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ASHA to Webcast Lexington Junior League Horse Show Live

by By Daniel Rieffer | 7/12/2007 11:25:00 AM

The American Saddlebred Horse Association is offering live streaming video of the Lexington Junior League Horse Show via its website at www.saddlebred.com . The webcast began with the show’s first session on Monday, July 9, and will include each session through the show’s conclusion on Saturday night, July 14. The same video feed that goes out to the Red Mile’s jumbotron and other video monitors will be broadcast worldwide on www.saddlebred.com . Plans are also underway to webcast the American...

Live Webcasts of Vermont Summer Festival Competition Available

by By Classic Communications | 7/12/2007 10:50:00 AM

Vermont Summer Festival is presenting live webcasts of its horse show competition. The webcasts are being produced by LiveBroadcast.TV and Productions East Video. The Vermont Summer Festival began on July 11 and features six full weeks of hunter/jumper competition. The Vermont Summer Festival offers $800,000 in prize money, making it the largest sporting event in the state of Vermont based on total purse. The Vermont Summer Festival is New England’s largest “AA” rated hunter/jumper horse show...

US Teams Named for the 2007 Pan American Games

by jmorris | 7/6/2007 11:18:00 AM

The USEF is pleased to announce the following combinations have been named to represent the United States at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 13-29. Eventing Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Sex/Breed/Age/Owner Stephen Bradley/44/Leesburg, VA/From/G/Russian Thoroughbred/14/Charlotte Harris Mara Dean/33/Round Hill, VA Nicki Henley/G/Irish Sport Horse/12/Willow Bend Farm, LLC Phillip Dutton/43/West Grove, PA/Connaught/G/Irish Sport Horse/14/Bruce Duchossois Gina...

The Equestrian Land Conservation Resource is Helping Horsemen Work Together

by By Carolyn Orr | 7/5/2007 11:24:00 AM

Now located in Lexington, KY, next door to the United States Equestrian Federation at the Kentucky Horse Park, the Equestrian Land Conservation Resource is in its 10th year of helping horse people across the country with private and public land issues. “When someone calls the office,” said Georgiana McCabe, President of ELCR, “they usually feel they’re the only one with a particular problem, because they haven’t had the advantage of networking with activists from other parts of the country. “At...

Kentucky Horse Council Announces Equine Safety Net, a Temporary Equine Feed Program

by By Ginny Grulke | 7/5/2007 10:04:00 AM

The Kentucky Horse Council announced a new program to assist those horses whose owners cannot provide adequate feed due to temporary financial setbacks. The Equine Safety Net program is designed to provide a 30-day supply of feed for horses when the owner is having temporary financial difficulties and is unable to supply adequate nutrition. This program is for individuals only, and is not intended for professional equine businesses. The applicants can apply for feed for a maximum of two horses,...

Kacey McCann Named Best Child Rider at Saratoga Classic Horse Show Series

by By Phelps Media Group | 7/5/2007 9:56:00 AM

The victories continued for SBS Farms at the second week of the Saratoga Classic Horse Show on June 27-July 1, 2007. Kacey McCann, 16, of Palmyra, PA, rode Mustique to the Grand Junior Hunter Championship and was named the Best Child Rider. SBS Farms is headed by Susie Schoellkopf and Jennifer Alfano of Buffalo, NY. In addition to her grand championship, McCann was champion in the Small Junior 16-17 Hunters with Mustique, who is owned by SBS Farms. She was reserve champion in the division on...

Four Dressage Riders to Represent the United States at the World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany

by Joanie Morris | 6/29/2007 4:49:00 PM

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce the U.S. representatives for the CHIO Aachen in Germany, July 3-8. For the first time, the horse show will be hosting five disciplines (dressage, show jumping, eventing, driving and vaulting) during one competition. The following dressage riders have been named to represent the Unites States as individuals at the prestigious event: Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breeding/Sex/Owner In the CDIO: Courtney King/ 29/New...

American Horse Council’s National Issues Forum a Resounding Success

by By the American Horse Council | 6/28/2007 4:17:00 PM

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...

USEF Announces Joint Membership Card with USDF

by gaillardm | 6/28/2007 4:09:00 PM

(Lexington, KY) - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), announced today that effective June 28th United States Dressage Federation members, who have an active USDF participating membership and are USEF members, can now obtain one joint USEF/USDF membership card as opposed to two separate cards. The card can be accessed online and carries both of the individual membership numbers. The USEF already has a joint membership card with the United States Hunter and Jumper Association (USHJA)...

Researchers To Come Together This Summer for Lameness Research Meeting and Panel

by By Sally J. Baker | 6/28/2007 2:41:00 PM

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Foundation will be hosting a Lameness Research Meeting and Panel on August 1, 2007, at the Fort Collins Marriott in Fort Collins, CO. This special research meeting is being supported through donations by two major industry partners, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., and IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., as well as three partner equine foundations: American Quarter Horse Association Foundation, Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and Morris...