It was a one-two finish for Great Britain on Thursday night in the $20,000 International-Open Jumper Gambler´s
Choice class at the 2005 Washington International Horse Show at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. England´s Michael Whitaker broke the one thousand point barrier and edged fellow Brit Nick Skelton by seventy points for the victory. more...

A considerable number of HOYS visitors were turned away from the Saturday performance of the popular Birmingham show after paying up to £200 for forged passes more than 100 HOYS visitors were duped into paying up to £200 for counterfeit passes for the popular Saturday (15 October) performances of the show — sold out a month previously more...

The complete results from the 2005 Swedish Young Dressage Horse Championships and Breeder's Trophy that took place in Flyinge, Sweden, October 19-23, 2005. The names of the new Swedish champions are: Zamanta, Pagilo, Fleurie, Tellwell, Larina Höm and Synovia. more...

The Equine Elite Auction is the newest sport horse auction in The Netherlands and will take place at the renowned "Academy" in Hooge Mierde, on Saturday 29th October 2005, just one day prior to one of the most prestigious international events in the Netherlands, The Global Dressage Forum. more...

The HorseTV Channel began its first day of 24/7 broadcast operations at 6:00 a.m. Thursday, October 27th and is providing viewers and distributors with a 30 day free preview through November 27th, 2005. The HorseTV Channel has executed an agreement with Crawford Communications for network origination services and for distribution of the channel to multichannel video providers via AMC10, Transponder 15. more...

The National Stud has been granted charitable status in respect of its non-commercial activities. The charity will be known as the Wavertree Charitable Trust in memory of Lord Wavertree, who presented his stud and bloodstock to the nation in 1916. Charitable status enables the number and range of courses offered to be expanded and also to continue to be offered without charge to students or employers. more...

The 2005 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) serves as one of the country’s most prestigious and competitive indoor equestrian events, with prominent riders, Olympic veterans, and superstar equines competing for top honors and fabulous prize money. Located at the MCI Center in downtown Washington D.C., the show began on October 25 with a full schedule of hunter competition. more...

Many people may not consider the horse industry as a major contributor to Georgia's diverse agricultural economy. However, they would be wrong. In 2004, the horse industry, which includes boarding, training, breeding, and sales, totaled more than $388 million in farmgate income in the state more...

The following horse and rider combinations have been named to the United States Equestrian Federation 2006 Eventing Winter Training List for the period of January 15, 2006 through March 26, 2006 more...

Nathalie Bouckaert Pollard proved the leader in the third day of eventing at Fair Hill, finishing the show jumping course of the 2005 USEF National Three-Star Eventing Championship to exuberant applause. The final ride on the 12-year-old British Sport Horse gelding, West Farthing, was good enough to clinch the overall win at the 2005 championship, which took place once again at the beautiful grounds of Fair Hill International in Elkton, MD, October 14-16. more...

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) is pleased to announce the new USDF Breeder of the Year Award program, which will be initiated for the 2006 competition season, which started October 1, 2005. This is a year-end award, based on performance in a given competition year. Breeders of dressage performance horses and breeders of dressage in-hand horses will be able to vie for top honors. more...

This year's stallion licensing will be in Verden from October 27th to 29th. The stallions will be pre-selected before they are allowed to come to Verden, they must be brought to a commission of the Verband, which makes a pre-selection for the main licensing. Out of 700 or more two-year-olds, only about 100 will be chosen to go to Verden more...

With an auction sales price of Euro 260.000,00, the chestnut stallion Lexus by Londonderry/Weltmeyer leads the price scale at the 113th Verden Elite Auction. Santus by Sandro Hit/Lauries Crusador xx is the most expensive foal, sold at Euro 52.000,00. Both Hanoverians will travel to France. With Euro 260.000,00, buyers from France won the thrilling bidder’s duel for Lexus by Londonderry/Weltmeyer. The stallion was bred by Andrea Eilfort-Böcker in Ankum and exhibited by Klaus Kamps, Cuxhaven. Donny M by Don Frederico/Weltmeyer (breeder: Adolf Meyer, Dedelstorf – exhibitor: Klaus Michaelis, Basdahl) was the runner-up on the price scale. He was sold at Euro 200.000,00 to a professional show stable in North Rhine-Westphalia. more...

Verband hannoverscher Warmblutzüchter (Hanoverian Verband, VhW) and the American Hanoverian Society (AHS) are pleased to announce the Jumper Breeding Program. A cooperative effort between the AHS, the VhW and the two regional Hanoverian breeding clubs in Canada, the Jumper Breeding Program is intended to promote the breeding of high quality Hanoverian show jumping horses in North America. The Jumper Breeding Program is based in part on the successful experience of the Programm Hannoveraner Springpferdezucht ("PHS") in Germany. more...

Record prices were once again achieved at this year’s annual 3-day Royal Welsh Cob sale, held at the Royal Welsh Showground, Bulith Wells this weekend (14,15,16th of October, 2005). This year’s sale featured over 750 breeding stock and a further 100 performance animals were offered for sale by Brightwells Auctioneers, with a gross sale total of £682,630 more...

Over 100 British bred horses were enrolled for the inaugural Baileys Horse Feeds/British Breeding Futurity Scheme Championships. Presented for evaluation this year at the College Equestrian Centre, Keysoe on 22 September were 31 foals, 29 yearlings, 14 two year olds and 16 three year olds. Participating horses were split across the disciplines with 26 dressage horses, 23 show jumpers and 41 eventers. more...

With Gold medals galore to celebrate, a Premier League Champion to crown and numerous other winners to honour, this year's BE Ball promises to be a great evening! Join us at the Telford International Centre for JIVE '05! Tables are selling fast with three weeks to go - book now! more...

Spanish Olympic, World and European medallist Beatriz Ferrer-Salat will be giving dressage fans in the UK the benefit of her experience when she takes the BEIB British Dressage National Convention at Addington Manor, Buckinghamshire, 26 -27 November 2005. more...

Specialists from around the World Ponder Current Themes in the Sport Horse Breeding, including the Cloning of Horses. Leading specialists, scientists and dignitaries from around the world with ties to international sport horse breeding will gather in Brussels on Thursday 1 through Sunday 4 December. On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the Belgian Warmblood Horse Studbook (BWP) will be the organizer and proud host of the annual convention of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH). more...

A new name was added to the list of winners of the Alan Akehurst Trophy for champion mare at the British Hanoverian Horse Society show. It went to show newcomer Sara Williams for her 12-year-old broodmare Angelina, a horse considered by the judges to be"in perfect condition and exactly the type we should breed from".
Sara and her father, equine vet Ron Williams, who was showing their foals, more...

A super star line up of riders has been invited to compete at The Unex Masters 17th -20th November; providing entertainment and a thrilling sporting spectacle of dressage and show jumping. John, Robert and Ellen Whitaker, Tim Stockdale of Faking It fame, Ben Maher the current Hickstead Derby winner to name a few may all ride at this new international show. more...

Technical discussions on methods of training dressage horses have been very ‘hot’ in the past few months. During the 5th Global Dressage Forum at the Academy in Hooge Mierde, over 300 dressage trainers, judges, riders and dressage enthusiast from over 25 countries will internally discuss developments in the sport. The Forum will be held on Monday 31 October and Tuesday 1 November more...

The future licensing of livery yards looks extremely likely following the recent publication of the Animal Welfare Bill
Welfare groups and equestrian industry leaders are rejoicing after the government gave a nod of approval towards future licensing of livery yards more...

Nicolas Touzaint brought the huge crowd at the 20th Le Lion d’Angers to their feet as he jumped clear to score a remarkable sixth victory at this venue, winning the Young Horse World Championships for seven-year-olds for a record fourth time in five years. Armed with a seemingly unending supply of exciting young horses, the young Frenchman won the CCI 2* aboard his girlfriend Veronique Real’s Anglo Arab Tatchou and finished second in the six-year-olds’ CIC 1* on Lesbos. more...

A full yard of equines met a brisk trade at the recent Sperrin and Bannvalley Mart. Quality lots were in great demand and buyers from Scotland, England, Wales, Northern and Southern Ireland were in attendance. Vendors from Scotland, Wales, Northern and Southern Ireland exhibited. more...

Page Tredennick rode First Date to the top of the North American League (NAL) Adult Hunter Championships held at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg, Pa. The pair dominated the two-round class scoring an 87 in the first round and 78 in the second to take home the blue ribbon to Littleton, CO. more...

Murray Kessler and All That left their competition in the dust as they raced to the top of the class in the $10,000 North American League (NAL) Adult Jumper Finals on the final day of the Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg, Pa. more...

After two successful editions of the Expo Talent Sale auction, there are a lot of young talented horses who found their way to (inter)national show jumping league. With the selection, made by the organizers Jeroen Dubbeldam, Gerco Schrõders and Wim Schrõder, we are sure that every expectation can be fulfilled. This year Sjef Janssen will also select a couple of fantastic young dressage horses. And there is an opportunity for owners to offer a young talented horse. The horses on offer are only of the purist quality. The horses vary in age from 3 to 8 years old. In their grades of training, they vary from just broken-in to international level. They all have, however, one thing in common: top-quality. This year on Tuesday, the 29th of November, you will have the opportunity to buy the Grand Prix winners of the future in the Expo Centre in Hengelo. more...

Quzier Ambak showed that he's still got what it takes by winning the Tenaga Nasional Berhad World Cup at the Royal Selangor Horse Show this morning. He jumped the only double clear round with Calano, his 14 year old Holstein gelding. Only 2 of 15 starters made the jump-off of this full 1.40 m class. The Philippines Toni Leviste was the only other competitor to record a clear first round with Globe Platinum Maktub. more...

Ireland's international Christmas indoor show has been called off due to financial problems but hopes are high for its return next year. The cancellation of Belfast International Horse Show, just one week after it was confirmed to go ahead, has not dampened the organisers' hopes of a 2006 resurrection. more...

In late April the USEF announced a major new award to be given at the Farnam-Platform/USEF Horse of the Year gala during the USEF Annual Meeting. This year the gala will be held on January 14th, 2006 at the Hilton Netherland Plaza in Cincinnati, Ohio. more...

Young British horses hold their own at the World Breeding Championships in France. The world's best young horses came head to head this weekend at the Annual World Breeding Championships at Le Lion d'Angers, France. Eleven British riders headed across the channel to partake in the showcase event for 6- and 7-year-old horses which have shown outstanding form throughout the year. more...

The top show jumpers in the world have received invitations for one of the greatest shows in the world. Olympia, The London International Horse Show, London´s Christmas spectacular, runs 13th-19th December action packed performances, ten of which include some of the finest show jumping to be seen anywhere in the world. more...

AT a meeting of the Executive of the Show Jumping Association of Ireland (SJAI) in the Ambassador Hotel, Co. Kildare tonight (Monday), it was unanimously agreed that Robert Splaine be asked to take the job of Chef d'Equipe to the senior Irish show jumping team for the 2006 season, subject to approval by the Equestrian Federation of
Ireland (EFI), and subject to the agreement of a contract. more...

From the moment he exited the riding ring, took in the lush grounds and made his way through the vast facilities that make up the Kentucky Horse Park, Peter Wylde knew his mind was made up. "The first time I rode (at the Horse Park) I thought it would be a perfect place for the World Equestrian Games," the U.S. Olympic gold-medal-winning, show jumping rider said. "Because of the equine culture involved here and because of the facility, I've been a huge supporter of Lexington getting the games for the last 10 years." more...

Microchips look set to become the standard method of identification for horses under new European Commission proposals. The compulsory microchipping of horses looks almost certain to be introduced. It has been flagged up in EU proposals and is being backed by British equestrian industry leaders. more...

After a very intense competition Andreas Helgstrand and Blue Hors Don Schufro won the FEI World Cup Dressage Kür at Vilhelmsborg. The victory was Andreas 4th this weekend. For the audience the FEI World Cup Dressage Kür competition was very exciting because of the close race between Andreas (77.88%) and Dutch Laurens van Lieren with Hexagon's Ollright (75.93%). more...

The Mane Event Equine Education & Trade Fair at Chilliwack’s Heritage Park (British Columbia, Canada), which debuted last year, took place October 21 – 23 for the second time. The Mane Event is to be compared to Equitana in Germany and is the most comprehensive of its type in Canada, drawing exhibitors and clinicians from across Canada and the United States. Spectators are coming from all more...

One of Denmark's most renowned breeding stallions and dressage horses has been sold. Owner Jorgen Olsen sold his dark bay Danish warmblood stallion Milan to Switzerland. Milan was competed by the Finnish Mikaela Lindh and recently won the small tour at the CDI Falsterbo more...

Specialists from around the World Ponder Current Themes in the Sport Horse Breeding, including the Cloning of Horses. Leading specialists, scientists and dignitaries from around the world with ties to international sport horse breeding will gather in Brussels on Thursday 1 through Sunday 4 December. On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the Belgian Warmblood Horse Studbook (BWP) will be the organizer and proud host of the annual convention of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH). more...

A scheme aimed at increasing the quality and quantity of Irish Draught stallions has been extended to Northern Ireland. The Irish Draught Society (Northern Region), in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Horse Board, is introducing a system whereby Irish Draught colt foals and yearlings can be accessed for the Irish Draught Colt Retention Scheme. more...

It was standing room only at Vilhelmsborg, Aarhus this afternoon where the Western European League of the FEI World Cup dressage opened with a decisive victory for the second year in succession for local hero Andreas Helgstrand. more...

Within one month time, three international Dressage Forums take or have taken place already somewhere in the world. It all started with ‘Linking the steps’ organized by Cara Whitham in Ontario, Canada, on October 8th and 9th.
The FEI Regional Dressage Forum in Sydney, Australia, was the second one in the row. This Forum more...

The FEI is pleased to announce the creation of a dedicated website for the FEI World Cup activities: www.feiworldcup.org. Information on the FEI World Cup of Jumping, Dressage, Eventing and Driving, will be centralized on that new website. more...

The FEI World Cup dressage season kicks off in earnest this weekend at the Danish National Equestrian Centre, Vilhelmsborg, Aarhus, with the first of seven Western European League qualifiers. Aarhus, hosting the largest dressage event on Danish soil this year, is preparing to welcome a host of international talent. more...

To be or not to be the first.., that was not a question for the Danish dressage rider Lone Jörgensen in Kaposvár ( HUN) who won the FEI World Cup Dressage qualifier on her bay gelding Hardthof’s Ludewig G last Sunday. Her victory was sealed with a tremendous lead of 3,30 % ahead of British Fiona Bigwood more...

Holland's Gerco Schroder swept to victory with a superb last-to-go effort in yesterday's second leg of the 2005/2006 FEI World Cup Jumping series in Oslo, Norway yesterday but Danish riders Linnea Ericsson and Thomas Velin jointly hold the advantage on the league table at this early stage. more...

One year after the Olympic Games in Athens the Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre played host to the 12th edition of CSIO-W Athens, which was organised for the first time in conjunction with a CDI3*-W. The jumping international event was held from 6 to 9 October at the main grass jumping arena and the dressage event from 7 to 9 October at the main sand dressage arena. more...

The FEI Veterinary Committee and Dressage Committee have received several questions with regard to the issue of training methods in Dressage, specifically referring to overbending during the warm-up. The use of overbending (Rollkur) in the warm-up for Dressage is a controversial issue for the FEI. more...

Small breeders made their mark, taking several championships at this year's Trakehners UK grading and show at Addington EC, writes Carole Mortimer. But it was the established name of Holme Grove that claimed supreme honours, this time with the beautiful black broodmare Holme Grove Sante Fe, the 1lth supreme champion for the Bedfordshire stud. more...

World Young Horse Breeding Jumping Championships report by Ruth Loney. Laura Renwick and her Selle Francais mare, Limelight de Breve, whois in three HOY finals, were best of the British and Irish contingent at the World Breeding Jumping Championships at Zangersheide in Belgium. more...

The BE Board have today approved the Summary Report for general publication and issued an accompanying statement - please click through for details. more...

William Fox Pitt and Mr Dumbledore secured their second major win this year at the Boekelo CCI *** in Holland yesterday. Mr Dumbledore who also won the Bramham CCI*** in June this year, finished on his dressage score of 47.90 more...

The British Eventing Events Team is pleased to announce the five venues hosting Pre-Novice Three Day Events (PN3DE) next season as:
Chepstow, Gwent 18 - 21 May
Great Witchingham, Norfolk 14 - 16 July
Strathallan, Perthshire 28 - 30 July
Oasby, Lincolnshire 29 September - 1 October
Aldon, Somerset 19 - 22 October more...

A grey of unknown breeding from Goresbridge sales triumphs in the Burghley’s four-year-old final.
A sparkling performance from the Irish-bred Pebbly Aga Khan clinched the Winergy Burghley Young Event Horse four-year-old final. more...

British breeders left the Brightwells Summer Gala Show and Auction feeling frustrated as buyers refused to dig deep into the pockets to buy stars of the future. more...

An investigation has been launched, and the SJAI's team selection procedures are being reviewed, following complaints by senior riders about the current system. Constructive talks between the Show Jumping Association of Ireland (SJAI) and the nation's top riders have helped clear the air in the aftermath of a bitter row that erupted at this year's Dublin Horse Show. more...

Rock King stallion is champion four-year-old at the PAVO Breeding Championships, which included young stock classes for the first time. A British-bred stallion, by the top event sire Rock King, took the four-year-old title at the 2005 PAVO British Eventing Breeding Championships at Tweseldown earlier this week. more...