On October 18-27, 2007, the U.S. National Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show will bid farewell to Albuquerque, NM, and celebrate a weeks worth of riveting competition for both amateur and professional riders or handlers who will be competing in halter, native costume, reining, working cow, cutting, trail, show hack, sidesaddle, park horse, driving, and English, Western and hunter classes. The U.S. Nationals ranks as the most prestigious North American championship in the Arabian...

The American Shetland Pony Club (ASPC) and American Miniature Horse Registry (AMHR) National Convention is scheduled for November 7-11, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency in Buffalo, NY. The annual national convention hosts the annual committee meetings, the ASPC and AMHR National Awards Banquet for All-Star and Hall of Fame winners and the legendary Trainer’s Auction fund raiser. There will also be sponsor tables, vendors and educational seminars held in conjunction with the convention. In addition, a...

Lexington, KY – The USEF announced that the system used to qualify riders for the Platinum Performance USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East will change effective September 1, 2007 , the beginning of the next qualifying period. Beginning September 1, 2007, the following point scale will be used in Talent Search classes: First Place: 30 points Second Place: 15 points Third Place: 10 points Fourth Place: 5 points Riders may earn points in any Platinum Performance USEF Show Jumping Talent...

A limited number of tickets for next month’s Good Luck Beijing—Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 10th Anniversary Cup, the equestrian competition featuring both overseas and local riders, will be allocated to members of the public from Monday, July 16. To qualify for tickets, one would need to log on to the officially dedicated website of The Equestrian Company (EqCo) at www.equestrian2007.org to answer a simple question about eventing in equestrian sports to stand the chance of...

Please remember that to be eligible to compete in the Adequan/USEF National Junior Jumper Championships horse-and-rider combinations must earn Certificates of Capability between December 1, 2006, and August 31, 2007, by completing a course with four faults or less set at Level 7 or higher. Riders must verify this in writing from the horse show office with a signed judge’s card. Criteria for this championship can be found on the USEF website at www.usef....

(Lexington, KY) − The United States Equestrian Federation has opened the process for awarding media credentials for the Collecting Gaits Farm/ USEF 2007 Festival of Champions, presented by Paul Miller Auto Group, to be held June 14-17, 2007, at the historic Gladstone headquarters of the United States Equestrian Team (USET). This competition will serve as a Selection Trial for the upcoming 2007 Pan American Games and boasts five championships throughout the weekend. Those members of the...

Lexington, KY—As it did in the fall of 2006, ASHA will once again offer live streaming video of the TSE/Tattersalls Saddlebred sale via its website, www.saddlebred.com. The TSE/Tattersalls Spring Sale, as conducted by Teater Saddlebred Enterprises, Inc., is Friday and Saturday, April 13-14, 2007. ASHA will broadcast live over the Internet (webcast) both days of the sale in its entirety. The webcast will offer action of each horse for sale as it is presented and allow viewers to listen in on the...

The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) intends to webcast all three days of the 2006 Fall Sale at Tattersalls, as conducted by Teater Saddlebred Enterprises, Inc. The ASHA has previously provided streaming video of the Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show on its Internet website, www.saddlebred.com , and plans to do the same for the Fall Sale on Thursday, October 26, through Saturday, October 29. A live streaming video feed will become available shortly before the start...

The FEI has just released new freestyle tests at four levels. These tests must be used by all competitions as of June 1, 2006, in the Junior, Young Rider, Intermediare-I and Grand Prix levels. The coefficients for artistic marks have changed, though the actual freestyle test requirements for competitors have not. All previous test editions should be discarded. All FEI tests, including those just released, are available for download on the FEI website, www.horsesport.org or for direct links,...

The latest updated SEI helmet list has the GPA Speed Air Helmet on it. This list was last updated on April 19, 2006. For those who would like to see photos of this helmet, please visit www.gpa-sport.com/us-gpa.htm , click on "NEWS GPA" in the upper right-hand corner, scroll down to "Speed Air Helmet on GPA Website" and click on the link in the last sentence in this section, "For further information, click here." For the latest listing of equestrian helmets, visit www.seinet.org/CPL/astm1163_04a....