Flying Colors Farm is proud to announce that Claim to Fame, its Pinto Oldenburg Stallion, is now lifetime approved for breeding with the Rheinland Pfalz-Saar International Registry and the American Warmblood Registry. Claim to Fame's first foals won him the "Best Get of Sire" title at the 2004 Upperville Colt and Horse Show in Virginia. They also held three of the top five placings at the 2004 International Hunter Futurity East Coast Finals and were in the top placings of the Sallie B....

At the Virginia Dressage Association show, which included GAIG/USDF Region 1 Dressage Championships, at the Virginia Horse Center, October 21-22, ES Rapture R was named Overall High Score Champion with a score of 77.308, along with his many other honors. The 2001 Elite Hanoverian stallion also had the high score in Training Level and First Level at the show. He won Training Level with a score of 77.308 and First Level with a score of 71.176. It was his first time at First Level. Rapture R as...

The American Warmblood Society (AWS) offers their congratulations to European Performance Horses, LLC--Sarah and Gerd Reuter, with special merit as the first Breeders of the Year to average in the Supreme rating with 80.808% with five or more offspring. (In 1997, the winners had three or more offspring.) The Reuters are outstanding AWS breeders and take advantage of the very best proven sport horse bloodlines in the world. Those bloodlines that were selected to live in their stable include...

The National Horse Show and Family Festival returns to the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club, November 30-December 4, 2005. One of the featured events is the $80,000 Young Jumper Championship Invitational, showcasing the finest rising show jumping stars in the United States. The $80,000 Young Jumper Championships Invitational consists of three sections, one for horses five years of age, one for horses six years of age, and one for horses seven and eight years of age. Qualifying for the event took...

Now is the time to nominate an individual or a horse to be considered for induction into the Paso Fino Hall of Fame. Individuals must be in good standing with the Paso Fino Horse Association and must have been inactive in PFHA-sanctioned events for a period of five years or must be age 60 or older as of September 1, 2006. If deceased, the nominee must have been in good standing at the time of death. The nominee must have invested a minimum of five years, regionally or nationally, in helping to...

Hurricane Wilma dealt a damaging blow to South Florida and the equestrian community of Wellington when she struck the area on October 24, 2005. Despite the widespread impact, the equestrian community is rapidly recovering and gradually returning to normal. The Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club, home to the 122nd Annual National Horse Show and Family Festival, sustained some damage, but nothing that will prevent this year’s show from going on as scheduled beginning on November 30 and running...

Local Weekend kicked off a week of Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) activities as riders competed at the Prince George Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, MD. Local Weekend, sponsored by The Tack Box, Inc., of Middleburg, VA, was a local horse show that allowed riders to qualify for local day finals at the WIHS. The WIHS began at the MCI Center on Tuesday, October 25, and continues through Sunday, October 30, 2005. The top six riders in each Pony Hunter, Children’s Hunter, and Adult...

The first American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) regional champions were named from the Northeastern regions made up of USEF Regions 11 and 12 at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg, PA, October 19-October 22. In the open divisions, Whimsicality and Michael Richardson won the Five-Gaited Regional Championship, I’m Sky High and Francis A. Garone won the three-gaited championship and Definitely Dianna and Kaye Bowles Durnell won the fine harness championship. In the amateur...

Mike Ferrara (Arabian stallion A Temptation takes the championship in Arabian Pleasure Driving Amateur Owner to Drive with Barbara Chur of Strawberry Banks Farm in East Aurora, NY, at the U.S. Arabian Nationals. ) The 39th annual U.S. National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (U.S. Nationals) is underway with exciting competition in Albuquerque, NM. The 10-day show, held October 20-29, is the flagship event for the Arabian horse industry, featuring top-quality horses, a shopping...

CBS Sports, a division of CBS Broadcasting, Inc., will televise the inaugural Las Vegas World Invitational (LVWI), the world’s richest equestrian show jumping event, on a tape-delayed basis currently starting at 2 p.m. (EST) on Saturday, December 31. “We are proud to be a partner with CBS Sports in our first event, and we feel the network has provided an excellent time slot for our 90-minute show leading into the national telecast of the Denver Broncos – San Diego Chargers NFL game on New...