At the third Free Jumping competition in Vechta, the Padarco x Espri offspring Lutter ended in first place. The chestnut mare is bred by Jan Crome-Sperling. more...

During the CSI in Geneva the Duo Breeding Prizes were awarded. The breeders of the leading horses in the 2006 WBFSH/FEI Breeding Rankings were handed the Duo Breeding Prizes by WBFSH chairman Jan Pedersen and Franck Dairin of Merial. more...

Two U.S. riders have been invited to participate in the February 17 FEI*** 160-km HH The President of the UAE Endurance Cup ride in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The United States Equestrian Federation’s (USEF) top-ranked endurance riders, Susan Summers, riding Mags Motivator, and Dr. Meg Sleeper, DVM, riding Shyrocco Troilus, will make the trip to Abu Dhabi to compete at the Emirates International Endurance Village in Al Wathba. more...

Cosequin Wellington Dressage, the first of three shows in the Stadium Jumping, Inc., Dressage Series at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL, wrapped up on Sunday, February 11, after four days of competition, which began on February 8. The show featured USEF high-performance qualifying competition for the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Grand Prix National Championship and the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Intermediaire I National Championship/Pan American Games more...

AFTER a successful week for the irish at the two-star show in Athens, Greece, Malahide-based Conor Swail capped it today (Sunday) with a win in the Athens Grand Prix on the Dutch-bred chestnut gelding Rivaal more...

FRANCIS Connors continued his 2006 Grand Prix campaign with a win at the Mullingar Equestrian Centre today (Sunday), and a move to the top of the league leaderboard. Connors had two of the five horses that made it through to the jump- off in this, the second leg of the Temple Spa Autumn Grand Prix League more...

International Friesian Show Horse Association's (IFSHA) Grand National Horse Show Manager, Gareth A. Selwood, is pleased to announce that the third annual International Friesian Show Horse Association’s Grand National Horse Show will be held November 10-12, 2006, at the incredible “state of the art” South Coast Casino and Equestrian Center in South Las Vegas, NV. more...

The Paso Fino Horse Association's (PFHA) 34th Annual Grand National Championship show at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and AgriCenter brought together the best of the best to compete head-to-head for various titles during the weeklong event. more...

The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) Sport Horse National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Show (Sport Horse Nationals) made its debut in Nampa, ID, from September 20-24, 2006, at the Idaho Horse Park in its first northwest appearance. Horses competed in 69 classes in four divisions: sport horse in-hand and under-saddle, dressage, pleasure carriage driving and hunter/jumper. more...

Eventing World Champion Zara Phillips has won this year’s HOYS Equestrian of the Year title, and the presentation is to be screened at this year’s Horse of the Year Show more...

FEI rules will be reviewed after Ukraine controversially fielded a team of show jumpers who changed nationality this year more...

WEXFORD'S Dave Quigley took second place in today's (Saturday) 1m35 class at Athens, Greece, while yesterday he and three other Irish riders accounted for no less than six of the top ten places in the Grand Prix Qualifier. more...

September saw the start of qualifying competitions for the 29th annual FEI World Cup Jumping Final, and the U.S.’s best show jumping riders are giving it their best shot to be among the elite group that will get to ride in the Final at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV, April 18-22, 2007. more...

Ambitious plans for the UK's largest equestrian centre were unveiled by former Olympic eventer Karen Dixon in Scotland earlier this month. more...

Britain's first new vet school for 50 years is poised to welcome its first intake of undergraduates this week. more...

Through a tragic accident Rubels broke his upper arm this morning. In consultation with several veterinarians, Rubel’s owner Renata Landa had to decide to put him down. more...

It rained on ´Captain Canada´s parade today, but Ian Millar still emerged as the John Deere Canada Cup champion at the Tournament of Champions horse show. more...

Two of the best riders in the world will have their names immortalized with the inaugural Global Champions Tour, sponsored by CN and CN WorldWide. Olympic Champion Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil won the final event in the Tour, the €150,000 VDL Groep Grand Prix at CSI4* Lanaken (BEL) while another Olympian, Ludo Philippaerts of
Belgium, rode away with €250,000 in bonus money after topping the overall Global Champions Tour rankings. more...

In the absence of Spanish top riders Ferrer-Salat, Rambla, Soto and Jimenez, the up and coming combination Rafael Ortiz and G-Nidium won the national champions' title at the 2006 Spanish Dressage Championships at the Centro Ecuestre el Asturcon in Oviedo, Spain, September 22-24, 2006. more...

The Westfalian breeding stallion and Grand Prix dressage horse Dollmann has passed away following a severe colic attack. more...

In the last few weeks the foals of newly approved stallions have been inspected. You can find the short reports here.These are the reports of about the first half of stallions. The other reports will follow shortly. more...

With a goal of creating complete “horsemasters” and a pipeline for future U.S teams, George Morris will conduct a Horsemanship Training Session at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club, Wellington, FL, on January 15-20, 2007. more...

Texas A&M's Continuing & Professional Studies Office (CAPSO) and Dr. J. Warren Evans, Professor Emeritus of Equine Science and author of Horses: A Guide to Selection, Care and Enjoyment, are offering Horse Production & Management Certificate online. more...

Wits End Farm is pleased to announce the upcoming 2006 Wits End Horse Trials CIC*** Level International Horse Competition over 3 days on September 30, 31 and October 1st, 2006. The competition will be exciting as top international competitors from around the world compete during this challenging and unique Canadian Event. more...

Today, 25 September, we celebrate four years to go until the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010 are officially opened in Kentucky (USA). more...

FEI Eventing World Cup Update: Malmö (SWE) Final
Nicolas Touzaint made a spectacular comeback with his wonderful grey horse, Galan de Sauvagere, to take the FEI Eventing World Cup to France for the first time.
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Twenty of Britain's most talented under-23s will compete at the British Open, plus the latest support for other young rider initiatives more...

Carl Hester proved absolutely unstoppable with the talented nine-year-old stallion Pro-Set during the final week of the Spanish sunshine tour as he took all three small tour classes, achieving scores of around 72%. more...

A test never has been won before the last competitor has finished! An unpleasant surprise waited for Anky van Grunsven when her winning stallion of the Grand Prix IPS Krack C suddenly turned his back to the judges and almost left the arena more...

Hometown girl Arlene “Tuny” Page delivered the goods again with Wild One on the final evening of the two-night competition in Wellington, Florida, in the weekend of March 17th and 18th.. Following up her win in the FEI Grand Prix CDI-W she took the victory in the Grand Prix Freestyle CDI-W as well Page and her 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding Wild One more...

The Dressage Gala on Sunday 23 April will be a splendid finale to a unique edition of Jumping Amsterdam. The fabulous evening will be presented by ‘The Next Generation’ with Edward Gal, Kirsten Beckers, Laurens van Lieren, Imke Schellekens-Bartels and Marlies van Baalen. more...

Following her highly scored performance at the 2006 Zwolle International Stallion Show, Marlies van Baalen and Gestut Vorwerk's Oldenburg stallion Relevant have been submitted into the Dutch A-team more...

At the 2006 International Stallion Show in Zwolle, The Netherlands, Warkantos represented his sire Warkant, the 2002 Hanoverian Stallion of Year. The dark bay gelding is one of seven Warkant sons that are currently competing at international Grand Prix level. more...

The 2005 / 2006 World Cup Jumping season consists of 14 Leagues. The following nine Leagues have completed their qualifications more...

Russian rider Elena Kalinina triumphed in the FEI World Cup Central League Final in Warsaw to ensure her place at the FEI World Cup Final in Amsterdam next month more...

Charges have been filed and court dates set for early April in the ongoing AI situation in Tennessee. Persons previously notified by the Veterinary Board that they have been considered to be in contravention of the Veterinary Practice Act as a result of their performing artificial insemination in mares have now been formerly charged and given a court date for early April. more...

Richard Davison and Karachi have produced their best form to date during the second week of the Spanish Sunshine Tour more...

Tweseldown will cease running affiliated events this year, if disagreements with British Eventing (BE) cannot be resolved. Brynley Powell, who runs events at Tweseldown, Hampshire, feels let down by BE after the Fixtures Committee poured cold water on his plans to run a CIC* in conjunction with the CCI** (24-28 May). more...

Thirty-one sport horse breeders from Northern Ireland spent three days in Holland last week. The trip was one of the educational initiatives run by the Half Bred Horse Breeders Society Ltd of Northern Ireland with the support of DARD It was organised by Janice Stevenson, project officer for the HBHBS, and led by Mr Ken Bolton, who is a committee member of the society as well as a member of The Horse Board of Northern Ireland. more...

Henrietta Knight, internationally renowned racehorse trainer, opened Ireland's first Toll Ride at The British Horse Society Ireland and The Countryside Access and Activities Network's (CAAN) official launch for The Grey Abbey Estates 6.5km Equestrian Toll in County Down on 1 March. more...

The dramatic, theatrical display, to be performed by Rebecca Moody, internationally acclaimed up-and-coming dressage rider (see attached), will feature daily at the show. Rebecca will perform movements achieved only at the highest levels of training, to an upbeat, high energy musical montage, captivating the audience and raising hairs on the backs of necks around the arena. more...

The HorseTV Channel announced today that its original series world premiere, Rodeo Nation: Pushing The Barrier will air on Sunday, March 19th at 8:00 P.M., EST. The first season features six competitions from the PRCA Dodge Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals more...

Evi Strasser has been named Dressage Canada Owner of theYear for 2005. This distinguished award recognizes outstanding contributions and support to the sport within Canada. more...

Austrian equestrian journal Steckenpferd reported that Ernst Bachinger's international dressage horse Honeymoon passed away this morning. The liver chestnut was found dead in his stable. He reached the glorious age of 29. more...

A crowd of 8,476 spectators turned out on the final Sunday of the Winter Equestrian Festival at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in Wellington. The hit or miss rain showers of the morning gave way to a splendid afternoon, and the wall to wall crowd was treated to a memorable and dazzling display of show jumping excellence more...

Team Purina Mills USA emerged victorious after two rounds of competition in Wellington, Florida, last night at the fifth annual Cadillac Challenge of the Americas, a benefit for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The Americans claimed victory with an overall score of 98.30%. more...

Reining Olympic and European champion Anky van Grunsven is never defeated before she has ridden her last stride or step. It was a full house at riding arena ‘Den Goubergh’ more...

Laurens Sliepenbeek and Hoby became the FEI Pony Riders' Champions at the 2006 KNHS Dutch Indoor Dressage Championships in Wanroij, The Netherlands, on March 11, 2006. more...

Two 1.50m Classics were the spotlight events on center stage today in the Internationale Arena at the CN Wellington Finale, CSIO 5*, the final week of competition at the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club. more...

McGuinness never noticed the raindrops during the final $30,000 Ariat Grand Prix of this year’s Indio Desert Circuit. Though the rain fell for most of the class, the only lightning to be seen was inside the ring as Rich Fellers and McGuinness flawlessly flashed through a jump-off course packed with 17 other top competitors. more...

In Dortmund after the final in Bremen the new Kampmann series has started of eight valued and highly dotated qualifiers. For the third consecutive time, Ellen Schulten-Baumer was awarded a Kampmann Horse valued at € 20.000 more...

This year it appears that the interest for the international equestrian event Jumping Amsterdam is at a record high. The finals of the FEI World Cup Dressage, that will take place on Thursday 20 and Saturday 22 April, seem to be unusually popular. more...

Show jumping teams from ten countries took the field for two rounds of show jumping in the 2006 $75,000 CN Nations Cup at the Winter Equestrian Festival, but in the end the title was decided in a jump-off off between two riders from the two top teams. more...

Olympic Team Gold Medalist Beezie Madden and her 2004 Athens Olympic partner Authentic set a feverish pace early on that had the rest of the starting field chasing her without success for the entire afternoon. It was another gorgeous, albeit windy day for the crowd that gathered for Round Seven of the WEF Challenge Cup series, the final leg in Wellington more...

A great loss for the Holsteiner and KWPN breeder. The 23-year old show jumper stallion Burggraaf passed away and the 6-year old Oldenburg stallion Denaro passed away at his home Gestut Birkhof. more...

Top Dressage Stars Will Vie for USEF National Grand Prix Freestyle Championship and Spot in World Cup Finals March 16 – 19 in Florida more...

Mary Ross, chairman of the Cadillac Challenge of the Americas, announced today that Klaus Balkenhol, the U.S. Dressage Team Chef d’Equipe, will ride in an exhibition performance at the event. more...

Britain's number one ranked rider Carl Hester has made an outstanding start to the Spanish Sunshine Tour in Vejer de la Frontera, by winning the first of the three small tour competitions. more...

The breeding world is preparing to say farewell to one of its most popular sires of recent years, the former international eventing stallion Jumbo more...

The Oldenburg breeding stallion Donnerschwee has passed away at the beginning of March. The 17-year old Oldenburg stallion suffered from a heart condition which caused a colic attack. more...

The FEI announced today that the 2006 European Pony Championships will move from Fontainebleau (France) to Saumur (France). more...

Just before Christmas, at a seminar at Palmerston North, Olympic and German champion dressage star Isabell Werth said to Raglan rider Jody Hartstone, of her horse Landioso, “He is your professor; learn as much as you can from him while you can”. more...

Without an international championship on the 2005 fixture card for North American event riders, last year was an understandably quiet year. However with a record number of riders fighting for spots on the team for the World Games this summer, the 2006 season was predicted to be exciting. more...

The USEF announced today that two horse/rider combinations have been named to the Show Jumping Short List for the World Equestrian Games, to be held in Aachen Germany, from August 20 through September 3, 2006. more...

FOLLOWING interviews in Dublin today (Monday) the Equestrian Federation of Ireland (EFI) selection committee has appointed Robert Splaine as Team Manager to the Irish Show Jumping Team, subject to the finalisation of contract and personal terms. more...

The HorseTV Channel announced today that it signed a series of agreements with the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) naming it as the charter sponsor of an exclusive programming block called AQHA’S Best of the West. more...

Leslie Morse of Beverly Hills, California, riding her Tip Top 962 earned a score of 76.175% to claim victory in the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle today at the Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI***/CDIY in Loxahatchee, Florida. more...

Riders from around the world assembled for the first event on the all new CN Worldwide Global Champions Tour on Sunday at the Winter Equestrian Festival, but it was a rider from just around the corner from the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club that took home the top prize. Wellington, Florida’s Norman Dello Joio and his long time equine partner Glasgow more...

Olympic Gold Medalist Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil galloped to victory once again in Saturday’s main event at the Winter Equestrian Festival. In doing so, he captured his second 1.50m Classic in a row and notched his third win in five weeks of the Saturday specials. more...

CORK'S Robert Splaine took a decisive victory at the Spanish Sunshine Tour in Vejer de la Frontera today (Saturday) when he piloted his Super League veteran into first place. Splaine beat British star John Whitaker by just under a second in the jump-off in the 1m50 class. more...

It was an American writer who penned “A Long Day’s Journey into Night,” but it was a Brit that once again authored the final show jumping chapter in tonight’s drama that played out in the early morning hours at the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival. Twenty year old Tim Gredley extended Great Britain’s winning streak to three major victories in a row more...

On a gorgeous Thursday afternoon at the Winter Equestrian Festival at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in Wellington, Florida, the flag from Great Britain was once again hoisted to the top of the center ring flag pole for the victory celebration. more...

In late 2005 the FEI determined that to better serve the sport, and because stewards’ responsibilities have considerably expanded, each of the seven FEI disciplines in a National Federation (NF) should have a Steward General. There will also be one overall Coordinating Steward General for each NF. Previously, just one Steward General for all disciplines was appointed in each NF. more...

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) and Las Vegas Events, Inc. (LVE) jointly announced that the FEI World Cup Finals in both show jumping and dressage will return to the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, April 18-22, 2007. more...

From Wednesday 15 until Sunday 19 March, there will be about two hundred stallions taking part in Zwolle International. The competition organisers and visitors can already look forward to an extremely strong field of participants: in both show jumping and dressage there will be the best licensed stallions from various stud books more...

A groundbreaking live webcast of Cross-Country action at the 2006 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Farnam, will give Eventing fans around the world an unprecedented opportunity to watch live action from one of the world’s most prestigious equestrian events. more...

FOLLOWING a meeting of the Equestrian Federation of Ireland (EFI) Executive today (Monday), at Goff's, Co. Kildare, the structure of the EFI Jumping Committee was announced. The structure is as follows: more...

In early February, it was discovered that an error was made loading the data for the breeding value estimates to calculate breeding values. A file with international sport data on 500 horses was not loaded. Although this is a relatively small number out of the more than 100,000 sport scores, the error affects several stallions more...

Smith Topples Skelton as Great Britain Reigns Supreme in the $100,000 Zada Enterprises, LLC Masters Cup at the Winter Equestrian Festival. A quick-moving early morning storm front was the precursor to further overcast skies and much cooler temperatures for Sunday afternoon’s $100,000 Zada Enterprises, LLC Masters Cup at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington. more...

JIM Turner, a leading figure from the Northern Ireland Show Jumping world has died. Jim, (66), from Kinallen, Co Down, was well-known to riders around Ireland due to his involvement in a number of key committees and organisations in equestrian sport. more...

On an off and on rainy Friday at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in Wellington, Florida, Robert Smith of Great Britain over powered a strong starting field of seventy-five to take the top prize in the first section of the Acorn Hill 1.40m Speed Challenge at the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival. more...

It’s back and it’s better than ever! The 2006 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series is officially underway! It will see classes at nearly 100 horse shows across the country before culminating in Year-End Championships at the National Horse Show in Wellington, FL, in December. more...

Next weekend, March 2nd-5th at the National Equestrian Centre, Aratiatia, Taupo, just under 200 horses and riders will be competing in six arenas at all levels of the sport from Preliminary to Grand Prix, for the Bates New Zealand Championship titles. more...

It is 50 years since the first New Zealand dressage championship, when the Burkner Medal was presented to Ron Cropp – who was to become long-time Huntsman at the Waikato Hunt, a successful trainer of steeplechasers like Hunterville and father of current champion jockey, Lisa. more...

Rosevelt has won the annual Stallion Performance Test for Swedish warmbloods at Flyinge State Stud in Sweden, February 19-26, 2006. Veterinarians Melena Behring and Gert Hermansson were responsible for assessing OCD in the X-rays and lamenesses with the horses. more...

Britain's top twelve riders have been invited to compete at the British Open Show Jumping Championships (6-9th April). The prestigious competition offers the biggest single prize in British show jumping and has a prize pot of over £150,000 more...

The National Equine Database in the UK has been beset with more delays as the public launch of the service is put back until October more...

Swiss Life International CSI show jumping competition in Zurich, Switzerland, January 26-29, 2006, takes pride in being the indoor show with the biggest purse money -- 1 million Swiss francs -- more...

The strong and talented Canadian contingent continued to pour it on Thursday at the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival, notching another one-two finish in the WEF Challenge Cup Series more...

The Organising Committee of the2006 FEI World Equestrian Games have confirmed today that they agreed to implement the new FEI Dressage Rules (22nd edition, effective 1 January 2006) and award medals to the winner of the Grand Prix Special. more...

Since three years a popular feature of the Zwolle International, formerly called International Stallion Show is the Havikerwaard Offspring Championship, a competition organized in co-operation with Stallion Station De Havikerwaard from De Steeg. In 2006 this unique championship will be extended to include a dressage competition. The best young show jumping and dressage horses will represent their sires more...

From 15 until 19 March 2006 there will be about 200 stallions taking part during Zwolle International in the IJsselhallen in The Netherlands. The competition organizers and the visitors can already start looking forward to an extremely strong field of participants. The best stallions of various studbooks will be participating more...

Three KWPN bred stallions are named the Chronicle's Horse of the Year in their various disciplines
Judgement - Show Jumping Horse of the Year. Popeye K - Hunter Horse of the Year. Kingston - Dressage Horse of the Year more...

The KWPN stallion Nassau and rider Jeroen Dubbeldam entered the ring accompanied by loud applause. Next several Nassau offspring were Presented, including the approved stallion Thunderbolt and Vodieza, 2005 champion of the jumping mares in Gelderland and highest placed jumping mare at the National Mare Keuring. more...

In the M-class two stallions by Krack C competed each other for the win in the final of the Mitsubishi stallion competition. Throughout the competition it was Decor Dreamcatcher who won all the qualifying rounds. But stallions that are not KWPN approved are excluded from the final. That made that Trento B and Tolando were the stallions that had the most chance to win the final. more...

Following the first training session last week, the Senior Selectors have announced the following three combinations for the British Eventing Squad for this year’s World Equestrian Games in Aachen (August 24 – 27): more...

Finnish Olympic dressage rider Kyra Kyrklund will top the bill at the British Dressage Young Horse & Breeding Championships more...

The Trakehner licensed stallion Ivernel (Arogno x Marlo x Schoner Abend x Hartung) sold to England. The chestnut Trakehner is bred by Mr Horn from Isert more...

The KWPN licensed stallion Junior STV might soon make his comeback in the show ring. The 14-year old Uniform offspring is currently in training with the Dutch Manuela Poulsen more...

Equestrian Association of Malaysia’s Eventing Committee Chairperson, Puan Natasha Mustapha has stated that a selected number of riders will be undergoing a series of clinics and intensive eventing training this year. The SEA Eventing League which will run again this year, will also work as training sessions for them and will be considered part of their selection process more...

For 2006, the Whitney Stone Cup is awarded to Beezie Madden of Cazenovia, NY. Known for style, ability, and gracious manner, Madden had an outstanding year in 2005. With her 2004 Olympic Team Gold Medal partner, Authentic, now owned by Abigail Wexner more...

In advance of the 2006 Spruce Meadows Tournament Season, finishing touches are being put on the new Spruce Meadows Clock Tower in the International Ring. more...

Some of Britain's top Intermediate and Advanced level cross-country courses are about to get a makeover. The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials and British Eventing are working together to raise the quality of cross-country courses at Burghley's qualifying events and have pledged £100,000 towards their improvement more...

For the second Sunday in a row, Aaron Vale of Ocala, Florida, found the Ocala Grand Prix ring to his liking as he guided Serval to a win in the Ocala Winter Festival $50,000 Duggan Equipment Grand Prix. more...

Threats of heavy rain and plummeting temperatures held off, allowing Pine Top Farm to hold their annual warm up competition for riders at the preliminary and intermediate levels. Janet and Glenn Wilson, owners of Pine Top Farm, made a few changes for this year’s show. more...

Dr. Joachim Kemmer, father of German international dressage rider Heike Kemmer, founder of Amselhof Walle, and a renowned horse breeder, has passed away a fortnight ago. On February 6, 2006, he'd turned 83 years old. more...

Sweden's Jan Brink and Bjorsell's Briar overpowered a top class field to claim the FEI World Cup Qualifier in Neumunster, their second victory of two starts this season. "It was wonderful to come and win here", said the Swedish star who broke the mould in winning the Aachen championship last summer. more...

The British Horse Society in conjunction with South Essex Insurance Brokers (SEIB) has announced the 2006 BHS Young Instructor of the Year competition. The search is on to find Britain's best young instructor more...

What an interesting competition in the Grand Prix at the World Cup Qualifier in Neumunster, Germany. Andreas Helgstrand and Blue Hors Cavan beat Aachen winners Jan Brink and Bjorsells Briar. Cavan scored 75.33% and won the class while Briar got 74.92%. More Danish power at the top of the ranking. Lone Jorgensen and Ludewig finished third ahead of the best placing German, Isabell Werth on Warum Nicht FRH more...

After months of collecting and compiling endless amounts of information and interviews, DressageDaily.com is finally ready to present an exclusive series dedicated to sport horse breeding in the United States. more...

The University of Liverpool, UK is offering a new form of equine cataract removal surgery on a routine basis, which could save the sight of thousands of horses. Professor Derek Knottenbelt from the University's Division of Equine Studies and Professor David Wong from the Ophthalmology Research Unit, have developed a unique approach to cataract removal more...

Until recently the record gestation for a horse was reputed to be 417 days, but that record has been well beaten by some Thoroughbred mares in Australia! "Sangam" owned by Lasca Bowcock (Scone, NSW) more...

Dr. Dirk Vanderwall received the prestigious 2005 Theriogenologist of the Year award at the SFT/ACT Annual Convention in Charleston, South Carolina. The award, presented by Fort Dodge Animal Health and the American College of Theriogenologists, includes a plaque and honorarium. Dr. Vanderwall, of Moscow, Idaho, received the award for expertise in clinical theriogenology. more...

No 61 including events starting from 1.2.2005 to 31.1.2006

1. Ehning Marcus GER 3577.13
2. Kürten Jessica IRL 3094.71
3. Pessoa Rodrigo BRA 3091.88 more...

No 61 including events from 1.2.2005 to 31.1.2006

Rk. Previous Rider Horse Number of results Total
taken into account Points
1 1 Anky Van Grunsven NED KELTEC SALINERO 8 2259
2 3 Jan Brink SWE BJORSELLS BRIAR 899 8 2046
3 2 Edward Gal NED GELDNET LINGH 8 2045 more...

On January 31, 2006 the FEI organized a first workshop to discuss the notorious Rollkur training method that caused a big commotion in the dressage world following an article in St Georg magazine August 2005. Sixty experts (veterinarians, judges, and a few journalists) were invited to this workshop more...

The British Warmblood Society in conjunction with the British Hanoverian Horse Society and the Trakehner Breeders Fraternity are delighted to present a selection of some of the top Warmblood stallions standing in the United Kingdom today more...

Here are the latest standings for the $200,000 FTI Rider Challenge at the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival. The
standings include Sunday´s $60,000 Kilkenny/ICH Internationale Cup held on February 12th. The next two qualifying events are the $25,000 WEF Challenge Cup Series, Round Five on Friday, February 17th, and the $75,000 Bainbridge Idle Dice Classic, presented by the Palm Beach Post on Sunday, February 19th in the internationale Arena.
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The following nine Leagues have completed their qualifications: Canada, South America; South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South East Asia, Central Asia, Mexico Qualifying competitions are still pending in the following five Leagues: Arab, USA East Coast, USA West Coast, Central Europe, Western Europe more...

The Dublin Horse Show aims to support the Irish Horse Industry through showcasing the best of Irish horses; acting as a market place; providing leadership through setting standards and rewarding improvements in breeding and performance and by hosting a CSIO Event to the highest standards. more...

A new class for Connemaras has been added to the RUAS 2006 Balmoral Show. The Connemara Pony Class, sponsored by CVC Horseboxes and Equestrian, is expected to be very popular with both owners and visitors to the Show. The Connemara is a quality breed which is exported all over the world. Their achievements In Hand and Under Saddle are numerous, and now they will have their chance to shine at Balmoral more...

At a small luncheon yesterday at the prestigious Lanesborough Hotel in London kindly hosted by Champagne Taittinger, William Fox-Pitt was presented with a cheque for £5000 and Nebuchadnezzar of Champagne Taittinger for taking the inaugural British Eventing Premier League following the season of a life-time in 2005. more...

The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Farnam, one of the world’s most prestigious, action-packed equestrian events, is set to return to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, April 27-30. This year’s event, a United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Selection Trial for the Eventing World Championships at the 2006 World Equestrian Games in Aächen more...

Austria's Thomas Fruhmann raced to his third victory in the 2005/2006 FEI World Cup Jumping series at Vigo in Spain tonight with another magnificent performance from his 10 year old gelding, The Sixth Sense, who devastated the opposition with a scorching last-to-go run in the 14-horse jump-off. more...

Jessica Werndl has won the selection trial in Warendorf for the 2006 Piaff Forderpreis show circuit. Forty riders were entered to compete, thirty-three showed up and eleven have been selected to participate in the 2006 Piaff Forderpreis circuit. more...

A highly interesting field of competitors is getting ready for the first World Cup Qualifier of 2006 in Neumunster, Germany. Offering a programme of national and international FEI classes, the Neumunster show annually attracts Europe's best dressage riders. The show features a Nurnberg Burgpokal qualifier, a national small and big tour and the international World Cup Qualifier classes more...

Breeding stallions Kennedy and Laptop have moved to Sweden where they will stand at stud this 2006 breeding season. The KWPN licensed stallion Kennedy will be up for stud at Brood Farm Lindevik, The Hanoverian sire Laptop has been leased by Flyinge. more...

This weekend 11-12 Feb at the Zangersheide Stud is the annual open days. Nevertheless the programme has been completely changed. On Saturday morning (8h30)we start with the championship free jumping for 3-yr-old Z-horses. 73 z-horses have registered for this competition. The 10 best horses can divide 4 500 euro. Saturday afternoon we continue with the traditional presentation of the Zangersheide Stud stallions. more...

Wamberto, the brand new KWPN licensing champion by Rousseau x Voltaire, has been sold to Harmony Sporthorses in the United States. Wamberto's owner Adriaan van der Goor agreed to sell his young stallion to Harmony Sporthorses at the licensing in 's Hertogenbosch more...

All-round recreational horses and ponies are to be included in British Breeding's Young Horse Evaluations this year. The new 'recreational' section is designed to recognise horses that are suitable for non-professional riders and temperament will be an important consideration in the evaluation procedure. A section for sports ponies has also been included in this year's series. more...

The FEI is to trial leg-swabbing to deal with concerns that some riders may be applying substances to their horse's legs to make them more sensitive. More random equine dope tests are to be introduced this year, as well as elective testing and leg-swabbing trials, as part of the International Equestrian Federation's (FEI) tougher stance on doping in equestrian competition. more...

British Olympic team rider Emma Hindle has retired her long time Grand Prix partner Wie Weltmeyer from competition in a very emotional farewell ceremony at the Stallion Show of Privately Owned Sires in Verden on February 4, 2006. The Hanoverian licensed stallion Wie Weltmeyer (by Weltmeyer x Dynamo) has been more...

Sven Rothenberger's top Grand Prix horse Barclay II has been sold for 50% to the German performance stable Hofgut Liederbach. The Hanoverian gelding will be ridden by the 27-year old Belgian Grand Prix rider Carl Cuypers. more...

Italy's Juan Carlos Garcia and the veteran Loro Piana Albin stormed to victory at the ninth leg of the FEI World Cup Jumping series in Bordeaux, France tonight to firmly secure a qualifying spot at the final in Kuala Lumpur in April. Bordeaux is famous for its fine wines, and the 18 year old Albin produced a truly vintage performance when, third-last to go in the nine-horse jump-off, he showed the rest of the field a clean pair of heels more...

It was a perfect star spangled afternoon in the Internationale Arena at the Palm Beach Polo and Equestrian Club as Silver turned to Gold when the 2004 Olympic Team Gold medals were awarded to the United States Show Jumping Team. more...

The 34th annual Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) offers divisions at every experience level for horse and rider. Some of the most appreciated are the Young Jumper sections, which are offered for five, six, and seven/eight year old horses. more...

On a beautiful Super Sunday at the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival, Lauren Hough and Casadora produced the only clear round in the jump-off to ride away with the top prize in the main event, the $60,000 Wellington Cup, presented by Carlisle, CSI 3*. The Sunday action wrapped up the second week of competition at the nine week long equestrian extravaganza being held at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in Wellington, Florida. more...

The extravagantly moving and licensed Welcome Sir has become the price highlight of the 2006 KWPN Select Sale, the auction of licensed and non-licensed stallions following the 2006 KWPN Stallion Licensing in 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Welcome Sir sold for 220,000 euro to Mary Alice Malone of Iron Spring Farm in Coatesville, PA, USA
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Wamberto, a bay Rousseau x Voltaire son, became the 2006 KWPN Licensing Champion in 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. The dark bay colt stood out with his power and suppleness and was also the crowds' favourite. Wamberto is bred by L. Heida and owned by Adriaan van der Goor and the breeder. more...

Uptown, Tolando and Florencio have won the 2006 KWPN/KNHS Stallion Competition Finals which were held at the 2006 KWPN Stallion Licensing in 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Hans Peter Minderhoud rode all three winning horses. more...

A most productive workshop was held on 31 January 2006 at the Olympic Museum and jointly organised by the Dressage and Veterinary Committees. The point of this meeting is to reassure the “Dressage Community” that the controversial issue of “Rollkur” (overbending) is being addressed by highly experienced experts from the equine world. more...

Following the launch of the International Academy of Cross Country Design and Build (AoD) last year, Academy Director Mike Etherington-Smith is delighted to announce that the first International Design Course will take place 1 – 3 May 2006 at Hartpury College in Gloucestershire. more...

Here are the latest standings for the $200,000 FTI Rider Challenge at the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival. Standings include Thursday’s $25,000 WEF Challenge Series, Round Two. The next qualifying event is Sunday’s $60,000 Wellington Cup, presented by Carlisle. more...

Week two of the thirty-fourth annual Winter Equestrian Festival is in high gear at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in Wellington, Florida. Mario Deslauriers and Naomi went into overdrive to race away with the victory in today’s main event at the Gold Coast Jumper Classic, presented by Carlisle. more...

The 13-year old Hanoverian licensed stallion Del Piero has been sold to Denmark as a sport horse. The Danish junior rider Shanta Rye-Munkbak will be competing him at FEI Junior Riders level. Under his owner Susan Draper/Pape, Del Piero became the 1998 Bundeschampion in the 5-year old division and the Reserve Champion in the 6-year old division at the 1999 World Young Dressage Horse Championships in Arnheim. more...

The United States Equestrian Federation, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Scott Hassler as the National Young Horse Dressage Coach, as part of the highly successful Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Program. The establishment of this coaching position is an illustration of the Federation’s continuing initiatives to support and emphasize structured development of future FEI-level dressage horses and riders. more...

As 2006 gets underway, attention is fully-focused on the World Equestrian Games which take place in Aachen, Germany later in the summer. LOUISE PARKES, European correspondent for PhelpsSports.com, looks at some of the facts and figures surrounding the fifth equestrian world championships more...

The 2005 Hanoverian Reserve Licensing Champion Primetime has been returned to the Hanoverian Verband. The black Prince Thatch xx x Wenzel offspring, purchased by Paul Schockemohle and Blue Hors Stud at the 2005 Hanoverian licensing for 580,000 euro, turned out to be infertile. The owners complained to the Hanoverian Verband which annulled the sale of the stallion. more...

At the 2006 NRPS Stallion Licensing, nineteen stallions in total obtained a license to breed for the NRPS society. Ten of them were 3-year old stallions, nine were older stallions. Champion of the licensing was a 4-year old Ferrero, by Ferro out of Kabola (by Darwin x J Amagun). The dark bay stallion is bred by Mr Koppel and owned by Jacques Maree, Mr van Mierlo and Mr. Slier. According to the NRPS licensing committee, this dark bay stallion had the best trot. more...

British-based Irish international dressage rider Yvette Truesdale scored 70.94 per cent with Has to be Fun to win the advanced 100 class at Hand Equisport Ltd, Somerset last week. The nine year old son of the German sire Welt Hit narrowly missed out winning more...

Another export record achieved for Hanoverian riding horses. Although outside the temperature fell, the prices of the winter auction of Hanoverian riding horses on January 28 were rising. 113 horses were sold at an average auction sales price of Euro 12.693,00. more...

Management agency BMC has added the combination Marlies van Baalen/Relevant to their sponsorship plan. BMC has been sponsoring show jumper Jeroen Dubbeldam and several of Van Baalen's horses for a short while, but the BMC Group is looking to support more talented combinations. Gestut Vorwerk's Oldenburg licensed stallion Relevant (by Rubinstein) is the newest member of their plan. more...

Native British pony bloodlines are at the heart of the continent's top sport ponies, but Britain has been slow to realise the potential of this growing market. Specialist sport ponies bred on the continent are finding their way to Britain in ever-greater numbers. Yet, ironically, many of these well-moving, glamorous continental ponies are returning to the home of their ancestors. more...

There is no stopping Jessica Kurten. The Irish show jumper continued her unbeatable form this weekend, winning a new Mercedes in the Swiss Masters and €32,000 in the Swiss Classic. An attempt by Britain's Michael Whitaker to put a stop to Kurten's domination proved unsuccessful when she trumped him by more than a second in the Swiss Masters. more...

The FEI has decided that, when applied by skilled trainers, there is no scientific evidence that the training method known as rollkür (overbending or working deep) is abusive to the horse more...

Nick Skelton swept the board at the 2005 British Show Jumping's Awards Ball on Tuesday, taking home four awards. The Olympic silver medallist scooped British Show Jumping's top accolade, the 2005 Leading Rider Award as well as being voted Riders' Rider of the Year by the top 100 riders. Nineteen-year-old Ellen Whitaker was crowned Leading Rider Under 21. more...

Sue Benson is to design the cross-country course for the Pan-American Games. The competition is being hosted by Rio, Brazil from 13 to 29 July 2007 and will act as a qualifier for the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Benson, who finished second at Badminton in 1979 and has designed courses at Bramham and Boekelo is thrilled to be involved in Rio 2007 more...