Saturday, May 2, thousands will join with celebrities, musicians, dancers and magnificent horses at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center for the 11th Annual Fiesta of the Spanish Horse extravaganza, all in support of raising funds for cancer research. Fiesta of the Spanish Horse is a revered Southern California equestrian tradition that raises funds each year for multiple cancer research organizations. Beneficiaries of this year’s Fiesta are the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Childrens...

The tradition of elite show jumping competition with a European look and feel keeps some of the finest international equestrian athletes returning to the Jumper Classic, now in its 20th year. The 2009 Jumper Classic, with its premiere event, the $75,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix, will be held September 2-6 over Labor Day weekend at New England's finest equestrian show grounds, Silver Oak Equestrian Center, in Hampton Falls, NH. The five-day show, held for the past 19 years in early...

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, Langer Equestrian Group has added a third show week to its highly popular High Prairie Spring Series at the Colorado Horse Park in Parker, CO. “We realized that the Colorado hunter/jumper community would really like another ‘A’ rated show during the first part of the season,” said Charlotte Skinner, manager of the High Prairie Spring Series for Langer Equestrian Group. “It’s a great facility and a great group of competitors. We have some really...

Some content provided by the American National Riding Commission Lexington, KY— The 32nd Annual American National Riding Commission (ANRC) National Intercollegiate Equitation Championship, which is a USEF local member competition, is being held April 18-19 at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, NC. Approximately 12 college teams will showcase their most talented riders. Two or three riders from each school will compete as a team. Riders will be judged and scored in three phases: a...

Photo by Daniel K. Lew (Sally Swift at the 2008 American Horse Publications Seminar..) Sarah Rodman Swift, known to her worldwide following as “Sally Swift,” passed away on April 2, 2009. Swift was less than three weeks away from her 96th birthday. She was born on April 20, 1913 in Hingham, MA, to Rodman “Tod” Swift and Elizabeth Townsend Swift. She had one sister, Agnes, who died in 2004. Swift was known all over the world for her innovative horse-riding methodology...

The following championships and finals were allocated by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Bureau during its meeting held March 31-April 1 in Switzerland. 2009 JUMPING · Children’s Final, Singapore (SIN), December 6–13 2010 JUMPING · World Breeding Championships, Lanaken (BEL), September 23–26 (this championship has been allocated to Lanaken for a period of five years, from 2010 to 2014). · Championship of the Americas Juniors, Pre-Juniors, Children, Quilltota (CHI), October 6–10...

With a faultless show jumping round on the final day of competition at the Galway Downs International Horse Trials, Amy Tryon and Leyland claimed the Adequan/United States Eventing Association (USEA) Gold Cup as the winner of the CIC***. Tryon’s perfect round gave her a final a score of 51.6 penalties, enough to vault her from third to first after second-placed Kelly Prather lowered one rail on Ballinakill Glory (53.8) and third-placed Jolie Sexson lowered two rails on Killian O’Connor (55.7),...

This year, more than $180,000 will be offered from the Kentucky Breeders Incentive Program to members of the Kentucky Saddlebred Owners and Breeders Association (KSOBA), a charter club of the American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA). Kentucky-bred American Saddlebreds that have been nominated to compete in the 2009 American Saddlebred Registry (ASR) Sweepstakes events for four-year-olds will receive Kentucky Breeders Incentive Funds as added prize money. The allotted pool for the 2009...

The Certificate of Service has long been part of the process used to register a Morgan horse. The purpose of the Certificate of Service has always been for the stallion owner to certify the mating that produced the foal. This certification was used as an additional tool to verify the accuracy of the pedigree represented on the registration. As such, the Morgan Horse Registry was based on the mare and stallion owner’s certification that the pedigree was accurate as presented. In the 1980s, the...

Riders taking part in the "Intro to Eventing" clinic at The Oaks Equestrian Center, home to the inaugural O’Connor Signature Facility, not only learned the basics of eventing but also had a chance to test out the world-class cross-country course designed by Olympians David and Karen O’Connor. Rhonda Gailey, Resident Equestrian Facility Manager of The Oaks Equestrian Center, taught the two-day Intro to Eventing clinic. “We had an excellent response for the clinic. Everyone who attended learned a...