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Equestrian Sport

USEF Dressage Seat Medal Finals – Looking for a Few Good Horses!
The 2009 USEF Dressage Seat Medal Finals Presented by Dressage Today® will be held at Lamplight Equestrian Center , Wayne , Illinois , on July 17 – 19, 2009. From Dressage Daily. Read more >>

FEI Appoints Dressage and Para-Equestrian Dressage Director
The FEI is pleased to announce that Trond Asmyr has joined the organization as FEI Dressage and Para-Equestrian Dressage Director. From FEI. Read more >>

Equine Welfare

Paragallo horse abuse case delayed
The saga of horse breeder Ernest Paragallo’s animal cruelty case continues. From The Daily Mail. Read more >>

Horses to the slaughter
On the dusty outskirts of this border city, neighbored by truck stops and desert scrub, hundreds of horses mill around a sprawling grid of pens at the Rio Grand Classic horse auction. From Salon.com. Read more >>

In Other News

Mercy Corps’ Mongolian horse race draws opposition from equestrian groups
Hot-blooded equestrians are trying to assemble a worldwide posse to trample an unlikely opponent — Mercy Corps, the Portland-based relief organization known for aiding disaster victims, not for helping stage horse races. From Oregon Live. Read more >>

Event helps horses in need
The Kentucky Horse Park hosted the Second Annual John Henry Memorial Equine Adoption Fair Saturday evening. The event is designed to raise money for abused and neglected horses across the Commonwealth. From WKYT. Read more >>

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