Steve Simon’s Custom Crome is now among the very short list of National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Two Million Dollar Sires. The sire’s offspring's official show earnings now total $2,001,691 putting him among the likes of Hollywood Dun It, Smart Chic Olena, Shining Spark, Topsail Whiz and Gallo Del Cielo—all sires of offspring earning in excess of $2 million at NRHA-approved shows and events. Custom Crome, a 1990 American Quarter Horse stallion, is owned by Steve Simon of Marietta,...

International competitors from several nations hoping to ride at the FEI World Cup Final in dressage in Las Vegas next month get their last chance at the WEF Dressage Classic CDI-W at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Saturday night, March 14. The Grand Prix Musical Freestyle will start at 7 p.m. under lights in PBIEC's centerpiece International Arena as part of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival. Tables of six in the International Club can be reserved for $600 or $100...

What: 2009 Rolex FEI World Cup™ Finals 31st Annual FEI World Cup Jumping Final and 24th Annual FEI World Cup Dressage Final When: April 15-19, 2009 Where: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV, USA Attendance: 90,000+ Featuring: The world's premiere annual show jumping and dressage championships Jumping: Started in 1979, the FEI World Cup Jumping Final is an annual showdown among the world's best jumping horses and riders. Approximately 45 riders, including many past and future Olympians, qualify...

Armani and Jeffery Welles in Action at the USEF Selection Trials for Show Jumping (Kenneth Kraus/PhelpsSports.com) by Joanie Morris Wellington, FL - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Ad Hoc Committee on Selection has approved naming the horse/rider combination of Armani/Jeffrey Welles to the Show Jumping Short List for the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong August 8-24, 2008. As per the USEF Selection Procedure for the Show Jumping Team, the Selectors have the discretion to recommend...

Lexington, KY- The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Executive Committee has approved the dates and locations for the following 2008 USEF Hunter National Championships. • The 2008 USEF Pony Finals National Championships will be August 13–17 in Lexington, KY. Five championships will make up Pony Finals, including the Adequan®/USEF National Pony Jumper Championship (Individual); the Adequan®/USEF National Pony Jumper Championship (Team); Wild Horsefeathers/USEF National Green Hunter Pony...

At the August American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) Board of Director's Meeting, locations for the 2008 Judge's School were selected in be held conjunction with Diamond Jubilee in Del Mar, CA, in April; Southern States Regional Morgan Horse Show in Raleigh, NC, in May; and North Star Morgan Americana in St. Paul, MN, in July. These three-day events combine classroom work with learner judging under a stringent itinerary in an actual horse show setting. Overseen by two to three administrators,...

A new stallion has just been added to the National Reining Horse Association’s (NRHA) list of million dollar sires. Grays Starlight (Peppy San Badger x Docs Starlight), owned by Polo Ranch in Marietta, OK, has just broken into the elite group. Grays Starlight’s offspring earnings now total $1,007,713.58. Some of Grays Starlight’s top money earners include Starlights Wrangler with $125,966.10 in lifetime earnings, Hit The Lights with $112,925.51, Smart Starbuck with $60,045.00, and Spooks Rey...

Horses Unlimited, one of the premier sport horse breeding establishments in the United States, hosted three inspections this fall for the Oldenburg Registry of North American/International Sport Horse Registry (OLD/ISR,) the Rheinland Pfalz Saar International (RPSI) and the American Hanoverian Society (AHS.) “We are very fortunate to be able to host these inspections,” said the CEO of Horses Unlimited, Anne Sparks Whitten. “The inspectors are always willing to share their knowledge and...

The Paso Fino Horse Association's (PFHA) 34th Annual Grand National Championship show at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and AgriCenter brought together the best of the best to compete head-to-head for various titles during the weeklong event. The schedule included 120 classes ranging from versatility and Western, to performance, pleasure and Fino. In addition to the competition, with amateur, youth and open divisions, the event featured a trade fair, a stallion service auction, Breeders’...

Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation® has finalized the second list of breed events that will receive outreach grants through the new program announced in January. The maximum grant is $1,000, and grants are still available. A total of $125,000 has been budgeted in 2006 for grants to financially challenged breed competitions that meet the grant requirements and are approved by the USEF. To date, 61 applications have been received and 49 have been approved. Grant requests are...