Photo Courtesy Kalarama Farm (Harlem Globetrotter) Kalarama Farm, home of world renowned Saddlebred Harlem Globetrotter, has announced plans to celebrate the 30th birthday of the famous stallion. With an impressive showing and breeding career, Harlem Globetrotter remains a legendary performer and producer of other notable horses in the American Saddlebred industry. Since arriving at Kalarama Farm in Springfield, KY, Stall #1 has been home to this champion, where he continues to enjoy the...

Held at the Georgia International Horse Park, home of the 1996 Olympics, in Conyers, GA, the 2010 Atlanta Spring Classics has use of a facility that has 700 permanent stalls and boasts some of the best ring footing in the country. This year’s two-week event runs March 24-April 3 with classes running Wednesday through Sunday on Week One and a special Easter schedule of Tuesday through Saturday for Week Two. “We’ve reworked the scheduling of events to accommodate both exhibitors who show on the...

Held at Phillip and Evie Dutton's True Prospect Farm winter training facility in Aiken, SC, March 11, 2010, the Aiken Olympic Gala was enjoyed by all who gathered in attendance for the benefit of United States High Performance Eventing riders and the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation. Evie Dutton reflected on the evening, saying, "The event was a great success and we had fabulous attendance. There were approximately 250 people there, and everyone had a good time. This was our...

Stadium Jumping, Inc., announced that the first week of the Tampa Equestrian Festival has been cancelled. The Suncoast Internationale was scheduled to run March 24-28. Michael Morrissey of Stadium Jumping, Inc., made the announcement on Tuesday morning, and said the change in schedule was long overdue. "That first week has always been a transitional week for us," said Morrissey of the cancellation. "We are listening to what our exhibitors have been telling us regarding that week. They have told...

Photo by Randi Muster (Daisy Farish aboard Ballou in the Small Pony Hunters.) The 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) Week Nine, held March 10-14, 2010, featured many winners in the equitation, hunters, and jumpers, including the leader in the $200,000 FEI World Cup Grand Prix, CSI***, presented by CN. The week nine title sponsor was CN. Double H Farm's Night Train sped to the win with Olympic Gold medalist Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil in the $200,000 FEI World Cup Grand Prix, CSI***,...

Week 10 of the 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) will welcome dressage riders from all over the world to Wellington to compete at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Dressage competition will be showcased in the International Arena on Thursday, March 18, through Saturday, March 20. Competition will include performances from 34 renowned grand prix riders such as Shawna Harding (USA), Marco Bernal (COL), Arlene Page (USA), Todd Flettrich (USA), Melissa Taylor (USA), Jacqueline...

The 2009 SUCCEED® Holiday Fundraiser to benefit the United States Equestrian Team Foundation (USET) has come and gone. But the fun can be relived again on HRTV. Highlights of the event will premier on the network Monday, March 15, at 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT, and re-air Tuesday and the following Sunday, March 21. The USET Holiday Gala Fundraiser was originally held live at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL, last December 11-12. The event raised $20,853 for the USET...

The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) has announced a partnership with the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, set to launch on Monday, March 22, 2010. ASHA will be working with the World Games 2010 Foundation, Inc., to simultaneously promote the 2010 WEG and the American Saddlebred breed, by providing ASHA members the opportunity to purchase tickets and daily hospitality passes for the Games, with a percentage of the sales going back the breed organization, to assist ASHA’s...

The Washington International Horse Show (WIHS), the leading year-end championship horse show in the country, is pleased to announce the election of Gregory W. Gingery of McLean, VA, and Wellington, FL, as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The 52nd annual Washington International Horse Show will take place October 26-31, 2010, at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Gingery, who has been on the WIHS board since 2008, previously served as WIHS president (1994-1996) and vice chairman (1995-1996)....

At the American Saddlebred Horse Association's (ASHA) 2010 Annual Convention and Youth Conference, two Saddlebred Youth Clubs shared the honor of being named ASHA's Youth Club of the Year. Each year before the ASHA Convention and Youth Conference, Saddlebred Youth Clubs submit yearbooks created by members, which show their activities throughout the previous year in the categories of history, membership, fund raising, meetings and programs, promotions, and community service. An award is given...