For everyone aiming for the 2008 Wellpride United States Eventing Association (USEA) American Eventing Championships (AEC), the qualifications are now available on the USEA website, www.useventing.com . Just click on the Wellpride AEC button on the right side of the homepage and follow the links. There are two items referring to the qualifications. The first, called 2008 Wellpride AEC Complete Qualifications, gives the qualification information in its entirety. The other, called 2008 Wellpride...

The October Food & Wine Magazine vineyard that was designated "Napa's Best Winery Tours" and winner of the "Best of Napa Valley Tourism Award" by Global Network of Great Wine Capitals is showing its hospitality to guests at the National Horse Show in Wellington, FL. Guests attending the Dancing with the Equestrian Stars After-Party on Friday, December 7, will be treated to Chateau Chevalier Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc wines from Spring Mountain Vineyard. The after-party follows the...

One of the stallions available in this year's American Hanoverian Society Service Auction is Worthy Opponent (Waikiki-SPS Hoheit/Hohenstein), the highest-placing Hanoverian stallion at the recent 100-Day Stallion Performance Test at Paxton Farm. Bidding will open in mid-January and ends Sunday, February 17, 2008. A link to the bidding site will be provided on the American Hanoverian Society's website at www.hanoverian.org when the auction opens in mid-January. The annual AHS Stallion Service...

There is a new kid on the block. Oldenburg (GOV) stallion Rosall, by Rosario out of Akzent II mare is just over from Germany, and he won the blue at Devon in the four-year-old stallion Materiale class. His very accomplished grand prix rider, Jessica Jo Tate, is thrilled with him, and very proud of the way he handled his week at Devon. Tate, now training/riding some very successful young horses, said, "He is always the gentleman, always easy to work with, and his work ethic and character are...

The new Fabulous Futurity Program passed by the Paso Fino Horse Association's (PFHA) Board of Directors is open to all breeders and owners of Paso Finos. The board of directors approved a motion to allow late nomination of weanlings to the Fabulous Futurity program. Prior to this motion being approved, a weanling had to be nominated by November 1 of its weanling year. If he was not nominated by that time, the owner's only option to nominate it into the program was anytime prior to July of its...

The American Riding Instructors Association's (ARIA) National Riding Instructors Convention will be held December 2-5, 2007, at the Naples Grande Resort in Naples, FL. The convention is open to all riding instructors, as well as those who want to learn more about the profession. For the first time, the convention has been expanded to give targeted information to stable owners and managers as well as riding instructors. More than 20 speakers from around the world are scheduled. An awards...

Sponsorship opportunities are available for the Dancing With the Equestrian Stars After Party event that follows Jumping Under the Stars, phase one of the Rolex/USEF National Show Jumping Finals presented by Equine Motorcoach, www.equinemotorcoach.com , at the National Horse Show, www.nhs.org , in Wellington, FL, December 5-9, 2007. The National Horse Show has offered banners in the arena, promotional distribution, invitations to parties and tickets to the show and the event. Dancing with The...

The United States Eventing Association (USEA) will again host the ICP Jumping Symposium in Florida, this year on January 28, to be followed by an Eventing Judges Dressage Continuing Education Clinic and a Young Event Horse (YEH) Judging Seminar on January 29 and 30. All three days are open to the public at Betsy Watkins' Longwood South in Ocala. Anyone interested—riders, owners, breeders, instructors, judges—is welcome. The ICP Jumping Symposium will focus on teaching and riding...

The competition will be fierce at the 2008 EQUUS Equestrian Idol Musical Talent Show on Saturday, February 9, 2008. Taylor Blauweiss, the first Equestrian Idol, will open the show to a line-up of talented equestrians vying for the title of 2008 Equestrian Idol, including the 2007 finalists Patricia Griffith, Brian Lookabill and Ki-Juan Minors. The event benefits The EQUUS Foundation, Inc., and will be held at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. Are you an Equestrian Idol hopeful?...

Lexington, KY -- For the second consecutive year, the American show jumpers made their trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina worth the effort, handily picking up a victory over Chile on November 11. Led by 19-year-old Brianne Goutal of New York, NY, the only rider of the quartet with overseas experience, the team won the CSIO**** Buenos Aires on a final score of eight faults. Both Goutal, riding Casar, and 19-year-old Hillary Dobbs with Quincy B, jumped two clear rounds setting the team up for the...