(Lexington, KY) - The Selection Procedures for the 2007 FEI World Combined Pony Driving Championships and 2007 World Pairs Championships have been mailed to all USEF long-listed drivers and will be posted on the USEF website under High Performance, Driving, 2007 World Championships. For more information contact Wendy Wares, (908) 326-1159. ~~~For more information, please contact Maria Partlow, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, at (859) 225-6941, or via e-mail at...

The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation still has a few models remaining of the 2006 Limited Edition Breyer Model Horse, Authentic. The USET Foundation announced earlier this year that Authentic, owned by Abigail Wexner and ridden by Beezie Madden, was chosen as the 2006 USET Foundation Breyer model horse. Authentic, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, is the 11th Breyer model in this popular series. Authentic was a member of the 2004 Athens Olympics Gold-medal team. In 2005,...

Attention all juniors interested in competing in the 2007 Adequan/USEF National Junior Jumper Championships (Prix des States). Please check your zone’s criteria and qualifying period under the Jumping Discipline page of the USEF website at www.usef.org/content/equestrianSports/disciplines/allJumping.php Please direct questions to Jennifer Haydon, Director of Show Jumping for National Programs, at [email protected] or (859) 225-6911. ~~~

On Monday, June 26, 2006, the Office International des Epizooties (OIE.) Reference Laboratory for Equine Viral Arteritis at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture’s Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, confirmed an outbreak of equine arteritis virus (EVA) infection involving fetal losses among mares on a Quarter Horse breeding farm in New Mexico. This was based on the widespread prevalence of high antibody levels to the virus in both mares and stallions, plus virus isolation from...

The U.S. Eventing Association has announced that Lamplight Equestrian Center will host the 2007-2009 American Eventing Championships, the national championships for the sport of eventing, which includes all levels of recognized competition, beginner novice through advanced. Lamplight Equestrian Center, which is located in Wayne, IL, a suburb of Chicago, is co-owned by Tom Moxley and Stephen Cooper, and is the site of more than 20 equestrian competitions each year including two horse trials,...

As a reminder to all Junior Dressage riders, the 2006 USEF Junior Dressage Team Championship, sponsored by Collecting Gaits Farm, the Dutta Corporation and Performance Sales International, will be held at Pebble Beach Dressage and CDI***, July 6–9. In order to be eligible for this championship program, an Application of Intent must be submitted to the USEF office by Monday, May 15. Applications are available on the Federation website at www.usef....

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), in conjunction with the United States Dressage Federation (USDF), is pleased to announce that the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Virginia, will host the inaugural FEI North American Junior Championships for Dressage in 2006, along with the traditional FEI North American Young Riders’ Championships, August 1-6, 2006. The 2006 FEI North American Young Riders’ Championships will continue to honor its tradition as the...

The applications for the 2006 Race For Education (RFE) scholarships have now been posted on the RFE website at www.racingscholarships.com . The Race For Education offers two types of scholarships: the Horsemen's Scholarship, for children of equine-industry workers; and the Thoroughbred Scholarship, for children from any background but who intend to pursue an equine-related field of study, including veterinary medicine (with an equine emphasis). Both are primarily need-based but also have...

The weekend of October 21-23, 2005, a week before the Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) festivities take place in downtown Washington, D.C., local riders will compete at Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, MD. This horse show allows riders to qualify for the Local Finals at the MCI Center that will take place on Sunday, October 30. Along with the qualifying classes, this competition features the USEF Zone 3 Finals and offers Regular “C” rated points for the Maryland...

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...