The American Show Pony Registry (ASPR) Committee added $6,000 in incentive prize money for the ASPR classes at the World Championship Show and Shetland Pony Congress for 2008. The American Show Pony Registry is a division of the American Shetland Pony Club. The American Shetland Pony Club (ASPC) was established in 1888 and today offers registration recordings and award programs for a number of small equines including American Shetland Ponies, American Miniature Horses and several Shetland Pony...

The American Horse Council’s (AHC) 2008 National Issues Forum will be held June 15-18, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Monday, June 16 will include various committee meetings and an opening reception, with the National Issues Forum, and an awards luncheon and Congressional reception on Capitol Hill to be held on Tuesday, June 17. This year’s National Issues Forum will focus on how the horse industry and individual members can be involved in the 2008 federal...

The Paso Fino Stallion Service Auction (SSA) is a program that runs in conjunction with the Breeder's Sweepstakes program. These programs are driven by generous donations by Paso Fino Horse Association (PFHA) members of breeding services to their stallions. The PFHA then manages the auction of these services to members that are interested in breeding their mares to these stallions. The resulting fees paid by the buyers of the breedings become the purse to be paid at the Breeder's Sweepstakes...

WELLINGTON, FL - The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation will host a gala evening benefit entitled "Hong Kong by Night" on February 8, 2008, at the International Polo Club in Wellington, Florida. The fundraiser will benefit the U.S. equestrian teams competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Equestrian competition at the XXIX Olympiad will be contested at venues in Hong Kong and will take place in the evening. The festivities at the USET Foundation's "Hong Kong by Night" will...

No matter where you are, no matter what your schedule, you don’t need to miss a minute of the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. The show runs from early morning until well into the evening for 10 days, October 18-27. During those 10 days, more than 1,100 of the best riders and horses of numerous breeds and disciplines will compete, eleven national champions will be named, and $340,000 in prize money will be awarded. Productions East Video and LiveBroadcast.TV will broadcast the entire 10-day...

Tickets for the world-class Wachovia Securities American Gold Cup, September 19-23, at the Cleveland Metroparks Polo Field are now on sale. This premiere show jumping competition features Olympians, as well as top local riders, competing for more than $200,000 in prize money. Advance general admission tickets are now on sale at the guest relations counter at Eton Chagrin Boulevard (28601 Chagrin Boulevard in Woodmere) and Crocker Park (25 Main Street in Westlake), as well as at Schneider...

Kentucky livestock producers and horse owners in need of hay can call the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s toll-free Hay Hotline to find farmers with hay to sell. The Hay Hotline number is (888) 567-9589. Growers with hay to sell also may call the number. Producers who call the number to buy or sell will be listed on the Hay Hotline page on the Department’s website at www.kyagr.com. “These services could make the difference between holding on to livestock or having to sell,” Agriculture...

The Devon Horse Show is presenting live webcasts of horse show competition. The webcasts are being produced by Productions East Video. The Devon Horse Show, featuring competition among top show jumpers, including many Olympic and World Champion veterans, takes place May 24-June 3 in Pennsylvania. Viewers can choose to watch live webcasts from both rings. Whether you’re a horse owner, family member or friend of a rider, or an equestrian enthusiast in general, you can watch your favorite horses...

West Coast riders aiming for this summer’s Pan Am Games will be in action during the Woodside Horse Trials at the Horse Park at Woodside, May 25-27. Capt. Mark Phillips, the U.S. eventing team’s chef d’equipe, along with other officials of the U.S. Equestrian Federation, will be there to assess the candidates’ performance. Eventing is one of the three Olympic equestrian disciplines, along with dressage and show jumping, each of which will be contested at the Pan Am Games. Eventing, the...

The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation still has a few models remaining of the 2006 Limited Edition Breyer Model Horse, Authentic. The USET Foundation announced earlier this year that Authentic, owned by Abigail Wexner and ridden by Beezie Madden, was chosen as the 2006 USET Foundation Breyer model horse. Authentic, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, is the 11th Breyer model in this popular series. Authentic was a member of the 2004 Athens Olympics Gold-medal team. In 2005,...