members call or log online to order tickets, a reference to the code “USEF,” will ensure that 5% of each ticket sale will...

U.S. Riders Shine at FEI Jumping Competition for Children in Bogotá, Colombia

by By Cindy Stys and USEF staff | Jul 22, 2005, 11:40 AM

Lexington, KY – Three junior riders, Jordan Coyne of New Port Richey, Florida, Zazou Hoffman of Santa Monica, California, and Renick Townsend of Wellington, Florida, served as excellent ambassadors of equestrian sport as they represented the United States in the CSI-Ch B Bogotá, Colombia, July 13-17, an FEI sanctioned jumping event for children. Thirteen-year-old, Renick Townsend competed against 43 riders from 12 countries and four continents to claim the championship title as well as the...

Rodioso is Perfect at Letter Perfect

by By Pamela T. Pentz | Jul 22, 2005, 2:02 AM

The Oldenburg stallion Rodioso captured his third grand championship in as many shows at the Letter Perfect Dressage Sporthorse Show on July 3, 2005, in Ridgefield, WA. Judge William Solyntjes awarded the nine-year-old stallion his win in the Stallion class with an 83, and he quickly advanced to grand champion. Rodioso was awarded a 9 for his walk with the comment "very correct angulation" and a 9 on General Impression with the comment "good development." This marks the third outing this year...

Dutch Warmblood Studbook Announces 2005 Inspection Tour

by By the Dutch Warmblood Studbood in North America | Jul 22, 2005, 1:57 AM

The Dutch Warmblood Studbook in North America (NA/WPN), a department of the Royal Warmblood Studbook of The Netherlands (KWPN), will be holding its annual "Keuring" tour (inspection and evaluation of breeding stock) from September 7-22, 2005. The tour includes two sites in Canada and ten in the U.S. All locations offer classes for young horses, mares, geldings and stallions. Classes for stallion approval are offered only at Iron Spring Farm (PA), DG Bar Ranch (CA) and Oakwood Stables in...

Six-Member Team from AWR to Compete at WBFSH Sport Horses International Young Breeders Competition

by By the American Warmblood Registry | Jul 22, 2005, 1:51 AM

The American Warmblood Registry (AWR) is sending a six-member team to compete in the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) International Young Breeders Competition in Aarhus, Denmark, August 26-28. This third annual competition is designed to bring young breeders together across breeding associations, countries and languages in a friendly competition in five disciplines--theory, presenting of a mare in-hand, judging of mares, judging the gaits of loose horses and judging the...