Georgetown College President William H. Crouch, Jr., and Kentucky Horse Park Executive Director John Nicholson cut the ceremonial ribbon to officially open the Equine Scholars Center, which will serve as the central offices for Georgetown College’s Equine Scholars Program. The ceremony also honored Larry Smith, who recently retired as the volunteer executive director, for all of the time and hard work he contributed to make the program a success. The program, which pairs students’ academic...

Showcase, Ltd., based in Canton, GA, ended their 2005 show season on a high note as owner-rider Terry Brown, partnered with her 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding Sequel, were awarded Farnam®/Platform™ USEF National Horse of the Year titles in Second Year Green Working Hunter, Regular Working Hunter and Horse of the Year Grand Champion in Regular Hunters. They seem to be headed right back to the top in 2006 as their winning continued with the championship in the Regular Working Hunter division for...

The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has obtained a supply of the official measurement sticks that are now available to stewards, technical delegates and competitions. The sticks have metric measurements on one side, hands on the other side. Each stick is numbered and comes with a zippered carrying case. Cost of the stick is $410, with shipping and handling fees of $25, for a total cost of $435. An order form is available for purchasing the sticks or renting the sticks. You can also...

Robyn Fisher, 26, of Topanga, CA, was the wire-to-wire winner of the FEI World Cup Qualifier (CIC***-W) at Galway Downs, CA, on April 2, on her 11-year-old Holsteiner Thoroughbred gelding, Le Samurai, with a score of 75.6. Fisher finished each of the three days as the top rider in dressage, cross-country and jumping. She also won the CIC** on Lady Calido, a 10-year-old Holsteiner, and received prize money totaling more than $6,000 for winning both classes. "I had a great day," said Fisher, who...

Courtesy Animal Planet (Brianne Goutal was the eventual winner of the 2005 ASPCA Maclay Finals.) Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation® has welcomed a new audience of horse lovers thanks to the recent success of Animal Planet’s new six-week series, Horse Power–Road to the Maclay . More than six million unique viewers of all ages tuned in to Animal Planet to watch the series which began February 1. More than 9 million unique viewers tuned into the three...

With the only clean round in the jump-off, Molly Talla won the $50,000 World Cup Grand Prix, presented by Antares Saddlery, on Camaron Hills Shanroe, owned by Camaron Hills Farm of Temecula, CA, at the Second Annual Palms Classic Horse Show CSI-W to Benefit Casa de Amparo. Course designer Guillherme Jorge of Brazil created a variety of challenges for the five-day show held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, but his CSI-W course proved a challenge indeed to 25 horses in the grand prix. With 13 fences...

Officials of the 2006 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Farnam, are pleased to announce an exciting worldwide television schedule that will bring the thrill and excitement of America’s only Four-Star Three-Day Event to television sets around the world. This year’s Rolex Kentucky CCI**** returns to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, April 27-30. Anchoring the worldwide television schedule will be a domestic broadcast on NBC that will air as a one-hour special on Sunday, May 7,...

Hundreds of highly trained horses will be descending upon Traverse City, MI, for a three-week United States Equestrian Federation-recognized hunter, jumper and dressage festival slated for July 12-30, 2006. A total of five recognized events will take place over the three week period offering $330,000 series prize money. Horse Shows by the Bay, Series I, II and III are rated “AA-Hunter” and “Four Star-Jumper.” Show jumping highlights include a weekly regional level $25,000 grand prix, $10,000...

The 2006 USEA/Spalding Labs Young Event Horse (YEH) Series kicked off March 17 at the Rocking Horse Spring Horse Trials in Altoona, FL. Due to the early date, only a five-year-old division was held. Great Britain's defending Olympic Gold medallist and recent U.S. transplant Leslie Law, with youngster Rainman, ran away with the division on a score of 88.35%. It was a tight race for second place, with Eric Dierks and Text, his Thoroughbred gelding, slipping into second on a score of 79.26%, with...

The Florida Horse Park will be having a month of firsts come April. It will be the first time an internationally-recognized combined driving event will be held on the grounds, the first time a show jumping competition will be held, the first time an internationally-recognized two-star eventing competition will take place there, and the first time polo tournaments will be held. Competitors from at least five countries will be at these events, two of which are sanctioned by the Federation...