In grand style and competing against the best reiners in the world, champion reiner Shawn Flarida of Springfield, OH, broke into the elite Two Million Dollar Rider Club Saturday night at the FEI World Reining Masters Finals in Denver, CO. Flarida became only the second rider in National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) history to earn this incredible distinction. He competed against riders from 18 different countries at the Masters Finals earning the Gold medal. Flarida scored 223.5 riding...

Prepare for an exciting ride as Appaloosa enthusiasts from all over the world take part in the 2006 World Championship Appaloosa Show coming to the Will Rogers Memorial Center for nine days of thrilling excitement and fun in Fort Worth, TX, October 27-November 4. For more than 40 years, the World Championship Appaloosa Show has united outstanding Appaloosas in the competitive arena. This year will only continue that tradition as more than a thousand Appaloosas and contestants demonstrate their...

Not one, not two, but three USEF eventing championships were contested from October 19-22 at the prestigious Fair Hill Festival in the Country in Elkton, MD. Each year, Fair Hill hosts the USEF CCI*** championship – one of two three-star competitions in the country. In addition to the three-star, the USEF National Owner/Rider and the USEF National Under 25 eventing championships were also contested. Two of the championships were awarded off of the same ride – the three-star and the owner/rider...

Equestrian Event Management, Inc (EEMI) held its first two Too Hot to Trot Sport Horse Breed Shows at the Morven Park International Equestrian Center in Leesburg, VA, on August 12-13, 2006. Congratulations to Patricia (Paddy) Patton, show manager and Shannon Pedlar, show secretary for a first class job. The Performance Horse Registry Classes, sponsored by Maddy Carolan’s Herself Farm showcased some of the lovely entries. Too Hot To Trot I - Judge Joseph Sevriens (r-GA) Champion with a score of...

Friesians of Majesty entered eight horses to be judged at the New England Keuring held September 21-22, 2006 in Northampton, MA. All eight horses received premium ratings or better. Friesians of Majesty again shows the world the caliber of Friesian horses in its barns as this is the third year in a row that multiple top titles went to the horses of Friesians of Majesty. Ymkje was awarded the prestigious title of model given to very few mares. After spending a year in intense dressage training...

Guests at the EQUUS Equestrian Idol Talent Show & Bash on Saturday, February 17, 2007, will choose the first Equestrian Idol from among performances by some notable grand prix riders and trainers, and others. Rumor has it that Mason Phelps will take on the judging job of the infamous Simon Cowell, along with Susie Schoellkopf as Paula Abdul and Gene Mische as Randy Jackson. Robert Dover has signed on as Ryan Seacrest, and Leslie Howard is organizing a band of female grand prix riders to go...

Sometimes winning looks easy, and sometimes it just doesn’t. Ask the junior jumper riders about the 2006 Adequan/USEF National Junior Jumper Team Championship - Prix des States. The Zone 2 team representing the best junior jumper riders from New Jersey , New York and Pennsylvania made every jump count as they edged the Zone 1, New England squad, by a single downed rail. The defending champions, Zone 5 (IL, IN, KY, MI, OH) were never better than third where they tied with West Coast Zone 10 (CA,...

Carol Rose of Gainesville, TX, a perennially leading breeder and exhibitor of western performance horses, has been named by the University of Louisville as the 2006 recipient of the John W. Galbreath Award for outstanding entrepreneurship in the equine industry. This award, presented annually since 1990 by the Equine Industry Program in the UofL College of Business, is given for extraordinary business success through innovative methods, practices, or approaches; business entrepreneurship that...

The Friesian Horse Association of North America (FHANA) is proud to announce the 2006 Friesian horse inspection circuits. Once a year the Koninklijke Vereniging Het Friesch Paarden-Stamboek (KFPS), the mother registry of the Friesian Horse in the Netherlands, sends inspectors and judges to North America. Three teams of judges will begin in the eastern United States and Canada and visit almost 30 locations during a two-week period. All newborn foals should be presented for ranking within the...

The American Hanoverian Society (AHS) is pleased to announce that a Young Horse Dressage Symposium with USEF Young Horse Dressage Coach Scott Hassler will be held at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center on January 27, 2007, in conjunction with the Society's Annual Membership Meeting. The 2007 AHS Annual Meeting will be held January 26-28 at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront in Jacksonville, FL. The meeting will offer three days of educational programs featuring seminars on raising stallion prospects,...