Kentucky livestock producers and horse owners in need of hay can call the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s toll-free Hay Hotline to find farmers with hay to sell. The Hay Hotline number is (888) 567-9589. Growers with hay to sell also may call the number. Producers who call the number to buy or sell will be listed on the Hay Hotline page on the Department’s website at www.kyagr.com. “These services could make the difference between holding on to livestock or having to sell,” Agriculture...

The 2007 League of Agricultural and Equine Centers (LAEC) Footing Academy will be held August 7-8 at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, GA, former site of the 1996 Summer Olympics. CEU credits will be offered. To register, visit www.laec.info/footing%20academy/2007%20Registration%20form.pdf . This year's sponsors include Absolute Innovations; Bullock, Smith & Partners; Los Angeles Equestrian Center; Oaks Blenheim Exhibitions; SMG Management and WW Livestock. The 2008 Annual...

The American Saddlebred Horse Association is offering live streaming video of the Lexington Junior League Horse Show via its website at www.saddlebred.com . The webcast began with the show’s first session on Monday, July 9, and will include each session through the show’s conclusion on Saturday night, July 14. The same video feed that goes out to the Red Mile’s jumbotron and other video monitors will be broadcast worldwide on www.saddlebred.com . Plans are also underway to webcast the American...

Vermont Summer Festival is presenting live webcasts of its horse show competition. The webcasts are being produced by LiveBroadcast.TV and Productions East Video. The Vermont Summer Festival began on July 11 and features six full weeks of hunter/jumper competition. The Vermont Summer Festival offers $800,000 in prize money, making it the largest sporting event in the state of Vermont based on total purse. The Vermont Summer Festival is New England’s largest “AA” rated hunter/jumper horse show...

The World's Championship Horse Show (WCHS) has announced the adoption of a new qualification system for all pleasure and park horse divisions, effective for the 2008 WCHS. This system establishes a maximum number of permitted entrants in each class in the pleasure and park horse divisions. If the number of qualified entrants exceeds these maximum numbers, eligible horses will be selected based on the number of points earned at qualifying horse shows from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008....

Horse Sports by the Bay, Inc., would like to extend an open invitation to those interested in attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 18 at 8 a.m. for the new permanent facility of Horse Shows by the Bay. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held prior to the first class in the Polk Family Main Hunter ring, and officiated by Acme Township Supervisor Bill Kurtz. Horse Shows by the Bay is a three-week equestrian festival in picturesque Traverse City, MI, held July 18-August 5. Annually, Horse...

Lexington, KY – One of the nation’s leaders in the fight against degenerative joint disease in horses, Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan), has renewed their commitment with the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) in a multi-faceted sponsorship. In addition, Adequan® remains as “The Official Joint Therapy of the USEF.” Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, manufacturer of the flagship equine health product, Adequan®, continues their commitment as title sponsor for three USEF championships for...

Starting in 2007, the American Morgan Horse Association’s (AMHA) Youth Member of the Year award will now be called the AMHA Annual Youth Achievement Award, as decided by the AMHA Board of Directors at their May meeting. The award, which recognizes a youth who demonstrates outstanding achievement and dedication to the Morgan breed , is determined by a point system. In 2006, Caitlin Novotny of Oklahoma City received the first AMHA Youth Member of the Year award. AMHA youth members may earn points...

Defending champion Jeffery Welles and two of the four riders on the United States squad for the 2007 Pan American Games head the impressive list of entries as the 38th Annual Lake Placid Horse Show opened at the North Elba Showgrounds in Lake Placid, NY. The 2007 Lake Placid Horse Show will once again host outstanding non-stop equestrian action highlighted by the $75,000 Budweiser Grand Prix of Lake Placid CSI***, presented by RV Sales of Broward, on Sunday, July 1. The 30th Annual I Love New...

For more than 20 years, horse owners have trusted Farnam Equine Pharmaceuticals for dependable deworming products for their horses. Now the name you know and trust is making a difference for children and adults with special needs by supporting a therapeutic riding program. Through financial contributions and the donation of deworming products for therapy horses, Farnam helps America’s Horse Cares, a unique American Quarter Horse Foundation program that supports therapeutic riding centers across...