Saddlebred.com has a new and valuable feature titled, “Saddle Up a Saddlebred,” which allows anyone interested in seeing, riding or learning more about Saddlebreds to enter their zip code and find a number of stables within a 300-mile radius. It can be accessed by going to www.saddlebred.com and clicking on “About the Breed,” and then going to “Stable Search,” or type in www.saddlebred.com/breed/stables.php . Right now, there are approximately 400 Saddlebred farms and stables in the database...

Steffen Peters and Rosamunde (Terri Miller) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. – Anticipation was high as a crowd gathered for the CDI Grand Prix Freestyle (sponsored by Adventure Farms), the highlight class of the second day of competition at California Dreaming Productions' Festival of the Horse CDI 3*/Y/J/U-25 being held March 31-April 2 in San Juan Capistrano. All eyes were on U.S. Team veteran Steffen Peters and fan-favorite Rosamunde (Rheinlander mare Rock Forever x First Lady by...

Ocala, Fla. - Jumpers descended on HITS Post Time Farm to compete for a shot at the blue and a piece of the prize purse in the Week III $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix and the $2,500 Brook Ledge Open Welcome. $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix Lisa Goldman of Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, and her longtime partner Morocco, sped to another victory in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix on Thursday. Aaron Vale riding from Williston, Florida, and Thinkslikeahorse’s Spirit of Alena was second, and Andrew Kocher...

Wish List and Kaitlyn Van Konynenburg (c) CapturedMomentPhoto.com July 22, 2015 - Del Mar, CA - Over the previous two days, when the horse show grounds are usually quiet in anticipation of the next show, the green grass of the Del Mar Horse Park Grand Prix Field was dressed in flower boxes, walls, stone rolltops and white poles, setting the stage for the 2015 U.S. Junior Hunter National Championship - West Coast. After a Classic Round on Monday, and an Under Saddle and a Handy Round on Tuesday,...

Parker, CO - June 10, 2015 - Colorado Horse Park (CHP) concluded its first week of hunter/jumper competition with the Summer in the Rockies I horse show this past weekend. Summer in the Rockies I featured a $30,000 Front Range Kubota Grand Prix and a $20,000 Open Welcome Stakes. The $30,000 Front Range Kubota Grand Prix saw 17 entries contest the first round course, and four combinations advanced to the jump-off, where the short course saw two double clear rounds. Victory was claimed by the...

Rich Fellers & Flexible (Rick Osteen Photography) Del Mar, CA - An international field contested the $50,000 Surfside Grand Prix presented by ShowBiz Magazine Friday evening at the Del Mar National Horse Show. Of the 26 entries in the class, six combinations were members of the USEF Long List for the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2012 Olympic Games. The prestigious California horse show, held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, serves as the first of four 2012 US Show Jumping Team Observation...

Laura Linback and Whittaker MVNZ on course in the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer (ESI Photography). Culpeper, VA --- Laura Linback of Mundelin, IL, and Woodrun's Whittaker MVNZ, whom they call "Fred" in the barn, had an amazing week at HITS Culpeper. Last Friday, they captured the win in the $15,000 Brook Ledge Open Jumper Prix and successfully followed up with a big win in the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health. Jerry Dougherty of Bokeelia, Florida was...

Oklahoma City, OK – November 28, 2010 – Shawn Flarida and Shine Chic Shine still hold a convincing lead at the conclusion of the first go of the $170,000 added NRHA Open Futurity competition at the 2010 NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show being held now through December 4 at Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. Flarida rode the three-year-old stallion by Smart Chic Olena, owned by Amabile & Strusiner of Grandview, Texas, to a 227.5 in Saturday’s third...

Bob Branham (Performers from Medieval Times delight the audience at the Saturday Night Extravaganza in 2009.) The 2010 National show of the International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association (IALHA) will be held in the Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Ft. Worth, TX, October 12-17. We will open the show with a day of breed dressage classes on Tuesday, October 12, including ridden tests at all levels and Dressage Sport Horse In-Hand classes. We are honored to have as our dressage judge USDF...

As every breeder has experienced, the process of breeding mares and raising foals has many highs and lows. So when those moments of success arrive, it is important to savor them. Anne Sparks, owner of Horses Unlimited, had 48 hours to remember when four of her young stallions earned prestigious accolades. Homebred Pikko del Cerro HU won the 2009 Markel/USEF National Young Horse Dressage Championship-Six-Year-Old. Two days later at the Rheinland Pfalz-Saar International (RPSI) inspection,...