Ledges indoor (Courtesy of Showplace Productions ) Wayne, IL - December 5, 2010 - Showplace Productions is proud to announce the commencement of the 2010-2011 Ledges Winter Series, with 10 shows spanning from December to April at Ledges Sporting Horses in Roscoe, IL. Ledges offers a great respite from the typical Midwest winter with a 72,000-square-foot heated indoor facility and designated trailer parking lot. In addition to 275 stalls, there are also two viewing sky decks, boasting vendors,...

Denver— NARHA’s National Award Winners were honored November 6 at the Annual NARHA Awards Banquet, the highlight of NARHA’s 2010 National Conference, Annual Meeting and Horse Expo, in the Grand Hyatt Ballroom in Denver, CO. The banquet featured an excellent dinner, punctuated by cheers and happy tears for the people who exemplify the best of the wonderful population of participants, instructors, volunteers and equines who work together to change the lives of people who live with physical,...

New York, NY - August 17, 2010- The National Horse Show Association of America is pleased to announce the dates and locations for this year's ASPCA Maclay Regional competitions. The horse shows' qualifying classes determine which riders will compete in this year's ASPCA Maclay National Championship, which will be held at the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament featuring the 127th National Horse Show on November 3-7, 2010. The ASPCA Maclay Horsemanship class has been held since 1933, and...

Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games spectators will have a variety of parking and transportation options, including hotel shuttles and on-site parking, for the 16 days of the event. With the recent availability of property adjacent to the Kentucky Horse Park, parking for 10,000 vehicles each day is now possible on-site. Parking will be $20 per vehicle with cash only accepted upon entry. A limited number of premium parking spaces near the spectator entry, with pass-out parking privileges, are...

Southbound Show Management is pleased to announce that the prizelist for the 2009 Dallas Harvest Horse Show is now available online at www.southboundshows.com . The 2009 Dallas Harvest Horse Show is set to return to the beautiful Texas Rose Horse Park in scenic Tyler, TX, this year and will be held the week of October 28-Novermber 1, 2009. The Dallas Harvest Horse Show benefits Habitat for Horses and is one of the largest fundraisers for the program. The most prestigious 'AA' rated horse show...

Sign-ups are now under way at www.saddlebred.com for the American Saddlebred Horse Association’s (ASHA) live video streaming Internet webcast of the Wisconsin Futurity Horse Festival from Madison, WI, which has its first performance Wednesday, September 16. Pricing and sign-up information appears on the ASHA website at www.asha.net/video/register.php . The webcast will once again feature a live chat, to offer subscribers the opportunity to carry on dialogue with other Saddlebred enthusiasts...

Telluride Farm had another successful week of showing at the Ledges Summertime Horse Show in Roscoe, IL. The students and horses at Telluride Farm train with Diane Carney in Hampshire, IL. Caitie Hope competed with her new mount, Total Touch, in the $5,000 Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic. The pair earned second place out of 38 entries, just missing the win by 2/100ths of a second. "Caitie had a great weekend," said Carney. "It was a great course and set to the exact...

Tickets to the inaugural Preliminary Challenge Gala are going nearly as fast as entries have filled for the Event At Woodside on May 22-24. A well-qualified field of 32 horses will contest the two sections of the Preliminary Challenge, with an additional 340 horses entered in the six other divisions offered on the weekend. “This is an excellent entry in our first year of offering the Preliminary Challenge,” said Organizer Robert Kellerhouse. “And I’m ecstatic that we’ve taken our maximum number...

This past weekend Chestnut Hill Farm in Oconomowoc, WI, hosted a clinic with Diane Carney of Hampshire, IL. Carney trains at her show stable, Telluride Farm, and her students are consistently in the ribbons at the most competitive hunter/jumper shows in the country. The clinic at Chestnut Hill Farm offered sections for riders that ranged in experience from novice adult to the grand prix level. There were four sections total, with three to five riders in each. Carney worked with riders on the...

The huge response from across the United States and Europe to the inaugural Exquis World Dressage Masters (WDM) Musical Freestyle in Wellington led to the organizers announcing Wednesday that admission to the grand prix and grand prix special will be free. The grand prix will be held Friday afternoon in the International Arena at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. The grand prix special will be held Saturday afternoon. The grand prix musical freestyle is scheduled for Saturday...