McLain Ward and his fabulous mare Goldika 559 continued their amazing run of success with yet another Fall tour victory, this time at the 122nd National Horse Show and Family Festival in Wellington, Florida. The show, in its fourth year at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club, continues through Sunday. more...

The tally has just begun and your votes will be an integral part of deciding which of the nation’s leading equines will be named the inaugural Farnam®/ Platform™ · USEF Horse of the Year. Merely weeks away from the 2006 USEF Annual Meeting, all heads are turning to five finalists in anticipation of which horse will be adorned with the title—one of the most prestigious awards the USEF offers. more...

As the year comes to a close, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the 2005 Equestrians of Honor. Of these eight honorees, one will be selected as the 2005 USEF Equestrian of the Year. On-line voting begins today, and all members in good standing are invited to visit www.usef.org to cast their votes. Just click on the “Equestrian of the Year” icon on the right side of our homepage. more...

The annual American Grand Prix Association (AGA) Dinner was held at the elegant Palm Beach Polo Golf House in Wellington, Florida, on Saturday night, December 3, to honor the accomplishments of the AGA riders. The event is an invitation-only cocktails and dinner party for 150 of the sport’s top riders, trainers, horse owners, sponsors, and officials. Awards were presented to: Margie Engle, Rider of the Year; Madison, Horse of the Year; Kent Farrington, Trainer of the Year; and Ellen Whitaker, Rookie of the Year. more...

Beautiful sunny skies and warm temperatures greeted a huge Sunday afternoon crowd for the final day of the 122nd National Horse Show and Family Festival at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in Wellington, Florida. That crowd got to watch red hot Jaime Guerra of Mexico win Sunday’s main event, the $75,000 Budweiser AGA Championship. It was Guerra’s third victory in the five days of competition at the National Horse Show. more...

At the Champion's Ball of the German Olympic Equestrian Committee (DOKR), the German Rider's Cross in gold, the highest medal to be won for an equestrian person in Germany, has been bestowed upon Ullrich Kasselmann. more...

Holland's newest sport horse auction, Expo Talent Sale, was a big success with the price highlight selling for 200,000 euro. The 5-year old German bred mare Feodora (by Ferragamo x Riverman) sold for this top knock down price via trainer Sjef Janssen to Silver Spring Farms in Oregon, U.S.A. more...

No 59 including events starting from 1.12.2004 to 30.11.2005
1 1 Anky Van Grunsven NED 10 81.262
2 3 Edward Gal NED 10 78.044
3 2 Jan Brink SWE 10 77.873 more...

No 59 including events starting from 01.12.2004 to 30.11.2005
1 1 Marcus Ehning GER 3186.78 260.00
2 2 Rodrigo Pessoa BRA 3178.03 215.00
3 4 Meredith Michaels - Beerbaum GER 2629.50 140.00 more...

No 59 including events starting from 01.12.2004 to 30.11.2005
1 Phillip Dutton AUS 549.00 6 6 /1
2 William Fox - Pitt GBR 532.00 6 1 /1
3 Andrew Hoy AUS 505.00 6 6 /2
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The final country in Group VIII of this year's FEI World Dressage Challenge, Indonesia had a very good result. They won the Prix St George and Advanced tests, and had the 2nd placed rider in the Children's test. more...

Helena Gabrielsson has been confirmed as the winner of this year’s South East Asian World Cup League, in what was the tightest points finish in the league ever. Helena scored 58 points even before the Final, and although Philippines Toni Leviste made up huge ground in winning the League Final, she still was 1 point behind Helena, finishing on 57 points. Malaysia’s Qabil Ambak finished 3rd with 56 points. more...

Home favourites The Philippines won the gold medal for team showjumping at the Manila SEA Games, finishing with a 13 fault total. Malaysia took the silver medal, finishing with 24 faults, and Thailand the bronze with 44 penalties. Singapore and Indonesia both failed to finish more...

Malaysia's Qabil Ambak became the first man to successfully defend his SEA Games showjumping crown when he won the Individual Final at the Manila SEA Games. Keeping the faith in his 2001 champion Camelias paid off as the Selle Francais gelding recorded only three time faults around Olaf Petersen Jr.'s two-round track. more...

WBFSH president Jan Pedersen and Daniel Gouffe, president of Merial, have both put their signature to a long-term sponsoring agreement. The name of Merial’s new all-in-one worm cure Eqvalan Duo will be associated with the prizes. Breeders of the winning horses of the WBFSH/FEI World Rankings are nominated for the Eqvalan Duo WBFSH Breeding Prizes. more...

At the World Championships for young eventing horses, Nicolas Touzaint came out tops. At the event, which was held from 20 until 23 October in Lion d’Anger, he won the gold with Tatchou (AA) among the seven-year-olds and the silver with Lesbos (SF) among the six-year-olds. more...

Blue Grass Horse Feeds is proud to announce its sponsorship of the Irish Young Riders team at the World Endurance Championships in Bahrain. The championships, which will be held on 17th December, more...

Horse passports are required for all equines, under the Horse Passport Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) is again reminding horse-owners of their obligations under the above Regulations. A valid passport must accompany a horse whenever it is more...

The FEI Bureau today awarded the FEI 2010 World Equestrian to Kentucky (USA). Delegations representing both bids – Kentucky (USA) and the region of Basse-Normandie (Northern France) – have travelled to Bahrain in order to make a final decisive presentation to the FEI Bureau this morning. more...

The first strategy for the horse industry in England and Wales will be launched today by the British Horse Industry Confederation (BHIC), in partnership with Defra, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Welsh Assembly Government more...

Rule changes include rising trot being allowed at elementary, snaffles being accepted at advanced and the maximum whip length has been scrapped. Many dressage riders will be sighing with relief after British Dressage unveiled the rule changes that came into effect on 1 December. more...

An equine sports science student has received an award for her groundbreaking research that may help vets to aid the healing process in damaged joints more...

A chestnut Kaiser Franz (Krack C x Rousseau) x Lefevre (by Zeoliet) offspring became the Champion of the 2005 Oldenburg Stallion Licensing in Vechta, Germany. The chestnut with his super dynamic gaits excelled in his suspension in trot, though his walk was just good and not outstanding. The reserve champion, and quality wise the best dressage stallion of the lot, was a Furst Heinrich x Argentinus colt. more...

The following Oldenburg stallions were licensed at the 2005 Oldenburg Stallion Licensing in Vechta, November 24-26, 2005. more...

It doesn't happen very often that a show jumping stallion prospect becomes the grand champion of a licensing, but this year in Munster it happened. A delightful, superbly jumping dapple grey colt by Cornet Obolensky x Acobat x Cantus became Champion of the 2005 Westfalian Stallion Licensing in Munster which took place November 28-30, 2005. more...

Yesterday, the German Equestrian Federation released the "Breeding Value" (Zuchtwert) of licensed sport horse stallions for 2005. This 'breeding value' is an indicator for performance inheritability of a sire. The 2005 Breeding Value Index includes 2,738 dressage stallions. Sires, who scored higher than 151 as breeding value, are ranked at the top. more...

The German Equestrian Federation has announced the new German A and B-teams for 2006. Notable change is the resubmission of Nadine Capellmann into the "A Kader". With her Hanoverian gelding Elvis VA (by Espri), the 40-year old Capellmann is expected to be Germany's strongest weapon against The Netherlands at the 2006 World Equestrian Games hosted in Capellmann's home town Aachen, Germany. more...

For the ninth time, the CHIO Aachen has been proclaimed "Best Dressage Show of the Year" by the international equestrian book "L'Annee Hippique". more...

Kyra Kyrklund is holding a lecture demo at Merrist Wood (Guildford, Surrey, UK) on January 25, 2005. The demo starts at 7.30 PM till 10.30 PM. Kyra’s lecture demos are in great demand more...

In a wonderful atmosphere the Grand Prix at the Christmas Horseshow in London Olympia grew to a phantastic Dutch day with the first three places for the Dutch, Imke Schellekens-Bartels sharing the third position with her former riding master Finnish Kyra Kyrklund. more...

Ulrich Henschke will be succeeding Gerd Folkers in the Licensing Committee for the Oldenburg Verband in Germany. The 52-year old Henschke will join Dr. Wolfgang Schulze-Schleppinghoff, Wolfram Wittig, Sören Pedersen, and Georg Thole in the stallion licensing committee and State Premium Mare Selection committee. more...

British Aram Gregory went on a shopping spree at the Special Winter Auction of Oldenburg sport horses in Vechta, Germany, December 10, 2005. Gregory acquired the price highlight of the auction, Don Goliath, a Donnerschwee x Walldorf, for 45,000 euro and purchased three more young Oldenburg stars. more...

620,000 euro was the highest amount paid for a young sport horse at the renowned P.S.I. Auction in Ankum, Germany, December 11, 2005. Not a dressage horse, but a show jumper was able to fetch this high knock down price. more...

The 9-year old Hanoverian licensed stallion Waterford has been sold to the United States. The chestnut sire has been acquired by Lynn McEnespy from Chico, California, and he is currently in training at Rudolf Zeilinger's in Emsburen with his rider Britta Johnston. Waterford will move to the U.S.A in February 2006 and will be ridden by McEnespy from then on. more...

At the Oldenburg Stallion Approval, twenty-three of thirty-four presented stallions from different breed societies were approved to breed for the Oldenburg Verband. Among the approved sire are Hotline, the 2005 Hanoverian Licensing Champion by Hofrat x De Niro, and Prime Time (pictured), the 2005 Hanoverian Licensing Reserve Champion by Prince Thatch xx x Wenzel. more...

The 2006 Spillers Open Eventing Forum is approved as a Refresher Course for BHS Instructors The BHS has confirmed that the Spillers Open Eventing Forum (SOEF) is officially approved as refresher course for BHS Instructors. more...

The second round of the Egyptian International Show-Jumping competitions finished. This time the winner is Olympic rider Khaled El Eid from KSA, coming right after him in the second place Mohamed Ossama El Boraei with a difference of time in the second round of 0.01 second. more...

Brazil's Rodrigo Pessoa made it a double when winning the Gandini Top Ten Final in Geneva tonight with a vintage performance from Baloubet du Rouet. Last to go in the second round, he only had to jump clear to take the title for the second time in the five-year history of the event, and the 2003 champion did it in style when his 16 year old stallion once more rose to the big occasion. more...

Leon Temmerman (BEL) passed away aged 70. For many years, Leon Temmerman had been very active in the field of equestrian sport and especially in Jumping. more...

Austria's Thomas Fruhmann recorded a surprise result when winning the fifth leg of the FEI World Cup Jumping season with a superb performance from his nine year old horse, The Sixth Sense. And what made the victory even more creditable was the fact that the veteran 54 year old rider has been out of top-class competition for almost five years more...

Rodrigo Pessoa is filing a lawsuit on behalf of all the Las Vegas World Invitational riders after the $1 million prize fund was not honoured more...

Britain’s equestrian coaches took home more medals than any other sport at the Sports Coach UK Annual Awards
Equestrian coaches scooped more awards than any other sport at the Sports Coach UK Annual Awards at the Dorchester Hotel in London last week. more...

British Breeding is introducing two new pony breeding awards at next month's annual Breeders’ Awards Dinner
Many of the most talented ponies currently competing at national and international level are British-bred and in recognition of this, British Breeding has introduced two new awards to go to the country's most successful pony breeders more...

Four British riders will be among the top show jumpers competing for the Al Maktoum Challenge's $1,250,000 prize fund in Dubai The top 20 international show jumpers have all accepted invitations to the world's richest ever show jumping event. The inaugural Al Maktoum Challenge held in Dubai (11 – 13 January '06) will offer a staggering prize fund of $1,250,000. more...

The new edition of L´ Année Hippique, the official yearbook of the international equestrian federation, the FEI, has been published. Apart from reports on all major international competitions in 2005 and many interesting features, the best riders and events of the year 2005 are announced in the book of 484 pages. more...

The $75,000 Budweiser American Grand Prix Association (AGA) Championship, contested at the 122nd National Horse Show and Family Festival on Sunday, December 4, 2005, will be shown on the Outdoor Life Network on Christmas Day. more...

CBS has canceled televising the $1 million Las Vegas World Invitational show jumping event that had been scheduled for New Year's Eve. As the most watched network, CBS Sport's airing of 90 minutes of show jumping immediately before the NFL game between the Denver Broncos and the San Diego Chargers could have provided a viewing audience unprecedented for the sport more...

Karin Offield from Offield Farms competed with two horses in Wellington. Judged by the two judges Rockwell and Burton she came fourth with the Dutch-bred stallion Hexagon’s Louisville and tenth with her 18 year old stallion Tiamo Trocadero. “I want to retire Trocadero now”, Karin Offield commented, more...

The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has awarded Stadium Jumping, Inc. the management and production of the 2006 USEF National Grand Prix Freestyle Championship / U.S. League Final CDI-W, the Official Selection for the 2006 FEI World Cup Dressage Final. The event will be held at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in Wellington, Florida, on March 17 and 18, 2006 more...

The final day of the Munich Indoors Show included extraordinary high level dressage and show jumping. The 1996 Olympic winner, Isabell Werth had won all previous dressage classes and on Sunday no one could touch her and her Oldenburg bred gelding Apache in the Grand Prix Special. more...

The District Attorney for Las Vegas is prepared to deal with complaints from show jumping riders, officials and others whose checks from the $1 million World Invitational bounced. The Las Vegas World Invitational in mid-October has resulted in checks issued to most riders and officials bouncing or the recipients advised not to cash them as no funds were available. Promises by David R. Shriner, chairman and chief executive officer. and Fairlie Arrow, more...

The combined efforts of animal cloning leader ViaGen Inc. of Austin, TX and performance horse marketing experts Encore Genetics Ltd. (Weatherford, TX, USA) is set to present as many as 30 (thirty) cloned foals next year with foalings starting in February. more...

The Tennessee Veterinary Board has ordered the State to take action against breeders in Tennessee who have inseminated mares other than their own. The Board indicates that this is in contravention of Tennessee Code Annotated sec. 63-12-119, which references "the practice of veterinary medicine without a license". more...

In April this year, Geldnet, the Dutch market leader in cash services, and Edward Gal, the prominent Dutch international dressage rider signed a sponsorship contract. Since then, Edward Gal's horses Lingh, IPS Gribaldi and Nourejev have officially carried the sponsor name Geldnet. more...

Many P(UK) supporters recently braved the artic weather to attend a launch event at Gowdy's at the Racecourse, Maze, for the 2006 P(UK) Northern Ireland Festival. Davina Whiteman, chairman of P(UK), addressed the audience, welcoming them to the event and highlighting details of the 2006 show as well as other support that P(UK) would like to provide to the local membership. more...

Sweden’s number one show jumper fends off rivals to win the Moondarra Christmas Stakes at Olympia
Sweden's Olympic team silver medallist Malin Baryard-Johnsson won the Moondarra Christmas Stakes at Olympia last night. more...

Anky van Grunsven and Keltec Salinero reigned supreme last night in front of a Christmas-spirited full house to take Olympia's FEI World Cup Dressage qualifier. "I loved riding in London", said the seven-time FEI World Cup champion. "The organisers have worked very hard and the crowd was very happy. It is important to have the World Cup in the big cities." more...

Probably the world’s most famous mare, worldchampion young horses Poetin, has died. The extremely talented 8 year old Brandenburg mare Poetin (sired by Sandro Hit), was showed to perfection by Kathrin Meyer zu Strohen winning in Verden the 2003 World Championship Young Horses of the six year olds. more...

The CDI-W Frankfurt kicked off today with the first round of the Nurnberg Burgpokal Finals and the FEI World Cup for Young Riders. In the Nurnberg Burgpokal finals, Monica Theodorescu took the lead aboard Whisper, beating Hubertus Schmidt on Wild Dance. Jessica Werndl won the Young Riders team test. more...

Uptown, Decor Dream Catcher and Florencio were the winning stallions in the second leg of the 2005 KWPN/KNHS Stallion Competition. This second trial was organized at Stable De Ijzeren Man in Weert, The Netherlands. more...