The American Hackney Horse Society Foundation is pleased to announce that once again they will be offering scholarships to The Shamrock Farm Road Pony Camp in Smithfield, KY. Anyone under the age of 18 is encouraged to submit an essay and brief biography. Scholarships will be awarded to the winner(s) of an essay contest titled “Why I Want to Learn More About the Hackney Breed.” The scholarship will cover the cost of camp fees, food and lodging. (Transportation to and from the camp is the...

The award-winning Midwest Charity Horse Show has taken advantage of the long snowy winter in adding several new classes to this year’s edition. Midwest’s board of directors tightened up the schedule and added a Hackney Horse division—classes include a Single Horse Open, an Amateur Single Horse, Champion Single Horse and Open Pairs Driving. Pink will be the color of the evening on Friday in honor of Midwest’s new Pink Ribbon Class, number 154, Five Gaited Ladies Amateur...

Grounds Pass tickets for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will go on sale Friday, April 16, at 10 a.m. Grounds Pass tickets will be priced at $25 each, but from April 16 through May 31, as a special promotion, tickets will be available for $20. Each Grounds Pass will allow entry to the 2010 Games venue for the selected date of purchase. To provide for an affordable, family-friendly event, admission for children 12 years of age and under will be free of charge when accompanied by a...

The FEI Nations Cup, presented by CN, on Friday, March 5, at 7 p.m. will see 11 countries competing for the Gold medal with world champions and Olympic athletes: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, United States, and Venezuela. The event will be sold out, so go online to purchase your tickets at www.equestriansport.com or email [email protected] . Raise the flag for your home country and cheer on these incredible horses and riders as...

Lexington, KY - In July, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) announced a new contest for 2009 designed to let USEF members vote for their "Favorite USEF Breed Competition." The idea behind the contest was to award and promote the USEF licensed breed competitions for their efforts in running a show so well that exhibitors want to call it their favorite. Also, the contest gave exhibitors the opportunity to provide positive feedback about the competitions to the USEF. The exhibitors and...

The Sport Horse Nationals (SHN) Payback Program celebrated its second year anniversary in November, having raised a grand total of over $119,000 for exhibitors in these first two years. Funds were raised through the sales of donated stallion breeding services sold to the public at half-price. All money raised goes into payouts as no revenues are utilized for administration. Included in the offered services are world-class Warmbloods, Thoroughbreds, Arabians, Anglo-Arabians, Saddlebreds, Welsh,...

The 2010 Lusitano Collection is proud to announce that the Equestrian Aid Foundation is the charitable partner for The 2010 Lusitano Collection International Horse Auction which will take place at The Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, from February 24-27, 2010. Cecilia Gonzaga, managing director at Interagro Farm, said, “We are delighted with the partnership. We welcome the opportunity to increase awareness of EAF’s charitable efforts among our North and South American...

Some of the world’s most stunning horses arrive next month in Fort Worth, TX, for the International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association’s (IALHA) 2009 National Championship Horse Show. Hundreds of Andalusian and Lusitano horses from the United States, Canada and Mexico, along with their owners, riders, exhibitors and trainers, will gather October 12-17 for show competition, exhibitions and clinics at the popular Will Rogers Equestrian Center show venue. Affectionately known as the "Horse...

The U.S. National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (U.S. Nationals) begins October 23 and continues through October 31, 2009 at Expo Square in Tulsa, OK. U.S. Nationals is the flagship competition for the Arabian horse industry and is produced by the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) of Aurora, CO. Exhibitors and spectators will have plenty of shopping at their fingertips at the U.S. Nationals Shopping Expo in the Exchange Center and Ford Truck Arena. The expo features dozens of...

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) is proud to launch its first ever Year of Youth—a yearlong celebration of youth equestrianism—which will run from August 2009 to August 2010 when the Youth Olympic Games will take place in Singapore. For the first time, young people will come together overcoming geographical barriers by using a unique online platform delivered by the FEI. “Equestrian sport is fortunate to have a generation of ambitious and hard-working young people...