The American Horse Council’s 2007 National Issues Forum in Washington, DC, was a huge success and featured dozens of respected speakers on important issues and opportunities to meet and mingle with federal legislators and regulators. More than 150 people gathered at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel from June 17-19, participating in American Horse Council (AHC) committee meetings, attending panels on different topics and socializing with other attendees and Congressional staffers. “With so many federal...

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian is pleased to announce that the next DEI Community Conversation, “Horses and the Military: A Long-Standing Partnership,” will be on Monday, November 7, from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. ET via Zoom. This DEI Community Conversation, held in recognition of Veterans Day, explores the longstanding partnership between the military and horses, with a focus on how horses are supporting military veterans and families today. This relationship has changed over the...

Wellington, FL - Dressage rider Tina Konyot, and her World Equestrian Games partner Calecto V, turned in brilliant performances in the Grand Prix classes at the Wellington Classic Dressage Spring Challenge CDI to ride into the winner’s circle. Konyot also rode away with the “Rider Wellness Award” from The Wellington Institute, awarded to a rider on the Florida dressage circuit who is healthy looking and physically fit. Calecto, a magnificent black stallion that represented the U.S. at WEG,...

Photo by Steve Bradley (Dr. Les Carr accepts the equine Hall of Fame trophy for his endurance half-Arabian gelding, Tulip. ) Amid the hoopla of its annual convention last month in Reno, NV, the American Endurance Ride Conference’s (AERC) Dave Rabe was inducted into the nonprofit organization’s Hall of Fame, along with Tulip, the ultra-long distance half-Arabian gelding owned by Dr. Les Carr. Also winning one of endurance’s top prizes, the Pard’ners Award, was Robert Ribley and his endurance...

Calling it one of the most significant welfare issues affecting any equine breed or discipline, the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) issued recommendations for eliminating the abusive practice within the Tennessee Walking Horse industry known as soring. Soring is the infliction of pain to create an extravagant or exaggerated gait in horses for training or show purposes. Even though soring is prohibited by the federal Horse Protection Act of 1970, some within the industry...

Camelot Reproduction Symposium Date: January 25-26, 2008 Fee: $375.00 Enrollment Limit: 75 (Early registration is strongly encouraged to facilitate timely confirmation of each course.) Instructors: Dr Richard Fayrer-Hosken, BVSc, PhD, Dipl. ACT, Dipl. ECAR, MRCVS; Dr. Gary Heuser PhD; and Tanya Bruce and the veterinary students of the Theriogenology Club at the University of Georgia. Course Description: This course is designed for horse owners and breeders wishing to obtain a better...

The FEI wishes to announce “On to Hong Kong,” a workshop to assist national federations to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong. The event, to be organized by the FEI’s Welfare Sub-committee, will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland, from February 16-18, 2008. The objective of the workshop will be to promote the health and welfare of the horses by making the information collected at the August 2007 Test Event available to all Federation officials, veterinarians, riders, chefs...

Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital will hold an educational seminar for horse owners on April 28 during the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Farnam at the Kentucky Horse Park. The seminar offers information on the latest veterinary technology specifically pertaining to competing the sport horse. Proceeds will benefit the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation. Topics to be covered during the seminar will include: Upper Airway Disease and the Equine Athlete, by Dr. Brett Woodie: Dr. Woodie was...

The schedule for the fourth USEF Horsemastership Training Session on January 5-9, 2010, in Wellington, FL, has been set, with auditing of mounted and educational sessions open to the public free of charge. Auditors will have the opportunity to get firsthand exposure to the highest level of training conducted by Morris, the legendary horseman and chef d'équipe of the Olympic Gold-medal show jumping team in 2009 in Hong Kong. The selected riders - Jacqueline Lubrano, Jessica Springsteen, Zazou...

The Fifth International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot is pleased to announce that farrier Michael Wildenstein will be a featured speaker at this year's event. Wildenstein will be conducting a workshop on Foot Management Strategies for Laminitis with Dr. Mike Steward. The conference will be held November 6-8, 2009, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, FL. The goals of the Fifth International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the...