Horse Sports by the Bay, Inc., together with Karin Flint of Wellington, FL, have insured the longevity of the Traverse City, MI, summer equestrian festival through the purchase of 84 acres in Acme Township. Official closing documents were signed on Friday, January 5, securing the property for the future horse park. “This is truly a dream come true,” remarked Alexandra Rheinheimer, Horse Sports by the Bay, Inc., co-founder, “and we can’t thank enough all of our sponsors and fellow horse show...

The Third Annual Florida Equestrian Celebration will be held November 17-19, 2006, at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center. Considered the largest equestrian exposition in Florida and the Southeast, this year's Celebration will include invaluable educational clinics, workshops and seminars, dynamic horse and rider performances, impressive breed presentations and a trade show that will please even the most prominent shopper. Famous clinicians and horse experts include Craig Cameron, Richard...

Sometimes winning looks easy, and sometimes it just doesn’t. Ask the junior jumper riders about the 2006 Adequan/USEF National Junior Jumper Team Championship - Prix des States. The Zone 2 team representing the best junior jumper riders from New Jersey , New York and Pennsylvania made every jump count as they edged the Zone 1, New England squad, by a single downed rail. The defending champions, Zone 5 (IL, IN, KY, MI, OH) were never better than third where they tied with West Coast Zone 10 (CA,...

This past weekend, the Capital Challenge Horse Show in Upper Marlboro, MD, held the Monarch International’s Show Circuit Magazine Professional World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) finals. The WCHR National Awards program recognizes the top professional, junior, adult amateur, pony and amateur riders through points accumulated throughout the year at the rider’s top four WCHR shows. The top six riders from each region and the top 10 riders in the standings are then invited to compete directly...

Hillary Dobbs aboard Quincy B in the Adequan/USEF National Junior Jumper Championship (Randy Muster) Two nights and two big courses netted Hillary Dobbs two gold medals. On Friday, Dobbs, an 18-year-old member of the Prix Des States winning Zone 2 team returned to take individual Gold in the third phase of the 2006 Adequan/USEF Junior Jumper Individual Championship at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. Riders accrue faults through each phase of the three-part series. Dobbs distinguished...

Lexington, KY— It’s fast, easy to use, and saves you the hassle of fumbling with multiple sets of membership cards from both the USEF, and USDF or USHJA to enter a competition. The USEF Affiliate Verification Service is now operational and can be accessed through the USEF website, www.usef.org; the USDF website, www.usdf.org and the USHJA website, www.ushja.org, or at www.eqverification.org. The service allows you to search and then print your owner and rider USEF membership data, and...

The 60th annual Buffalo International Horse Show (BIHS) will host yet another year of top hunter and jumper competition in the Northwest in 2006. Held at the Buffalo Equestrian Center (BEC), which is formerly known as the Buffalo Saddle and Bridle Club, the horse show has a long tradition of excellence and has seen some of the nation’s best equestrians compete in its hallowed indoor arena. The show will be held September 13-17 and will benefit the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center (BTRC)....

The Welsh Pony and Cob Society of America (WPCSA) and the Welsh Pony & Cob Foundation, Inc. (WPCF) are pleased to announce the purchase of permanent quarters. Coincidentally, this major purchase takes place during the centennial year of the formation of the WPCSA. The new property, located in Stephens City, VA, is suitable for current office functions, storage and potential expansion. Through “home” ownership, overhead costs will be significantly reduced. Savings will benefit members, breeders...

The Event at Rebecca Farm put on an all around world-class competition the weekend of July 21-23, including a United States Eventing Association (USEA) Spalding Labs Young Event Horse Series division. Held in Kalispell, MT, the beautiful mountains towering in the distance made a fantastic backdrop for the event...but were viewed through shimmering heat waves as temperatures soared up to and over 100 degrees throughout the weekend. With the highest total score of the weekend, Landioso (Legendaer...

His racing career is over, but for Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby champion, the real race has just begun. He won’t be going it alone, however, judging from the outpouring of support from around the world since his recovery began at The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s famed New Bolton Center. Now, Breyer Animal Creations, makers of the model horses, has stepped in to help by creating a Barbaro portrait model horse that will provide a donation to New Bolton from the...