Lexington, KY - Ticket packages for the 2012 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, Presented by Bridgestone, and Ariat Kentucky Reining Cup, April 26-29, 2012 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, are on sale now. The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, part of the HSBC FEI ClassicsTM, is one of only [...]
Boyd Exell proved to be of a different class again in the sixth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Driving in Mechelen, Belgium. Exell remained untouched throughout the competition and stayed far ahead of his rivals Tomas Eriksson (SWE) and IJsbrand Chardon (NED). Mechelen is Boyd’s fourth consecutive win of [...]
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has secured the final qualifying slot for the Jumping competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Saudi Arabia earned its qualification on the basis of the team’s combined classification among the FEI Olympic Group F teams – Africa and the Middle East – at the [...]
Gregory Wathelet scooped the honours for the host nation when coming out on top at the eighth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2011/2012 series at Mechelen in Belgium this afternoon. And he did it in style, throwing down an impossible target when first to go with Copin [...]
National Reined Cow Horse Association leading rider Todd Crawford has made history once again, becoming the association's first $2 Million Rider. Crawford, who won the 2006 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, has also been named the American Quarter Horse Association Professional Horseman of the Year. His earnings in the National Reining [...]
Photo courtesy Uvex SportsIsabell Werth has become a new dressage role model with her use of a Safety helmet in official FEI competitions...The 2011 CDI-W Frankfurt kicked off today with the warm up round for the Nurnberger Burgpokal Finals, a national show circuit finals for small tour horses. Isabell Werth [...]
Dorothee Schneider and Van the Man at the 2011 CDI Hagen (Photo: © Astrid Appels)Sven Rothenberger's Grand Prix horse Van The Man has been sold to American Pan Am team gold winning rider Dr. Cesar Parra. The 9-year old Dutch warmblood gelding by Obelisk x Landjoker was acquired by Parra's [...]
In order to get adequate equine insurance, you must first answer an important question: How valuable is your horse? The best insurance policies are based on an "agreed value", which means that you and the insurance company agree on how much your horse is worth, and that is the amount [...]
Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis is a neurological disease caused by a tiny parasite. Opossums carry the parasite, and horses contract the disease by eating feed or drinking water contaminated by opossum feces. The EPM symptoms in horses include the three A’s: Asymmetrical ataxia (incoordination) with or without muscle atrophy (degeneration). Signs [...]
Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich Parzival from The Netherlands (Photo: © FEI/Dirk Caremans) Defending series champions, Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich Parzival from The Netherlands, scored an emphatic victory on their seasonal debut at the sixth leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2011/2012 series in Mechelen, Belgium today. With [...]
