SportFot (Reed Kessler and Mika.) Lexington, KY - July 29, 2010 - Show jumping competition has started for the prestigious 2010 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North. The top American, Canadian and Mexican riders between the ages of 14 and 21 ventured to the Kentucky Horse Park to compete in the Individual qualifying round in the Main Outdoor Stadium. Riders vied for the top sport during today’s classes and the opportunity to compete in the...

One of the Saddlebred world's leading stallions, Callaway's Blue Norther, passed away on Tuesday, March 17. Callaway's Blue Norther's breeding career is among the Saddlebred world's most prolific, having sired Five-Gaited World's Grand Champion CH Callaway's Forecaster, Ladies Five-Gaited World's Champion CH Callaway's Born To Win, and Amateur Five-Gaited Mare World's Champion Callaway's Winning Ways, among many others. The well known stallion reached the age of 28 on March 7, 2009.

Photo Courtesy CRAA Spring Derby Premiere Sport Horse Show The CRAA Spring Derby Premiere Sport Horse Show at the Three County Fairgrounds in Northhampton, MA, offers an array of opportunity like no other. Not only is it the International Friesian Show Horse Association (IFSHA) Region 1 Championship Horse Show, there are also regional and national qualifying events for the Arabian Horse Association, SHIH, SHUS, dressage and many over fences classes offered. In addition, a full day of open breed...

The Agricultural Marketing Group at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM, has undertaken the first scientific saddle fit study of Western performance saddles. Using a force sensor array (FSA) pressure pad, which shows exactly how the saddle applies contact to the horse, different levels of pressure are shown in different colors and in three dimensions. The focus of the study is on barrel and roping saddles, but the results are applicable to all types of Western saddle users. Using this...

The Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) has joined forces with some of the equine industry’s top brands to reward new and returning ApHC members who purchase their 2010 memberships by December 1, 2009. Signing up for an ApHC membership by December 1 not only ensures that members receive the January issue of Appaloosa Journal , the 2009 World Championship Appaloosa Show coverage issue, but they also qualify for a random drawing to win one of many prizes totaling more than $10,000. Prize sponsors include...

It's been another busy month for the team at the Equestrian Aid Foundation (EAF) as they get set for a successful fundraising party and silent auction in Traverse City, MI, during Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival. There will also be a launch of the eBay Giving Works site with the cover image to the new FarmVet catalog. This limited edition picture was graciously donated by photographer Shelli Breidenbach. This month's newsletter is full of ways to help our fellow equestrians and horse...

During the USEF Dressage Performance Standards Open Forum held December 4 as part of the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Annual Convention, it was clear that the majority of attendees support some form of performance standards for dressage, mirroring the support shown in a USEF online survey conducted in early 2008. However, in consideration of concerns which have been expressed by membership, and sensitivity to the current state of the economy, the USEF Dressage Committee has voted to...

Lexington, KY -- Show Jumper Laura Kraut, who won the USEF Selection Trials for Show Jumping in March and the $500,000 Grand Prix of Charlotte (NC) in April, continued her winning ways in Europe over the weekend of March 17-18. With Miss Independent, Kraut won the CSI4* Masters class at Antwerp in Belgium. As a result of this victory Kraut picked up a new car, winning a BMW ll6i. She also won the CSI4* Prijs Kyra K class on Olympia 90 and as a result of these victories was named the show’s...

To mark the first-ever hosting of Equestrian Events in Hong Kong and the one-year countdown of Beijing Olympic Games, The Olympic Equestrian Company is pleased to join hands with the MTR and OMEGA to launch a limited-edition “Olympic 1-Year Countdown” MTR Souvenir Tickets Set. Priced at $88, each ticket set includes two adult souvenir tickets* and a specially-designed ticket holder. Don't miss out on this commemorative collectible item! Sales Period: August 20–September 10, 2007 Ways to...

Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation (US Equestrian) and EquiFit have signed an agreement ensuring that EquiFit will remain US Equestrian’s officially-endorsed boot and leg-wear manufacturer through 2019. EquiFit will continue to be the "Official Performance Boot and Leg Wear of US Equestrian" and US Equestrian members will continue to benefit from the support of a premier equestrian brand. "For more than eight years, our partnership with EquiFit has been a...