Kristi Nunnink and Corner Street ended the CCI** at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event the same way they started it—in first place. With her three closest competitors less than two points behind her as show jumping, the event's final phase, got under way, it looked as if Nunnink and the 10-year-old gelding would have to be absolutely perfect. But third-placed Tamra Smith dislodged two rails on Bubbles At Bricky before second-placed David Koss lowered three rails with Look...

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) announced that the 2007 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Dressage Championships will award prize money of almost $130,000 divided among the nine regions. Champions will each receive $278, a jacket provided by Swedish Exclusive, Inc., and an embroidered Saratoga Horseworks walking sheet. Reserve champions will each receive $185 and a lead shank from the Great American Insurance Group, title sponsor of the championships. Every year, Great...

The World Games 2010 Foundation, Inc., the organizers of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, will launch a new weekly radio show this month. The weekly talk show, “The 2010 Countdown Show,” will air Sundays from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Clear Channel’s 630 AM WLAP, with the inaugural broadcast scheduled for May 20. “The 2010 Countdown Show” is the result of a partnership with Clear Channel Broadcasting. “The 2010 Countdown Show” will focus on a range of equestrian sport issues, with...

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) has announced October 27-28, 2007, as the new dates for the 2007 FEI-Level Trainers’ Conference to be held at Starr Vaughn Equestrian Center in Sacramento, CA. The conference will feature Jan Brink who is currently ranked sixth in the world for FEI dressage riders. In addition to the two-day riding conference, a lecture will be held on Friday, October 26, with Brink and the sponsor of the event, Freedom Health, makers of Succeed digestive...

Lexington, KY – The Arabian Horse Breeders Alliance (AHBA) will be unveiling a new judging and scoring system for Arabian halter classes to help establish a better marketing opportunity for competition. This new scoring system will be showcased at the first annual Arabian Breeders World Cup in Las Vegas April 20-22, 2007. With this new scoring system, the AHBA hopes to enhance the Arabian horse experience by unifying the standard in the halter show ring; invite the participation of world...

Some 70 delegates representing 31 National Federations have gathered in Paris, France, for the FEI World Endurance Forum from March 31-April 1, 2007. Under the motto “Consolidation, Cooperation, Creation,” this event was the starting point of an in-depth review of this FEI discipline. The basis of the current FEI Rules for endurance came into being over 20 years ago; indeed, endurance became an FEI discipline in 1982. In the last five years, the sport has undergone dramatic growth: in 2006 the...

Lexington, KY—Completed applications for an American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) Youth Scholarship are due in the association office no later than Monday, April 30, 2007. This fall, ASHA will award four $5,000 scholarships, as well as the Youth-to-Youth Scholarship, which is funded by donations and guaranteed to $5,000 by the Association. Additionally, one $2,500 scholarship will be awarded, which is funded by the American Saddlebred Association of Alabama. Scholarships are available to...

The Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry (NFHR) announced a Registration Amnesty period from April 1, 2007, to May 31, 2007. During this period, Fjord horse owners will be able to register their horses at reduced fees. A stated purpose of the NFHR is "establishing and maintaining a registry to collect, record, verify and preserve the pedigrees of purebred Norwegian Fjord horses." The NFHR has a duty to encourage Fjord Horse owners to register their horses. "There appears to be a large number of...

The North American Hanoverian Jumper Breeding Program (JBP) committee is pleased to announce a new awards sponsorship for the top placing Hanoverians in the 2007 Young Jumper Championships. The purpose of the awards is to provide an added incentive for owners of Hanoverian show jumpers to compete their horses in the Young Jumper Championship Series, a well-established national jumping competition recognized by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), which officially ranks all horses...

Bob Bell, President of the Classic Company, announced, "It’s official," referring to the return of the John Deere-USEF Memberperks bonus program, which will award a new Gator to the high-scoring adult amateur hunter on the final week of the Atlanta Fall Classics in November. Bell had pitched the idea for rewarding the adult group to the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and various committees in late 2005. “I just felt this is a group of exhibitors that so often is overlooked and that...