Photo by Bill Alphin (BW-Callista received the North American Breeders Futurity Four-Year-Old.) Dressage at Devon is pleased to announce that the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) has chosen the show for its 2010 Symposium and General Assembly. WBFSH delegates and its famed international membership comprised of the world's top breeders will attend Dressage at Devon for the foal and young horse breed classes, as well as the FEI young horse competitions. "The DAD breed division...

Photo Courtesy SHN Payback, Inc. (Novalis, by Jus De Pomme and out of a G Ramiro Z daughter, is one of the champion Stallions available through the SHN Payback program at half price.) The SHN Payback program offers 350 champion stallions at half price, and awards cash prizes for Sport Horses. The SHN Payback program is in full swing for its third year, offering donated stallion services at half price to raise money for Sport Horse prize money. Every stallion in the program is a champion, or the...

Photo by Waltenberry (Wimpys Little Step ) Wimpys Little Step made history at this year’s Carolina Classic Derby, held May 13-16, in Williamston, NC, when his offspring surpassed two million dollars in National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) earnings. The flashy palomino sire joins eight of NRHA’s leading stallions as a Two Million Dollar Sire*. To achieve this elite status is no easy feat, yet Wimpys’ offspring went above and beyond expectations when they earned enough to make him the...

Richard Spooner and Cristallo at CSIO La Baule (Sophie Durieux) Lexington, KY - The following horse/rider combinations have been named to represent the US in the Nations Cup at CSIO Roma- Piazza di Siena SNAI Show Jumping in Italy on Friday May 28. Mario Deslauriers on Jane Clark’s Urico Beezie Madden on Abigail Wexner’s Mademoiselle Richard Spooner on Show Jumping Syndications’ Cristallo McLain Ward on Blue Chip Bloodstock and his own Sapphire These four riders will take on the ten other teams...

Photo Courtesy Minnesota Half Arabian Horse Association The Minnesota Half Arabian Horse Association will once again be hosting the Great Arabian Get Together. Dates are July 9-11, 2010. Held at the Stearns County Fairgrounds, in Sauk Centre, MN, the show will have a full line of classes running from halter to dressage. Also are included are reining, youth classes, costume, National Show Horse classes, and a full line of performance classes. This event offers exhibitors indoor and outdoor...

The F.A.C.E. Team Wins at the USEF Selection Trial (Carole Dwinell ) The race is on! For the first time this year, the five vaulting teams declared for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games met in competition. While this is the second of the five scheduled trials, it is the first where all the teams were present to compete. Individual numbers were up as well for a day of exciting competition. With an overall final score of 7.589, coach and lead out vaulter, Devon Maitozo of the winning F....

Photo by CapturedMomentPhoto.com (John French and Crown Affair.) The beautiful grass grand prix field at Showpark set the stage for two main events this week at the Ranch & Coast Tournament horse show. On Friday afternoon, the hunters were the stars as they competed in the $10,000 Chronicle of the Horse/USHJA International Hunter Derby and on Saturday afternoon, the jumpers took the spotlight in the $50,000 Grand Prix of California presented by Mary’s Tack & Feed. Thirty-eight horses hunted...

Photo Courtesy American Morgan Horse Association (Lucy Tidd) The American Morgan Horse Institute (AMHI) is proud to announce that Lucy Tidd of Germantown, MD, is the recipient of the 2009 van Schaik Dressage Scholarship. The goal of the van Schaik Scholarship is to support and encourage equestrians of dressage to advance to the fourth level and above. The scholarship honors Dr. H.L.M. van Schaik who worked to preserve the classical art of horsemanship in dressage. To Dr. van Schaik, the...

Photo by ESI. (Madison Brayman aboard SBS Farms' Only Jumping Boy.) Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center is pleased to announce that George H. Morris will return to the facility, November 12-14, 2010, to host an educational seminar. A legendary horseman and chef d'equipe of the United States Show Jumping Team, Morris has played an integral role, not only in the development of countless renowned horses and riders, but also in the development of the equestrian sport in its entirety. Second to none,...

Photo by Janice Thompson (Loafers Lodge Superman is a previous winner at the Penn MaryDel Welsh Pony Show.) On June 12-13, 2010, at Heavenly Waters Equestrian Center in Bel Air, MD, Welsh Ponies will be in the spotlight. Penn MaryDel Welsh Pony and Cob Society will be hosting the 2010 Penn MaryDel Welsh Pony Show, which is also designated as the Welsh Pony and Cob Society of American (WPCSA) Eastern National Show. The show will feature double-gold breeding divisions and A-rated USEF performance...