Prepare for an exciting ride as Appaloosa enthusiasts from all over the world take part in the 2006 World Championship Appaloosa Show coming to the Will Rogers Memorial Center for nine days of thrilling excitement and fun in Fort Worth, TX, October 27-November 4. For more than 40 years, the World Championship Appaloosa Show has united outstanding Appaloosas in the competitive arena. This year will only continue that tradition as more than a thousand Appaloosas and contestants demonstrate their...

Lexington, KY – Today the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) recognized the male and female athletes as well as team of the month for their accomplishments during the month of September. The U.S. reining team came in second place with 22 votes based on their Gold medal-winning performance at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany. The press release, issued earlier today, reads: “Equestrian’s U.S. reining team took home second place honors for the team award. The U.S. reining...

Three new series and continued world premiere coverage of the FEI World Equestrian Games 2006 lead The HorseTV Channel’s October premiere program lineup. “As we approach the one year anniversary of our launch, it’s rewarding to review the evolution of our programming,” said Rachel Falleroni, Head of Programming for The HorseTV Channel. “With three new series introductions this month, we continue to expand and diversify our programming to meet the wide-ranging interests of our viewers.” Kids of...

The United States Eventing Association (USEA) is proud to announce the newest inductees to the USEA Eventing Hall of Fame. The official induction will take place during a gala dinner at the USEA Annual Meeting and Convention in St. Louis, MO, on December 8, 2006. The ceremony will honor eventing greats, both horse and human. The USEA is proud to include Edward “Denny” Emerson, Michael Page, Karen Stives and the horses Kilkenny and Biko into the Hall of Fame. Edward E. “Denny” Emerson is a...

Western world championships, a Labor Day marathon and the much-anticipated presentation of The HorseTV Channel’s historic coverage of the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) headline the network’s September premieres. “September promises to be a very special month in programming at The HorseTV Channel,” said Rachel Falleroni, Head of Programming for The HorseTV Channel. “In addition to the outstanding premiere lineup, we are pleased to bring our viewers their first look at the most...

Team USA takes to the field during the 2006 WEG Opening Ceremonies. (USEF Archive/Brian Sosby ) After four long years of waiting, an anxious equestrian world watched the clock roll down to the moment everyone had their eyes turned to – the Opening Ceremonies of the 2006 Aachen FEI World Equestrian Games. And while gray skies and wet and windy weather welcomed the crème of the equine world to the picturesque town located in the westernmost corner of one of Europe’s most...

FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) teammates McLain Ward of Brewster, NY, and Margie Engle of Wellington, FL, took the two featured classes on opening day of the 29th Annual I Love New York Horse Show. Ward, a Team Gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, topped a huge field of 83 horses, riding Galant to victory in the WPTZ-TV News Channel 5 1.35m Jump-off. Riding fourth in the order at the North Elba Showgrounds, the 30-year-old Ward set the early mark to beat when he rode clean and then...

Lexington, KY – Jamie Saults, who was USEF Director of Reining for three years, has returned to manage the USEF Endurance High-Performance program through this summer’s 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany. Jamie takes the program over from Mary Lutz, Director of Endurance and Para-Equestrian, who tragically died in a riding accident on June 9th. Jamie left the USEF in 2005 to dive into the world of political campaigns but is glad to be back in the horse world. “I have loved...

There will be no shortage of top-level horses and riders competing when the Maui Jim Horse Trials get under way on Thursday, July 6, at Lamplight Equestrian Center on North Dunham Road in Wayne, IL. The four-day event has attracted a record number of entries ranging from such far away spots as Vancouver, California, Texas, Virginia and North Carolina. This popular competition is in its second year of being designated as a United States Eventing Association Gold Cup Event, marking it as one of...

Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation® (USEF) is pleased to announce the eleven rider/horse combinations that have been selected to compete in the 2006 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Grand Prix Dressage Championship. The Championship, held in Gladstone, New Jersey, June 15-18, will be a part of the USET Foundation Dressage Festival of Champions presented by Paul Miller, Inc. This year, the National Championship has also been designated as the Selection Trials for the 2006...