Post entries are being accepted in American Saddlebred classes at the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair in Devon, PA. American Saddlebred classes begin Wednesday, May 31, and run through Saturday, June 3. More information on the show can be found online at www.thedevonhorseshow.com, or by calling the horse show office at (610) 964-0550; or, contact Ryegate Show Services at (717) 867-5643. In an effort to attract more Saddlebred, Hackney and Roadster exhibitors, the show committee, show...

The Friends of Winter Miles will sponsor an event to raise community awareness of the Winter Miles Horse Park, the first equestrian park in Seminole County, FL. The Round-Up will be Sunday, May 21, 2006, from 1-4 p.m. at the future site of the Horse Park. The Round-Up will feature live music, barbecue, carriage and pony rides, games and raffles. The event will also serve as an opportunity for the public to see the site and show their support for this important community asset. Advanced tickets...

Del Mar’s Evening of Musical Freestyles delighted dressage fans with competition from some of the best in the world, including three-time Olympic Bronze medalist Guenter Seidel and Olympic and World Cup veteran Steffen Peters. They scored within a tenth of a percent of each other in the $5,000 Grand Prix Freestyle sponsored by Chalk Hill Estates Winery. Seidel on Aragon won with a score 74.450%, while Peters on Floriano scored 74.325% for second. Aragon is a 1992 Bavarian Warmblood gelding...

Who would have thought that the pursuit of controlling that nasty fly problem in your horse’s stable could send you on a trip to Aachen, Germany? Better yet, that you would be doing your part to help the U.S. Team gain the Gold at the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG)? Farnam Companies, Inc., has committed to donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of its popular fly control products in a unique partnership with the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to help send the U.S. team...

The Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) is proud to announce its inaugural 50-mile National Championship Endurance Ride, scheduled for June 3, 2006, in Palmyra, WI. The event is being hosted by and held in conjunction with an Appaloosa Distance Riding Association (ApDRA) ride, and will follow the guidelines and rules set forth by the American Endurance Ride Conference. Horses and riders have until May 30, 2006, to qualify. Youth riders 16 and under as of January 1, 2006, do not need to qualify for the...

Officials of the 2006 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Farnam, are pleased to announce an exciting worldwide television schedule that will bring the thrill and excitement of America’s only Four-Star Three-Day Event to television sets around the world. This year’s Rolex Kentucky CCI**** returns to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, April 27-30. Anchoring the worldwide television schedule will be a domestic broadcast on NBC that will air as a one-hour special on Sunday, May 7,...

The Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) and the American Vaulting Association (AVA) have combined efforts to create the Recreational Vaulting Certification program. Vaulting is gymnastics and dance in harmony with the moving horse. As a competitive sport, it is stylized and disciplined. As a recreational activity and teaching aid it is enormously adaptable in scope and application. The goal of the Recreational Vaulting Coach (RVC) certification clinics are to provide the vaulting community...

Equestrian Entertainment Partners (EEP) announced the broadcast schedule for its original programming, "Inside Horse Sports," featuring a special presentation of the 2005 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, at 3 p.m. EST on Friday, November 25, and a five-part mini-series, "Eventing: The Ultimate Horse Sport," airing on consecutive Fridays starting December 2 on RFD-TV. The programming is sponsored in part by World Equestrian Brands, Dover Saddlery, Purina, Taittinger and the United States...

Gladstone, NJ – Taking a year off from competing doesn’t work for everyone, but it paid off for Scott Monroe of Sharon, CT, who drove his way to his first national championship at the 2005 USEF National Combined Driving Singles Championship, part of the CAI-B Gladstone Driving Event, September 22-25. Driving his 11-year-old Morgan gelding, Bethesda After Dark (Shadow), Monroe bested a field of 12 single horses with a smooth dressage test; a precise, blistering trip through the eight obstacles...

The Monarch International’s Show Circuit Magazine Professional World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) title is one that is sought all year by top professional hunter riders throughout the country. The four riders who amass the most points at their top four WCHR shows, plus at the final WCHR event, the Capital Challenge Horse Show, then compete head-to-head in an unparalleled ride-off. As Professional WCHR, the winner not only earns the most prestigious title available to a hunter rider, but...