Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) invites licensed dressage competitions to apply to become an official 2012 "qualifying competition" for the USEF Dressage Developing Programs and the Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Dressage Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC). DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2011,/b The USEF Developing Programs & the NAJYRC Program include the following: • USEF National Championships for Ponies, Juniors, Young Riders, & Young Adult...

The Dressage Foundation is very pleased to announce the funding available for 2011. Donors have opened their hearts and pocketbooks to make it possible for the Foundation to award $240,000 in grants and scholarships during he upcoming year – a record amount. To apply for grant or scholarship dollars, visit www.dressagefoundation.org and click on “Funds and Programs” and scroll through the list. You will find funding help for riders at all levels, instructors, judges – from grass roots to high...

Lexington, Kentucky - In 2011, the Bluegrass Futurity Stallion Auction will be in the form of an online auction. The auction website is scheduled to be up by January 17, a link to which will be accessible from the Bluegrass Futurity website, here. The Auction is scheduled to take place beginning January 17 through January 30. Viewers will be able to see the current bid of each stallion, as well as place their own bids. There will be links for stallions that have videos or websites that can be...

In order to provide complete coverage of the US Teams at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, This Week in International Disciplines will be taking a brief hiatus; it will resume publication the week of October 18. Horses and riders from around the world have been arriving daily at the Kentucky Horse Park for the Games that will get underway Saturday, September 25 and run through October 10. To keep up-to-date on Team USA including results, videos, photos and athlete bios please visit www....

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 Executive Committee met Monday, May 17th and approved several clarifications that take effect immediately. You can find compilations of the rule changes passed to date online at www.usef.org/_IFrames/RuleBook/Changes/2010.aspx . These documents are in easy-to-print PDF format for members to use. Please feel free to print them out and tuck them into your rule book. If you have the USB flash drive, please be sure to update it. USEF works hard to make the latest rule changes available to...

Photo by Howard Schatzberg The National Show Horse Registry (NSHR) would like to announce additional classes available and the names of the judges selected for the 2010 National Show Horse Finals horse show. The dates for this years show is September 21-25 in Springfield, IL. New to the show this year is the addition of eight grand championship classes offering $15,500 in each class. This is also the show that holds the Stallion Row Jackpot class that has awarded over $20,000 to the champion in...

With regret, the American Hanoverian Society (AHS) announces the passing of Elite Stallion Amaretto D II. The chestnut 24-year-old Rheinland-Pfalz-Saar stallion died April 12 following an acute bout of colic. Amaretto D II (Alexis x Gandria, by Gotthard) completed his stallion performance test at Muenster-Handorf in 1991, placing 19th of 54 entries, for a final score of 107.21. He was licensed by the Hanoverian Verband in 1994 and, following his importation by Wendy Davis Gerrish's October Hill...

The 2010-2011 United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) International Hunter Derby schedule is now available online at www.ushja.org/IHD/search.aspx . The 2010-2011 series begins June 2, 2010 and ends June 2, 2011. The USHJA International Hunter Derby Series was created to bring show hunters to the international level, to increase spectator, media and sponsorship interest, and to bring tradition and basic riding principles back to the sport of showing hunters. Please visit the Hunter...

Several Jumper Schooling Supervisor Courses will be held in conjunction with the USEF Jumper Judge and Stewards’ Clinics. There is no charge for these courses and they will provide the required education to satisfy changes to JP103 in the current USEF Rule Book . All courses are from 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. and pre-registration is not required. Dates and locations are as follows: • March 29, 2010 – Double Tree Guest Suites, Dana Point, CA • April 5, 2010 – Centenary College Equestrian Center,...