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Hoof-Care Summit to Provide Learning, Networking

by By Stephanie Doyle | 12/15/2010 9:26:00 AM

Registration is underway for the eighth annual International Hoof-Care Summit Conference (IHCS) featuring eight general sessions, 13 hoof-care classrooms, 24 hoof-care roundtables, 24 how-to clinics, and a trade show highlighting the newest footcare products and services. The event will be held February 1-4, 2011, at Duke Energy Center and Cincinnati’s Hyatt Regency Hotel in Cincinnati, OH. The 2011 theme, “Coming Together for Better Hoof Care,” reflects the mood of hoof-care professionals...

New Format and New Venue for Equestrian Idol on February 4, 2011 in Wellington, Florida

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 11/11/2010 3:46:00 PM

WESTPORT, CT - November 10, 2011 - 2011 will mark the 5th year for The Equestrian Idol to be held on Friday, February 4, 2011 in Wellington, Florida, and everything will be new about it! The Idol event will feature a new format where the past Idol winners will pair up with contestants in a musical cabaret. Taylor Blauweiss, Ki-Juan Minors, Jen White Kane and Brian Lookabill are coming back to perform with Dianna Bricker, Hillary Dobbs, Casey Hodges and newcomers, Teaghan James and Robert...

2010 U.S. Nationals Underway in Tulsa

by Hilary Nixon | 10/28/2010 4:00:00 PM

Mike Fererra (Kelly Stayton and DF Magnifico win the Arabian Western Pleasure Select AATR.) The end of October means Arabian horses in Tulsa, OK, and right now 1,565 of the world's finest Arabian, Half-Arabian and Anglo-Arabian show horses are competing for 134 national championship titles. The U.S. National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (U.S. Nationals) is underway at Expo Square through October 30. U.S. Nationals is the flagship competition for the Arabian horse industry...

Equestrian Life to Provide Free Webcast of Pfizer Million - WATCH IT LIVE!

by HITS Media Team | 9/7/2010 3:25:00 PM

Saugerties, NY - HITS, Inc., is pleased to announced that Equestrian Life will be an Official Media Partner for the first-ever Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix, offering free, live streaming coverage of the historic class on Sunday, September 12, 2010 to viewers worldwide. Equestrian Life will be onsite at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, NY, with its state-of-the-art, high-definition cameras capturing all the action from the Pfizer Million and streaming it live on its award-winning website. For...

Forstadt Forges Victory at Her First SmartPak Equine United States Eventing Association Training Three-Day Event at the Inavale Horse Trials

by By Frankie Thieriot | 7/1/2010 12:04:00 PM

Saturday morning’s second phase of the SmartPak Equine United States Eventing Association (USEA) Training Three-Day competition at the Inavale Horse Trials in Philomath, OR, proved to be a challenge, as the placings shifted around quite a bit in the division sponsored by Gallops Saddlery. The overnight leader added penalties to her score in steeplechase, giving Maria Schatz an opportunity to snatch the lead, following clean trips from phase A through D, to move her up from the third position....

Arabian Youth Nationals in Albuquerque Ten Years Provides Many Ways to Celebrate

by By Hilary Nixon | 6/11/2010 10:17:00 AM

Photo by Christy Egan (Sonora Rose, shown by Kenneth Black McDonald, was the winner of the Arabian Mare Breeding class at the 2009 Arabian Youth Nationals.) The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) will celebrate 10 years at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, with the 2010 Arabian and Half-Arabian Youth National Championship Horse Show (Youth Nationals), July 24-31. The championship show mixes the country's best young equestrian talent with youth-spun fun and activities, pouring approximately $10...

Qualifying Complete for USEF Selection Trial for the Adequan U.S. Reining Team

by By Brad Ettleman | 4/29/2010 2:46:00 PM

Congratulations to all the reining athletes from the U.S. who have successfully qualified for the USEF Selection Trial for the Adequan U.S. Reining Team. Competing at competitions throughout the United States, the high-performance reining competitors listed below have successfully met the qualification criteria to be able to advance to the Official Selection Trial—the place and time where the Adequan U.S. Reining Team will be selected for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG)....

Gundersen Warms Up for Kentucky Cup Grand Prix Special Win

by Classic Communications | 4/22/2010 8:40:00 AM

Photo by Michelle Dunn (Miksls Munter Gundersen on Leonbrg) Lexington, KY - Yesterday Mikala Munter Gundersen experienced the drama inherent in competition. The Danish rider had to cut her warm-up for the Grand Prix short because Leonberg's bit was rubbing his lips, and her groom had to run back to the barn to get another one. Her sixth-placed finish in the Grand Prix was the result. Today, though, Gundersen had plenty of time to progressively prepare her German Warmblood for his test, and she...

Land Rover Named the "Official Vehicle" of the United States Equestrian Federation; the Leader in World-Class Sport Utility Vehicles to Sponsor 2010 U.S. Eventing Team

by By USEF Communications and Land Rover North Americ | 4/12/2010 5:07:00 PM

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and Land Rover North America jointly announced today that Land Rover will be the official vehicle sponsor of the USEF for 2010. In addition to its status as Official Vehicle of the USEF in 2010, Land Rover will also be the title sponsor of the U.S. Eventing Team, set to compete at this year's Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, September 25 - October 10, in Lexington, KY. "Land Rover represents premium performance and success," says...

Arabian Horse Galleries Opening Ceremonies June 12th at Kentucky Horse Park

by By Evie Tubbs Sweeney | 4/7/2010 4:05:00 PM

The new $10-million addition to the Kentucky Horse Park’s International Museum of the Horse will be hosting its Grand Opening on June 12, 2010, after nearly 2½ years of design and construction. The Al-Marah Arabian Horse Galleries will be the first major addition to the 52,000-square foot International Museum of the Horse since its opening in 1978, and will expand its permanent exhibition space by nearly 30%. Spearheaded by the Purebred Arabian Trust (PAT), the Al-Marah Arabian Horse Galleries...