The UK's first dedicated equestrian training and sport centre at Ffos Las in Carmarthenshire hopes to open by 2006 despite funding problems more...

Ryan Prater follows in the footsteps of many British riders who have gone on to international success by winning the Accenture Young Show Jumper of the Year at Olympia more...

Nadine Capellmann's World Champion and Olympic gold dressage horse Farbenfroh passed away on Monday December 20, 2004. The 14-year old Westfalian gelding was operated on more...

The licensed Hanoverian stallion Bernstein has been sold to Yvonne Losos de Muniz of the Dominican Republic. Bernstein made great fame as a young horse more...

At the second KNHS/KWPN Stallion Competition show at De Ijzeren Man in Weert, 4-year old Sandreo, five year old Scandic and six-year old Rhodium took highest honors. more...

First half of the FEI World Cup Dressage Western European League will conclude in Christmas Spirit. The FEI World Cup Dressage trail heads to Belgium next week as the Flanders Christmas Horse Show in Mechelen's Nekkerhal hosts the fifth Western European League qualifier. more...

FEI World Cup Jumping Update: London, Olympia Britain’s Richard Davenport produced the biggest result of his career to win the fifth leg of the FEI World Cup Jumping series at the Great Hall in Olympia, London today.
Riding the nine year old mare Laguina, the 24 year old rider who is based near Manchester in England more...

The Breeds & Industry Division of Equine Canada would like to invite all breed associations, provincial federations and interested industry stakeholders to attend upcoming information sessions at the Alberta Horse Owners and Breeders Conference on Friday, January 7th, 2005. more...

The FEI Task force on Doping and Medication Control held its first meeting in Lausanne on the 15th December. Chaired by Mr Sven Holmberg (SWE) the Task Force heard submissions from the FEI Legal Department, the FEI Communications department, the Chairman of the FEI Medication Sub Committee Mr Andrew Higgins (GBR), and the Chairman of the FEI Judicial Committee Mr Ken Lalo (ISR). more...

The Schedule, Rules and Guidelines for the 2005 series of the South Essex Insurance Brokers / British Breeding Young Horse Evaluations (now in its 4th year) and the Rules for the new Bailey's Horse Feeds / British Breeding Futurity Scheme are now available as a downloadable and printable pdf file on more...

The German Equestrian Federation, based in Warendorf, will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2005 more...

The Swedish Olympic riders have been nominated to the Swedish sports equivalent of the Oscars. The bronze medal winning team with Malin Baryard, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, Peder Fredricson and Peter Eriksson are nominated in category Best team of the year. more...

The current World Champion, three Olympic team winners and three medallists from the Spanish Championships compete for 330.00 euros in CSI 5* La Coruña, the first five star show jumping event held in this leading Spanish equestrian centre. more...

Leading the 200,000 Euro Telefonica Grand Prix at the CSI***** La Coruna (ESP) Saturday evening with the fastest clear round in the initial round Tinka´s Boy stumbled after the fourth fence in the jump-off. Veterinary examinations in La Coruna showed that the stallion suffered more...

At the big five star CSI in Spain’s La Coruna Wim Schröder won his umpteenth Grand Prix for this year. He jumped a double clear round in the 1.60 with Eurocommerce. The only other double clear round Was France’s Michel Robert with Galet d’Auzay but his time was a little slower more...

The jumping stallions showed some beautiful sport in Weert. The grey Casco (by Casavelle) won the Z ridden by Gerald Geesink. Regilio (by Heartbreaker) was second followed by the AES approved Le Blancheur WLS (by Elmshorn). more...

Spain's Beatriz Ferrer-Salat and Beavalais put on a sparkling performance to win Olympia's inaugural FEI World Cup Dressage Qualifier. Last to go, the Spanish combination showed how Olympic team silver and individual bronze were won more...

James R. Wolf has been selected by the USEF to assume the leadership of the Federation’s High Performance discipline programs as the Executive Director of High Performance. He had been serving as Interim Executive Director. more...

This year, it was a showjumper that became the price highlight at the 2004 P.S.I. Auction in Ankum, Germany, on December 12, 2004. An Asian jumping rider purchased the bay Holsteiner gelding Quin Chin (Quantum x Campione) for 1,200,000 euro. Quin Chin, who became the 2004 World Young Horse Show Jumping Champion
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For the third consecutive year, Ainsley Vince of Milton, ON, and Catch 22 have won the 2004 Jump Canada Series.
Riding Catch 22, a 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Trinity Farms, Vince, 28, accumulated 206.3 points throughout the 2004 competition season in the national show jumping series more...

As the top two riders in the Canadian League World Cup standings, Eric Lamaze and Jill Henselwood have earned invitations to compete in the 2005 World Cup Final held April 20-25 in Las Vegas, NV. Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, earned a total of 44 points to win the Canadian World Cup League more...

For the first time ever, the famous London Olympia show will open its doors early to host an FEI World Cup Dressage qualifier. A strong field of 25 riders from nine countries has arrived in London to contest the fourth leg of the Western European League season, which commences tomorrow evening with the first round Grand Prix. more...

The Ulster-bred eventing stallion Ringfort Tinkatoo has been exported to the USA where he is competing with Floridian rider Ruthie Harbison of Suwannee Farms. Bred and owned by Diane Harron Eakin from Ringfort Stud near Killyleagh Co Down, Tinkatoo is sired by the international showjumper Tinka's Boy more...

Two high-profile insiders of the sport of eventing have been appointed to fill the positions of British Eventing Sports and Technical Manager and Director of Windsor Horse Trials this week. more...

The final of the Zangersheide Sires of the World competition will be organised during the Flanders Christmas Horse Show in Mechelen (26 - 30 / 12 / 2004). The class is open for all licensed stallions, but different from last year is
that the points earned in the final are just the same as in the other competitions (Lanaken, Hasselt). In the lead at the moment is Rascin R more...

Rosselini was the most expensive horse at the 37th Vechta Special. This gray gelding by Royal Diamond – Oldtimer xx, bred by Heinrich Westermann in Visbek, was sold to Celine Anciaux and Michel Toussaint for 25,500 Euro. more...

John Wayne got me riding. I always liked horses as a kid, but watching him in films riding full speed across all kinds of country is the first thing I remember. I must confess it wasn’t really the films I was interested in, as I can’t remember any of them. It was just the way they were riding the horses. more...

Brazil’s Rodrigo Pessoa produced a sparkling performance with Baloubet du Rouet to win the fourth leg of the FEI World Cup Jumping 2004/2005 series in Geneva this afternoon. Going fifth in the thrilling 11-horse jump-off, Baloubet stormed home in 38.80 seconds and none of the rest could match that time with Germany’s Christian Ahlmann and Coster slotting into runner-up spot following a slow and careful clear. more...

Two German Olympic team gold medal-winning combinations battled it out for the top slot in Maastricht where Hubertus Schmidt and Wansuela Suerte narrowly snatched victory over Heike Kemmer and Bonaparte by a
fraction of a point. In Wansuela Suerte's first outing since Athens, she and Schmidt took command in both the Grand Prix and the FEI World Cup Freestyle qualifier more...

Germany’s Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum stormed to victory in the FEI/Gandini Top 10 Final presented by Rolex in Geneva tonight where the battle of champions kept spectators on the edges of their seats. Riding the 11 year old Shutterfly the 34 year old American-born rider produced two rounds of pure magic and defending champion Rodrigo Pessoa from Brazil had to settle for runner-up spot while Marcus Ehning finished an unlucky third. more...

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) will induct two equestrians into the USDF Hall of Fame and award one equestrian with the USDF Lifetime Achievement Award during the Salute Gala on December 2, 2004, at the USDF National Convention & Symposium in Lexington, KY. Hall of Fame inductees have made outstanding contributions more...

The American Quarter Horse is by far the most versatile horse in the world, proven by its success in many different arenas. From cutting to reining and racing to ranching and even dressage, American Quarter Horses thrive in nearly every discipline. more...

The American Quarter Horse Association and the United States Dressage Federation are pleased to announce a joint initiative to support and encourage the American Quarter Horse in dressage. Earlier in the year, in order to address growing demands for dressage recognition, AQHA announced a one-year trial program to evaluate the number and scores of American Quarter Horses competing in dressage more...

Every year the Oldenburg Horse Center, Vechta, opens up its doors for Stallion Presentations of the privately owned Stallion Stations.Stallion owners take the opportunity to present their well known and newly passed stallions in various pictures to the interested breeders before the start of the breeding season. more...

Jan Williams, of North Hatfield, Massachusetts set the stage when she imported the wonderful Rohdiamant son Rodioso into the United States after his stallion approvals in 2001. She campaigned her horse to magnificent wins at Devon 2001 more...

Two of Iron Spring Farm’s Friesian stallions were invited to perform in Holland at the 125th anniversary show of the Royal Association "Het Friesch Paarden-Stamboek", the Friesian Studbook (FPS) on November 20, 2004. Goffert 369 and Heinse 354 performed musical freestyles during the gala evening entertainment celebrating 125 years of Friesian breeding. The performance showcased both stallions’ FEI level dressage talent. more...

All things come to those who wait" they say and certainly that was true at the Mt Gambier Australian Showjumping Championships on the weekend. Robert Agnew chose to start DP Envy only in the obligatory National Teams competition on Friday in order to keep him fresh for the City of Mt Gambier Australian Championship event. more...

At an Annual Dinner at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne last night, Australian Eventing "Chief" James Lavington Dunn was inducted as an Associate Member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. more...

Changing times for top event horses as Call Again Cavalier moves to Mary King's yard and Karen Dixon's Smart Enough is sold to Sasha Harrison Olympic event rider Mary King is to take over the ride on Call Again Cavalier, the promising four-star horse more...

Riders, owners and show organisers have voted Belfast Horse Show as the best global indoor venue - with probably the same electric atmosphere as depicted in the heady days of showjumping at Madison Square Garden, the White City and Horse of the Year Show at Wembley Stadium. more...

The Swiss Equestrian Federation has announced its provisional dressage teams for the 2005 show season. Team coach Jurgen Koschel and chef d'Equipe Michel d'Arcis selected the Grand Prix (Elite) team for Switzerland. Team trainer for the Junior/Young riders team is Michael Deters. Swiss Young Riders' Chef d'Equipe is Regula Straumann, Swiss Junior Riders Chef d'Equipe is Eva Senn. more...

The 7-year old KWPN licensed stallion Paganini has been sold to Cheryl Meisner of Canada. Bred by H.A. Verberne from Vlierden, The Netherlands, owned by Jo Rutten and trained by Bert Rutten, Paganini has been trained to Grand Prix level. more...

Danielle Torano, Brianne Goutal, Eduardo Sanchez Navarro, and Lauren Hester emerged as champions of the 2004 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series. The Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series conducted its largest Series ever in 2004, with classes at nearly 100 horse shows across the nation. more...

More than 500 members of the United States Eventing Association (USEA) made their way to San Francisco, CA, for the USEA Annual Meeting and Convention, sponsored by Nutrena, and held December 2-5, 2004. Over the weekend the association proudly honored the recipients of its 2004 year-end awards at the luncheon, sponsored by Maui Jim Sunglasses more...

Gail Abele of Highland Village, TX, has been named the 2004 USDF/Dover Adult Medal National Champion. Awarded for the first time in 2004, the year-end award is presented jointly by the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) and Dover Saddlery as part of the USDF/Dover Adult Medal more...

Mike Tucker has been ratified as the new British Eventing Chairman, taking over from Jane Holderness-Roddam. In the first meeting of the new BE Board on November 30, Tucker was unanimously elected for a two year term by the full quota of seven members including newly elected Alexandra Fox. more...

The Netherlands hosts the third round of this season's FEI World Cup Dressage Western European League at Jumping Indoor Maastricht this weekend. New riders are entering the fray here to challenge for places at next April's FEI World Cup final in Las Vegas. more...

Derek Petersen, home based in Archer, Florida, completed his “dream season” to win the AGA Rookie of the Year title this year. For Petersen, originally from Durban, South Africa, the dream began almost twenty years ago while attending the 1985 AGA Awards dinner. more...

It was a successful but also a sad and shortened season for the AGA Horse of the Year, Glasgow, owned by the Glasgow Group and ridden by Norman Dello Joio. Rider Norman Dello Joio had his sights set on the 2004 Olympic Games more...

Beezie Madden of Cazenovia, New York, was named the American Grand Prix Association Rider of the Year for the 2004 season. This is the second time that Madden has won this prestigious title, also taking high score honors following the 1997 season. more...

The inaugural grading of Equicours-the new British "daughter" society of the Selle Francais (SF) Studbook-attracted 12 stallions for assessment at the Unicorn Centre, Stow on the Wold. John Rawding, Simon Davies and SF judge training director Christian Planchon officiated, with Tom Hudson and Jane Cooper representing the BSJA. Equicours is for horses carrying a minimum 25% of Selle Francais bloodlines. Young stallions were judged in-hand and while loose jumping. Those over four years old more...

British breeders are facing the opportunity of a lifetime, to improve the genetic potential of British-bred horses, an opportunity catalysed by the creation of the National Equine Database (NED). The key to improving genetic potential and quality of British-bred horses will be the collection of appropriate data, the use of scientific methods of evaluation and the implementation of practical, economically viable breeding schemes. The proposition is that a Centre of Excellence for British Breeding more...

Research analysing equine performance and its relationship to the true ‘Breeding Value’ of our sport horse is ongoing at Writtle College (University of Essex). It is critical for us to be able to understand the factors that might contribute to both high and low level performances. The work at Writtle is investigating both more...

For many years now it has been common practice in the cattle world to give ratings to bulls and cows dependent upon their genetic ability to produce milk, protein, butter fat etc and to transmit this ability to their offspring. The technique used is called the ‘Best Linear Unbiased Prediction’ (BLUP) and is one which can be utilised for other species, including horses/ponies, though it is more difficult where the end product is less easily measured than, say, milk production. In the Thoroughbred racing world, the practice of rating horses more...

To-date some 490,000 GB records have been submitted to the database for which thanks are expressed to those organisations who have downloaded their records to NED thus giving the Project Group confidence that the launch date of early Summer 2005 will be met. more...

So you think that you have bred the best foal ever, or have the best yearling? The Futurity Scheme enables you the opportunity to test the merit of your foals, yearlings, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 year olds with their peer groups and offers the chance of winning cash prizes. Register your yearlings, 2, 3 and 4 year olds now and your 2005 foals when they are born. more...

The Dec. 5 open forum discussion of pre-purchase exams at sales covered several topics critical to consignors, buyers, and veterinarians at the 50th anniversary meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners in Denver, Colo. A task force headed by Dr. Criag VanBalen has created a video of endoscopic exams of throats showing what has been agreed upon as grades more...

The President of the Philippines Equestrian Federation, Jose S. Cojuangco Jr has issued a letter outlining his federation's plans to host the South East Asian World Cup League Final more...

With seven World Cup slots hanging just out of reach, and the possibility of two wild cards factoring in, East Coast League riders hold a collective breath as the latest round of qualifying points is tallied. After eight rounds of competition, the rivalry stays ever close more...

The winner of the VSN Trophy for showjumpers came out of Gelderland. Ultravox, owned by Jannes Klock, is a young Ginus who made an extremely good impression more...

Event riders are to get a stronger voice at international events next season after the FEI acknowledged there was a breakdown in communication between riders and officials at Burghley 2004. The FEI Eventing Committee has devised a new set of protocols for 2005 more...

The NRPS licensed stallion Game Boy won the 2004 VSN Trophy, an unofficial Dutch Championship for 3-year old dressage horses. Ridden by Hans Peter Minderhoud, Game Boy excelled with his supple basic gaits, phenomenal canter and excellent conformation more...

The Westfalian stallion Delphi is leaving Johan Hinnemann's farm and moving back to his owner, the Warendorf State Stud. Delphi (by Diamantino x Renaldo) was the 1993 Reserve Licensing Champion and in 1997 he finished fifth in the 6-year old division at the Bundeschampionate. more...

Adding to a legacy of fine tradition, the United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to add the trusted name of Markel Insurance to the 2005 USEF Young Horse Dressage Program. This sponsorship will include the USEF/Markel Young Horse Dressage National Championships and the USEF/Markel Young Horse Dressage Selection Trials. more...

For the 10th successive year the Irish Sport Horse Studbook was the leading studbook in the eventingg rankings of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses 2003/2004. The Irish Sport Horse Studbook topped the ranking with a total of 757 points, clear of the Selle Francais (2nd) and Trakehner studbooks with 631 and 588 respectively more...

With a second place in the last leg of the Riders Tour 2004 in the Olympiahalle of Munich Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, who is the first female rider leading the World Jumping Ranking, gained the all over victory and the title Rider of the Year 2004 more...

Results of the 2nd Hanoverian Stallion Licensing on the 22th and 23rd November 2004 more...

Riders on the World Class Start and Potential event programme have had a fantastic year, receiving support that has helped them to notch up some very impressive results, and if you too believe that you have the exceptional talent and dedication to ride and win at Olympic level in 2008 or 2012, then this is an opportunity not to be missed! more...

Learn direct from the experts at Spillers Open Eventing Forum. The second Spillers Open Eventing Forum, to be held on Monday 21st February 2005 at Addington Equestrian Centre, Buckinghamshire, is to be themed on ‘the new FEI Eventing format’, incorporating the new dressage tests. The only Forum of its kind in the UK more...

Dates and Venue information where the 2005 SEIB / British Breeding Young Horse Evaluation Series will take place. more...

Although no records were broken this year, there were some good prices achieved at Brightwells dressage and show jumping sales at Addington, which were both topped by "impulse buys". The now familiar eighth annual November sale of dressage horses attracted 37 lots, including four foals. more...

This year's Your Horse Live, formerly known as the British Equine Event, attracted the biggest ever crowd in the event's history, with more than 18,600 visitors flocking to Stoneleigh Park over two days. This was the first year that the show, which combines the best in equine shopping, celebrity demos and education, had run under the title of Your Horse Live. more...

Britain's Robert Smith again showed his liking for the Odyssey Arena by claiming another victory at the Belfast International Horse Show on Sunday. Smith, aboard Marius Cladius, picked up the £2,500 first prize in the Show Jumping Stakes event after producing a fastest clear of 49.58 seconds. more...

The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) names Howard B. Simpson of Lake Forrest, IL, the winner of the 2004 Perpetual Sportsmanship Award. Given in memory of Walter Bourchier Devereux, III, the Perpetual Sportsmanship Award honors the horseman or horsewoman who exemplifies the ideal of good sportsmanship through commitment, dedication and service to USEF throughout his or her career. more...

It was almost a clean sweep for Ireland at the World University Equestrian Championships at Tokyo, Japan, today (Sunday). Gerald Bloomer from UCD took the Individual Gold Medal in Dressage, Lee Murphy from DIT won Individual Gold in Show Jumping, while also taking the Silver Medal in the more...

One of New Zealand's great sporting combinations, Ready Teddy and rider Blyth Tait have signed off their three-day eventing career at Puhinui.Tait says he is delighted to have been able to give Ready Teddy a New Zealand farewell, and says for Ready Teddy it is out into the paddocks to eat, get fat and do whatever he likes. more...

After siring the champion and reserve last year, Sandra Lynn Cordiner's exceptional show jumping stallion Ludwig H made it two in a row when his son stood champion at the Baileys North of the Border Foal Show, writes Jackey Low-Mitchell. The January-born Zandor H was produced in top condition and showed his paces to advantage when loose in the arena. more...

Lot eight in the Brightwells dressage catalogue was a first for the U K when a five ­month-old embryo and its recipient mare were offered for auction. The embryo, put forward by British company Equine AI in conjunction with an animal embryo centre in Holland, is by the Florestan son Future out of Brenda, the dam of the Dutch Sydney Olympic team silver medal ­winning stallion, Ferro. more...

Following in the footsteps of exemplary equestrians who have paved the way for decades, Kathy Kusner, Margaret Price, Alvin Topping and Edna Griswald Lytle are the newest recipients of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Pegasus Medals of Honor. These Medals more...

Ludger Beerbaum of Germany was found guilty Friday of riding a doped horse at the Athens Olympics, and the International Equestrian Federation said the country should lose its team jumping gold medal. The International Olympic Committee's executive board can now strip Germany of its medal more...

The Eventing Committee met for the second meeting of the year at the occasion of the 2nd FEI Eventing World Cup Final in Pau (FRA). Rules for Eventing: Taking into account the late date of the Eventing Committee meeting, the Committee decided to recommend to the FEI Bureau changes to the Rules for Eventing for 2005 more...

At its recent meeting in Buenos Aires (ARG), the FEI Bureau decided to establish a task force to reassess the policies necessary for the elimination of abusive and illegal performance enhancing drugs and to review the general medication control of horses. more...

the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to unveil the new and improved 2005 Rule Book, designed to help set the tone for the coming competition year with not only a brand new look, but also complete with easy-to-understand modifications. more...

The Spanish leg of the 2004/2005 FEI World Cup Jumping series, scheduled to take place at Vigo on 12 February next, has been cancelled it was confirmed this week. Delay in the construction of the new stadium has led to a decision to withdraw from the series this season but it is hoped that Vigo will return to the calendar in 2005/2006 and there are currently plans to stage a 3-Star show at the venue next summer. more...

Adding their names to a long list of respected breeders from across the country, Diana Dodge of Montpelier Station, VA, and Herb Kohler of LaGrange, KY, have been named the winners of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) 2004 Ellen Scripps Davis Memorial Breeders’ Award. more...

Robert Smith was the only British competitor at the Stuttgart CSI The other nominated Briton, Michael Whitaker. decided to withdraw his horses after a busy autumn and the long trip to Syracuse and Toronto. Robert had a successful show with Marius Claudius, who was placed in three classes, and his new ride. Riverside Glen, whose knockout victory secured a Mercedes Smart car. more...

As the 2004 season comes to a close, West Coast League riders step out of their saddles for a moment to reflect on five rounds of World Cup qualifiers that have determined their standings at the halfway mark. more...

Former Sunday Telegraph and CNN journalist Oliver Wilson is joining The British Horse Society as its Director of Communications. Wilson - currently Head of News of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England & Wales - is to start at Britain's leading equine organization in early January. more...

FEI/BCM Dressage Riders World Ranking List No 47 including events starting from 1.12.2003 to 31.11.2004
1 1 Anky Van Grunsven NED 10 79.552
2 2 Ulla Salzgeber GER 10 78.684
3 3 Debbie McDonald USA 10 76.734 more...

FEI Gandini Jumping Riders´ World Ranking List No 47 including events starting from 1.12.2004 to 29.11.2004
No 47 including events starting from 1.12.2004 to 29.11.2004
1 2 M. Michaels - Beerbaum GER 2569 221
2 3 Ludger Beerbaum GER 2526 65
3 1 Rodrigo Pessoa BRA 2494 179 more...

Robert Smith and Michael Whitaker will be carrying the pride of British show jumping on their shoulders when they travel to Geneva to contest the prestigious Top Ten Final on Saturday 11 December. This year sees the fourth running of this event, which was introduced in 2001 and has yet to be won by a British rider. It is open to the 10 highest placed riders in the FEI Gandini World Jumping Riders Rankings. more...

Following the All Ireland Eventing Ireland Forums, where members could raise their opinions on the way forward for horse trials in Ireland - a radical reformation is planned following Saturday's final Forum meeting at the Keadeen Hotel in Kildare. A document is now being drawn up to radically alter the existing structure of Eventing Ireland more...

Saturday morning at the Belfast International Horse Show sees the cream of young riders battle it out for the Irish Super League National Young Riders Title. Suzanne Wright, grand daughter of Mrs Pearl Watson from Armagh is a favourite with her Cavan winner Alfred K. owned by her mother Jacqueline Wright. more...

The title of the VTV Show Jumping Stallion 2004 went to Sandro Boy, who has been so outstandingly successful with Marcus Ehning, the VTV Dressage Stallion 2004 became Weltissimo, who qualified for the Nürnberg Burg Cup with Susan Pape lately. more...

The Champion Stallion of the fourth Inspection of the Springpferdezuchtverbandes Oldenburg-International (OS)
is a son by Namelus R and has been bred by Stal Roelofs, Den Ham in the Netherlands, out of a mare by Contender. The black/brown stallion is owned more...

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The Oldenburg Stallion Licensing Committee chose the Westfalian bred Florencio as the winner of the the Hauptpremium title. Florencio's crop of foals in Oldenburg has been of excellent quality and many of the Florencio babies caught the top price at the Vechta foal auctions more...

Having had Ninterder (by Namelus R) being Champion Stallion of the Inspection of the Springpferdezuchtverbandes Oldenburg-Internatinal (OS), today's title went to the son of Fürst Heinrich, dam by Volturno, at the inspection of the Oldenburg Society. The Oldenburg Auction Arena in Vechta was packed with spectators more...

Two stallions from the Oldenburg Premium Stallions were knocked down at the top price of 130.000 Euro, both from the first crop of the stallion Depardieu: the stallion in 1d-Premium position out of a mare by the Angloarab Lavauzelle, bred by Karin Lindena, Wirdum, his destination is the station of Wilhelm Holkenbrink, Münster. For the same price, and by the same sire, the stallion who took the 1e-Premium position, bred by Aloys Klaas, Lingen, out of a mare by Feiner Stern, changed hands to the Bechtolsheimer Stables in Great Brittain. more...

A Fidermark x Ravallo offspring became the Licensing Champion at the 2004 Westfalian Stallion Licensing in Munster-Handorf, Germany. Bred and presented by Hermann Schult, this dark bay Fidermark offspring is out of State Premium Mare Reine Freude (Ravallo x Fruhlingstraum II) and stood out with his modern conformation and excellent gaits. This Fidermark son will be up for stud either at Gilbert Bockmann's or Klosterhof Medingen. more...

German Olympic Team Gold Medallist and Individual Silver Medallist Ulla Salzgeber will travel to Australia late January 2005 to conduct squad rider clinics in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. This follows negotiations via National Dressage Chair Debbie MacNicol and a formal offer from the Equestrian Federation of Australia. more...

Adding accolades to nearly a century of service to the equestrian world, the United States Equestrian Federation proudly tips Tiffany’s custom crafted sterling silver hat to Lowell Boomer, the recipient of the 2004 USEF Lifetime Achievement Award and the Jimmy A. Williams Trophy. more...

The Jockey Club will freeze a selection of doping samples to run retrospective analysis as more sensitive tests become available. In a bid to step up its watch on doping, the Jockey Club has announced that from next year it will freeze a selection of samples taken in routine dope tests to allow retrospective testing. more...

In a rare event that will affirm Dubai's position as one of the world's top equestrian destinations - young Pure Bred Spanish stallions of Olympic fame - will be showcased and auctioned for the first time at the forthcoming Al Fares Dubai 2004 exhibition, the region's biggest equine fair to be held in the Dubai International Exhibition Centre on December 6-8. more...

The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), the United States Dressage Federation (USDF), and the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) have reached an historic understanding regarding joint membership, horse registration, competition recognition, competition data, and awards programs. This agreement will provide significantly improved service to dressage and hunter/jumper members. more...

Following an all-day meeting at the Keadeen Hotel in County Kildare last Saturday (27th November), a document is being drawn up which has the potential to radically alter the existing structure of Eventing Ireland. 30 people were chosen to take part on the final day by members who attended the previous seven forums held throughout the country, Their task was more...

A claim disputing the age of the horse Bonza Chit Chat, ridden by Marie Ryan and awarded the four year old title at the PAVO BE Breeding Championships at Tweseldown on 14 September 2004, has been thoroughly investigated by British Eventing. The investigation revealed clear evidence that the horse was foaled in 1999 making it a five year old. However more...

When the 121st annual National Horse Show starts Tuesday, the prestigious competition will signal the first major equestrian event of the season in western Palm Beach County. In its third year, the show attracts spectators and participants from all over the country. While the top horses and riders in the country strut and jump in four outdoor rings, more...

Most of the sport horses are gelded for convenience, practicability or safety and therefore are lost for breeding. Using the most advanced techniques of biology, Cryozootech intends to preserve the genetic heritage and restore the breeding ability of rare and valuable animals which would otherwise disappear without offspring. more...

Andreas Helgstrand and Blue Hors Cavan claimed their second successive victory in the FEI World Cup Western European League with a sparkling freestyle performance in front of an enthusiastic audience of over nine
thousand. The Danish pair, in performing "their best freestyle to date", saw off a challenge from the hotly tipped Spanish combination of Beatriz Ferrer-Salat and Beauvalais to claim first prize of a Mitsubishi Outlander, on a score of 79.47%. more...

The Royal Veterinary College is pleased to present another chance to hear their popular lectures on the start of life in foals. This a public evening meeting, intended for stud-workers and other people with a general equine interest.
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Be sure to include “America’s Horse” in your Sunday evening television lineup this Thanksgiving weekend. Two action-filled episodes are in store at 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Eastern/11 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Pacific on the Outdoor Life Network. more...

In a move designed to standardize drug testing fees across the country, the United States Equestrian Federation announces a new plan to restructure fees for competitions in California. This restructuring will finally put California on equal footing with the other 49 states more...

Olympia, The London International Horse Show, (14th-20th December) will not only be providing World Class Dressage for the first time (see release 22.11.04) but will also be hosting the very best Show Jumping in the world and all playing to packed houses. more...

Rob Ehrens is the team coach of the Dutch showjumpers for the time being. At the moment he is still the trainer of the juniors but at present he is also the rudder of the seniors more...

Ponies (UK) have announced that Lady Caroline Tyrrell will be their new president and will spearhead their campaign to improve judging skills Lady Caroline Tyrell will be the new President of Ponies (UK) for next year's season. more...

German rider Pia-Luise Aufrecht has purchased Michael Whitaker's up and coming ride Sandy for a sum reputed to be in excess of £1 million Scottish show jumping owner Graham Gillespie has sold his mare Sandy, who has won major classes with Michael Whitaker, to German rider Pia-Luise Aufrecht for a price reputed to be in excess of £1 million. more...

Equine Breeding Management Conference, The Ohio State University Veterinary Hospital, Dec. 10 – 12: This course is designed to increase veterinarians, owners and breeders knowledge in equine reproduction. Our primary speakers are known in their respective areas for clinical service, education and research. more...

Equine Shipped Semen Conference For Breeders, Owners, Veterinarians and Vet, The Ohio State Veterinary Hospital, Dec. 9: This is a one-day short course for owners, managers, and veterinarians interested in utilizing transported chilled semen for the upcoming breeding season, or for those interested in semen evaluation and artificial insemination including frozen semen. more...

Leslie Law will be accompanied by 40 other Olympic, Paralympic and European medal winners, who will strutt their stuff at Olympia on 18 November The London International Horse Show at Olympia will celebrate the British equestrian teams with a special parade on the evening of Thursday 18 November. more...

BRULLEMAIL, the stud owned by Bernard Le Courtois, enjoyed tremendous success at the French young horse championships in Fontainebleau. After the home-bred stallion Jaguar Mail finished second in the seven-year-old championship, his half-sister Katchina Mail took the six-year-old title and followed this up by winning the overall championship, the Criterium-the first time this double has been completed for 10 years. more...

The Trakehner stalIion Fleetwater Olympus died recently at the age of 20 after a short illness. Olympus was a graded and performance-tested sire with two studbooks. He was a champion under saddle, competed in dressage to medium level and qualified for the novice horse trials championship in his first season's eventing. more...

The HOYS 138cm show jumping champion, Grey Palace, was the star of the recent Sports Pony Studbook at Heart of England EC. Described as a"'mini Milton" by judges Celia Clarke and Clair Ballantyne who awarded him the maximum 10 for type, ridden jumping and competition record on the way to a score of more...

Of the 138 mares forward at this year's SHB (GB) gradings, 41 achieved head studbook status, with 54 going into the main studbook and 36 becoming foundation studbook mares. The top mare was Ann Burnet's The Tourmaline Rose, whose greatest claim to fame under saddle was three wins in Hickstead's Eventing Grand prix with Pippa Funnell. more...

Former director of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna and the Austrian State Stud Dr Jarmir Oulehla travelled to Starrock Stud in Dorset for the Lipizzaner Society of Great Britain's evaluations and annual open day. The day included a parade of pure-and part-bred Lipizzaners, and Dr Oulehla was impressed more...

A sport horse stallion and a warmblood mare took the major honours at the Coloured Horse and Pony Society's autumn grading. With 22 horses at the revamped Hand Equestrian Centre, it was a long day for the five graders and two vets, and, with strict standards applied, only five horses achieved full grading status, with four more asked to return for re-evalulation at the next grading.

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The first inspection for the KWPN studbook outside the Netherlands took place at Solihull last month, with 13 horses presented. Two were invited to attend further inspections in Holland. The journey from Aberdeen proved worthwhile for Sandra Cordiner's international show jumping stallion Ludwig H, who will attend the third round of the KWPN assessment more...

Nine amateur dressage riders have been named 2004 recipients of The Dressage Foundation's Gifted Fund scholarships. The amateurs, representing each of the nine U.S. Dressage Federation (USDF) regions, will receive grants of $500 to use for intensive dressage training. more...

The second of nine Western European League qualifiers for the FEI World Cup dressage takes place this weekend in Sweden at Stockholm's Globen arena. Not only are vital qualifying points at stake, but also one of three Mitsubishi Outlanders up for grabs more...

Plans are afoot that could see the equestrian events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics taking place as much as 1,200 miles away from the host city The Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) is in talks with the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) and the International Olympic Committee (ICO) over the possibility of moving the equestrian competition venue to Hong Kong, which is about 1,231 miles south of the Chinese capital. more...

A new EU regulation steps up the protection of livestock in transit although it fails to cut maximum journey times and set minimum stock densities The European Union approved a new regulation to improve the welfare of animals during transport on Monday (22 November), but refused to set limits on journey times and stock densities. more...

At the Expo center in Hengelo, The Netherlands, the first 2004/2005 KWPN Stallion Competition of the season took place. Judging for the young dressage horse classes were Toine Hoefs, Ton de Kok and Wim Ernes. The very first winners of the season were Tuschinski, Scandic and Rhodium. more...

For the 6th time, the Westfalian branch of the Trakehner Verband in Germany has organized this excellent show with over 50 Trakehner, Arabian and TB stallions currently approved with the Verband. The show was opened by the 2003 National Champion Event horse Nagano, a bay gelding by EH Grossist-EH Tenor.
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Hap Hansen brought the capacity crowd to its feet as he posted his 95th career win in the $40,000 Los Angeles Grand Prix, an American Grand Prix Association event. Last to go in the seven horse jump-off, Hansen didn´t think he could beat Misti Cassar´s speedy time on Pasadena. more...

As predicted, the first-ever Dressage World Cup Qualifier to be held at Olympia, The London International Horse Show (14th –20th December) will be the most exciting Dressage event to take place in Britain for years.
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Spruce Meadows has again been recognized by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) as #1 in the world for the sport of show jumping. The FEI noted the highest standards of competition and the excellent quality of the facilities at Spruce Meadows as major contributing factors when considering the recipient for this prestigious award.
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The 54-year old Uwe Heckmann has announced his resignation as member of the Oldenburger Stallion Licensing Committee. Because of health issues, Heckmann has decided to cut back seriously on his duties for the Oldenburg verband. more...

At a packed launch, attended by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and held in The Undercroft, Windsor Castle today (22nd November), the organisers of the Royal Windsor Horse Show announced plans for the move of the historic show after 62 years in its current location, Home Park Public more...

The stallion keuring committee announced the results of the fall performance test. Twelve stallions were inscribed in the studbook, bring the total for the 2004 year to 26 approved stallions. Of the twelve new approved stallions, four are dressage specialists and eight are jumping stallions, including the six year old Royal Star more...

On the just published world-ranking list of jumping and dressage horses by the WBFSH, the KWPN has once more a prominent position. The KWPN is far and away the most successful studbook in the world for jumping horses this over the past year. more...

Have you got what it takes? Riders on the World Class Start and Potential Show Jumping programme have had a fantastic year, receiving support that has helped them to notch up some very impressive results, and if you too believe that you have the exceptional talent and dedication to ride and win at Olympic level in 2008 or 2012, then this is an opportunity not to be missed! more...

The BSJA Executive Board met on 2nd November 2004 to review applications for the BSJA Festival of Show Jumping.
After presentations were received from each of the candidates, the Board considered each application on its merit and ability to meet the tender requirements. more...

British Event Riders and owners can compete their horses as they wish at any events abroad (except Championships) providing the horses are qualified to that level of competition. If a foreign event restricts the number of British entries, a ballot system based on points will be used more...

More than 200 invited guests attended the ILPH’s Annual Seminar on November 10th at Newmarket Racecourse. The Seminar was opened by ILPH President HRH The Princess Royal stressing that the seminar reminds us of what we can achieve in terms of horse welfare and the potential for what could be achieved in the future. more...

Effective Dec. 1, 2004, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Equine Drugs and Medications Rule permits the therapeutic use of Surpass, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory product (NSAID) recently approved by the FDA for use in horses. more...

Yesterday the Senate passed a Resolution (S. Res. 452), introduced by Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO), designating December 13, 2004 as the National Day of the Horse and asking the President more...

Watched by an audience of 400 dressage lovers, Blom's Idocus officially said goodbye to Holland and Europe with Marlies van Baalen on November 12. That happened during a successful clinic of the two more...

Romantic Guy de Havilland has decided to give the ultimate Christmas present this year. He is going to sponsor the Saturday Evening class at one of the world’s top equestrian venues, the London International Horse Show at Olympia, in the name of his fiancé. more...

The British Horse Society has welcomed the recent announcement by Defra minister, Alun Michael, that land grazed by horses can now benefit from the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment scheme, in recognition of the important contribution horses make to the rural economy. more...

The British Horse Society's role in equestrian tourism within Great Britain has gained international recognition with the election of BHS Head of Competitions, Robert Jones, as a Vice President of the Federation Internationale de Tourism Equestre (FITE), the international organisation that promotes equestrian tourism. more...

At the 2004 Danish Sport and Breeding Championships - also known as the Danish Young Horse Championships - November 11-14, 2004, dressage horses Tardi, Schianto and Clearwater claimed the 2004 Danish national dressage titles. Winning the FEI 4-year old division was Pia Kugelmann Nielsen on Tardi, ahead of the prognosticated winner Andreas Helgstrand on Blue Hors Romanov.
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The American Saddlebred Horse Association has not published an official register since 1988. That will all change in 2005. ASHA has teamed with Harris Publishing to release the American Saddle Horse Register for all registered foals in 2004. Each horse will be listed with his or her registration number, foaling date more...

The Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center, located at the Buffalo Equestrian Center, hosted the seventh annual clinic with the legendary George Morris on November 14-16 for riders from the region. The clinic was beneficial to riders and auditors alike, and was organized by Susie Schoellkopf, Executive Director of the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center. more...

A "wish list" has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker's Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The Secretariat Center was designed to showcase Thoroughbreds that are sound and ready for another career to the thousands of horse owners who come through the Kentucky Horse Park each year. more...

The Trakehner Sport Pferde Forderverein (TSF) will be sponsoring two new dressage horses in the future. Six year old Trakehner stallion King Arthur and the Grand Prix level competing Trakehner stallion Polarion have been selected to receive financial support from the Trakehner Promotion Society. Both horses will carry the suffix TSF behind their names at competitions. more...

2005 will be the 10th anniversary year for the United Saddlebred Association. As usual we will be holding our annual breed championship show in July and this special anniversary will be celebrated in style! more...

CHAPS autumn grading took place for the 2nd year in the South West with 22 horses forward it was one of the largest gradings so far, with horses coming from all over the country it is obvious people are becoming more and more aware of the importance of having graded Stallions. more...

The FEI held its Bureau Meeting on 15 and 16 November in Buenos Aires (ARG). A major item of consideration was medication control, including the positive test results of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. The FEI President and Bureau have expressed their concern at the current high profile positive medication cases for horses – including those of the 2004 Olympic medal winners. The FEI is deeply concerned about the welfare of the competition horses and the need to maintain fair play in sport. The President HRH the Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón said "The FEI is particularly disturbed about the current situation, as it reflects so badly on equestrian sport. The FEI has continually endeavoured to maintain a clean equestrian sport." more...

The Bakers Dozen has been named the 2004 Jump Canada ‘Owner of the Year’ in recognition of their generous support of Canadian show jumping at the Olympic level. The Bakers Dozen is a syndicate that owns Promise Me, the 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding that Ian Millar of Perth, ON, rode in his record eighth Olympic appearance at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. On behalf of The Bakers Dozen, Millar accepted the Jump Canada ‘Owner of the Year’ Award, an engraved Waterford crystal bowl, in a special ceremony held Saturday, more...

Tickets are now on sale for the 2005 British Horse Foundation Breeders’ Awards dinner to be held on Saturday 8th January at one of London’s top five star hotels, The Grange City Hotel overlooking the Tower of London.
Frank Kuster of Grange Hotels is a great supporter of Dressage, so it’s thanks to his generosity that we can expect a truly memorable weekend as we can offer you all outstanding value for money as well as a great evening. more...

Talented Singaporean rider Catherine Chew took the lead in the Advanced Test standings in FEI World Dressage Challenge. Her score of 62.43% on Avalon puts her well ahead of the other riders that have completed from Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. more...

The Swedish Grand Prix dressage horse Mr G de Lully has been sold to the British Fiona Bigwood. Under his steady rider Jasmine Sanche/Burger, Mr G de Lully was member of the Swiss dressage team at the 2004 Olympic Games and won the bronze medal at the 2004 Swiss Dressage Championships in Gruningen. The 11-year old Swedish warmblood stallion more...

It is the eighth time that the „Verband hannoverscher Warmblutzüchter” will be awarded the “Best of all”-trophy of the World Breeding Federation for Sporthorses (WBFSH). Hanoverian horses occupied the first, the third and the fifth place in the three disciplines that provided the basis for this assessment. Thus, the Hanoverian Association is the most successful breeding organization worldwide. more...

Uptown, the KWPN Stallion Licensing Champion of 2004, will be trained by Hans Peter Minderhoud. Uptown's owners Toine Hoefs, Kathy Connelly and Al Guden have decided to give the ride of Uptown to multiple Young Horse World Champion rider Hans Peter Minderhoud. "I think Uptown is an extremely beautiful horse. He's very eager to work, has three very good gaits and is pleasant to ride," Hans Peter said. more...

The 2004 World Breeding Ranking for Sport Horses, managed by WBFSH (World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses), announced that the Swedish stallion Briar 899 is the highest placed breeding sire for the year 2004. He is owned and bred by Mr. Hans Goransson of Dalheim Farms in Trelleborg, Sweden, and ridden by Swedish Olympic rider Jan Brink more...

The Holsteiner licensed stallion Amidou passed away at the Equine Clinic in Telgte, Germany. At the 2004 Bundeschampionate in Warendorf September 3, 2004, the dark bay stallion suddenly became severely ill and was immediately transported to the clinic, suffering from high fever. more...

The brown gelding Abricso by Adlantus As/Lanthan (breeder: Ralf Böttjer, Bremen, exhibitor: Peter Broka, Worpswede) was the most expensive horse of the auction. He was sold at Euro 35,500,-. The second highest price was paid for the dressage prospect Dundee M by Del Piero/Falkland (breeder: and exhibitor: Hubert Morick, Oyten). The lot went down at Euro 32.000,00 for a Hanoverian fan from Northrhine-Westphalia. more...

Nick Skelton proved our most successful representative, finishing third in Saturday’s Budweiser Grand Prix FEI World Cup at Syracuse in the USA aboard Britain’s leading show jumper, Arko III, who is owned by John, Pat and Lisa Hales. Improving on their eighth place in Thursday’s speed class, the ever-popular pair completed one of only four double clears with a jump-off time of 31.32 seconds. This was just a few tenths of a second slower than Eric Van der Vleuten’s winning round aboard Audi’s Jikke.
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Riders on the World Class Start and Potential event programme have had a fantastic year, receiving support that has helped them to notch up some very impressive results, and if you too believe that you have the exceptional talent and dedication to ride and win at Olympic level in 2008 or 2012, then this is an opportunity not to be missed! more...

In the battle of the top horses, the winner and runner-up prove that representing your country isn't everything. The winner this year was Richenda Broad and Prof Colin Ralling's The Psephologist ridden by Marie-Louise Thomas. The top Rider's spot went to Andrew Nicholson with 1315 points with a team of 12 point scoring horses. more...

BAHRAIN Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (Breef) president Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa received General Organisation for Youth and Sports (Goys) president Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa and discussed plans to improve the showjumping centres and expand endurance races in the Kingdom. They also discussed preparations by Breef for the World Juniors Endurance Championship scheduled for December next year as well as the equestrian and horseracing events next season.

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Next weekend is when Peterson and Smith Equine Hospital will hold its annual horsemen's seminar. The seminar begins Saturday at the Ocala Hilton Hotel. The program begins at 8 a.m., with a welcome breakfast hosted by Dr. John L. Peterson, DVM. Topics to be discussed Saturday morning are twin management (Dr. Phil Matthews), fetal sexing (Dr. Mindy Sharp), hormonal and non-horomonal management of mares (Dr. Ed. Squires), breeding the problem mare (Dr. Allen Riggs), cost and benefit of using Ovuplant (Dr. John Peterson), and success
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The final competition of the 2004 Samsung Nations Cup came to a thrilling end in the beautiful surroundings of the Haras El Capricho, 70 km from Buenos Aires (ARG). Sweden and Switzerland, who had led the standings throughout the whole season, had travelled all the way to Argentina to gain Super League status. more...

Jump Canada has named Frankie Chesler of Orangeville, ON, the ProChaps ‘Athlete of the Month’ for October.
While living and training in the Netherlands, Chesler has enjoyed great success in the month of October. Based in Tull en’t Wall, NED, for the past four months, Chesler has been competing in Belgium, Holland, and Germany.
On the first weekend of October, Chelser was one of seven riders to advance to the jump-off in the Grand Prix at CSI*** Welkenraedt, Belgium. Riding Sher-Al Farms’ VDL Nuit de Pomme, more...

Germany, stripped of two equestrian golds in Athens, will almost certainly lose a third title after two of its show jumping horses failed dope tests. B samples taken from Goldfever, the mount of five times gold medallist Ludger Beerbaum, and Ringwood Cockatoo, ridden by Bettina Hoy in the three-day event, confirmed earlier positive tests for banned substances.

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American Olympic dressage rider Lisa Wilcox has accepted an offer to work in a Swiss dressage stable and is leaving Gestut Vorwerk at the end of the year. Wilcox rose to international stardom aboard Vorwerk's Oldenburg breeding stallion Relevant. She contributed to the American silver team medal at the 2002 World Equestrian Games and the bronze team medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. more...

Equestrian New Zealand (ENZ) have appointed former top skier Kirsten Stevens to address their elite riders' performance at international level. Stevens is ENZ's new high performance manager, taking over from now chief executive Justine Kidd. Stevens, 26, competed internationally in skiing and snowboarding and is two papers away from completing a marketing degree at Massey University where she also studied Exercise Science.
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Lucky the Man took the highest price at the 38th Elite Auction of the Baden-Wuertemberg Breeding Association Auction in Marbach (GER). The 5 yr. old Approved stallion by Le Champion out of a Stan the Man mother
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David Raposa bested a field of 2004 Olympic athletes and fellow international riders to claim the highest score for the United States at the $75,000 World Cup of Syracuse over the weekend. Coming in second place overall, atop Audis Fanny dela Tour, (Bay Selle Francais mare; Trias Du Gue Alicia de la Tour; Shalamar Farm) Raposa jumped double clear rounds to secure his title more...

The FEI and Performance Sales International present the Dressage Freestyle Forum in the "See-und Sporthotel" in Ankum, Germany on 1 and 2 February 2005. Chaired by Mariette Withages, the Forum will welcome famous more...

The 11-year old licensed breeding stallion Danny de Vito has been sold to German young rider Andrea Timpe. Danny de Vito is an Oldenburg branded stallion by Donnerhall out of Finale (by Pik Bube x Lucado/T). He has been competed internationally at Prix St Georges level and nationally at Grand Prix level under Henrike Sommer-Boker. more...

The USEF Search Committee for the new Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe has developed a job description for the position after soliciting important input from owners and riders at two forums, one in Del Mar, California on October 1st, and the other in Syracuse, New York held on November 7th. Eric Straus, Chairman of the Search Committee, emphasized that this position will be different than ever before because it is, “a generational change, a functional change. more...

In a major move that is indicative of Dubai's growing popularity in the equestrian world, France and Spain have, for the first time, supported the participation in Al Fares Dubai 2004, the 5th international equine trade fair to be held from December 6-8, at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre (DIEC). more...

Bristol’s University of the West of England is today awarding the honorary degree of Doctor of Science to horsewoman Jane Holderness-Roddam. The honorary degree will be conferred at the Award Ceremony of Hartpury College at Gloucester Cathedral. Jane Holderness-Roddam achieved sporting fame in 1968 by winning Badminton on her horse ’Our Nobby’, which was followed by her selection for the Olympics in Mexico the same year.
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Adding only four show jumping penalties to their dressage score, Shannon Lilley of San Jose, CA, and High Mountain Road, owned by Dayna Lynd-Pugh of Tres Pinos, CA, won the USEF National One Star Eventing Championship and the Richard D. Collins Trophy, with a total score of 52.3. The Championship took place at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event and Horse Trials in Temecula, CA, November 4-7. Claiming another victory over the weekend was Jamie Lawrence of Seattle, WA and her horse, Malik. more...

Cian O'Connor's solicitor, Andrew Connan, has confirmed that a 'B' blood sample from his Olympic gold medal-winning horse, Waterford Crystal, has tested positive for banned substances. Fluphenazine and Zuclophentixol were detected in the sample tested in New York yesterday. Coonan has reiterated that these drugs were administered to the horse by his vet for therapeutic reasons only.
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The Canadian Eventing Coaching Committee, in collaboration with Jump Canada Coaching Committee has organized the Canadian National Coaching Symposium. On November 19th, 20th and 21st at the Royal Canadian Riding Academy (formerly York Equestrian Centre), in Cedar Valley, ON, two of the world’s foremost riding coaches and clinicians- 2004 Athens Olympic Eventing Gold Medalist Leslie Law of Great Britain and Olympic coach and former American show jumping team member George Morris of the USA, will conduct a premiere symposium open to everyone. more...

Ian Millar of Perth, ON, set yet another record by winning a record ninth Canadian Show Jumping Championship title at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto. After winning the opening round on Friday night, Millar pulled out all the stops to again top the second and final phase of competition in the Canadian Show Jumping Championship on Saturday afternoon. Riding In Style, Millar incurred only two penalties over the three rounds of competition that more...

Dressage Rider Rankings for Grand Prix.
1st, Carl Hester, Escapado, 331
2nd, Nicola McGivern, Active Walero, 292
3rd, Emma Hindle, Wie Weltmeyer, 273
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British Dressage Rider Rankings at Prix St Georges and Intermediaire I.
1st, Emile Faurie, Livello/Fididas/Cachet, 215
2nd, Carl Hester, Santas/Celestial King/Benvenuto Arminius, 210
3rd, Henriette Andersen, Astonish, 185
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Celebration has been the buzz word in the sport of Eventing over the last few weeks. British Eventing members and supporters gathered in two locations to celebrate a memorable season – Cheltenham Racecourse for our AGM & Conference (29 October) and the “Gods & Goddesses” Ball held at the Birmingham Metropole (6 November) where a host of sporting achievements were recognised and annual trophies awarded. more...

Roy Ibrahim won the Indonesian leg of the FEI World Dressage Challenge supported by PSI. Riding Jamzes, he edged Jeanne Lukito and 2001 SEA Games winner Pizzaz Girandes in the Prix St George class. Larasati Gading was third. Five riders started in the PSG. Roy's score of 62.25% was not enough to displace the top two riders from Malaysia, Eva Frantzich and Alia Soraya. more...

Top KWPN stallion Secundus, who sired countless successful sport horses during his stud career, has died
Secundus, one of the most influential sport horse stallions to stand in Britain, has died at the age of 28 at Balcormo Stud, Fife. more...

The second annual Spillers Open Eventing Forum will focus on the challenges posed by the new FEI “without steeplechase” eventing format. The new FEI “without steeplechase” eventing format will be the theme of the second Spillers Open Eventing Forum for event riders, owners, trainers and breeders, which will take place at Addington Manor EC, Bucks on Monday 21 February 2005. more...

Germany's Toni Hassmann won the third leg of the 2004/2005 FEI World Cup Jumping series in Verona, Italy today riding the promising young mare Lolita. This result slots him into sixth position on the leaderboard which at this early stage is still headed by Holland's Wim Schroder who picked up another 12 valuable points when slotting into fifth spot today with Eurocommerce Montreal.
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At the French Dressage Championships in Saumur, France, October 29-31, 2004, Odile van Doorn reconquered the French National Dressage Title at Grand Prix level. Van Doorn was the 2002 French Champion, but had to give away the title in 2003. This year, she took revenge by winning both the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special with scores in the 60s. Aboard the BWP bred mare more...

At the pre inspection of the Oldenburg Society from October 4th to 8th, 2004, in the Oldenburg Horse Center, Vechta, 76 stallions of the 388 stallions presented qualified for the main inspection, the Oldenburg Horse Days, in November 2004. more...

15 minutes before the start of a speed class at the KL Grand Prix and no John Whitaker in sight. The groom gets worried and decides to start more...

After a short reign in August, interrupted by Ludger Beerbaum who took the lead of the world's rankings at the end of September, Brazilian Rodrigo Pessoa is back to the Top of the FEI Gandini World Riders Rankings. The Olympic silver medallist earned 57 points at the second FEI World Cup leg of more...

Top British show jumping rider Tim Stockdale and The Pony Club have joined forces to produce a new show jumping publication for young riders. In A YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO SHOW JUMPING, Tim passes on a wealth of knowledge acquired during a lifetime in the sport - from his own young days with the Grove Hunt Branch to his successful career as a professional international rider. more...

For the past ten days, the show jumping circuit has been rife with a vile rumour concerning the Olympic Show Jumping Vice Champion: traces of cocaine are said to have been found during an anti doping test carried out during the Olympic Games. On the other hand, the FEI has just announced on its website that all the tests carried out on the riders in Athens were negative. more...

Changes to the number of British Dressage qualifiers that show centres are allowed to run are being introduced alongside new "training classes" British Dressage (BD) is to limit the number of qualifiers that show centres can run to two days per month (excluding music qualifiers). If both days are at the weekend, a third day is allowed. There will be no limit for non-qualifiers. more...

FEI/BCM DRESSAGE RIDERS´ WORLD RANKING LIST Nr. 46 including events starting from 1.11.2003 to 31.10.2004
1 Anky Van Grunsven NED 10 79.552
2 Ulla Salzgeber GER 10 79.352
3 Debbie McDonald USA 10 77.444
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Gestut Schlossacker has sold its Baden Wurttemberger stallion Dornenkonig (Donnerhall x Weltmeister) to Gestut Haneworth in the Hanoverian area. Dornenkonig was licensed in Marbach in 1994 and did his stallion performance test in Neustadt/Dosse. Otto Walter from Lemstedt, Germany, bought the stallion.
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The black Hanoverian stallion Harvard has been sold to David Burke of Pangaea Farms in Canada. Burke purchased Harvard because of the stallion's personal top record and his offspring's success. Harvard is an 8-year old Hanoverian by Hohenstein out of Carina (Cardinal xx x Ortelsburg). more...

Results and Sales prices from the recent Holstein Stallion Approval and Elite Sales at the Holstenhalle, Neumünster in Germany
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Irish show jumper Cian O'Connor has accused unnamed enemies of trying to destroy him amid the doping controversy which is threatening his Olympic title. Ireland's equestrian federation said on Tuesday that a batch of documents had been taken in a break-in at its office. more...

Documents relating to the alleged doping of the Olympic horse Waterford Crystal were reportedly stolen during yesterday morning's break-in at the Equestrian Federation of Ireland's offices. more...

THE Equestrian Federation of Ireland (EFI) wishes to confirm that its offices at Kildare Paddocks, Kill, Co. Kildare, were forcibly entered by person or persons unknown in the early hours of Tuesday, November 2, 2004. more...

Rossleigh Landrover Scottish Sportshorse 3yrs. Loose Jumping Championship which in its eighth year was held this time in the superb new indoor arena at Dabbs Equestrian Centre in Fife.Owing to big entries in classes held earlier this Final commenced fairly late in the evening and finished almost the following day but this did not deter the spectators who stayed on to the end possibly hoping that the horse which they had “bought” in the earlier auction would come up trumps ! more...

The FEI World Challenge is a world wide series of international competitions in dressage and show jumping. It is supported by PSI. This year, the first leg of the Group VIII World Dressage Challenge qualifiers was held at the recently spruced up Akedemi Equestrian DiRaja Selangor (AEDS) in Seri Kembangan, Malaysia. more...

Spruce Meadows Television has been advised by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television that an episode of its long-running series ‘The Spruce Meadows Horse Diaries’ is a finalist for a 2004 Gemini Award in the category of Best Sports program. The episode focusing on the 2003 World Cup Show Jumping Final is one of more...

British Breeding has awarded the new Breeders Quality Mark to eight of Britain's best breeding establishments
Eight of Britain's top studs have been awarded British Breeding's Breeders Quality Mark (BQM), as part of the organisation's initiative to improve the quality of British-bred horses. more...

Has the equestrian world turned into a world ruled by maffia? The B-sample of Cian O'Connor's Waterford Crystal, the gold medal winning horse that tested positive to doping, has been robbed from the "Horseracing Forensic Laboratory" in Newmarket, United Kingdom on October 21, 2004. Interpol, the British intelligence service, has been alerted of the theft and is investigating it. more...

The opening competition of the FEI World Cup Dressage Western European League concluded today in Aarhus with the home side's Andreas Helgstrand and Blue Hors Cavan claiming top position, a resounding 4 per cent above their nearest rivals. more...

Former American Olympic Team horse Flim Flam has passed away after a severe colic attack. Flim Flam was euthanized during surgery at the Palm Beach Equine clinic on October 28, 2004. The veterinarians diagnosed a ruptured stomach and the horse could not be saved more...

The Louisiana State Racing Commission medication committee has asked the full commission to ban the use and possession of the blood-doping substances erythropoietin (EPO) and darbepoietin, as well as consider measures aimed at random pre-race testing for carbon dioxide caused by "milkshakes" (alkalizing agents). more...

Rugged Lark died Oct. 26 after colic complications. The 23-year-old bay stallion was a two-time AQHA Superhorse and the first to sire two Superhorses.Owner Carol Harris said the 1981 bay stallion was found down with colic the morning of Oct. 25, and after trying treatments all day to overcome it, she decided to put him down around 2:30 a.m. Oct. 26. "His vital signs were not good and
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The British Horse Society has named the recipients of its annual awards, which celebrate outstanding contributions to the equestrian world. The British Horse Society has announced the winners of its 2004 awards, which include John Greenway MP, the Thames Valley Police Mounted Division and Horse & Hound's columnist, Pammy Hutton.
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The 2004 Global Dressage Forum, organised and hosted by the Academy (Hooge Mierde, Netherlands) and the International Dressage Trainers Club, was for the first time joined by the FEI as official patron. Central to two days of demonstrations and debates was more...

The FEI World Cup Dressage season begins in earnest this weekend when Denmark hosts the opener of eight Western European League qualifiers. With the Final to be held next April (20-23) in Las Vegas, USA more...

Writtle College will be hosting an Equine Reproduction seminar on 4th & 5th December 2004
The course aims to give a detailed in-sight and understanding of the complexities involved in breeding horses, and aims to offer a wealth of information for horse breeders and reproductive specialists more...

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has recently confirmed that seven international competition horses have been found to have a certain prohibited substance in their systems in recent months. These are in addition to the four cases that surfaced from the Athens Olympic Games. The equestrian world was stunned when it was revealed that Showjumping more...

It has been a bumper year for stallion owner James Kernan - and Monday's IJM Timberframe Kedrah House Stud Grand Prix in Clare Equestrian Centre was another string to his bow. The Crossmaglen man and his Touchdown sired stallion Out of Touch were unstoppable when they swept to victory in the more...

Officials at Audi, the German car manufacturer, announced on Oct. 21, that they’ll end their 17-year-long sponsorship of equestrian sport in Germany at the end of 2004. The Munich Indoors show will be the last event where the Audi Youngster Tour and the Audi Championant series will take place. Both series, sponsored by Audi since 1998, take place yearly and include 10 different events. more...

During the European Festival in the Belgian City of Hasselt there was a Belgian victory in the Sires of the World Competition. The French bred Heureka de la Loge (by Narcos) was the fastest more...

Linda Algotsson led from start to finish in the second FEI Eventing World Cup in Pau to retain her title
Linda Algotsson retained her World Cup title in brilliant style with one of the best show jumping rounds over a highly influential and up-to-height course. At 1.30m, the track was the same height as the second round in Athens
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The highly technical jumping course proved fatal to many of the 30 riders who had reached the last stage of the 2004 FEI Eventing World Cup Final. Rails kept falling down and time penalties accumulating allowing for a single clear round within the time of 76s (Malte Dohm GER). Thankfully, the tension which kept building up throughout the test, did not affect Sweden's Linda Algotsson and her wonderful Swedish warm blood mare My Fair Lady. more...

The chestnut stallion Le Rouge has been proclaimed Champion of the 2004 Trakehner Stallion Licensing in Neumunster, Germany. Le Rouge is a striking red chestnut by Pret a Porter out of Lantana V (by Tycoon x Michelangelo) and is bred by Geert Brenninkmeijer from Hamburg. At the auction following the licensing more...

The Celle State Stud stallion Graf Grannus has been proclaimed Hanoverian Stallion of the Year 2004. Graf Grannus' breeder Heiko Oltmanns from Neuengland, Germany, has received the Wohlklang bronze statue and more...

Stallion Inspections 18 - 20 October 2004
Details of Irish Horse Board Stallion Inspections at Cavan Equestrian Centre on the 18 to 20 October 2004

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Coolcorron Cool Diamond (ISH) and Robert Splaine made a great comeback to showjumping in Oslo last week. The Irish pair finished 9th in the CSI W Oslo Grand Prix and 5th in the 1m50 Qualifer for the Helsinki Grand Prix on Friday. more...

A De Niro-son out of state premium mare Lacarna by Lancier/Espri was the winning stallion of the Verden stallion market. Ekke Thaden, Butjadingen, bred the noble brown youngster that was exhibited by Geert Brenninkmeyer from Hamburg. The stallion will move into a box at the Celle National State Stud. The lot went down to Dr. Burchard Bade, the manager more...

Event, dressage or show jumper - it is possible to discover suitable youngsters for all three disciplines at the Verden auctions. In May 1999, Abrakadabra by Amerigo Vespucci xx/Wittensee, born in 1995 was sold at DM 15.500,00. Under his new name Air Jordan, the chestnut gelding won the German Championship title in Luhmühlen in 2003. With his rider Frank Ostholt, more...

Karen Dixon and the promising Smart Enough were best of the British runners at the World Breeding Championships at Le Lion d'Angers. The Primitive Rising seven year old put up a stunning dressage performance to finish second going into the challenging cross country course. Karen's years of Championship experience paid dividends as she steered the young horse home without penalties to remain in more...

Sweden’s Linda Algotsson heads affairs after the dressage phase of the 2004 FEI Eventing World Cup, with Pippa Funnell Britain's highest placed rider in eighth Sweden's Linda Algotsson, winner of the inaugural eventing World Cup final on Stand By Me last year, has more...

The 2004 SportStar Awards ceremony was held on Monday, October 18th, at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. In the presence of Dr. Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, IOC Honorary President, Mario Pescante, President of the European Olympic Committees and Eurosport representatives, 50 European athletes who best more...

The last event of the Samsung Nations Cup Series will be held in Buenos Aires from 11 to 14 November 2004. The following nations have announced their participation: Sweden, Switzerland, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina. more...

There is no doubt that the equestrian events at the Olympic Games were an organizational success. From the veterinary point of view we have never been provided with such good facilities at the worlds premiere equestrian event to ensure the welfare of the horses. This situation actually created something of a national veterinary problem as this is not only the best clinic in Greece, but for the month of August most equine more...

Lynn Goodwin from Sligo, director general of the Irish Horse Board died on Saturday, October 9, after a battle against leukaemia since January 2003. Better known as Lynn Aldridge, her beloved horse by Aldato led her funeral cortege walking with husband Jonathan. Appointed director general of the Irish Horse Board at only 27 years in 2002, Lynn was a popular figure with breeders and members. more...

Unusual big crowds attended the 2004 Belgian Dressage Weekend in Het Azelhof in Lier. The appearance of such a big audience was heart warming to the competitors. There were some very interesting showing going on more...

The Dressage and Jumping World Cup Finals will light up Las Vegas like never before when they come together at the Thomas and Mack Center, April 20-24, 2005. Individual tickets go on sale November 1 and they will go quickly, so spectators are advised to purchase early. more...

The Kentucky Equine Education Project has scheduled a fund-raising initiative with a twist: a multi-breed auction of stallion seasons. The event will be held Dec. 3 in Lexington. KEEP executive director Claria Horn Shadwick said "most and possibly all of Kentucky's premier breeding operations" would participate. more...

Dressage at Devon Presents “Born in the USA” Awards Eleven top scorers in Breed Division go home with sashes, cash and stall plaques The red, white and blue were all over the Dixon Oval at the “Born in the USA” Awards at the 30th Annual Dressage at Devon Horse Show. High-scorers in 11 Breed Division categories were more...

Megan Young, 18, of Jacksonville, FL, defeated a field full of the nation’s top junior riders to win the 2004 USEF/Pessoa National Hunter Seat Medal Final, on Sunday, October 17th, at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. more...

Jacqueline Brooks on Balmoral and Elly Schobel on Raison d’Etre were the top scorers in the North American Breeders Futurity FEI Dressage Test for Five-year Old Horses and Six-year Old Horses respectively at the 2004 Dressage at Devon. Brooks earned an 8.2% in the test, a score which judge Janet Brown says more...

Having finally received the correct coloured medals, Britain’s Olympic individual Gold and Bronze medallists head to Pau in France this weekend to contest the FEI Eventing World Cup final held 21 – 24 October. Reigning Individual Olympic champion, Leslie Law heads the line up more...

Roger and Joanna Day are bringing their extremely successful event horse breeding operation to a close and selling their breeding stock. Award-winning breeders Roger and Joanna Day, who bred Pippa Funnell's Olympic individual bronze medal ride Primmore's Pride (pictured), are selling their remaining stock. more...

The BSJA has unveiled plans for vast changes in the way that show jumping is run in Britain, but the plans have led to the resignation of several board members. The British Show Jumping Association is looking at changing its constitution to “bring the management of show jumping in line with modern practice,” according to chairman John Jacks more...

There couldn't have been a better retirement present for Rafael Soto and Invasor than winning the 2004 Spanish Dressage Championships. Soto won the Grand Prix, Special and Kur to Music aboard his Andalusian stallion Invasor, who has been retired right after the show. more...

France’s Nicolas Touzaint looks to on the way to another World title. After two days he is firmly in the lead with his seven year-old eventing horse Joker d’Helby. After the dressage he was in the lead and the cross-country posed no problems. Great Britain’s Karen Dixon is in second place with Smart Enough followed by Australia’s Lucinda Fredericks with The Shoplifter. In this championship more...

The Hanoverian breeding stallion Re Primeur has been sold by the Landsgestut Celle and is currently in training with Julia Katharina von Platen. Celle manager Burkhard Bade sold Re Primeur (Rotspon x Wolkenstein II) to Gut Daxau in South Germany. The former German young rider Julia Katharina von Platen will be training the licensed stallion, who is now stationed at Platenhof in Wietze, Germany. more...

The Canadian Eventing Coaching Committee, in collaboration with Jump Canada Coaching Committee is proud and honoured to present to the Canadian National Coaching Symposium on November 19th, 20th and 21st at the Royal Canadian Riding Academy (formerly York Equestrian Centre), Cedar Valley, Ontario, Canada. more...

About 160,000 invitations to participate in the American Horse Council's national economic impact study of the horse industry have been distributed. The study will be completed early next year.
The American Horse Council (AHC) reports that approximately 160,000 postcard-invitations have been distributed asking people to participate in the national economic impact study of the horse industry. Those selected should receive the invitation in mid-October. more...

This weekend some of the best young horses from Britain will travel to France to contest the Annual World Breeding Championships at Le Lion d’Angers 14 - 17 October.
The event is a showcase for 6 and 7 year old horses which have shown outstanding form throughout the year. Heading the line up are Olympic Silver medallists Jeanette Brakewell and William Fox-Pitt. Jeanette rides Mark Johnson and Yvonne Mott’s, Running On Empty, with whom she was 4th in the CCI* at Burgie earlier in the year. William rides two horses, his own French-bred Jazz de la Fosse and Sandor Jonas’ Gidran Sohja. more...

A dispute has arisen about the age of Bonza Chit Chat, the winner of the PAVO four-year-old Breeding Championships. British Eventing (BE) has launched a formal investigation following the claim that Bonza Chit Chat, four-year-old winner of this year's Pavo BE Breeding Championships, is in fact a five-year-old. more...

Questions have been raised about the chain of responsibility in international veterinary procedure following the resignation of the German eventing team vet. The Olympic doping saga has brought international veterinary procedure into question amid suggestions that the correct veterinary procedure was not followed in Athens. more...

The BSJA has introduced a scheme to allow ungraded stallions to qualify for standard registration with the association The BSJA has introduced a “ticket to ride” scheme for the assessment of ungraded stallions, which previously had to be registered with the association at an inflated fee before being allowed to compete at affiliated shows. more...

The Performance Sales International Auction celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year. The P.S.I. auction features young dressage and show jumping stars of absolute top quality. International riders, trainers and sponsors gather at the P.S.I. auction to purchase a young star, which has been pre-selected on his potential and ability to become an FEI level sport horse more...

The KWPN licensed breeding stallion Jazz (by Cocktail) has been sold to Broere Stud in Ablasserdam, The Netherlands. Broere already became a 10% owner of Jazz in 2001, when he was purchased by a syndicate of ten people to prevent the horse from being sold abroad. The Broere stud and brood farm now decided to buy the chestnut stallion completely. more...

The change of the season from summer to autumn has brought about several changes in the horse world and for some this seasonal change was hard on their system. Renowned auctioneer Uwe Heckmann collapsed at the A.O.S. Auktion in August more...

The Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Va., will host the 2005 North American Young Riders Championships. Brian and Penny Ross, organizers of the Virginia CCI* and Horse Trials at the VHC, will head the organizing committee.
The date will be July 27-31, the week before the U.S. Pony Clubs Championships East will be held at the VHC. more...

The University of Illinois' Departments of Veterinary Clinical Medicine and Animal Sciences at Champaign-Urbana will hold their 10th Annual Equine Breeding Management Short Course on Saturday and Sunday (January 15 and 16 2005). This intensive course designed for mare owners, breeding farm managers and veterinarians more...

The world of equestrianism has taken off the blinkers. It is now known and accepted in the highest circles of the sport that drugs are being used to dope horses in competition. The International Equestrian Federation are currently processing "six or seven" positive tests for a sedative drug that is used as a human medication and has no known equine therapeutic effect. more...

After 15 events part of the Canadian League, the final standings are now available on the FEI website dressage section The Top 5 riders of standings will compete at the League Final which will be held in the frame of the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto from in November 2004. The best 5 will more...

The penultimate leg of the Samsung Nations Cup Series took place last Friday 8 October in Athens (GER). Riders from 17 countries participated, among which 11 with a team. The event took place at the Olympic stadium of Markopoulo, and saw the participation of the two contenders for the Super League status: Sweden and Switzerland. more...

Racehorse charity the Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre is moving to a new home next year.
It has bought a 266-acre former dairy farm at Halton, north of Lancaster.
The Centre, which currently rents accommodation at Nateby, south of the city, had initially intended moving to a property near its present home, but the purchase fell through during the summer.
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O'Connor has since admitted another of his top-performing horses, ABC Landliebe, tested positive for a banned substance in Rome in May. The rider plans to appeal both findings.
"It's an absolutely innocent item that happened in both cases," O'Connor said Monday as he and his veterinarian, James Sheehan, answered questions on Ireland's state radio station.
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Irish show jumper Cian O'Connor says he is not a cheat after it emerged that a second horse owned and ridden by the Olympic gold medallist tested positive in a drugs test. "There's nothing sinister, I've nothing to hide," he told more...

Dutch rider Wim Schroder galloped to victory in the opening leg of the 2004/2005 FEI World Cup Jumping series in Oslo today riding Eurocommerce Montreal.
It was no easy win as a total of 18 of the 38 starters qualified for the jump-off which was consequently fast and furious with the lead changing rapidly throughout. The show was staged in the Spektrum Stadium in the centre of Oslo and 8,000 spectators enjoyed today’s competition while a total of 21,000 people attended the ever-improving more...

The first official training of the auction horses for the autumn auction in Neumünster will take place on Wednesday, October 13th at 5:00 p.m. in the riding hall of the Holsteiner Verband in Elmshorn. more...

It's been a while, but at the 111th Elite Auction of Hanoverian Sport horses in Verden it actually happened again: a show jumping horse taking highest honors in the price list of an auction. Fortunately, the audience didn't have to wait long for the magic to begin. Lassandro, the first horse in the catalogue, immediately sold for the top knock down price of more...

The coming November the world famous ET of the Austrian Hugo Simon will jump his last official international competition more...

The Grand Prix dressage horse Flyinge Bobby of Ulla Hakanson has been retired. The eighteen year-old Swedish bred brown horse had an injury in February of this year. The injury more...

ERMELO – Last Wednesday the intermediate evaluation was carried out of the stallions participating in the KWPN performance test in Ermelo. For seven of the stallions the curtains were closed. The stallions which may not continue more...

Equine Canada’s National Equine ID task force wrapped up the first round of meetings early this year and presented their recommendations at the EC convention in Vancouver in February (see the May/June issue of Horse-Canada, one of Horse Sport’s sister publications). In late July, as a result of a funding proposal submitted to the government by Equine Canada, the organization received federal approval for funding of approximately $300,000 more...

Ludger Beerbaum (GER) reclaims the Number 1 position he from which he was discarded at the end of May by his fellow countryman Marcus Ehning. The latter was only able to keep the 1st step of the world rankings a few months, as Olympic silver medallist Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) grabbed the coveted position after the Olympic Games. more...

The Western European League of the FEI World Cup Jumping 2004/2005 series begins next Sunday in Oslo, Norway where 50 riders will line out in an effort to pick up some early points. Now in its 27th season, the series has increased from 12 to 13 leagues due to the recent inclusion of the Arab League which is already well underway following competitions at more...

With an unchanged score of 79.552, the Dutch heroin Anky Van Grunsven is the leader of the FEI BCM World Dressage Riders Rankings and benefit from Ulla Salzgeber's decreased score. The German Olympic silver medallist did not score any points for the rankings in September more...

The Hanoverian stallion Gestion Lancet has been sold to the British Emma Hindle. Lancet passed the vet check this week and yesterday he got fully insured under his new owner Emma Hindle.
According the Dirk Willem Rosie of the KWPN Verband, there was a huge interest in Lancet even before the Olympic Games.
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Waterford Crystal, ridden to a show jumping gold medal by Irishman Cian O'Connor, is one of four horses to have tested positive for banned substances at the Olympics Waterford Crystal, the Irish Horse who produced a flashy performance to cruise into the gold medal position with Cian O'Connor, tested positive for a banned substance after the individual show jumping more...

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) released a press statement today revealing that four horses participating in the Athens Olympic Games have tested positive for banned medication substances. The FEI did not release the names of those four horses, since they leave that to the National Federations of the riders. more...

Royal Kaliber, Chris Kappler’s mount for team silver and individual bronze and one of the brightest stars on the U.S. show jumping scene, was euthanized today, Oct. 8, in the Netherlands. more...

The 3-year old licensed and performance tested breeding stallion Saltimbanco produced the highest price at the 2004 Autumn Elite Auction in Munster, Germany. Selling for 160,000 euro to The Netherlands, Saltimbanco is yet another Sandro Hit offspring moving to the "lower country" to introduce new German blood to the Dutch breeders. Saltimbanco (Sandro Hit x Werther) was bred by more...

The 2004 Vechta Autumn Elite Auction was a very unusual one. The atmosphere was not as exuberant as usual, auctioneer Heckmann was unable to get the spirits up in the stands and many of the top horses that were announced in the advertisements, were purchased back by the owner or did not appear for sale. Furthermore, this spring and summer, the Oldenburg Verband dealt with some organisational turmoil as several employees resigned from their posts, and new people took up new functions. more...

Canadian riders dominated Dressage at Devon 2004. EquiSearch's Nancy Jaffer covers the thrilling exhibitions and dressage competitions in this postcard sponsored by WeatherBeeta. How often do you hear the words "sold-out house" and "dressage" in the same sentence? The answer is "rarely," of course. But by the time announcer Brian O'Connor broadcast the news that there were no more tickets available for more...

FEI World Cup Jumping 2004/2005 – Oslo Opens the World Cup Jumping series….
The Western European League of the FEI World Cup Jumping 2004/2005 series begins next Sunday in Oslo, Norway where 50 riders will line out in an effort to pick up some early points.
Now in its 27th season, the series has increased from 12 to 13 leagues due to the recent inclusion of the Arab League which is already well underway following competitions at Lattakia (Syria), Faqra (Lebanon) and Algiers (Algeria) and which concludes with its final qualifier in Damascus (Syria) next March. more...

Concerns have been raised about a potential outbreak of equine viral arteritis after doubts have been cast on the efficiency of a new laboratory test used to detect the disease more...

High-bred colt to profit equine cente. Photographers have stopped by to take his picture. His father is an Olympic athlete and his mother is all class. Though many people don't know about him, this baby horse has created a lot of buzz around the UNH equine center. Had you not known his past, the milk-chocolate colored foal lying on a more...

This year's stallion licensing and stallion market will be in Verden from October 20th to 23rd.
The stallions can be purchased on the socalled stallion market. The stallion market is an Auction for the licensed stallions on Friday. The non licensed stallions will be sold on a special Auction on Saturday.
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In the evening of August 21, the visitors of the Niedersachsenhalle had experienced a marathon program. While the German dressage team - to which three Hanoverian horses belonged to - won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Athens, 186 foals and 16 brood mares were auctioned off at the 30th elite auction of foals and brood mares. The average sales price for foals more...

The American Horse Council has been informed that effective November 5, 2004, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport will close the Atlanta Equine Complex, which has served as an export-import facility for horses.
According to reports, all exports that have been accepted at the facility through October 30, 2004, will continue to be served.
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The 2005 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Bayer, has been designated one of the American Bus Association’s (ABA) Top 100 events in North America, offering outstanding entertainment value to groups as well as to individual travelers from around the world. more...

Three workshops for horse breeders are being offered by Texas A&M University's department of animal science
"The workshops are designed for mare and stallion owners and managers who want to learn more about efficient methods for enhancing the success of their breeding programs, just in time for the 2005 breeding season," said Dr. Martha Vogelsang, workshop coordinator and assistant professor of animal science. more...

The PAVO Breeding Championships at Tweseldown last week saw some familiar juveniles take the top spots, with last year's four- and five-year-old winners leading the fray once again.
Britain's top eventing potential gathered at Tweseldown last Tuesday to battle it out in the PAVO Breeding Championships more...

British Dressage has chosen the dressage tests that will be in use during next year, including unveiling four new tests that introduce increased emphasis on the walk. Dressage competitors have four new tests to look forward more...

Top riders, top trainers and judges will again come to Holland on 25 and 26 October for clinics and seminars during the fourth Global Dressage Forum. The main items on this year's program are: 'The development of dressage'
(Monday) and 'Happy athlete' (Tuesday). The following names are on the clinic list: Kyra Kyrklund, Jan Brink, Rudolf Zeilinger and Ulrich Kasselman. more...

The statistics from the Samsung Super League make Britain's performance all the more impressive, with Arko proving himself to be the top horse of the series. Lisa and John Hale's fabulous stallion Arko has been named the top horse of the 2004 Samsung Super League, after more...

Once again the Holsteiner show jumping breed was confirming its dominating role in the German championships for young horses at Warendorf. In the first qualification of the five-year-olds 26 per cent of the more...

Every year the best junior horses and - ponies, bred in Germany, compete at the "Bundeschampionate" of the ridding horses, dressage horse, jumping horse, event horse, driving horse, riding pony, dressage pony, event pony and the jumping pony to become champion of the year.
After years competing on different places in Germany, the competitors and their horses and ponies in the meantime feel at home in Warendorf more...

Three Holsteiner placed in the top-ten in the Preis der Warsteiner Brauerei – counting for the Riders Tour – at the Tournament of Champions in Münster, which was won by Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum riding the Oldenburger Contender-son Checkmate: more...

The collections of the stallions for the Holstein approval and the elite riding horses for the autumn auction are now online ! more...

At the World Championships for Young Jumpers at the belgian Zangersheide Stud two horses from the Holsteiner breeding area received a gold medal. In the final of the six-years-old Spanish Fernandez Saro, who is riding for the Schockemöhle stables, took Quin Chin by Quantum – Campione (Adolf Ratjen, Hohenwestedt) to victory after jump-off. more...

Complaints that there are too many British Eventing autumn dates have been more widespread among organisers this year.
Event organisers have expressed concern that the British Eventing (BE) autumn calendar is becoming saturated. Many organisers have had to leave more...

Horse breeders around the country are being advised to be extremely vigilant during the 2005 breeding season to prevent any outbreaks of highly infectious diseases.
The Horserace Betting Levy Board issued a warning this week to all horse breeders to maintain a high level of vigilance to avoid infectious diseases in the 2005 breeding season. more...

The 2004 FEI Eventing World Cup Final will take place at the Domaine de Sers near the French city of Pau. Seventeen qualifiers in 12 countries were organised from November 2003 through to September 2004. In order to ensure the participation of as many countries more...

The opening day for seven year olds at the World Young Horse championships saw Julia Kayser win with the Corland bay mare Dancing Queen. Ireland's David Moore and W Fahy's chestnut Furisto gelding Merlin's Magic were in the prize money with a clear and four faults for 21st place which saw them qualify for Sunday's final.
The brilliant Fermanagh-bred mare Cruz With Me and Gabriel Tunney had a superb opening clear more...

One of the Netherland's best known young stallions has been purchased at the weekend for a substantial sum during the World Young horse championships in Lanaken.
Stetter by the Dutch sire Manhattan out of a Goodtimes mare, ridden by Bart Bles for the Nijoff Stud was fourth overall in the five-year-old world final and was bought prior to the competition by Paul Tarpy, William Leahy Junior and rider Gabriel Slattery. more...

Royal Kaliber, the stallion that took Chris Kappler to a silver Olympic team medal and an individual bronze medal in Athens last month, underwent colic surgery in Someren, the Netherlands late yesterday. He suffered a leg injury in the final round of the individual show jumping competition and he was being monitored in Europe before a decision was made to ship him back to the United States. more...

One of the highlights of the horse festivities in Zangersheide the last weekend of September was certainly the auction of foals. In total 39 foals were sold by the German auctioneer Uwe Heckmann in his well-known style. The foals were of top quality and the prices were high as well. Compagnon Z went for more...

What used to be the official Elite Trakehner auction of the year has been a private auction of Klosterhof Medingen bred products the past few years now. Price Highlight of the 2004 auction was the licensed breeding stallion Du Commerce. This fantastically moving De Niro x Andiamo x Gutenborg stallion was sold for 150,000 euro to a dressage fan in Switzerland. more...

Tanja Lammers is the new second rider ("Bereiter") at Gestut Vorwerk. Lammers is replacing Mareike Peckholz who left the Gestut in the summer to find a new challenge in her life. Lammers started working at Vorwerk on September 1 and will be officially moving to Cappeln in October. more...

One of the country's leading equine vets is emigrating to Australia to pursue a career in the veterinary faculty at the University of Sydney. Prof Leo Jeffcott, the FEI's chief vet and dean of Cambridge University Veterinary School who has officiated at the past five Olympics and four World Equestrian Games, is to leave the UK to be dean of more...

The 17th and ultimate qualifier of the 2004 season of the FEI Eventing World Cup took place near Waregem in North-western Belgium. The outstanding performance of Germany’s Andreas Dibowski riding the 10-year old mare FRH Serve Well gave him the final victory with 54.1 penalty points. Dibowski took an early lead after an impressive Dressage test (41.7) which was strengthened by a faultless Jumping round. Despite the 12.4 time penalties after more...

At the 2004 Bundeschampionate the absence of some of the best young horses in Germany was striking. No Florencio, no French Kiss, no Fazzino, no Baroncelli. More and more, dressage competitions become intertwined with strategy and business tactics, while sportsmanship, fair play and fun are fading away. more...

The licensed Trakehner stallions Munchhausen and Monteverdi will be sponsored by the Trakehner Sportpferde Forderung (TSF) in the future. Both stallions, who are owned by Gestut Wiesenhof in Krefeld, Germany, will carry the abbreviation TSF behind their names. TSF aims at improving the presence of Trakehner horses at international competitions. more...

This year's Winergy Burghley Young Event Horse series culminated in the finals at Burghley on Friday, with impressively high quality evident among both the four- and five-year-olds.
Irish Jester, last year's four-year-old winner, returned to Burghley this year and remained unbeaten when he took the five-year-old championship. Produced by Angela Tucker, the Irish-bred gelding is no stranger to laps of honour. He won his first
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The BSJA will be running their 2nd annual Coaches Conference on Wednesday 3rd November 2004 led by Hauke Luther, German show jumping team member and trainer. The Conference will focus on the preparation and training of the talented young show jumper. Hauke will aim to identify the progressive elements needed in the education of our young riders and the expectations of riders at different stages of their development.
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On Wednesday 22nd September the NRPS stallions who were initially approved last year went to the KNHS Centre for the first judgement of the performance test. All the three year-old D-ponies were accepted together with the four year-old D pony stallion Kalido van Klaverborch, who didn’t complete the investigation last year and still has to complete the whole procedure. A few riding horses are absent. In the morning more...

The clock says half past seven, on the first day of the FEI championships for young horses in Zangersheide the program must be brought forward to accommodate the huge amount of entries. 126 started over the 1.30 m. course and this produced 22 double clear rounds. This despite incessant rain. The ground remained perfect so this could not be used as an excuse for a sub-standard performance. In other words: this World Championship more...

Just two months after breaking his pelvis in two places after slipping over while galloping in the field, Gini Guttery's Keens Envy took the sport horse title at the Northern Horse Show, Wetherby. Bred for flat racing more...

The dam of the warmblood sire Lemar Nareko appears to be passing on her jumping genes. As well as her stallion son by the German-bred Gino, Dolly Bird, who was ridden at grade A level by Vicky Young, produced Redhill Manta. Manta took the grade B title at more...

Two well-known veteran stallions, the Anglo Arab Fairlyn Gemini and the Thoroughbred No Submission, will stand at stud in Bedfordshire next season. The 26-year-old Gemini more...

Pompadour in France will host a week of celebration of the Anglo Arab sport horse from 22-26 September. The town in the Limousin region has been home to a National Stud since 1761 and is popular with tourists, welcoming 60,000 people every year. The show more...

The first edition of the Performance Plus auction of young sport horses in Ermelo, The Netherlands, was a big success. With a total revenue of 1,272,000 euro and an average price of 15,703 euro per horse, the organizers of Performance Plus are very satisfied with the results. Price highlight of the collection of 73 sold horses was Prince Champ, a 3-year old licensed Hanoverian stallion by Prince Thatch xx x Longchamp x Weltmeyer. Todd Jepson and Mark Lohmann of Pineland Farm in Maine, USA purchased this bay stallion for 85,000 euro. Pineland Farm also bought the dressage mare Rhapsodie (Royal Dance x Sion).


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Twelve horse-and-rider combinations rode away with national titles at the inaugural American Eventing Championships in Raeford, N.C., Sept. 16-19. Almost 400 horses and riders from more than 30 states converged on the Carolina Horse Park in Raeford, N.C., for the inaugural American Eventing Championships (AEC), Sept. 16-19.
In a field of 76, Sher Schwartz, a clinical psychologist from
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Due to the bad weather conditions and to save the jumping ground of the main arena at Zangersheide, the second day of the FEI World Championships for Young Horses changed the programme. In the second arena only the five year old horses came in the ring for their second qualification.. After this two qualifications all more...

46 clear rounds in first qualifier 5 years old horses
and Julia Kayser Dancing Queen of the 7 year old horses
156, 5 year old horses started in the first qualifier, 46 of them cleared the round without penalty points, 102 7 year olds started in a table A over 2 Phases. And finally Austrian amazone Julia Kayserwas The Dancing Queen of the first day finally with her Dutch mare Dancing Queen (Corland x Renville). She was faster than French rider Marc Le more...

The skewbald riding horse stallion Ed King Hill is dead. During the training the stallion, through his own doing, came back too sharply and severed a tendon. Because the chance of recovery was zero the owners (De Nieuwe Heuvel in Lunteren and E. Constant te Wijdewormer) decided to put the stallion to sleep. Ed King Hill was 12 years old and was more...

Canada Cup a step toward recapturing hearts of equestrian fans
Once upon a time, when Ian Millar was young and Big Ben was more than a timepiece in England, Canadian equestrians were the toast of the world. During the past decade, they've been mostly toast.
Yes, Canada has Spruce Meadows, the world-renowned Alberta equestrian park. One problem. Canadians hardly ever win, there -- or anywhere else.
"Everybody knew Big Ben, he was like Gretzky. He marketed the sport for us. Without Big Ben there's no way I'd have become as well known," Millar said. "Since then, nobody has stepped up to fill that gap." more...

The United States Equestrian Federation is seeking an individual to fill the position of Show Jumping Chef d Equipe. The successful candidate will be provided with a contract for the 2005-2008 quadrenium and possibly longer.
A Search Committee has been appointed (Eric Straus, Chairman, Norman Dello Joio, Anne Kursinski, George Morris, Karen O’Connor, Jessica Ransehousen, and Robert Ridland). The Committee is charged with developing a job description for the Chef d Equipe more...

The University of New Hampshire will take almost any form of payment when it comes to donations, but it recently sowed the seeds for a new type of charitable giving by accepting a deposit of frozen horse semen that could lead to a $10,000 profit. more...

Frank Chapot, the six-time Olympic show jumping rider who has been chef d’equipe of the Unites States Show Jumping Team since 1980, has decided to retire.
Under his leadership, the team has won nine Olympic medals and nine Pan American Games medals, which includes the first-ever team gold medals more...

The Prinsjesdag has once again set a new record. Last year Wandurel (Magic Ronaldo x Weltmeyer) changed hands for 44.000.00 and this year things people were even more enthousiastic. The dark brown colt foal Zalzatime, by Painted Black out of the mare Ulocia (by Goodtimes) fetched no less than 96,000.00 euro’s. The foal was bred by more...

HEEREWAARDEN – The much loved jumping stallion Hors la Loi II (by Papillon Rouge) who is approved by the KWPN will continue his life as a gelding. more...

AKKRUM – In breeding is increasingly more and more a threat to the Friesian Horse. Friesian mares are having more and more problems with releasing the afterbirth. This is a conclusion of veterinary surgeon drs. Mello Sevinga from Akkrum.The Friesian veterinary graduated from the University of Utrecht on the 23rd September with the thesis ‘Retained placenta in more...

OUD-OOTMARSUM Michael Korompis is the new stable rider for De Wiemselbach and Hans Horn. He replaces Ben Schröder who departed in the beginning of August. Horn: We think that Michael will fit well with us. Not only is he good and easygoing person, he is also a stylish rider. That connects with our more...

ZOETERMEER The obligation for a horse to carry a microchip identification comes into effect from the 18th September. The obligation that every horse that is transported must have a passport has been in effect from 1st January of this year.The passport is a general EU obligation. The chip obligation coupled with the passport is an addition which only applies in Holland. more...

THE last of the qualifying competitions for the Cuddy In-Hand championships for all breeds of horses and ponies - the final of which is held at the Horse of the Year Show at the NEC, Birmingham on October 6-10 - was at the Bucks County Show. more...

SURGERY, drug therapy, and other components of Western veterinary medicine have a valued and respected place in veterinary care but should not be considered the only solution to every horse health problem. Horse owners are increasingly aware of the validity and usefulness of additional therapies, such as acupuncture. more...

Carl Hester and his Oldenburg gelding Escapado (by Ex Libris) are the 2004 British Grand Prix Dressage Championships. The dynamic duo dominated the big tour, winning both Grand Prix and Kur with top scores in the high 70s. Reserve Champion is Nicole McGivern on Walero. more...

British dressage rider Fiona Bigwood finally seems to click and win with her Belgian warmblood Nector van het Carelshof. After a great victory at the CDI Piber, Bigwood dominated the CDI Saumur, winning both the Grand Prix and G.P. Special with Nector. more...

Fiesta de Lully, Weltgraf II and Wicento are the names of the winning FEI young horses at the 2004 Swiss Young Horse Dressage Championships in Avenches, Switzerland.
In the 4-year old division, Valerie Overney steered her mare Fiesta de Lully to the overall victory after gathering a 1335 point total after two tests. Her Fiesta de Lully is a Don Primero x Gauguin de Lully offspring bred by Hans Jakob Funfschilling more...

The Hanoverian branded stallion Sonique has been sold to the United States. The 5-year old Sonique is licensed for the Hanoverian and KWPN verband. Sonique has been sold to the U.S. as a hunter horse, despite his dressage potential. He is by Wolkenstein II x Frappant x Matcho AA. more...

At its meeting during the Athens Olympics, the Federation Equestre Internationale’s Executive Board "confirmed in principle" its acceptance of a bid by organizers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to host the FEI World CupShow Jumping Final in April 2006. more...

Olympic team gold medallist Ulla Salzgeber will be giving British dressage fans the benefit of her experience when she takes the BEIB British Dressage National Convention at Addington Manor, Buckinghamshire, 27-28 November 2004. more...

The best Irish Draught horses throughout Britain will be travelling to the Lincolnshire showground for the Blue Chip £2,000 Irish Draught Championship this weekend

The Blue Chip £2,000 Irish Draught Championship has helped to attract record entries for the Irish Draught Horse Society (GB)'s two-day annual breed show at the Lincolnshire showground this weekend (18-19 September). more...

Britain's junior eventers claimed European team bronze in Italy, while the Germans' dominance in the dressage put them in an unassailable position to take team and individual gold

Britain's junior eventing squad has brought a four-year medal drought to an end by capturing team bronze at the Junior European Championships at Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy last week. more...

France made up for disappointment in Athens with a resounding victory in the Samsung Super League, but it was a battle to the finish in Barcelona this weekend

There been little doubt for some time about France's ability to take the top spot of the Samsung Super League Series. They had headed the table since an impressive win in Rotterdam in June, and never looked as if they would concede their lead. more...

Cavan Equestrian Centre will host its Seventh Annual Stallion Parade on Friday March 19 at 7pm. 30 Stallions that are fully approved by the Irish Horse Board along with some of their progeny will be represented.
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BAILLIESMILLS landscape architect John Reid has returned from the Russian Border Janow Stud in Poland having bought the three year old Anglo-Arab stallion - Arkan. Arkan is 16.2 hands and by the French bred Vis Versa, a son of Lago C who has sired international eventers and showjumpers. Vis Versa himself jumped 1.40m tracks and his French blood carries four crosses of the famous Nitthard (sire of the dam of Quickstar) a well known projenator for showjumping. more...

The Selection Show 2004 Returns Its Verdict 19 New Stallions Approved
On Sunday evening, towards 17h30, the verdict of the 16th SELECTION SHOW was anounced: 19 of the 60 candidates Stallions registered to his expertise of the Stallions officially were admitted by the sBs more...

NECARNE Castle Indoor at Irvinestown was packed last Saturday as hundreds of breeders gathered for the 14th annual Northern Ireland Stallion Parade. Highlight of the day was the loose jumping of thoroughbred sires which proved to be a positive boost for sporthorse breeding and added quite a few more orders to the bookings for the studs who participated. more...

Following on the success of the four-year-old Young Horse Evaluations British Breeding is pleased to announce the launch of a second scheme to encourage British breeders.The Breeders Cup Futurity Scheme, to promote and improve the quality of British-bred foals, is a high profile scheme with a substantial prize fund in each year for each age class of foal, yearling, two-year-old, three-year-old and four-year-old in each of the disciplines of eventing, dressage and show jumping. From 2005 five and six year olds will also be included with the winners being calculated across all disciplines from performances in existing named competitions. more...

During 2003 the Supporters of British Breeding became the promotional and fund raising arm of British Breeding and, as such, part of the British Equestrian Federation (BEF) family. We believe that when organisations have similar objectives it makes sound practical and economic sense to work together and we welcomed this merger. more...

British Breeding invited two of Germany’s highest regarded trainers to a one day seminar/workshop on the Training of Young Horses held at Hartpury College, Gloucestershire.Dr Gerd Heuschmann and Suzanne Miesner flew over from Germany especially to attend the workshop, attended by 180 people. The event was sold out within weeks of tickets going on sale. Dr Gerd Heuschmann is a Veterinary Surgeon, Trainer and also a Consultant of Breeding to the German Federation, launched his unique ideas more...

2004 FEI Eventing World Cup resumes today at the Red Hills Horse Trials in Florida (USA)
The second season of the FEI Eventing World Cup will resume today at the Red Hills Horse Trials held near Tallahassee, Florida's capital city. Thirty-five riders from ten countries will take part in the CIC-W*** scheduled for 12, 13 and 14 March 2004. The Red Hills Horse Trials are part of the United States Eventing Association's Gold Cup Series. more...

Tabasco Cat, winner of the 1994 Preakness (G1) and Belmont (G1) Stakes, died in Japan on March 6 at age 13, a spokesman from the Japan Racing Association’s London office confirmed Monday morning.
The son of Storm Cat died of heart failure while covering a mare, said Takashi Ogawa, administrative manager of the office. Tabasco Cat entered stud at W. T. Young’s Overbrook Farm near Lexington in 1996 and stood there five seasons before being exported to the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders’ Association’s Shizunai Stallion Station on the island of Hokkaido. His first Japanese foals will be juveniles this year. more...

Grandera, a former English and Irish highweight and winner of the 2002 World Series Racing Championship, has joined the stallion roster at Darley Stud’s farm in the Hunter Valley in Australia where he will stand the Southern Hemisphere season. more...

In the Rolex Grand Prix, the World Cup Qualifier, in Paris. Second place went to Ludo Philippaerts (BEL) riding the grey stallion Parco. This gives Ludo the lead in the Western European League standings with two more qualifiers before the World Cup Finals in Milan (ITA) in April. Belgium’s Ludo Philippaerts and Parco raised the temperature when shaving almost a second off Becker’s time as they crossed the line without penalty in 37.52 seconds and when the other two German contenders more...

At the Frankfurt International Showjumping competitions Lupicor made his debut in the big international competitions ending up 7th. In the Moltex Ko 1.55m Tabel more...

DUTCH GOLD, who came to the end of his life on the 2nd March was best known as the grand prix dressage stallion who with Jennie Loriston-Clarke attained much international success especially in freestyle. Moreover the 28 year old stallion by Jennie’s former top stallion Dutch Courage, bred by the late Mrs Goodall, has to be one of Britain’s first sport horse stallions. more...

With two fantastic rounds Lupicor ended up third in the 1.50m Grand Prix at the Zwolle International Stallion Show. Twelve candidates qualified for the jump of. First to go was Wout Jan van der Schans with Broere Maroon who directly set a very sharp time to beat. Lupicor who jumped fantastic more...

New York-bred Private Emblem is well on his way to becoming the first millionaire produced by Merion Miss, a 13-year-old broodmare owned by Dr. Doug Koch and Tom Tatham. more...