The inaugural $50,000 CN Palm Beach Jumping Derby will be held Sunday, February 15 with some of the world's top riders racing around a 1,000-meter course that includes a Devil's Dyke and a newly created signature obstacle called the Palm Maze. Built on top of the world-famous grass Polo Field One at the original Palm Beach Polo Stadium—considered by many to be among the finest grass surfaces for horse sports anywhere in the world—the course offers 19 obstacles (23 efforts) over...

According to unofficial tabulations, the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) announces that Smart Like Juice is NRHA's newest Million Dollar Sire. His offspring pushed him over the mark at the 2008 NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show in Oklahoma City, OK. He is the 16th stallion to be named to this prestigious listing. The 1994 sorrel stallion by Smart Little Lena and out of Jessies Oak is owned by Smart Like Juice, Inc., of Markham, IL. Smart Like Juice...

Not long after the completion of the successful Buffalo International Horse Show, another exciting event for equestrians will soon be held in upstate New York. The Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center (BTRC) will host a riding and auditing clinic with world-renowned trainer, rider and U.S. Show Jumping Chef d'Equipe George H. Morris. The clinic is scheduled to be held November 7-9, 2008. The clinic is scheduled and organized by Susie Schoellkopf, Director of the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center...

The Adequan/United States Eventing Association (USEA) Gold Cup Series comes to the Woodside Horse Trials on May 23-25, and it will be an excellent opportunity for rising riders and their horses to earn valuable points in the year-long series at the advanced and intermediate levels of eventing. Modeled after NASCAR and other thriving sports series, the Adequan/USEA Gold Cup Series is based on a cumulative points system, with horse-and-rider pairs earning points, prize money and prizes at each of...

Press release provided by the American Hackney Horse Society Foundation. Lexington, KY— The American Hackney Horse Society Foundation’s (AHHSF) goal is to preserve the past, promote the future and improve the breed of the American Hackney. To help accomplish this goal, the AHHSF announces the 2008 Adult Amateur Driving Challenge to help promote the showing of five-year-old and older Hackney ponies by adult amateurs at the smaller shows in a designated area. There are 15 competitions designated...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has announced the team of four horse-and-rider combinations who will represent the United States at the CSIO Wellington presented by CN. The $75,000 Nations Cup team competition will take place under the lights at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL on Friday, March 7. The following combinations have been named: Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner Hillary Dobbs/20/Sussex, NJ/Quincy...

Offer Ends When Allotment Sells Out or November 15th – Whichever Comes First (Lexington, KY) –Want to be among the first to reserve tickets for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010? You can be part of the first group in the world to have an opportunity to purchase tickets if you are a USEF member on October 15th, 2007, and have a valid email address on file with the USEF. All categories of USEF membership will be included in this ticket deposit offer as long as you are a current 2007...

The Back Forte Equestrian Center will be hosting a hunter/jumper clinic with nationally renowned trainer Lee Dennie. The clinic runs September 15-17 and will have sessions each day for beginners (2’6”), intermediate (3’) and advanced (3’6”) riders, with the cost at $100 per day or $275 for all three days. Auditors and spectators are welcome at no charge. The picturesque 109-acre equestrian center is located in Enumclaw, WA, the gateway to Mount Rainier. Stalls are available at $25 per day, and...

On Monday evening, January 16, the $35,000 Jack Daniel's Grand Prix will be held at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, CO. The class begins at 7 p.m. MST (9 p.m. EST). In addition, the NWSS will be hosting USEF Open Classes January 17-18, with the championships held the afternoon on January 18. Waltenberry will be webcasting these events, along with the rest of the shows in the Event Center, in their entirety at www.waltenberry.com . For more information, visit www.nationalwestern....

Tammy Provost and Alliy Moyer's Libretto won the $7,500 International Derby Stake (Chicago Equestrian) Antioch, Ill. - The premiere Chicago Hunter Derby at Annali-Brookwood Farm presented by Chicago Equestrians for a Cause, kicked off with the $7,500 International Derby Welcome Stake and the $2,500 National Derby Welcome Stake sponsored by Lane Change Farm and Kensel, LLC. The weekend charity event features the $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby sponsored by Canadian Pacific and the...