Twenty-two-year-old Rick Silvia, a well-known competitor on the Southeast dressage circuit, has been selected as a demo rider for the 2006 Adequan/United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Symposium. The USDF Symposium will be held in conjunction with the Adequan/USDF Convention to be held in Kansas City, MO, November 29–December 3. Two-time German Olympian and World Champion event rider Ingrid Klimke will address the riders and their mounts in the USDF Symposium sessions on "Performance Through...

The International Friesian Show Horse Association (IFSHA) has expanded its 2006 Horse of the Year awards and recognition program to include points earned in four new open American Driving Society- (ADS), United States Equestrian Federation- (USEF) and United States Dressage Federation-recognized competition categories. The IFSHA board of directors is also pleased to announce the enhancement of its existing Horse of the Year program to reward those IFSHA members who compete their Friesian-bred...

Arnd Bronkhorst The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Breeders Committee recently announced the sponsorship of a breeders' symposium. The inaugural event will take place the last Sunday in April at Wisconsin's state-of-the-art veterinary hospital, the Wisconsin Equine Clinic in Oconomowoc. Many of the top breeding stallions in the Midwest use this highly regarded facility for their reproductive needs. It is also used for care of young stock and managing mature stallions and...

The United States Equestrian Foundation (USEF) Breeders Committee recently announced the sponsorship of a breeders' symposium. The inaugural event will take place the last Sunday in April at Wisconsin's state-of-the-art veterinary hospital, the Wisconsin Equine Clinic in Oconomowoc. Many of the top breeding stallions in the Midwest use this highly regarded facility for their reproductive needs. It is also used for care of young stock and managing mature stallions and broodmares. Staffed by...

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...

The Arabian Horse Association of Arizona (AHAA) announced the dates for its 51st Annual Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show scheduled for February 2006. The annual event, billed as one of the largest horse shows in the world, will run from February 17-26 at West World in North Scottsdale. New to the 2006 show will be a Arabian Reining Futurity class that has projected over $80,000 in prize money. With the support of the Arabian Reining Horse Association, the Arabian Horse Association of Arizona has...

The Penn-Ohio Futurity offers a rare experience for a hands-on clinic with Jim Aikman. Aikman has been a leader in the Saddlebred community for decades and is undoubtedly one of, if not, the most successful colt man ever. Currently, he spends most of his time promoting his passion for American Saddlebred colts via the wildly successful All American Cup. He has won dozens of futurities and untold amounts of prize money. His technique is tried and true and works every time it's tried. Aikman...

Carol Rose's Shining Spark was bred to be a spectacular show horse--and he was. He was bred to be a fabulous sire--and he is. Shining Spark is a 1989 son of Genuine Doc and out of Rose's 1979 American Quarter Horse Association's (AQHA) Superhorse and 1996 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Hall of Fame inductee Diamonds Sparkle. In 2002, Shining Spark was the youngest stallion to reach one of the NRHA's most prestigious milestones and was named an NRHA Million Dollar Sire. Just three...

Horse breeders should be aware of a new tax advantage that begins in 2005 and increases over the next five years until fully implemented in 2010. The deduction can shelter up to 3% of 2005 profit from the sale of horses that a breeder has bred and sold. The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, passed by Congress at the end of 2004, provided a new tax benefit which lowers the tax on income from U.S. production. Specifically, it applies to income from the sale of property that was "manufactured,...

The red, white and blue were all over the Dixon Oval at the “Born in the USA” Awards at the 30th Annual Dressage at Devon Horse Show. High-scorers in 11 Breed Division categories were adorned with bright, patriotic rosettes and awarded a Certificate of Achievement, a stall plaque and a “Born in the USA” commemorative medal. The owners and breeders shared a generous purse in excess of $10,000, with 75% going to the owners, and 25% to the breeders. The two high scorers received sashes and coolers...