Please remember that to be eligible to compete in the North American Junior and Young Riders Championships' (NAJYRC) for jumping and the Adequan/USEF National Junior Jumper Championships at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, horse-and-rider combinations must earn Certificates of Capability between December 1, 2006, and June 15, 2007, for NAJYRC, and August 31, 2007, for the Adequan/USEF National Junior Jumper Championships by completing a course with four faults or less set at • Level 8 or...

(Lexington, KY) – The injury to Le Samurai, ridden by Amy Tryon, sustained at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event on April 28th is under review by the FEI. They will obtain a statement from the Ground Jury at the competition and from the Appeal Committee, and conduct a hearing which will include a review of the tape of the incident. A judgment will then be made in the case. The USEF will honor that decision, abide by it and enforce it. A schedule for this hearing and judgment has not yet been...

Lexington, KY—United Professional Horsemen’s Association (UPHA) Chapter 14 will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its Spring Premiere Horse Show by bringing back the Symphony of Horses. The Spring Premiere will begin Tuesday, April 17, with the Symphony of Horses set for Friday, April 20, at the Eastern States Exposition Center in West Springfield, MA. The Symphony of Horses will feature a line-up of American Saddlebreds, Hackney Ponies, Morgans and Friesians performing to The Best of Boston...

How would you like to receive specialized one-on-one training from a National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Professional and contribute to a worthwhile cause at the same time? Sounds like a dream come true for many beginning reiners who are searching for any training assistance they can get. The Reining Horse Sports Foundation’s (RHSF) Rookie Day presented by Classic Equine may be the answer for you. Rookie Day presented by Classic Equine is a one- or two-day event that gives rookies a...

Please remember that to be eligible to compete in the North American Junior and Young Riders' Championships (NAJYRC) and Adequan/USEF National Junior Jumper Championships, horse-and-rider combinations must earn Certificates of Capability between December 1, 2006, and June 15, 2007, for NAJYRC, and August 31, 2007, for National Junior Jumper Championships by completing a course with four faults or less set at • Level 8 or higher for Young Riders and • Level 7 or higher for Juniors. Riders must...

The HorseTV Channel is set to introduce its new broadband channel "HorseTV Access," with a free six-day special presentation, beginning September 4, which will feature the network’s 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) coverage. The WEG presentation is a “free rein” direct feed intended to give viewers the feeling of being at the event. HorseTV Access will begin airing The HorseTV Channel’s regular programming on September 10, and viewers will receive an additional week free upon subscribing...

The St. Louis National Charity Horse Show will feature a special hunter clinic with two demonstrations during the four-day show. The clinic will be hosted by Bill Moroney, who is a United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) “R” judge in the disciplines of hunter, hunt seat equitation and jumper. Moroney has trained horses to wins at shows such as the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair, Washington International, Pennsylvania National, Lake Placid and the Winter Equestrian Festival. Moroney is...

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF), in conjunction with the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), will host a weekend educational seminar for recent graduates of the USDF Advanced Young Rider Program. The seminar will be held October 14-16, at the USET Foundation headquarters in Gladstone, NJ. Seminar participants, ranging in age from 21 to 25, will be amateurs, professionals and future high-performance riders in the sport of dressage. The purpose of the program is to provide...

Diana DeRosa (Kim Frey and Marlou during the first round of jumping at the 2005 World Cup.) Las Vegas, NV – Amidst the fabulous Las Vegas spectacle of fireworks, a laser show, jumbo-tron videos and even an opening musical act, it was shaping up to be a German jump-fest on April 21 until Belgium’s Ludo Philipaerts, on the grey stallion Parco, and Kimberly Frey of the U.S, on her consistent Dutch mare Marlou, showed up to throw down a challenge late in the evening. The first to go...

The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) announced that results for the year ending December 31, 2004, marked record highs in several areas. Net earnings for the year were $148,938 compared to $24,032 the previous year, prior to consideration of unrealized gains in investments either year, on revenues of $1.575 million in 2004 versus $1.473 million in the prior year. Including unrealized gains in investments, earnings doubled, from approximately $90,000 to nearly $181,000. Membership in...