KWPN keur and preferent stallion Ferro has just passed away on Friday. The black licensed stallion suffered from a severe colic attack and could not be rescued. Owners Jan Lamers and Adriaan van der Goor are both in shock because of the sudden death of their beloved stallion. They are currently at the Equine Clinic in Utrecht, The Netherlands, further investigating Ferro's passing. more...

Full Results of the Belgium Horse Auction Held on the 11th February 2005 Manège Panhof (Peer) in Belgium. more...

Jerry Smit is moving to Ludger Beerbaum’s stable in Riesenbeck. The Italian will take his top horse Nadir with him more...

Last Sunday the semi finals for the Netherlands Indoor Championships took place at the KNHS centre in Ermelo which will shortly be finalized in Roosendaal. In the ‘Light-tour’ Madeleine Vrees was uppermost. Reduson’s Patser has recently found his footing at this level and the young, brown Jazz son more...

FEI World Cup Jumping Update: Vigo (ESP) Tina Lund made it a magnificent double when landing her second victory in the FEI World Cup Jumping 2004/2005 series in Vigo, Spain. The Danish rider, who turned 24 last month, showed more...

NEWS FROM THE USA Top Two Contenders Holding Steady in U.S. West Coast League Standings; Only Three West Coast Qualifiers Remain Before Selecting the West Coast Representatives for the 2005 World Cup Finals. Richard Spooner, Joie Gatlin, and Nicole Simpson are one step closer to securing their spots more...

The National Pony Society, Ponies (UK) and the British Native Pony Breed Societies are holding a joint seminar focusing on the "British native pony" at Warwickshire Agricultural College, Moreton Morrell, Warks this Saturday (19 February) from 10am to 4pm. more...

Saigon In Training with Karin Nissen, Davinci to Hans Peter Minderhoud. The 7-year old Swedish warmblood stallion Saigon 1034 is in training with Danish Grand Prix rider Karin Nissen. Saigon is by Sack out of Swing by Swift x Urbino. He was bred by Anki Larsson from Ystad, Sweden, and is owned by Madlen Ohman and Gert Nilsson from Osby, Sweden more...

Hubertus Schmidt, Mariette and Raymond Withages & Linda Zang will be conducting a special Dressage Workshop at Dr Cesar Parra's barn in Jupiter, Florida, March 7-8, 2005. The event will begin with a more...

In July, the Hanoverian licensed stallion Weltmeyer II van de Zuuthoeve (by Weltmeyer x Lungau) was put down. The chestnut stallion, who caused a big stir in the Belgian Warmblood Society because more...

Caroline Royston, BE Regional Director for the new Central East area, has decided to move on to pursue other career and business opportunities. Although with BE for just one year, Caroline made a huge impact in the region by instigating new training initiatives, bringing new fixtures into the calendar and was instrumental in developing the new Regional Director role and structure. Caroline will see out the first six weeks of the 2005 season to help with the handover to her successor. more...

Some of the world’s best riders and horses are placing their bets on Las Vegas this year, eager to see if their scores from earlier qualifying competitions will be enough to earn a ticket to the entertainment capital of the world in April. If they make the final cut, they’ll join the ranks of dozens of world-class athletes, each hoping their skill, combined with Lady Luck, will earn the coveted title of World Cup Champion. more...

At a time when you have just lost your broodmare or your recently orphaned foal needs a foster mother urgently where do equestrian owners turn? You often hear on the radio and TV, requests for foster ewes or orphan lambs needed urgently, but where can equestrian breeders get help that covers all Ireland looking for a suitable partner? The Northern Ireland Horse Board has devised a system more...

Cavan Horse Marketing Centre closed yet another year on a high note and are now working extremely hard to make 2005 outshine even more. It seems 2004 is just a distant memory but to look back over the year Cavan will be busy in trying to surpass it in 2005.The first International Performance sale of 2004 had a great bearing on how the sales year began when more...

The British Horse Society (BHS) has awarded Honorary Fellowships to Ian Stark OBE, Captain Mark Phillips CVO, Stephen Clarke and Kenneth Clawson - in recognition of their outstanding coaching contributions to the equine industry. Granting the Fellowship is the highest accolade more...

The Equine Fertility Unit is holding an open Day on the 4th March. Prof Twink Allen and his team will demonstrate embryo transfer techniques more...

A prestigious new showing championship, with a final at the British Jumping Derby Meeting at Hickstead, has been launched for racing Throughbreds.
Thoroughbreds who have been bred for the racetrack and have gone on to enjoy success in the show ring now have a prestigious new championship to qualify for. more...

The BEF is to hold two meetings to explain anti-doping rules to competitors while the FEI taskforce looks at defining the difference between doping and medication more...

At the conclusion of their meeting in San Patrignano (ITA), the FEI Technical Delegate Jon Doney, the President of the Organising Committee Giacomo Muccioli, the show director Eleonora Ottaviani, and the technical advisor Emile Hendrix presented the schedule for the 2005 FEI European Jumping Championship. The event, which will take place at the community’s equestrian centre, will be held from 20 to 25 July 2005. more...

The FEI Task Force on Medication and Doping Chaired by Mr Sven Holmberg (SWE) held it second meeting in Paris on 2 February. The Task Force began by reviewing the many meeting that had taken place with members and various interested parties such as the International Jumping Riders Club, FEI Groups I and II and the Swedish Trotting Association. more...

George Morris, who was appointed to the Search Committee for the new U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe based on his credentials as a leading U.S. Show Jumping rider, trainer and coach, has resigned from the Committee effective January 24, 2005. The remaining members of the Search Committee are Karen O'Connor, Eric Straus, Chairman, Norman Dello Joio, Anne Kursinski, Jessica Ransehousen, and Robert Ridland.“After careful consideration I have decided to explore the possibility of applying for the position of Chef d’Equipe myself. more...

Last year, course designer Richard Jeffery of Dorsett, UK, set a record at the United States Equestrian Federation. He was the first to have been awarded Course Designer of the Year, on six separate occasions. Once again, Jeffery adds to that record-winning streak, receiving the Mr. & Mrs. William C. Cox Memorial Trophy for a seventh time. In addition to the 2004 award, Jeffery enjoyed the title in 1989, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2002 and 2003. more...

The Canadian Eventing High Performance Committee announced today that James C. Wofford will not be renewing his contract as the Canadian Eventing Team’s International Technical Advisor (ITA). After mutually agreeable discussions, Mr. Wofford has decided to pursue other professional interests more...

Canadian Eventing High Performance Committee is pleased to announce the National Team Short List and Long List for 2005. The riders/horses were selected based on their 2004 results at international three-day competitions. The members of the 2004 Olympic Eventing Team are included on the list. Members of the 2005 Short List are as follows: more...

The Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL, is presenting live webcasts of horse show competition for its 10 weeks of hunter-jumper horse shows. Stadium Jumping, Inc, in association with Productions East Video and XMIevents.com, presents live coverage online to the delight of horse show fans across the country. more...

The West Coast Active Riders (WCAR) organization is pleased to announce the winners of their 2005 Meritorious Riders Scholarship (MRS). The winners were judged on academic and athletic merit, and they were given a scholarship by generous California horse shows to help pay for showing and stabling fees. The scholarship will enable the two deserving riders to compete at “A” level horse shows while still furthering their education. more...

As announced by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) earlier this week, German Olympian Ludger Beerbaum filed an appeal on February 3 with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the decision taken by the FEI Judicial Committee. The FEI Judicial Committee disqualified Beerbaum and his horse, Goldfever 3, from the Athens Olympic Games Show Jumping competitions—competitions in which the pair helped lead the German team to a Gold medal victory. more...

Richard Spooner, Joie Gatlin, and Nicole Simpson are one step closer to securing their spots as U.S. representatives from the West Coast League for the 2005 World Cup Finals in Las Vegas, April 20-24. Each separated by a mere point, Spooner stands at 63 qualifying points, Gatlin at 62, and Simpson at 61. more...

All owners, trainers, competitors and riders intending to take horses to the United States should be aware that there are now two sets of revised U.S. import requirements that may impact the ease with which horses cross the border from Canada to the United States. New regulations are now in effect, more...

Hubert Bourdy kept the home crowd happy with a superb victory riding VDL Groep Eve des Etisses at the ninth leg of the FEI World Cup Jumping series in Bordeaux tonight. The French fixture attracted nine of the top ten riders in the world including six from Germany but it was German-based Irishwoman Jessica Kuerten who slotted into runner-up spot ahead of Marcus Ehning while Britain's Michael Whitaker finished fourth. more...

With 2502 points, Ludger Beerbaum (GER) has the slightest margin (6 points) over Brazilian Rodrigo Pessoa, his runner-up in the FEI Gandini World Jumping Riders Rankings, who just won the Grand Prix of Amsterdam. more...

Anky Van Grunsven (NED) leads the FEI BCM World Dressage Riders Rankings with an unchanged score of 79.498 points, almost 3 points ahead of her runner-up Debbie McDonald (USA), at 76.734. There are no less than 6 nationalities represented in the World Top Ten of the discipline. more...

The 2004 / 2005 FEI World Cup Jumping season consists of 13 Leagues. The following seven Leagues have completed their qualifications: Canada, South America, South Africa, Central Asia, South East Asia, Japan, and New Zealand. Qualifying competitions are still ongoing in the following six Leagues: Australia, Arab, Central Europe, West Europe, USA East Coast and USA West Coast. more...

As in2004, the FEI has again agreed with the World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, to limit the number of riders included in the FEI’s "Registered Testing Pool" (RTP). We have chosen the top riders from the Olympic disciplines using the ranking lists as follows: more...

The FEI has evolved greatly over the last few years. It has become a more global organisation and has demonstrated a firm will to involve all stakeholders of equestrian sport in its actions. In the dynamic context of today's sport scene, where brands are being created not only to attract spectators and participants but to also meet commercial targets, a strong and recognisable brand has become a key element to ensure both the competitive development of the sport and its revenue more...

Readers of the American equestrian magazine Chronicle of the Horse have named Guenter Seidel, U.S. Horseman of the Year 2004, and FBW Kennedy, U.S. Dressage Horse of the Year 2004. more...

Imke Schellekens and her black licensed stallion OO Seven won the 2005 VHO Cup at the 2005 KWPN Stallion Licensing in 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. OO Seven defeated his three competitors in the Intermediaire I kur to music by scoring 76,92% for his freestyle which is based on Irish music. more...

On the evening of February 5, 2005, Vico and Verdi were proclaimed Licensing Champions of the 2005 KWPN Stallion Licensing in 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Verdi became the grand champion of the dressage stallions in the champion's ring At the KWPN stallion licensing. Verdi is a Jazz x Flemmingh offspring bred by Mr van de Vleuten from St. Oedenrode and is owned by Henk Nijhoff. more...

Sandreo, Scandic and Rhodium have become the grand champions of the 2004-2005 KWPN/KNHS Stallion Competition, of which the finals were held this week at the 2005 KWPN Stallion Licensing in 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. more...

The bay stallion Valeron became the price highlight at the 2005 KWPN Select Sale auction of licensed ande non-licensed stallions, following the 2005 KWPN Stallion Licensing in 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Valeron, who is by Sandro Hit x Houston sold for 150,000 euro to horse dealer Wim Zegwaard more...

140,000 euro, that is the new price record achieved at a winter auction of Hanoverian sport horses in Verden. A jumping fan from Rhineland purchased the mare Grafinia (by Graf top x Narew xx) for that amount of money and set a new record for the Verden Winter Auction. more...

American Olympic team rider Steffen Peters has a new dressage star in his barn. Perters got the ride over Lombardi, a 12-year old Holsteiner gelding owned by Akiko Yamazaki from Woodside, Ca. "I’m really excited about my new grand prix horse Lombardi " Peters said and praised the horse for its outstanding talent for the piaffe and passage. more...

Colombian Olympic dressage rider Dr. Cesar Parra has a new star in his barn, the 8-year old Hanoverian licensed stallion Wild Dance. Parra's long time sponsors Ann Whitten and Marylou Sparks of Horses Unlimited have purchased this chestnut stallion as Parra's equine partner for achieving a 2008 Bejing Olympic berth. more...

Arko III, Bjorsell’s Briar and Viceroy II are among the stallions available for stud duties through this year's Supporters of British Breeding silent auction. There are some exciting sires on offer in this year's Supporters of British Breeding fund-raising silent auction of stallion nominations. Broodmare owners should be spoiled for choice, with established and young sires on offer from the three major disciplines. more...

Former deputy director Elizabeth Inman has been named as the new event director of Burghley International Horse Trials following Andrew Tulloch's departure last year more...

Top KWPN stallions Ferro and his son Lorenzo CH will delight breed enthusiasts when they perform a pas de deux to music from The Godfather later this week. Elite KWPN dressage sire Ferro and his licensed son Lorenzo CH, who is owned and ridden by British grand prix rider Wayne Channon more...

American eventing's top brass accept that short format eventing is the future of the sport and that they will have to embrace it to be successful on the world stage. more...

Winsome Adante was crowned the top British-bred horse at the Athens Olympics at the Supporters of British Breeding dinner, where breeders celebrated their most successful horses of 2004 The eventer Winsome Adante led the way at the Supporters of British Breeding dinner when breeders Chris and Janet Gooch received the Dodson & Horrell Award for the best British-bred horse at the 2004 Olympics. more...

UK Sport and Sport England will substantially increase the funding to equestrian sports over the next four years, bringing the total figure to £9m. The British Equestrian Federation has announced that combined funding from UK Sport and Sport England for 2005 to 2009 will be worth some £9m. The figure doesn't include UK Sport's award for Paralympic dressage, which will be announced at the end of the month. more...

A new study has found that Irish Draught horses are becoming increasingly in-bred which could cause irreparable damage to this historic breed. Numbers of Irish Horse Board-approved outcross Draught stallions available to Irish breeders has decreased at an alarming rate, according to a new study. more...

The Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre (TRC) has unveiled plans to convert a 266-acre dairy farm into a state-of-the-art rehabilitation centre. The charity is planning to move to its new base at Whinney Hill, in Halton, Lancashire, this summer. more...

L'Année Hippique An exclusive gift....and a true collector's item....The International Equestrian Year: Olympic Edition
For half a century, the International Sporthorse Yearbook L'Année Hipique has been published in close cooperation with the Fédération Equestre International (F.E.I.). In over 470 pages the entire equestrian season is described in English and German; offering detailed reports on all major equestrian events and championships. Supported by full colour pictures and interesting feature stories, every edition is unique and an essential part of every equestrian library. more...