When the nation’s best equestrians converge on Wellington, FL, for the 122nd National Horse Show and Family Festival beginning on November 30, 2005, among them will be the elite of the Amateur Owner Jumper and Junior Jumper divisions. The top ranked riders from the year-long Show Jumping Hall of Fame Series have once again been invited to compete in a head-to-head battle in Florida in their special year-end championships at the 122nd National Horse Show (NHS) and Family Festival. The Show...

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 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...

Las Vegas, NV – With solidly executed rides that can be described as nothing less than perfectly precise, it was Brazil’s show-jumping super-star, Rodrigo Pessoa who would stake his claim in the spotlight at the inaugural Las Vegas World Invitational at Las Vegas’ Thomas and Mack Arena, October 15. Out of a field of 25 of the world’s best, the 32-year-old Pessoa was one of only six riders to make it to the final jump-off in the most anticipated class of the weekend, the...

The youth of the Junior Colorado Arabian Horse Club has compiled a national silent auction of breedings generously donated by stallion owners from across the country. The showcase presents a unique opportunity to select from a variety of quality stallions that specialize in every discipline, from halter to English pleasure. And, even better, all proceeds will benefit the support and outreach programs of the JCAHC. In the past two years, the JCAHC has donated $1,250 to Colorado equine charities,...

The Area II Adult Riders Program Training Three-Day Event has received an outpouring of support from the equestrian community for its unique educational competition, to be held October 18-22, 2005, at Waredaca Farm in Laytonsville, MD. Among the upper level riders donating expertise are Olympic medalists Jim Wofford and Karen O’Connor, and Pan American Games medalists Jan Thompson and Phyllis Dawson. Other top people in the industry will also participate. The Training Three-Day Event...

In an effort to help raise funds to expand and renovate its facilities, the Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Veterinary Medicine will be holding a series of stallion service auctions, with proceeds going to the university's Equine Health Studies Program (EHSP). The dedicated faculty and staff of the LSU Equine program were recently called into action in response to the damage caused in the Gulf region due to the series of hurricanes that besieged the area in late August, and again, in...

Gladstone, NJ – Riding through the chill, the rain and the mud of New Jersey’s wettest weekend in months, Julie Welles of West Simsbury, Connecticut, was awarded the Championship title at the 2005 USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East on October 8-9, proving she not only had the stamina required to win the multi-phase Finals, but the skill and ingenuity to make her riding skills shine, despite the elements. “I had a positive outlook coming in. I went in and rode the best...

“America’s Horse,” the American Quarter Horse Association’s award-winning television show, will feature the 2005 FEI World Reining Masters Finals from Manerbio, Italy, on its October 23 and October 30 episodes on the TVG Network. “America’s Horse” has been at the forefront of reining competition television coverage, including the 2002 World Equestrian Games, along with the FEI World Reining Masters, United States Equestrian Federation Reining Championships and the National Reining Horse...