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Jan 24, 2012
World Dressage Masters Palm Beach CDI5 - Live Coverage on USEF Network
Wellington, FL

Grand Prix Special at 2pm ET
Grand Prix Freestyle at 7.30pm ET





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Jan 18, 2012
New equine coalition in Kentucky
Lexinton, KY
The Kentucky Breed and Discipline Council (KBDC) has been formed by the Kentucky Horse Council to ensure that there is a direct link between the latter and the entire equine industry. Examples of projects the group may tackle is increased youth involvement, legislative awareness, industry growth, equine business development, industry promotion to the general public, and more. Associations that are members of the Kentucky Horse Council will be represented on the new coalition.

"Our industry is so diverse," said Anna Zinkhon, President of the Kentucky Horse Council board. "That diversity often serves us well, but there are many opportunities that can only be realized through a consolidated effort of all breeds and disciplines." More info...

Jan 16, 2012
Steffen Peters Named 2011 USEF Equestrian of the Year
Cincinnati, OH
Steffen Peters (right)won the William C.Steinkraus Trophy as one of the 2011 Equestrians of Honor and then the Robert P. Strub Trophy (shown here being presented by USEF President David O'Connor on left) as the overall USEF Equestrian of the Year. Photo by Kim MacMillan/MacMillan Photography

Peters (San Diego, CA) won the top honor in 2008 and 2009 based largely on his accomplishments with Akiko Yamazaki’s phenom Ravel – but in 2011, Ravel had some help. Peters capitalized on his first trip to the Pan American Games and scored Team and Individual Gold in a tremendous effort with Jen and Bruce Hlavacek’s Weltino’s Magic. From California to Aachen, Germany Peters was undefeated in 2011 with the now 9-year-old Westphalian gelding.
Both Ravel and ‘Magic’ scored at the 2011 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Dressage Championships in Gladstone, NJ in September sweeping the Grand Prix and Intermediaire I divisions respectively. Peters won all six classes in the effort and secured his Pan Am spot with Magic in the process. More info...

Jan 15, 2012
Spandau and Schaefer Raposa Garner Marley Goodman Small Junior Hunter 16-17 Championship
Wellington, FL
Division winner Schaefer Raposa, of Clinton, NY, showed Spandau for the first time this week for owner Visse Wedell. Raposa rode Spandau at his farm once last year and then got on the gelding on Thursday to prepare for this week's competition.

"He is awesome, he really is," the rider smiled. "He is one of the coolest hunters I have ever ridden. His rhythm is amazing; he has that great canter where the distance is never too far and you just kind of go with it. He has the jump where he uses every part of his body and he is so brave. He is just really cool." See Schafer and Spandau in their hunter round video at www.shownet.biz

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Jan 13, 2012
Paint Horse Association turns 50
February 16, 2012
The American Paint Horse Association officially turns 50 years old on February 16, 2012, commemorating a breed association that has registered more than one million horses.


Bandit's Pinto, a three-year-old black tobiano stallion owned by William Gooch of Fort Worth, Texas, was honoured with registration number 1 in the new paint horse registry.
APHA began as the brainchild of Rebecca Tyler Lockhart of Gainesville, Texas, in the early 1960s. An avid admirer of beautifully colored horses of sound Western stock horse conformation, Tyler spoke up against the prevailing establishment and advocated the start-up of a Paint, stock-type horse registry.

Overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds and almost unanimous disagreement from breeders, she began her quest for a breed registry at informal get-togethers in the kitchen of her home. More info...

Jan 13, 2012
Equine Affaire’s Versatile Horse & Rider Competition: Do You Have What It Takes?
April 12-15th Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, OH
Riders and horses from any discipline with the “right stuff” will compete for $5500 in cash and the coveted title of Champion at the 2012 Versatile Horse & Rider Competition at Equine Affaire, April 12th-15th, at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus.

The Versatile Horse & Rider Competition—aka “VHRC”—will be a timed and judged race through an obstacle course created to test communication between horse and rider as well as each competitor’s horsemanship skills and athletic abilities. The competition will take place in the coliseum at the Ohio Expo Center.

Champion reiner and popular trainer, Aaron Ralston, will add plenty of personality and entertaining, obstacle-by-obstacle commentary as the official “ringmaster” for this year’s event.

Throughout both the qualifying rounds and finals of the competition, VHRC attendees will cheer on their favorite contestants as they negotiate the challenging obstacle course at top speeds and are pushed out of their “comfort zones.” Admission to both the qualifying rounds and the finals of the 2012 Versatile Horse & Rider Competition is included in general admission to Equine Affaire. More info...

Jan 13, 2012
Pegasus Awards January 13
Watch on the USEFNetwork.com
The USEFNetwork.com, will be broadcasting the 2012 Pegasus Awards, live from the USEF Annual meeting Saturday Night, January 14, 2012 beginning at 7:30 pm ET. With that and photos of the Horse of the Year Champions Dinner held on Friday, USEF shares with the world the wonderfully produced, historical record of equestrian sport in America, and those being honored including disciplines, breeds, luminaries, sponsors, organizers and officials and staff who work hard to contribute so much to the growth of equestrian sport.

Now the world can share what has always been just a magical evening for those who were there. Lifetime Achievement Award, Virginia's James "Jim" Wofford, a legend in his sport of Eventing is bound to be entertaining, with well produced video and imagery and then the witty Wofford himself who will no doubt be entertaining as "Woff" accepts the honor. More info...

Jan 13, 2012
Stunning Clinician Line-up at Horse Expo Pomona Feb 2-4
Ponoma, CA
he brand new Horse Expo Pomona, Thursday-Saturday, February 2-4 at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, started with a spark, a clean slate, lots of ideas, and has now exploded into what promises to be a stellar event.

"Choosing the line-up of clinicians was particularly fun," states Miki Cohen, Founder and President of Horse Expo Pomona. "Our team has over a decade of experience with presenting the Western States Horse Expo in Sacramento, and we've definitely learned what our audience wants to see. Attendees range from professionals, competitors, new horse owners, to people who have encountered problems and need advice or want to advance their horsemanship and riding skills. Keeping all that in mind when selecting clinicians, we've brought the best in the business to Horse Expo Pomona." More info...

Jan 13, 2012
Miniature donkey and tiny stallion form big friendship
Barnstead, NH
A big love affair with some tiny players has blossomed on a farm in Barnstead, New Hampshire. Charlie (left), a miniature ivory donkey standing 29 inches tall, and Einstein (right), the world's "smallest stallion" who measures only 20 inches high, have become new best friends. Adopted from a breeder in Kentucky after failing to stud, little Charlie was introduced to tiny Einstein on Nov. 1, and the pair have reportedly become inseparable as shown in these photos taken on Nov. 24, 2011. More info...

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