Horse owners now have available from their veterinarian the FDA-approved complete treatment regimen of seven 5 mL vials of Adequan® i.m. (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan) in one convenient package. The new 1/4/7 package provides the recommended treatment regimen of one dose every four days for seven treatments of Adequan® i.m. A dose response study has shown that horses receiving the complete regimen of seven injections of Adequan® i.m. exhibited a 71% improvement in maximum carpal (knee)...

Updated standings for the Western Country Pleasure Invitational Class at the World’s Championship Horse Show are now online on the American Saddlebred Horse Association’s website at www.saddlebred.com. The standings can be found under the “About the Breed” menu on the “KSF World’s Championship” tab, or by going to www.saddlebred.com/wchs-results. The document is under the heading, “Western Country Pleasure Invitational Standings.” This is a new page dedicated to the World’s Championship Horse...

Lexington, KY – The USEF has announced that the Ad Hoc Committee on Selections has approved the two horse and rider combinations to represent the United States at the FEI Dressage World Cup, April 20th to 23rd in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The combinations are as follows: Arlene Page and Wild One, 10 yr, Gelding, Bay Hanoverian, owned by Arlene Page Leslie Morse and Tip Top, 12 yr, Stallion, Bay Swedish Warmblood, owned by Leslie Morse On March 19th Page and Wild One won the USEF National...

Lexington, KY – Collecting Gaits Farm of Alpharetta, Georgia will again sponsor the USEF National Grand Prix and Intermediare I Dressage Championships. Both competitions will take place at the USET Foundation Dressage Festival of Champions, June 15-18 2006, in Gladstone, New Jersey. These competitions will also serve as the selection trials for the 2006 World Equestrian Games. Collecting Gait Farm is owned by Jeff and Shereen Fuqua. “We take great pride in supporting equestrian sports through...

Lexington, KY – Becker College, with campuses in Worcester and Leicester, MA, has joined title sponsor Pessoa, as one of the major sponsors of the USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final. As the presenting sponsor, Becker College will receive national exposure in the equestrian world. The annual October event will now be known as the Pessoa/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals presented by Becker College. “It is an honor for Becker College to be associated with the USEF, and the prestigious Hunter Seat Medal...

Arnd Bronkhorst ( ) Lexington, KY - The 2006 USEF National Grand Prix Freestyle Championship/U.S. League Finals CDI-W is a dual championship being held in conjunction with the Zada Enterprises, LLC, Winter Equestrian Festival Dressage Classic CDI***/W in Wellington, Florida, March 16-19, 2006. It is one competition serving the purposes of crowning the USEF National Grand Prix Freestyle Champion and at the same time serving as the U.S League Final, determining the two horse-and-rider...

Helen Krieble, the Founder of the Colorado Horse Park, received the prestigious Colorado Hunter Jumper Association (CHJA) Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual CHJA Banquet. “I am overwhelmed and honored by the support of the hunter/jumper community,” Krieble stated. “The Colorado Hunter Jumper Association and its members have played a key role in the success of the Colorado Horse Park.” The Colorado Horse Park evolved from High Prairie Farms, which began as a community equestrian center....

The HorseTV Channel announced that it is in development with top horse behaviorist, GaWaNi Pony Boy for the production of a new television series called “Women & Horses.” The series will reflect the content of his popular Women & Horses magazine spotlighting women’s involvement in the horse world. “Women play an integral part in the horse industry,” said GaWaNi Pony Boy. “I am pleased to join with The HorseTV Channel to bring women’s significant achievements to light for the widespread...

Just before the start of Dressage at Devon’s freestyle competition on October 15, Dr. Richard Louis Stevens of Thousand Oaks, CA, took center stage and was honored with the 2005 Marty Simensen Memorial Trophy for his work in the area of equine rescue after a natural disaster. Dr. Stevens has created communication systems and evacuation plans that facilitate the movement of horses out of areas hit by natural disaster. He has also made it possible for horse owners to evacuate areas under threat...

In an effort to help raise funds to expand and renovate its facilities, the Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Veterinary Medicine will be holding a series of stallion service auctions, with proceeds going to the university's Equine Health Studies Program (EHSP). The dedicated faculty and staff of the LSU Equine program were recently called into action in response to the damage caused in the Gulf region due to the series of hurricanes that besieged the area in late August, and again, in...