While Judgement ISF has been known primarily for his own performance career, including winning the $1,000,000 CN International at Spruce Meadows, his offspring are also starting to show their true colors. In 2007, several of Judgement’s offspring brought home big awards. Judgement’s tobiano pinto son Judgement Call took the championship for Best Performance and Reserve Champion for Type at the International Jumper Futurity Finals Eastern Regional, held at the Duke Children’s Hospital Benefit in...

The Polk County Economic Development Commission will present the Second Annual National Equine Economic Development Summit from April 17-19, 2008, at the famed Biltmore Estate, in Asheville, NC. This year's conference, themed "The New Ruralism," promises to establish a new dialogue in land conservation and rural-based economies. It will bring together policy makers, community and equine industry leaders from across the country in an effort to strike a balance between equestrian and commercial...

Ki-Juan Minors wowed the judges and the energetic crowd of horse lovers on Saturday, February 9, and walked away with the grand prize and the title of "Equestrian Idol." The event, benefiting the EQUUS Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity that promotes the positive use of the horse for the benefit of the general public and the equestrian sport as a whole, began at 6 p.m. and was quickly filled to capacity. Newman's Own was the presenting sponsor for the event. Partygoers mingled around the...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Ad Hoc Committee on Selection has approved naming the horse/rider combinations of Authentic/Beezie Madden and Sapphire/McLain Ward to Beezie Madden and Authentic (Bob Langrish) the Show Jumping Short List for the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong August 8-24, 2008. Per the USEF Selection Procedure for the Show Jumping Team, the Selectors have the discretion to recommend up to four of the 10 horse/rider combinations to the Short List...

The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) is proud to name DA Al Capone+// (Ebony Masterpiece x Rabaska) owned by Cheryl Van Deusen of New Smyrna Beach, FL, as its 2007 Distance Horse of the Year. “Alvin” is an 11-year-old purebred Arabian gelding that was chosen for his excellence in endurance. Alvin’s most recent accomplishment was his selection as one of four horses to represent the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Team at the European Endurance Championships in Portugal. As the winner...

With the opening of her new training barn, riding academy, and offering of introductory clinics, Melissa Moore’s Sunrise Stables has become the newest presenting sponsor of the American Saddlebred Horse Association’s (ASHA) Annual Convention and Youth Conference. The convention is set for Thursday, February 14, through Saturday, February 16, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lexington, KY. For more information, visit www.asha.net/ASHA-Annual-Meeting . Moore plans to host a series of three to four...

The Challenge of the Americas, a horse sport spectacular featuring grand prix dressage and show jumping with a dinner/dance gala, returns to Wellington, FL, for the seventh consecutive year as a fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The 2008 Challenge of the Americas will be held at the newly renovated Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, the home of the CN Winter Equestrian Festival, on Saturday night, March 8, 2008. Competition will be held under the extraordinary new...

The second week of the Jacksonville Winter Series is proving to be just as full of nail-biting excitement as the opening event. Kyle King, now based in Ocala, FL, riding Finnete for owner Robin Cox took top call in Thursday’s Lucky Sevens Open Welcome Jumper Classic sponsored by Ring Power. King and Finnete, a 13 year-old bay Hanoverian mare found this win especially sweet. “She’s been out of competition for almost a year,” King began. “It just felt great to be back in the ring with her!”...

The Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series is officially underway, and 2008 is expected to be a great year for the series and its competitors. The series will see classes at more than 100 horse shows across the country before culminating in year-end championships at the National Horse Show in Wellington, FL, in December. The series hosts separate divisions for junior and amateur-owner riders in two conferences—the East Conference and the West Conference. Series standings are used...

January 5, 2008 saw 25 stallions of various breeds gather to showcase their talents and offspring at the First Annual Sporthorse Stallion Expo hosted by Marydell and Pepperwood Farms. Breeds represented included Hanoverian, German Riding Pony, Oldenburg, Trakehner, Thoroughbred, Friesian, Knabstrupper, Gypsy Vanner and Spanish Colonial. Some stallions came from as far away as Florida, and Pennsylvania to join a strong contingent of regional stallions. The Expo saw over 250 spectators coming...