The Friesian Horse Association of North America (FHANA) is proud to announce that they are relocating their headquarters from Sisters, OR, to Lexington, KY. This move will enable the Friesian to increase its visibility in the North American equine industry. Plans are to locate their offices in the National Horse Center at the Kentucky Horse Park. This relocation will also provide an opportunity for the Friesian to be showcased during the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games at the Kentucky Horse...

(Lexington, KY) – The USEF announced today that two horse-and-rider combinations have been named to the Show Jumping Short List for the World Equestrian Games, to be held in Aachen Germany, August 20-September 3. They are as follows: • McLain Ward of Brewster, NY, with Sapphire, an 11-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare, owned by owned by Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Harrison’s Double H Farm; • Beezie Madden of Cazenovia, NY, with Authentic, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, owned by Abigail Wexner....

Thomas Farm's stallions Pharaoh and Gallarius have returned to the United States after their nearly three-year sojourn standing at Gestut Tannenhof in Germany. Susan Thomas chose to give her stallions the opportunity to stand in Germany and continue their training under Oliver and Katrine Luze. Oliver had worked with the stallions earlier in their lives and thought so highly of them he welcomed the opportunity to add them to the Gestut Tannenhof line-up. Oliver Luze is the trainer of Anja...

If you need to log on to your Authorized User Account (AUA) at www.usef.org , you’ll be relieved to know we’ve made it much simpler to navigate. AUA is the secure system on www.usef.org where you can complete or renew your USEF membership or Licensed Officials membership, print a membership card for competing, apply for a Horse Recording or Horse ID, access your competition records or points and view your USEF information and history, just for starters. It’s a valuable tool many of our members...

Lexington, KY --The first edition of the Performance Horse Registry (PHR) e-newsletter, American Breeder News, was sent on Friday, July 8. A breeder-savvy publication about sport horse breeding in North America, American Breeder News will continue to be delivered to subscriber's e-mail boxes every month, offering the latest news affecting the breeding industry from the PHR, breed registries across the United States and American breeders themselves. This launch coincides with the unveiling...

Qualifying classes for the finals in the 2005 ASHA Junior Exhibitor Driving Challenge at the Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show August 21-27 have resumed with a slew of upcoming shows. The complete schedule of qualifying classes can be found online by clicking visiting www.asha.net/Youth/DrivingChallenge.pdf . To qualify for the 2005 ASHA Junior Exhibitor Driving Challenge Finals, the horse must place in two official qualifying classes in the same division, either fine harness...

When Tim and Michelle Hackbardt launched their new online business, www.homeandstable.com , in August of 2004, they knew they’d need a good reliable shipping service to get products out to their customers. FedEx was the natural choice—and when they learned their business could help the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) at the same time, it sealed the deal. “It’s a three way win,” says Tim, co-founder of www.homeandstable.com . “Every product that gets shipped out—a portion of the...

Update on Testing Issues Recently our Medication Control Programme has reported several cases of tests in which low concentrations of sedatives were found in competition horses. In this respect, the following substances have been detected: Acepromazine, Detomidine, Reserpine, Fluphenazine and Guanabenz. These substances are being used in low dosages to improve the manageability of ‘hot’ horses and are therefore regarded as serious attempts to influence the performance of the horse...

As the door shut behind him, a 13-year-old show jumping stallion named Judgement tried to relax over the dull roar of the engines. This was no mere vacation—this was his shot at the Olympic short list, and carefully stored in style, he settled down for a long FedEx flight to the Olympic Selection Trials in California. While the cost of the departing flight from Newark to Los Angeles might have been worth every penny, Meghan De Garay, office manager at Iron Spring Farm, which owns Judgement,...

One of the most prestigious events known to Hunter Seat Equitation, the 2004 USEF/Pessoa National Hunter Seat Medal Finals promises to be the best yet, thanks in part to the continued sponsorship of Pessoa. Continuing in fine tradition, this year’s Finals will take place at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show on Sunday, October 17. Holding the coveted Adrian Van Sinderen Memorial Trophy at bay until the winning rider can claim it, the Hunter Seat Medal Finals marks a right-of-passage for...