Photo Courtesy CKRH (A group lesson at CKRH.) Central Kentucky Riding for Hope (CKRH) a NARHA premier therapeutic riding program is currently looking for horses to add to its equine team. The program has recently expanded into a new facility and a new year-round schedule. CKRH has many requests to provide services but is currently limited in its ability to expand due to a shortage of appropriate horses. The type of horse CKRH is looking for at this time must meet a set of requirements in order...

2009 NAJYRC Reining Individual Gold Medalist Darcy Wilson aboard Miss Cielo Chex (Waltenberry ) Lexington, KY With great success and continued growth in the program over the last two years SmartPak™ will once again be the title sponsor of the FEI North American Young Rider Reining Championship at the Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North. SmartPak has been an outstanding supporter of equestrian sport at many levels and also serves as the “Official...

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 2009 title-holders from France hold the lead as the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series moves to Rome this week where the host country makes a guest appearance on home ground. This brings the total of competing nations to 11 for the second leg of the prestigious eight-round tournament which concludes at Dublin in early August. And it promises to raise the competitive temperature considerably, as Italy is already making a spirited comeback to the top level of team sport through good results...

The F.A.C.E. Team Wins at the USEF Selection Trial (Carole Dwinell ) The race is on! For the first time this year, the five vaulting teams declared for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games met in competition. While this is the second of the five scheduled trials, it is the first where all the teams were present to compete. Individual numbers were up as well for a day of exciting competition. With an overall final score of 7.589, coach and lead out vaulter, Devon Maitozo of the winning F....

Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist McLain Ward to Help With Ceremony Breyer Animal Creations® is excited to announce that it will be unveiling its newest creation, a portrait model of the Belgian show jumper mare Sapphire at the 2010 Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows. Breyer® selected Sapphire to be the focus of its most recent creation based on her hugely successful career with rider McLain Ward. The unveiling will take place at Old Salem Farm on Saturday, May 22, during the exhibitor ice cream...

San Francisco Bay-area equestrian fans who can’t attend the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games this autumn will enjoy a special treat at the Spring Event At Woodside on May 28-30. Fans can sit or stand close by as the West Coast’s best event riders compete in dressage, cross-country and show jumping at the inviting Horse Park at Woodside. All levels—from beginner novice to advanced—perform their dressage tests on Friday, and the 30-plus contestants in the featured $30,000...

The feeding and management of sport horses in various disciplines, such as endurance riding and three-day eventing, was the focus of the 17th Kentucky Equine Research (KER) Nutrition Conference, held April 26-27 in Lexington, KY. Presenters included world-renowned veterinary researchers, as well as KER’s in-house equine nutrition experts. More than 100 horse feed manufacturers, veterinarians, students, and other industry professionals from more than a dozen countries recently attended the event....

Courtesy IEA (Fountain Valley School of Pueblo, CO, won the hunt seat upper school national championship.) Eighth Annual National IEA Equestrian Finals Announce Scholastic Champions Fountain Valley School of Colorado Springs, CO, won the hunt seat upper school national championship at the eighth annual Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) National Finals, sponsored by Dover Saddlery and Smith Brothers, held April 22-25, 2010 at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, GA. Sylvan...

Peter Cashman was born the youngest of nine in 1951. He was raised in Garden City, NY, where his father, John Cashman, Sr., a harness racing judge, introduced him to horses. He began to ride at the age of six. It was not until he was 12 that he fell in love with harness racing. His brother-in-law, Billy Popfinger, saw Peter's interest in Standardbreds and hired him as a groom at Monticello Raceway. He spent his summers at the raceway getting familiar with the care and maintenance that a barn...