When Katherine Cook took her three young Lusitano stallions to their first dressage show at Rocking Horse Stable in Altoona, FL, on April 4, 2009, her goals were “to get them on and off the trailers, in and out of new environments and see how they would do.” The Brazilian-bred Interagro Farm well-mannered stallions not only made a big impression on the central Florida equestrian show crowd, they scored well with the dressage judges, as well. Cook’s newest acquisition, a four-year-old golden...

According to unofficial tabulations, the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) announces that Smart Like Juice is NRHA's newest Million Dollar Sire. His offspring pushed him over the mark at the 2008 NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show in Oklahoma City, OK. He is the 16th stallion to be named to this prestigious listing. The 1994 sorrel stallion by Smart Little Lena and out of Jessies Oak is owned by Smart Like Juice, Inc., of Markham, IL. Smart Like Juice...

The "Lineage of the Modern Morgan" includes more than 450 Morgan names, tracing each of today's important dams and sires to the founding stallion. This giant family tree follows each horse to Justin Morgan through its sire line. In addition, the dam of each horse is also listed, allowing you the unique opportunity to trace all lines of your Morgan to Justin Morgan. Four-colored and easy-to-read. 25" x 36". Folded. Order #9680 Member Price $12.50 Non-Member Price: $15.50 To Order, visit www....

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) has issued revised criteria, effective immediately, for youth members nominated for the USDF Youth Volunteer of the Year Award to allow volunteer hours accumulated between September 1 of the previous calendar year and August 31 of the current calendar year to be included in the required number of hours. This is a change from the previous requirement that volunteer hours must have been accumulated in the current membership year. Nominations for the...

Lexington, KY -- Show Jumper Laura Kraut, who won the USEF Selection Trials for Show Jumping in March and the $500,000 Grand Prix of Charlotte (NC) in April, continued her winning ways in Europe over the weekend of March 17-18. With Miss Independent, Kraut won the CSI4* Masters class at Antwerp in Belgium. As a result of this victory Kraut picked up a new car, winning a BMW ll6i. She also won the CSI4* Prijs Kyra K class on Olympia 90 and as a result of these victories was named the show’s...

Judy Guden, the owner of Sagacious HF, ridden by Lauren Sammis to Team Gold and Individual Silver medals at this year's Pan American Games, died Friday night. Guden had been undergoing treatment for breast cancer for many months. "Judy Guden passed from this world tonight in the loving arms of her friends and family!" family friends Monica Sinks and Ed Borreson reported. Lauren Sammis was given the ride on the eight-year-old KWPN Sagacious HF—the initials standing for the name of Al and...

Don’t miss a second of the action at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials in England where eight Americans will be contesting for the coveted £50,000 prize. For the first time, the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials will be offering live webstream of the cross-country and show jumping worldwide September 1-2. If you sign up before August 26, not only can you enjoy every minute of the 2007 event but you can also enjoy highlights of the 2006 event for free. There is also a special offer combining...

The USEF has named the following riders and horses to compete at the Spruce Meadows Masters, one of the richest competitions in show jumping, September 5-9. Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner Margie Engle/48/Wellington, FL/Hidden Creek’s Quervo Gold/14/Belgian Warmblood/Gelding/Hidden Creek Farm Beezie Madden /43/Cazenovia, NY/Authentic/12/KWPN/Gelding/Abigail Wexner Richard Spooner/36/Aqua Dulce, CA/Cristallo/9/Holsteiner/Gelding/Show Jumping Syndications McLain Ward/31/Brewster,...

Edward “Eddy” Leidenheimer, American Saddlebred trainer and owner of DreamView Stables of Versailles, KY, died Saturday, June 23, 2007. He was 28 years old. Leidenheimer was a member of the American Saddlebred Horse Association, the Unied Professional Horseman's Association and the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF). He will be honored posthumously at the Lexington Junior League Horse Show on Thursday, July 12. Memorial trophies in his honor have been announced for the American...

Courtney King of Bedford, NY, riding the Dutch stallion Idocus owned by Christine McCarthy, won the Open Grand Prix at the Windy Hollow Hunt Spring Dressage show on Sunday, May 14, at the Sussex Fairgrounds in Augusta, NJ. King and the 16-year-old bay stallion by Equafor scored 62.708% from Judge Anne Rawle of Pennsylvania. "Idocus and I had our best grand prix by far since he has come back to me," enthused King, who had ridden the stallion to international success four years ago and was...