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Equestrian Sport

USEF Update Regarding USEF Dressage Performance Standards Proposal
Results of an USEF online survey conducted in May and June 2008 concerning the USEF Dressage Performance Standards Proposal showed that 65% of the over 1250 respondents feel that there should be a proficiency requirement in order to advance through the levels in dressage competition, from the USDF.  Read more >>

Lucinda Green, Keynote Speaker at the USEA’s Annual Meeting and Convention, Receives Award for Outstanding Contribution to Equestrianism
Britain’s premier equestrian magazine, Horse and Hound, has reported that Lucinda Green, who will be the keynote speaker at the USEA Annual Meeting and Convention in New Orleans December 13 has been presented with the Martin Collins Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Equestrianism, from the USEA.  Read more >>

2008 Nominations for the World Morgan Futurity Due
Don’t procrastinate until the December 31, 2008 deadline-now is the time to nominate your 2008 Morgan foals, sires, and dams for the World Morgan Futurity.  Read more >>

Equine Law

Save Our Farms Coalition Calls for Supporters of Horse Industry to Attend Hearing in Olympia on Thursday
Save Our Farms Coalition urges horse farmers, horse owners, trainers, and all who work in horse-related businesses, as well as supporters of open spaces to attend a Department of Revenue hearing in Olympia, Wash., on Thursday, from Yahoo.  Read more >>

Human Interest

Humans not the only casualties of war
Remember, He floundered and thrashed in sheer terror. The stinking mud of the trenches had become a treacherous trap of greasy ooze, from BCLocalNews.com.  Read more >>