Expaned Grants for Dressage Instructors Available from the Dressage Foundation Beginning in 2011, additional grant funding will be available from the Continuing Education for Dressage Instructors Fund, originally created by Maryal Barnett. “This fund has provided much needed support to USDF GMOs hosting educational clinics for instructors. However, I want to see it do more," said Maryal Barnett. "I want to encourage more individuals to pursue their Instructor Certification credentials." The...

The 71st New England Morgan Horse Show will be broadcast live via pay-per-view over the Internet at www.morganhorsevideos.com , a website by Hawk Multimedia. Sessions from the Grandstand Ring will be available starting Sunday, July 25, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, through Saturday, July 31. You can watch individual days live from the Tri-County Fairgrounds in Northampton, MA, priced at $12.95 and $14.95 per day with Championship and All Access packages for $34.95 and $64.95. Each day's performances...

The FEI Nations Cup, presented by CN, on Friday, March 5, at 7 p.m. will see 11 countries competing for the Gold medal with world champions and Olympic athletes: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, United States, and Venezuela. The event will be sold out, so go online to purchase your tickets at www.equestriansport.com or email [email protected] . Raise the flag for your home country and cheer on these incredible horses and riders as...

The Laurels At Landhope International Combined Driving Event, one of the most prestigious events of its kind in the U.S., will be held in West Grove, Chester County, PA, September 11-13, 2009. Combining family fun with international equestrian competition in a beautiful country setting just 40 miles from Philadelphia, the event hosts the best drivers from Canada, Mexico, and the United States, who compete in a series of three events with combinations from single horses and ponies to...

Would you like to test drive or ride a Morgan horse? Now is your opportunity to do it for free! From now until December 31, 2009, facilities from around the country, in conjunction with the American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA), are generously offering a unique opportunity for a free riding or driving lesson on a Morgan horse. The coupon is good for new students and one free lesson per person at participating Morgan farms. Limit one coupon per family. If you have always wanted to be...

The All American Cup (AAC) is set to host the 2009 AAC Stallion Review. The event will take place on Friday, July 10, and will include a tour to several notable Saddlebred stables to view AAC stallions, broodmares and foals. Tour participants will meet at the American Saddlebred Museum, located at the Kentucky Horse Park, in Lexington, KY. A continental breakfast will be available for tour guests at the museum from 6:00-7:30 a.m. While at the museum, those in attendance will have the...

OSM Horse Shows is pleased to announce the 27th Annual Colorado Summer Classic Horse Shows on June 10-14 and June 17-21, 2009. This prestigious equestrian event, staged in cooperation with The Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Foundation, will take place at the Norris-Penrose Event Center, with benefits directed to the Foundation, and the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation. The show will begin daily at 8 a.m. with show jumping competitions throughout the day. The highlight of the event will be a...

The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) reports that 2008 Sweepstakes Program figures look similar to that of 2007. A March report indicates that over $2.2 million in prize money was awarded to nearly 5,000 AHA members. Just over $1 million of the total money awarded was through the Points Payout Program. The second largest payout came from the Allocated Payout Program, followed by the Breeder Nominator Payout, and then Nominated Sire Payout. Broken down, horses enrolled in the Sweepstakes Point...

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,...

Tickets are now available for EQUUS "Deal or No Deal" event at the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament on Friday, October 31, 2008. Hosted by Bates Saddles, The EQUUS Foundation will feature the top junior equitation riders competing at the show as the Deal or No Deal Suitcase Models. The event, which will held in the OnCenter Ballroom from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m, will take place simultaneously with the Bates Equitation Meeting where equitation riders, trainers and parents will have the...