The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Animal Health Surveillance System (NAHSS) is a network of many Federal and State government agencies integrated into a comprehensive and coordinated system of animal health monitoring and surveillance. The overall goal of the system is to collect, collate and analyze animal health information and to promptly distribute this information. The program is intended to improve the protection of the national animal health and to increase...

Tracey Winter and her 13-year old Trakehner gelding Martailo won top honors at the recent GAIG/USDF Region Three Dressage Championships when they were awarded the tri-colored neck ribbon for the grand prix championship. This coveted win would be an exceptional victory for any dressage competitor, but for this pair, the victory was the culmination of a dream that spanned more than a decade. Winter acquired Martailo as a weanling and has trained the gelding herself over the past 13 years. Before...

The nation’s horse center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington set the stage for four different USEF eventing championships over the past weekend, October 19-22. The storms that plagued the region in the week leading up to the competitions left portions of the steeplechase course under water. Officials deemed it necessary to eliminate the steeplechase from the event. The national championships were also run concurrent with the ever-popular Mid-South Team Challenge. In the one-star...

From Wednesday, October 18, through Sunday, October 22, the International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association (IALHA) will host their National Championship Horse Show with a qualifying show to be held on Tuesday, October 17. The Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Fort Worth, TX, will be home to a week of competitions, expositions, seminars, banquets and fun. Unique shopping opportunities oriented toward Iberian horses will be available. The public is welcome and admission is free to all...

Famed publisher William Randolph Hearst, who also established an important horse breeding operation, is credited with having first coined the name “Morab” for the distinct breed of horses that are Arabian and Morgan crosses. He bred his Arabian stallions to Morgan mares to produce horses which were sure-footed, fast and versatile. Consequently, they were well suited to the rough and varied terrain of his San Simeon ranch near the Pacific Coast of California. More than six generations later, the...

At the Blowing Rock Horse Show series, held July 26-August 6, Over the Hill Farm had more stellar performances from their horses and riders. They took home five grand hunter titles and five trophies from the horse show. Once again, young Taylor Ann Adams of Eads, TN, was the star of the show. Adams was named the Best Child Rider on a Pony and won the Evelyn O. Faulkner Trophy. She was also the Leading Point Rider on a Horse and Pony and will have her name etched on the Jennifer Cox Memorial...

Lexington, KY – The 2006 Sallie B.Wheeler/USEF National Hunter Breeding Championship will again hold its East-meets-West format. The West Coast phase will be held at the Showpark All Seasons Summer Tournament Horse Show in Del Mar, CA, on August 30. The East Coast phase will be held at the Warrenton Horse Show in Warrenton, VA, on September 2. This will be the second year that the officials will judge the West Coast phase and then fly to Virginia to judge the East Coast phase. Categories judged...

Friesian Quest is honored to announce that the FPS 1996 World Champion and 1992-1995 FPS Reserve World Champion, Melle 311 (Frans X Ygram), has joined its family. Melle 311 is sire to the FPS Approved Reserve World Champion Fabe 340, and grandsire to the multi-World Champion Sape 381, as well as his most recently approved grandson Tije 404. Melle 311 is currently the only FPS World Champion stallion standing to outside mares in the United States. Of the rare Age stallion line and the much...

The U.S. Saddle Seat Equitation World Cup is pleased to announce the members of its teams for 2006. Twenty three-gaited and 10 five-gaited finalists competed for positions on the teams at William Woods University in Fulton, MO, over the weekend of March 17-19. Five riders and an alternate were selected for each of the teams. These outstanding riders will represent the United States at the 2006 International Saddle Seat Equitation World Cup event. The prestigious international competition will...

American Quarter Horses take center stage Sunday, January 8, on NBC Sports Television at 4 p.m. Eastern/1 p.m. Pacific for the Ford/AQHA Western World Championships presented by Fort Dodge. The one-hour special is based at the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) World Championship Show in Oklahoma City and highlights the cutting and reining competitions, along with other features. “We are excited to have the American Quarter Horse and the AQHA World Show brought to the viewing public on...