Eighteen-year-old rookie Laura Teodori went clean and well within the time allowed in an exciting jump-off against three veteran riders to win the $100,000 Premier Truck & Trailer Grand Prix of Del Mar, an American Grand Prix Association (AGA) event, at the Del Mar National Horse Show. Riding Kasoar D’Uxelles, owned by L & M Ventures, LLC, Teodori went up against 29 competitors from all over the nation in the competition held Saturday, May 3. Only three others—Ali Nilforushan, Alicia...

The Carolina Horse Park announces the addition of a new hunter-jumper competition May 22nd-25th, 2008 to benefit the Carolina Horse Park Foundation. This year’s event will be held in Raeford, NC, at the 'Carolina Horse Park', located just minutes from the Southern Pines-Pinehurst area. The show was previously produced by Rush Management at the Pinehurst Training Track. John and Pam Rush generously donated their show date to the CHP for its use as an annual benefit horse show. The competition...

Lexington, KY - The USEF Dressage High Performance Committee is introducing a new 12-Month Grand Prix Ranking List for the 2008 competition year. This new ranking list format will track all U.S. horse/rider combinations competing at the FEI Grand Prix level at any CDI, as well as the 2007 High Performance qualifying competitions, and insures a more accurate reflection of the current top competitors. The 12-Month Grand Prix Ranking List will be maintained by USEF staff and will report all FEI...

The Classic Shetland Stallion Sweepstakes Auction is an annual event hosted by the American Shetland Pony Club (ASPC) to promote the Classic Shetland Pony. This year the program is being offered in a new format. The ASPC Classic Sweepstakes Committee announced their plans to hold the entire 2008 auction online. The ASPC, established in 1888, recognizes four distinct types of ponies: the Classic Shetland Pony, the Modern Shetland Pony and two types of pony crosses, the American Show Pony and the...

Jane Beshear was announced as the latest addition to the 2010 World Equestrian Games Foundation Board of Directors. She was elected unanimously by the board. “I am pleased to be able to offer my equine experience to the World Equestrian Games Foundation Board as we move toward 2010,” said Beshear. “This event is an excellent opportunity for the state of Kentucky, and I am honored to lend my experience to help make it a success.” Beshear, an avid horsewoman for nearly 30 years, offers vast...

With preparations for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010 well under way, the time has come to think of the following edition, the FEI World Equestrian Games 2014. To ensure a clear and fair process in the allocation of the seventh FEI World Equestrian Games, the following procedure has been put in place. Upon receipt of a letter of intent from the National Federation (NF) interested in hosting the Games, the contract, which includes the Organizing Procedures, is forwarded to the NF and...

The American Saddlebred Horse Association and American Saddlebred Registry, which will conduct their annual convention this week in Lexington, KY, announced audited results for the year ending December 31, 2007. Prize program revenue increased a robust 15.1% to $610,375, well up from the previous year’s mark of $530,155. On a combined basis, 2007 net income for the two corporations was the second highest in history, at $175,982, dipping 9.4% from the previous year’s all-time high of $194,166,...

The Penn-Ohio Futurity and the Ohio Limited Breeders Weanling Stake Stallion Service Auction have jointly announced a full day of Saddlebred activities on February 2, 2008, at the Champions Center, Clark County Fairgrounds in Springfield, OH. Beginning at 1 p.m., the Penn-Ohio Futurity will sponsor a training clinic featuring Bret and Susi Day. Attendees are welcome to bring a horse and participate or just watch and learn. Contact Marcia Belcher at (330) 625-1009 or [email protected] . At 5...

The fifth annual Intercontinental Sport Horse Auction is pleased to annouce that limited spaces remain for selected consignment horses for inclusion in this year's sale, which will be held on February 22 at The Ridge Farm in Wellington, FL. The auction is modeled after traditional European sales. In addition, the horses have complete x-rays taken no more than three months before the auction and a complete set of flexion tests no more than 10 days before the auction. Held during the height of...

Members of the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) just need to log in at www.usdf.org to gain even more benefits from their annual membership. When members log in, they can take advantage of the new site and update their own profile, check scores and obtain information pre-sorted for them based on their home region, as well as access breeder and owner information on horses, access all the USDF dressage tests, free as downloadable documents, and renew their membership with the click of one...