Before you hit the show circuit this season, be sure to do your part to keep horses, other animals and competitors safe by including a rabies vaccination at your pre-event health exam. Vaccinations can do more than just help horses—they can help protect horse owners from disease, too. “Owners sometimes forget diseases that affect their horses or cattle may also affect anyone that has contact with their animal,” said April Knudson, DVM, manager, Veterinary Services, Merial. “In fact,...

Meet the Beast.... The Beast is a very bad beastie as it has “done a leg” and gone on sit down strike a) right in front of our container and b) on the main horse walk in to the stables. To be more accurate, the Beast can easily be repaired if a) the AWOL driver could be found and b) the driver was given accreditation so he / she / it could access the venue and remove the Beast. I just hope that we are not contributing to the day rate for the Beast to be away from his / her Cave of...

Trucks and trailers arriving on Thursday, tires crunching on the gravel, check in and head to assigned stabling and cottage. Hooves on tailgates, whinny of old friends meeting again. Hay, feed, harness, whips, and all associated equipment unloaded while stall doors open and close. These were the sounds of the Fourth Annual Camp Black Prong or "Camp" as it's known. The brainchild of Connie Thoreson and Linda Evans and who do most all of the work themselves. For the driving enthusiast Camp...

Laura Goldman (USA) and VPRH Pegasus vom Nieh-HOF (Lindsay McCall) Del Mar, CA - Day two of the 2012 Rancho Valencia Dressage Affaire CPEDI3* at the Del Mar Horse Park concluded with impressive results from the Para-Dressage competition. Multiple horse and rider combinations built upon yesterday's scores earning top results under FEI ground jury Hanneke Gerritsen 5* (NED), Marco Orsini 4* (FRA), and Ulf Wilken 5*. Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games participant Laura Goldman (USA) topped...

The story of the American Miniature Horse, nearly 400 years in the making, is steeped in both adventure and the love of little horses. The adventure continues September 24-October 2 as Fort Worth, Texas, hosts the American Miniature Horse Association (AMHA) 2004 World Championship Show at Will Rogers Memorial Center. The industry’s top event, the AMHA World Show features American Miniature Horses vying for titles in 146 classes and the chance to win a coveted World Grand Championship....

Each day, the media landscape constantly changes and evolves, which is affecting the way US Equestrian interacts with its members. The US Equestrian marketing department is on the front lines of this climate, making sure to stay on top of trends to grow its membership and base. US Equestrian marketing staff, including Andrea Evans, Director, Social and Video Content, Taylor Rea, Manager, Membership Engagement, and Jamie Unseld, Senior Director, USEF Network and Operations, took the opportunity...

Daisy Farish and Great White ( SEL Photography ) Daisy Farish didn’t have much room for error when she cantered back into the ring for the final round of the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) North American Young Rider Show Jumping Individual Championship. One rail, and she’d drop out of the medals. But Farish rose to the occasion, piloting Great White to their second faultless round of the day to claim individual gold in the finale of the Adequan®/FEI North...

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As Annette Bevelhymer and her son, Kory, walked the grounds of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on Saturday afternoon, looking for tips that would help Kory with his American Quarter Horse, Korys Miracle Spirit, it truly was a miracle they were even there. Annette shared their story as she stopped by the booth AQHA is sharing with the National Reining Horse Association in the WEG trade show. “When Kory was 5 years old, he had to have a bone marrow transplant down in Cincinnati,...

This week, USEF Network viewers can tune in to the livestream from the Big D Charity Horse Show in Fort Worth, Texas. The show features exciting classes for American Saddlebreds , Morgans , and other breeds in saddle seat , driving, equitation, roadster , and pleasure classes. Big D is a longstanding tradition in the region, tracing its beginnings to 1971. In addition to being a favorite early season stop on the show circuit for many exhibitors, Big D has had a philanthropic mission since its...