Lexington, Kentucky - The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA), with the support of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), is proud to present the Saturday evening classes from the Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show available as video on demand. Users can visit www.ashalive.net or www.usefnetwork.com/ashalive to view the finals, as well as results, judges cards and a photo gallery of all things World’s Championship Horse Show in 2010. During the week of the...

SHELBURNE, VT — The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) has announced that its national headquarters is moving to a new office facility at the end of the month. The office and employees are moving September 2-8 and will be closed for business during these days. AMHA will resume its regular business hours on Thursday, September 9. In July, AMHA signed a ten-year lease at Shelburne Commons, renewing its commitment to remain in Vermont. AMHA's new address will be 4066 Shelburne Road,...

Chicago Hunter Derby (Caroline Weeden riding at the 2009 Chicago Hunter Derby) Chicago, IL - August 9, 2010 - In less than a month, the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby (Chicago Hunter Derby) Presented By CN returns to Annali Farm in Antioch, IL. The derby will occur on August 29, 2010 and will feature the best hunter horses and riders, top catering of food and drinks and the farm will provide a wonderful backdrop for the derby course. The one-day affair features a brunch starting at...

Kentucky Equine Research (KER) wants to send you and a guest to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG)! To celebrate the WEG coming to Kentucky, KER is giving away tickets to its fans, followers, and customers. Ten pairs of tickets will be available to those who sign up for KER’s newsletters, The Weekly Feed and Equine Review, between now and September 24. To enter on www.ker.com , go to the contest page and sign up for the KER newsletters. A new winner will be announced every week. Each...

The World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) Emerging Pro Division will now be tracked as one group rather than two groups divided by height. Like the other WCHR divisions, riders will earn points on their highest-placed horse at a WCHR member event, regardless of whether those points were earned from the pre-green or rated sections. The top 10 in the National standings after the divisions at Capital Challenge, plus the top six from each region will be invited to participate in the Emerging Pro...

Mario and Urico Look for More Clear Rounds (Randi Muster Photo) Lexington, KY - The following horse/rider combinations have been named to represent the US in the Nations Cup at CSIO Schweiz St. Gallen in Switzerland on Friday June 4. Mario Deslauriers on Jane Clark’s Urico Beezie Madden on Abigail Wexner’s Mademoiselle Richard Spooner on Show Jumping Syndications’ Cristallo McLain Ward on Sagamore Farm’s Rothchild These four riders will take on the nine other teams in the third Nations Cup of...

Richard Spooner and Cristallo at CSIO La Baule (Sophie Durieux) Lexington, KY - The following horse/rider combinations have been named to represent the US in the Nations Cup at CSIO Roma- Piazza di Siena SNAI Show Jumping in Italy on Friday May 28. Mario Deslauriers on Jane Clark’s Urico Beezie Madden on Abigail Wexner’s Mademoiselle Richard Spooner on Show Jumping Syndications’ Cristallo McLain Ward on Blue Chip Bloodstock and his own Sapphire These four riders will take on the ten other teams...

The sixth annual United Professional Horsemen's Association (UPHA) Classics Incentive Sale will be held in conjunction with the UPHA American Royal National Championship Horse Show at Kansas City, Missouri’s Hale Arena, on Friday, November 20, at 9 a.m. The purpose of this sale is to raise incentive money to be paid back on the local and national levels in the UPHA Classics program, offering breeders a viable marketplace for their two-year-olds. Two-year-olds purchased through the 2009 sale...

Within three hours of the public ticket sales launch for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, tens of thousands of tickets had already been purchased for the world’s most prestigious equestrian competition. Tickets have already been reserved in each of the 49 competition sessions available for the 2010 Games, including Opening and Closing Ceremonies. The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will feature eight world championships in equestrian sport at the Kentucky Horse Park from...

The Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) has a TEAM CHA youth Horse Connection Reward Program for kids 15 years and younger. The participants keep track of their hours working with horses, whether they have them or not. They can count activities, such as taking riding lessons, watching non-fiction videos and reading non-fiction books about horses, grooming, cleaning stalls, cleaning tack, feeding and so on. As part of this membership, the youth also receive a quarterly newsletter full of...