At the February 2010 American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) Board of Directors meeting, the following changes were made to the Registry fee schedule. • Multiple transfers on the same horse: $50 for members/$125 for non members • For transfers due to death or divorce, if being transferred from a joint account to an account of either party, the cost will be half price of the current transfer fee. • Replacement DNA kit fees are reduced to $15 for both members and non-members, and free if an...

Augusta, KS Meet Jjs Summer Breeze, who holds the Guinness Book of World Records title for horse with the longest tail. Editor Stephanie Doyle “interviewed” Summer (via her owner, Crystal Socha). Summer is a registered American Paint Horse and also is registered with the Pinto Horse Association of America. Just how long is your tail? Currently my tail is 13’6” long. When it was officially measured for the Guinness Book it was 12’6”. What’s your favorite thing about your tail? My favorite thing...

I am currently sitting in the O'Hare airport on the floor next to what appears to be the only functioning outlet in the place. All I can smell is latte. We had a botched breakfast plan yesterday so decided to go for coffee instead. I managed to spill not one but two cups of coffee on Martin Atock and on my backpack. Now if any of you know Martin, he doesn't like to be messy, he was then in the Venetian covered in Latte. He doesn't feel sorry for me that my bag smells funny but I do...

Awards presentation (Cameron Green Media) Travers City, Mich. - David Beisel and Ammeretto seem to have found the secret to success in the Horse Shows by the Bay Grand Prix Ring. They finished the 2013 series with victory in the $30,000 Cherry Capital Classic Grand Prix, and they returned this year to claim the festival's first $10,000 Positive Step Farm Welcome Prix. Since his first-ever grand prix victory here last year, the 9-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion (Numero Uno--Ranna) has...

Dressage The Palm Beach County Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach, FL, hosted The Wellington Classic Spring Challenge CDI-W. On Friday, Tina Konyot and her partner from the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, Calecto V, topped the field in the Grand Prix for Freestyle scoring a 70.043%. Elizabeth Austin riding Olivier and Shawna Harding riding Come On III collected second and third place honors. Konyot took another commanding win in the Freestyle, scoring a 75.300%. Harding...

LEXINGTON, KY - August 17, 2010 - Equestrian Events, Inc. (EEI), organizer of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, has announced a transition leadership team as it prepares for the retirement of Executive Vice President and Event Director Jane Atkinson after more than 36 years of service. Atkinson will be the Eventing Discipline Manager for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games this fall and will formally retire after those games. The EEI Executive Committee has appointed a Transition...

Lexington, KY - The endurance competition at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games got underway this morning with the first horse inspection taking place under sunny Kentucky skies. More than 110 horses from 30 nations were presented to the veterinary panel for approval before heading out on a 100 mile (160 km) ride on Sunday. Fifteen horses were held for re-inspection after their initial jogs. Seven horses were spun, however two replacement horses were approved and allowed to compete in...

Rodrigo de Matos is a Principle Rider of L'Escola Portuguesa d'Arte Equestre, and the Chief Instructor at Morgado Lustiano in Portugal. He represented Portugual at the recent Paris Symposium where all four of the great classical European schools of riding were invited to a joint performance and exchange of ideas. Participants included the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, the Cadre Noir, L'Escola Portuguesa, and the Spanish National School. As a representative of L'Escola and Morgado Lusitano,...

Hong Kong, China – After receiving the lowest score of her career (63.00%), all of Brentina’s connections were concerned that despite training absolutely phenomenally every day leading up to the Games, there may have been something physically wrong with the gallant 17-year-old Hanoverian mare. “She’s fitter and sounder than ever,” said her rider of 13 years, Debbie McDonald. “She’s been schooling so well but she was totally different in the ring than she was in the warm up. I was totally caught...

The Welsh Pony and Cob Society of America (WPCSA) would like to encourage members to participate in the upcoming International Equestrian Festival (IEF) Parade of Breeds. This event will be held in downtown Lexington, concurrent to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games at the Kentucky Horse Park, September 25-October 10, 2010. While all breeds are encouraged to participate, the WPCSA makes a special appeal to their membership to participate in order to feature all of the sections of Welsh...