Photo Courtesy Kentucky Horse Park The largest and most comprehensive collection of exotic Near Eastern and Arabian equine art and artifacts ever assembled will soon be on view when "A Gift from the Desert: The Art, History and Culture of the Arabian Horse" is presented May 29-October 15 in the Kentucky Horse Park's International Museum of the Horse—a Smithsonian Affiliate. "A Gift from the Desert" will be the first major exhibition to explore the impact of the horse on Near Eastern...

Mario Desluariers and Urico (Randi Muster/Mustphoto.com ) Dressage The prestigious Palm Beach Dressage Derby got underway on Thursday, March 4th with some of the nation’s top riders competing in Loxahatchee, FL. Tina Konyot and her Danish Warmblood Calecto V triumphed over the field of elite horse and rider combinations in both the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special. In the Grand Prix Freestyle Mikala Gundersen and Leonberg put in a winning performance with a score of 72.250%; Canadian...

Olympic Gold medalist Will Simpson will be giving a clinic on jump-offs on Tuesday, March 9, at 3:30 p.m. Take this advantage to learn from one of the greatest riders the strategies to get the clear round in the least amount of time. The cost of the clinic is $100, and auditors are welcome for free. The clinic will be held in the International Arena. Simpson has been active on the Grand Prix circuit in California for almost two decades, highlights include wining six Grand Prix events (on both...

Stadium Jumping, Inc., announced that the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), the governing body for world equestrian sports, has designated this year's $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational as a qualifying event for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games and for the European Championships in 2011. The city of Tampa, FL, will once again play host to this event, the world's premiere show-jumping event, often dubbed the "Super Bowl of Show Jumping." The $200,000 Gene Mische...

The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, part of the HSBC FEI Classics™ Series, has been named one of the Top 10 Festivals and Events for Spring 2010 by the Kentucky Tourism Council. The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, a perennial winner of this prestigious award, is set to be held at the Kentucky Horse Park, April 22-25. It was named as one of the Top 10 Events for Spring because this premiere event is the only four-star three-day event in the Americas and because it brings international...

Lexington, KY – Stuck in a blizzard? Stranded in an airport? Or just can’t make it to South Florida? Don’t miss a second of the best show jumping in the country this weekend! The final two USEF Selection Trials for the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the Alltech 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) book end the $75,000 FEI Nations Cup, presented by CN, from the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. It all takes place March 5 and 7 on UniversalSports.com, a partnership...

Lauren Hough and Quick Study (Randi Muster/Mustphoto.com ) Wellington, FL, – The second USEF Selection Trial for the US Show Jumping Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games got underway as part of the $75,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix. Thirteen horse/rider combinations came into the second Trial tied atop the rankings on a score of zero. After there were only two. Two of the stalwarts of the US show jumping circuit cruised to polished efforts. Lauren Hough and Laura Kraut,...

Offering fine sporting art since 1974, Cross Gate Gallery is proud to announce that it will partner with the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation February 24-March 15 in honor of the U.S. Equestrian Team's Road to Kentucky. Fifteen percent (15%) of all sales during Weeks VII, VIII, and IX of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, FL, will go directly to the USET Foundation. Located next to the International Tent and across from the Tiki Hut at WEF, Cross Gate Gallery is...

World-renowned equine nutritionists and veterinarians have been tapped to speak at the 17th Kentucky Equine Research Nutrition Conference, to be held April 26-27, 2010, in Lexington, KY. The theme of this year’s conference is “Feeding and Veterinary Management of the Sport Horse,” which is particularly appropriate considering the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games are being held in Kentucky this fall. “Top-notch nutrition and veterinary care are vital components of sport-horse management,...

Photo by Diana DeRosa The atmosphere at the fourth annual Bowling for Equestrians was electrifying. From the thunder of the bowling balls as they sped down the alleys to the misty fog that made the psychedelic lighting system sparkle. The game room was showered with kids testing their skills while young and old alike threw bowling balls down the alleys in hopes of a spare or strike. The fundraiser, which is the brainchild of the American Hunter-Jumper Foundation (AHJF), was held at Greenacres...