The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) announced its 2007 National Awards Dinner will be held at John G. Sikura’s Hill 'n' Dale Farms on Saturday, September 8, 2007. This marks the first time that the event will be held on a Saturday. “Hill ‘n’ Dale is honored to host the 22nd Annual TOBA Awards Dinner,” said John G. Sikura, owner of Hill ‘n’ Dale. “We congratulate all the national award winners on their achievement. It is the contributory success of each state which makes TOBA...

The American Horse Council (AHC) will be holding an issues forum in Austin, TX, to discuss current issues facing the horse industry, such as the National Animal Identification System and its impact on horse owners. This meeting will also address the recent equine viral arteritis (EVA) outbreak, new developments in taxes for horse owners and breeders, the Unwanted Horse Coalition and access to trails. The meeting will conclude with an “Ask the Experts” panel. “The AHC believes it is critical for...

Mighty, mild and marvelous, the rare Cleveland Bay is Breyer's newest equine sculpture. This British breed is on the critically endangered list of the Rare Breed Survival Trust, along with the Bengal tiger, the snow leopard and the giant panda. Less than 550 Cleveland Bays are thought to exist today, and only 220 are mares of breeding age. Sculpted by artist Karen Gerhardt, the Breyer Cleveland Bay is depicted mid-trot and captures the strength, power and substance of this rare breed....

It's official! Lil Ruf Peppy, owned by Green Valley Ranch in Aubrey, TX, has just been named the National Reining Horse Association's 11th Million Dollar Sire. At the start of the National Reining Breeders Classic (NRBC) held recently in Katy, TX, Lil Ruf Peppy was less than $3,000 short of the Million Dollar milestone. Limited and Intermediate Open Classic finalists Lil Santana, Pop Tart and Dry Ruf joined forces to put their sire over the top. Lil Ruf Peppy, bred by the King Ranch, Inc, hit...

Wamberto (Rousseau-Voltaire-Dutch Boy), bred by Mr. and Mrs. Heida of Wolvega, The Netherlands, was the clear winner of the championship ring for the dressage stallions at the 2006 KWPN Stallion Show. An absolute model in type, the wave of applause from the audience followed him as Wamberto toured the arena with extraordinary buoyancy, fluidity and expression. His movement was beautifully natural and soft, rolling forward with unparalleled suppleness and freedom. Wamberto's super character was...

Cesar Parra has a new star partner in Wild Dance. The eight-year-old licensed Hanoverian stallion is owned by Horses Unlimited, a premier American breeding establishment with a roster of world-class stallions. Wild Dance was the winner of the Stallion Performance Test with 140 points and already has an impressive FEI level show record, including the reserve championship at the 2005 Nurnberger Burgpokal Finals, a prestigious show circuit in Germany for seven- to nine-year-old dressage horses...

Iron Spring Farm has just imported one of the most popular young stallions in Holland, UB40. A four-year-old son of Olivi by Jazz, UB40 placed third in the championship keuring for dressage horses at the 2004 KWPN stallion show in Holland and received excellent scores for his gaits and dressage potential during his performance test. UB40's first foals were recently inspected and also received excellent scores and remarks from the inspectors. His foal, Armstrong M., was the high-selling foal...

Saugerties, NY – Riding to victory on Christy Russo’s High Cotton (seven-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding), Jack Hardin Towell, Jr., of Camden, SC, went out with the championship title at the fifth annual Show Circuit Magazine/USEF National Junior Hunter Championships—East Coast in Saugerties, NY, August 1-2. The 17-year-old Towell, Jr., received the Show Circuit Magazine perpetual trophy, a crystal trophy that he will be able to display until next year’s championships. The trophy, donated by...

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....

Members of the show jumping team that won the Silver medal at last summer’s Olympic Games in Athens will compete in the jumper divisions and in two thrilling grand prix classes at the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair, which runs May 26-June 4. In a thrilling duel for this year’s top honors, Laura Chapot of Neshanic Station, NJ, Open Jumper Champion for four of the last six years, will take on Olympians Chris Kappler of Hunterdon in Pittstown, NJ, Open Jumping Leading Rider at Devon two years...