Photo by Christy Egan (Sonora Rose, shown by Kenneth Black McDonald, was the winner of the Arabian Mare Breeding class at the 2009 Arabian Youth Nationals.) The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) will celebrate 10 years at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, with the 2010 Arabian and Half-Arabian Youth National Championship Horse Show (Youth Nationals), July 24-31. The championship show mixes the country's best young equestrian talent with youth-spun fun and activities, pouring approximately $10...

Photo by ESI Photography (Kelsey Hart and Agostino in the $10,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derby. ) Two of the most decorated high-performance riders in the country became serious contenders to qualify for the unprecedented Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix after a pair of impressive outings at HITS-on-the-Hudson I in Saugerties, NY. First, in Friday's $25,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, it was Olympian Margie Engle and Hidden Creek's Pamina L that took the blue ribbon in her first...

Photo Courtesy CKRH (A group lesson at CKRH.) Central Kentucky Riding for Hope (CKRH) a NARHA premier therapeutic riding program is currently looking for horses to add to its equine team. The program has recently expanded into a new facility and a new year-round schedule. CKRH has many requests to provide services but is currently limited in its ability to expand due to a shortage of appropriate horses. The type of horse CKRH is looking for at this time must meet a set of requirements in order...

The Horse Park of New Jersey will play host to the largest class of four-in-hands of horses ever to appear in the state next month at FEI CAI-B Allentown or, as it is more widely known, the Garden State Combined Driving Event, June 4-6. “It’s the WEG [Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games] that’s bringing them here,” said Heather Walker, organizer of the event. “As a selection trial for the team that will represent the United States at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky this October, Garden...

Flintfields Horse Park, home of the Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival, is proud to announce that new fiber footing is being installed this spring in the Grand Prix Ring, R.L. Polk Main Hunter Ring, and their respective schooling areas. GGT Footing™ and Footing First will be providing the state-of-the-art geo textiles for the project with Dean Rheinheimer and Karen Leeming overseeing the installation. Footing that stays safe and consistent throughout the course of the competition is...

Photo by Lili Weik (Darragh Kerins aboard Night Train in the 2009 $125,000 Purina Mills Grand Prix.) The 2010 HITS Saugerties Spring and Summer Series is just around the corner and HITS is preparing to welcome exhibitors, spectators and sponsors to the fabulously renovated venue in Saugerties, NY. The Spring Series of horse shows at HITS-on-the-Hudson begins on Wednesday, May 26, with HITS-on-the-Hudson I and continues for three consecutive, action-packed weeks until Sunday, June 13. Each year...

Photo Courtesy Garden State Horse Show (Jack Benson's Memory will be honored during the $50,000 Grand Prix at the Garden State Horse Show.) Now in its 59th year, Garden State Horse Show (GSHS) constantly strives to add special classes and incentives for its loyal exhibitors. This year, the show, which runs May 5-9 at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, NJ, has been selected to host one of the new Devoucoux 3’3” Hunter Derbies. Debuted at HITS Saugerties last spring, the class received...

Photo Courtesy USHJA (The headquarters of the United States Hunter Jumper Association.) When a horse and rider present an elegant partnership it’s called great equitation. When two equestrian organizations—the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) and the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA)—join forces, it’s called a winning combination. “Speaking on behalf of the IHSA membership, I am confident in saying that I believe this relationship will greatly enhance both...

SmartPak™/USEF Adult Amateur Hunter Ranking List Expanding its already considerable support of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), SmartPak™has signed on as "Official Tack and Equipment Supplier to the USEF". In addition, SmartPak will be adding sponsorship of the new Adult Amateur Hunter Ranking List to the list of other programs SmartPak supports, which include the USEF Week in Review and the North American Young Rider Reining Championship. "The USEF has done so much for...

The 2010 Kentucky International Equine Summit, a biennial event to be held on Monday and Tuesday, April 26 and 27, in Lexington, KY, and sponsored by the University of Louisville Equine Industry Program in cooperation with the University of Kentucky Equine Initiative, will feature more than 70 speakers and panelists dealing with a range of future challenges facing segments of the international and domestic horse industry. Dr. Veronique Julliand of AgroSup, Dijon, France, responsible for a...