The American Miniature Horse Registry (AMHR) National Championship Show made history last year with record participation. A record 5,269 entries made the show the largest miniature horse show in history and one of the largest all-breed shows of the year. "This year's AMHR National Championship may even exceed last year's record," predicts Show Manager Lenard Davenport. In addition, the American Miniature Horse Registry is offering free admission throughout the weeklong event. The AMHR National...

Photos.com ( ) Lexington, KY – Mississippi horse owners affected by Hurricane Katrina now have a new lifeline to help through the United States Equestrian Federation. As of Thursday, September 8, USEF will have a dedicated phone line to take emergency calls from Mississippians in need of emergency assistance for their horses. The USEF Mississippi Emergency Hotline number is (859) 225-2051 , and will be operational daily from 8:00 a.m. until 6:30 p.m., until the need has subsided. This...

(Lexington, KY) - Starting Thursday, September 8 you can donate both equine and human goods which will be trucked to hurricane victims in Louisiana and Mississippi. Items which are needed for horses include feed, grain, bedding (shavings and wood chips), Bute, Banamine, Gentocin, Dormosedan, first aid supplies such as Furacin, wraps, standing bandages, hydrogen peroxide, Vetwrap, cotton sheeting, antibiotic cream, etc. They also need lead ropes, halters, stall webbings, hay bags, buckets,...

An online auction will begin on September 1 and run through September 15 to benefit Jan Michael, grandson of Philadelphia-based racehorse trainer Don White. Jan Michael was born prematurely on February 3 of this year with extensive complications, including a cleft lip and palate leaving him unable to swallow, necessitating stomach tube feeding and constant aspiration to prevent choking to death. Proceeds from the auction will be used to pay for home nursing care and other health care costs not...

Aachen, Germany - August 25– Tucker S. Johnson of the United States drove his team of four horses to third place in the dressage musical freestyle on Thursday at the World Equestrian Festival. Johnson, of Hobe Sound, Florida, was enthusiastic about the consistent performance of his team of relatively young horses that also finished third in the regular dressage test Wednesday, the first of five days of four-in-hand driving at Aachen. He is the sole U.S. competitor in the driving competition....

Michael Bowling (Carlswald Prince's Dominoe and Lionel Ferreira) Carlswald Prince's Dominoe, trained and ridden by Lionel Ferreira, defeated 11 others in Wednesday night's Five-Gaited Gelding Stake, a class in which defending Five-Gaited World's Grand Champion CH Boucheron did not place, at the Saddlebred World's Championship Horse Show. Carlswald Prince's Dominoe won the Lexington Junior League Horse Show Five-Gaited Grand Championship in July. CH Boucheron had not shown...

United States Olympic Silver medalist McLain Ward was back in the saddle for the first time since breaking his collar bone three weeks ago while competing for the United States at the Samsung Super League in Hickstead, England. Ward, of Brewster, NY, rode in two classes on the opening day of Aachen’s World Equestrian Festival, the host for the seventh of eight Samsung Super League events on Friday. Aachen will be the site of the quadrennial World Equestrian Games next year. “I’m still sore,”...

Lexington, KY – Following the announcement of U.S. Team and Alternate/Individual drivers on June 2, the United States Equestrian Federation has announced the horses which will accompany the U.S. Team to the 2005 FEI World Driving Championship Pairs in Wals-Siezenheim, Austria, September 8-11. United States Team Members with accompanying horses are as follows: Fritz Grupe with the following three horses: –Magnum 44 (1994 Oldenburg gelding, owned by Fritz Grupe), –Peter (1992 Sachsen gelding,...

The Youth National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (Youth Nationals) celebrated its 13th anniversary when it returned to Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque on July 23-30. This year's event showcased more than 1,000 of the nation’s best Arabians, Half-Arabians and Anglo-Arabians from the United States and Canada competing in 124 classes with their talented young riders. Divisions included English, Western, dressage, driving, equitation, halter, horsemanship, hunter, native costume,...

The International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association (IALHA) presents the IALHA National Championship Show from October 18-23, 2005. The show will take place at the Will Rogers Equestrian Center, in Fort Worth, TX, in the W.R. Watt Arena. The public is welcome and admission is free to all events. The 2005 IALHA National Show will include championship classes in Western and English disciplines, driving, saddle seat, halter, youth, amateur and traditional classes, such as Doma Vaquera and...