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Equestrian Sport

Valerie Kanavy to Receive Maggy Price Endurance Excellence Award
Endurance legend Valerie Kanavy will be honored at the USEF Annual Meeting during the Pegasus Awards Dinner on January 17, 2009 when she will receive the Maggy Price Endurance Excellence Award, from the USEF.  Read more >>

Eighty-three National Federations gathered in Argentina for the 2009 General Assembly
This newsletter outlines some of the major matters discussed today, from the FEI.  Read more >>

Human Interest

Smallest foal born at Australian horse farm
This is perhaps the first horse that could be wrapped up as a Christmas present, from the Times Online.  Read more >>

A man and his horse get tough on bullying
Kyle Holley, 42, has never been a classroom teacher and doesn’t have a degree in education. But for the past few years, he has been teaching students about character using Tuffy, an American Quarter Horse, from PNJ.  Read more >>

Saving Trails is What They Do – Back Country Horsemen of America
When the U.S. Forest Service began to make changes to the trail classification system that had been in place for nearly 100 years, Back Country Horsemen of America took notice, from AHP.  Read more >>