In the world of the Pure Spanish Horse, a new era has begun. The president of the National Spanish Breed Organization, Javier Conde, and his delegation, flew this week from Madrid to Wilmington, OH, to attend the Fiesta Midwest P.R.E. Breed Show and to meet with the United States PRE Association (USPRE) and American breeders. USPRE is the only American organization that represents the PRE Studbook, which is newly managed by ANCCE by order of the Ministry of Agriculture in Spain. In prior years,...

Carole, Stevie and Lisa, the girls who formed the Saddle Club at Pine Hollow Stables are back with 26 new live-action adventures— The Saddle Club™ Rides Again! They will appear on public television stations in the U.S. through American Public Television, Inc. (APT), Exchange and Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc. (CPT), this fall. The Saddle Club™ , based on the best-selling books by Bonnie Bryant, is the world’s most popular series about girls and horses. The new series of adventures...

Powerful winds and rain on the final day of the Kentucky Spring Horse Show instigated a change of plans for the $55,000 Commonwealth Grand Prix CSI***. Originally scheduled for 1:00 p.m. in the Sheila C. Johnson Arena, early announcements informed exhibitors that the grand prix would be held in the indoor arena at 2:30 p.m. This alteration did not daunt Hidden Creek's Pamina L, who Margie Engle maneuvered flawlessly for an expeditious grand prix win. Out of 34 starters, 13 horses completed...

Event: Zada Enterprises, LLC, Dressage by the Bay Series I & II What: Recognized by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) as a rated show series, Dressage by the Bay Series I & II consists of two back-to-back events. These events qualify riders for the Great American Insurance Group Regional Championships and the series is also a USDF Breeder's Championship Qualifier. New this year are the Dressage Sport Horse Breeding Classes and the...

The FEI Task Force Chairmen met for four days, February 21-24, to agree on the final recommendations for the new FEI Endurance Rules for 2009 and onwards. Far reaching changes are recommended by the task force that has consulted widely with all those involved in the discipline over the last year following their creation immediately after the FEI World Endurance Forum held in Paris in February 2007. FEI Technical Committee members will now have an opportunity to review the task force proposals...

The Classic Shetland Stallion Sweepstakes Auction is an annual event hosted by the American Shetland Pony Club (ASPC) to promote the Classic Shetland Pony. This year the program is being offered in a new format. The ASPC Classic Sweepstakes Committee announced their plans to hold the entire 2008 auction online. The ASPC, established in 1888, recognizes four distinct types of ponies: the Classic Shetland Pony, the Modern Shetland Pony and two types of pony crosses, the American Show Pony and the...

EquiFit, Inc., the equine industry’s innovator of protective performance gear, announces a contest to coincide with the release of its new pony products. The best-selling T-Sport Wrap and supportive T-Boot EXP are now available in pony sizes. As part of its new product launch, EquiFit is searching for a junior rider and pony team to be part of its promotion. Submission will be accepted through March 31, 2008. Contestants are urged to get out their cameras and put the pony T-Boot EXP’s and Pony...

In the first 10 days since the launch of a new web-based volunteer registry system, nearly 4,000 new volunteers have already signed up online for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The World Games 2010 Foundation estimates that at least 6,000 volunteers will be needed to work before and during the Games, to be held at the Kentucky Horse Park from September 25-October 10, 2010 in Lexington, KY. “The response we have received is heartwarming and overwhelming,” said Cathy Rutter,...

Fans of the popular Dansko Fair Hill International Festival in the Country have something new and exciting to look forward to when the event returns October 16-19, 2008. This year's festival will feature the addition of a CCI** to Fair Hill's competition schedule. In addition to the traditional CCI***, which has drawn many of the world's best eventing horses and riders to Fair Hill for many years, the new CCI** will make way for a new group of horses and riders to compete at Fair Hill. "There...

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...