Lexington, KY - Equestrian youth have a new opportunity to give back to the community - and a chance to win a $1,500 grant. The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Equestrians in Action program tracks youth volunteer hours that are aimed at improving the welfare of the horse or positively promoting equestrian sport. Sponsored by The EQUUS Foundation, the program encourages youth to give back to equestrian sport - at horse shows, equine promotional events, equine businesses or...

Lexington, KY - Richard “Ricky” Neal, co-champion at the 2009 United States Hunter Jumper Association Emerging Athletes Program Finals, was named to the 2011 Show Jumping European Young Rider Tour. Neal, 19, Pasadena, CA, is one of five young riders selected to the squad by the United States Equestrian Federation. They include: • Neal with Transmission, a 15-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by the rider. • Reed Kessler, 16, Armonk, NY, with Onisha, a 12-year-old,...

Aurora, OH - Freedom Health, LLC, makers of SUCCEED® Digestive Conditioning Program®, has announced the introduction of a new awareness campaign: "Crusade Against Equine Colic"™. As a leading equine health product, SUCCEED supports greater education and awareness of important digestive health concerns like colic. Knowledge is power. This is particularly important with colic, as it is the number one medical killer of adult domestic horses. That fact has been well-established by veterinary...

The National Show Horse Registry (NSHR) made some major changes that could make a difference in how much money you have in your pocket. Itnot only opened the registry to any and all Half-Arabian crosses, incluing Hackneys, Dutch Harness, and Saddlebred crosses, etc., but it also implemented a stimulus program that will give away over $15,000 in prize money in eight different grand championships at the the national show in September. You don’t even have to qualify, with the exception of...

United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) Emerging Athlete Program (EAP) applications have been reviewed, and selected riders for Level I are posted online for Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5 and Zone 10. Please visit the EAP webpage for the list of riders by zone at www.ushja.org/EAP/levelI.aspx . Level I Training Sessions Zone 1 & 2: April 10-11, Westbrook Hunt Club, Westbrook, CT Zone 3: May 3-4, Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, VA Zone 4: May 1-2, Savannah College of Art &...

The inaugural United States Hunter Jumper Association's (USHJA) Emerging Athletes Program National Training Session (level 3) will take place January 8-10, 2010, in Reno, NV at Maplewood Stables, Inc., owned by Julie Winkel. The top 12 finalists will spend three days focused on displaying their riding, horsemanship and stable management skills. Finalists for Reno in Alphabetical Order 1. Alexa Anthony, Richmond, WA 2. Carly Anthony, Redmond, WA 3. Hayley Barnhill, Collierville, TN 4. Nelson...

This year, more than $180,000 will be offered from the Kentucky Breeders Incentive Program to members of the Kentucky Saddlebred Owners and Breeders Association (KSOBA), a charter club of the American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA). Kentucky-bred American Saddlebreds that have been nominated to compete in the 2009 American Saddlebred Registry (ASR) Sweepstakes events for four-year-olds will receive Kentucky Breeders Incentive Funds as added prize money. The allotted pool for the 2009...

Board Members of the American Shagya Arabian Verband, Inc. (ASAV), have a new and truly innovative program that will give mare owners the chance to breed their mares for a stud fee of only $200. This promotion will bring attention to this amazing breed and assist those with limited budgets a chance to compete in today's market. Details can be found at www.shagyaregistry.com . The Shagya is very rare with only about 150 in the U.S. and about 1,500 in the world. It is an Arabian-based breed since...

Lexington, KY— The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the 2009 triple point competitions for the Saddlebred, Roadster and Hackney/Harness divisions. Each year, the corresponding discipline committees vote to assign “triple point” status to a competition in each of the 12 regions. Points won at any of these designated competitions will count as triple points for the Farnam®/Platform™ USEF Horse of the Year program. Saddlebred Division Region 1 #317874 UPHA Chapter...

Lexington, KY – Fourteen High Performance Dressage athletes traveled from across the US and from as far away as Germany to join the 19 members of the USEF High Performance Dressage Eligible Athletes Committee and the USEF High Performance Dressage Committee to attend a forum held November 11, 2008 in Chicago, IL. The objective of the forum was to discuss the USEF’s High Performance Strategic Plan for the period leading up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The forum was designed so that High...