American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) Annual Raffle Tickets are now available for purchase online at www.saddlebred.com/asha/contribution.php . Purchase a chance to win one of 15 cash prizes totaling $20,000. Tickets are $100 and are tax deductible as ASHA is a non-profit charitable organization. Winners will be drawn Thursday, August 23, at 2:30 p.m. at the Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show during the ASHA Annual Auction in the Mary Room at the Executive West Hotel....

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (US Equestrian) and the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) will conduct a joint Town Hall meeting on Monday, June 5, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. ET at the Upperville Horse Show in Upperville, Va. The purpose of the meeting is to engage US Equestrian and USHJA members in a meaningful dialogue about quality competitions and evaluations, doping, and medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA). US Equestrian and USHJA leadership will use the...

Robert Lee and El Grecco, owned by Brook Run Farm, won the bi-coastal $50,000 East Meets West Hunter Challenge, a qualifier for the Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final in Saugerties this September (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla./Thermal, Calif - Geography proved no object when top HITS hunter riders from the East Coast and West Coast squared off in the $50,000 East Meets West Hunter Challenge Friday and Saturday at HITS Ocala and HITS Thermal. The Hunter Challenge was judged simultaneously...

The American Hanoverian Society (AHS) will be hosting its 2011 Stallion Service Auction in the Hanoverian Marketplace throughout the end of January into February bringing hundreds of viewers and thousands of hits to the sales site within the AHS website. The high-bid stallion in the 2010 auction, ES Harvard, will once again be featured in the 2011 event. The AHS Stallion Service Auction opens for Bidding January 23, 2011, with 65 stallions available, and ends February 20. A Second Chance...

The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) is pleased to announce the following AMHA members who received honors at its annual awards luncheon, which took place on February 20, in Lexington, KY. A Master's Certificate is given to individuals older than 60 years of age who have been active with Morgan horses in a variety of ways. Recognized clubs nominate members based on their involvement in breeding, showing, training, promoting, or just generally enjoying their Morgan horses....

The fourth annual Ocala Jumping Classic will host two $50,000 grand prix events during its two-week horse show running April 2-5 and April 9-12 at the Florida Horse Park in Ocala, FL. The Ocala International, held from April 2-5, and the Ocala Jumping Classic, held April 9-12, will offer a full schedule of classes for jumpers with generous prize money, special pricing deals, and exhibitor events. Free stalls are offered for horses competing in both $50,000 grand prix events. Each week of...

Diane Carney of Telluride Farm is pleased to announce that the annual George H. Morris Clinic is scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend at Canterbury Farm in Hampshire, IL. Held for over 20 years, this annual tradition educates groups who range in experience from the 1.10 meter competition height to the grand prix level. Auditors are welcome, and no reservations are needed for the three-day clinic, which will be held from November 28-30, 2008. On Saturday, November 29, Zone 5 is sponsoring lunch...

Tickets are now selling for the annual Saddlebred Raffle, with winners to be drawn at random during the Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show. According to Brenda Newell, Senior Program Administrator for the American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA), the raffle is one of the ASHA’s most important fundraisers. Only 400 tickets are sold worldwide, at $100 each, for gross proceeds of $40,000. Of that, $20,000 goes into the Saddlebred Futures Fund, and $20,000 of it is returned to...

The newly-seated 2008 Board of Directors of the American Saddlebred Registry held its organizational meeting on Friday, February 29, to elect its officers. Elected unanimously to one-year terms as its officers were Judith Werner (Illinois) as president; Anne Stafford (Tennessee) as vice-president; Barbara Molland (California) as secretary; and Jimmy Robertson (Kentucky) as treasurer. The registry’s bylaws require that the president, secretary and treasurer also be directors of the American...

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) is pleased to congratulate all of the winners of the 2007 General Member Organization (GMO) Awards, which were presented during the Board of Governor’s General Assembly at the 2007 Adequan/USDF Annual Convention at the end of November. These awards are given annually to recognize outstanding GMO newsletter and website layout and design, first person experience articles, general interest articles, and volunteers. Also included are the winners of the...