Photo by Waltenberry (Wimpys Little Step ) Wimpys Little Step made history at this year’s Carolina Classic Derby, held May 13-16, in Williamston, NC, when his offspring surpassed two million dollars in National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) earnings. The flashy palomino sire joins eight of NRHA’s leading stallions as a Two Million Dollar Sire*. To achieve this elite status is no easy feat, yet Wimpys’ offspring went above and beyond expectations when they earned enough to make him the...

The United Professional Horseman's Association Chapter 10, along with the Mid America Horse Show Association, will be holding a Show Horse Preview, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Monday, June 14, at the Midwest Charity Horse Show in Springfield, IL. The Show Horse Preview will provide a sales showcase for Saddlebreds, Hackneys, and Morgans, and is set to take place on the evening prior to the opening of the Midwest Charity Horse Show. Entries selected for the presentation will be promoted via email...

The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) has created a new program for shows with Morgan classes called the Star Rating Program, which is a way to encourage horse owners to compete on all levels and for smaller shows to expose others to the breed. The program, which is in its inaugural year, was designed with two goals in mind: to educate and increase awareness of all types and levels of competitions that promote the breed, and to provide a tool to help horse owners identify competitions...

Photo Courtesy ASPC/AMHR The American Shetland Pony Club and the American Miniature Horse Registry (ASPC/AMHR) attended the Kentucky Equine Youth Festival at the Kentucky Horse Park this past month to introduce their small equine to Kentucky youth. Over 4,000 kids and their 4-H leaders flocked to Lexington from all over the state for an introduction to the eight equestrian disciplines that will be featured at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ this fall. ASPC/AMHR Director of...

Steve Davis of the University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm recently was selected by his peers as the 2009 American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) Professional Horseman Award winner. This award, which began in 2008, is awarded yearly to a professional who supports and promotes the Morgan breed, and who volunteers to mentor personally through clinics, raising the standard of training and education. Most of all, through longevity and success, this person encompasses in every sense of the word,...

It’s not often that World and National Champion competitors from disciplines as diverse as cutting, dressage, reining, jumping, barrel racing, and driving as well as renowned trainers from other walks of horselife gather in one location to share their secrets. Even less often comes the chance to soak up all that learning for about what you’d spend on a movie ticket and a bucket of popcorn. Just $16 gets you an all-access daily ticket to the 2010 edition of our country’s most successful and most...

Following consultation with National Federations, riders and event organizers, the FEI Bureau decided that Great Britain and Belgium will both be relegated from the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™. The two teams finished the 2009 season in eighth place on equal points ahead of the Italians, who are also relegated. The two highest-placed teams in the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ Promotional League Final, which will be held in Barcelona, Spain, on September 20, will be promoted to the FEI Nations Cup™ Top...

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...

Two notable Saddlebred enthusiasts, Carson Kressley and Molly Kregor, are scheduled to be guests on Tuesday, August 25, on The Joe B & Denny Show, a central Kentucky sports radio show co-hosted by former University of Kentucky men's basketball coach Joe B. Hall, and former University of Louisville men's basketball coach Denny Crum. Kressley and Kregor will be appearing on the show to discuss the American Saddlebred, and to help promote the 2009 World's Championship Horse Show (WCHS), currently...

Mr. and Mrs. Willis Foley of Belmont, NY, have sponsored two cash prizes of $250 each to be given at the 2009 USEF Pony Finals. These awards will be presented to the highest-ranking Arabian-bred pony in the hunter division and in the jumper division. The winning ponies must possess a documented minimum of 50% Arabian blood. Mr. and Mrs. Foley are lifelong horsemen that breed Arabians, Welsh ponies and crossbreds at their farm, Solar Hill Sport Horses. "Our goal is to promote Arabian-breds as...