HorseChannel Newswire

USET Foundation Congratulates Hillary Dobbs as 2008 Maxine Beard Award Winner
The United States Equestrian Team (USEF) Foundation is proud to announce that Hillary Dobbs of Sussex, NJ, is this year’s winner of the Maxine Beard Show Jumping Developing Rider Award, from the USEF. Read more >>

State Horse Association Celebrates 50 Years
The sport of horsemanship is thriving in southern Nevada and that may be due in part to an organization that’s celebrating 5 decades of organizing equine competitions in Las Vegas, from Las Vegas Now. Read more >>

Horse owner turns 30 over to county
The owner of 40 horses seized from a small Myers Flat farm in Northern Califronia last week has signed 30 over to the county in the last few days, officials said Tuesday, from the Times-Standard. Read more >>

Qualifying Criteria for U.S. Riders for the CN North American Junior and Young Rider Championships Now Available
Qualifying criteria for riders hoping to compete in the 2008 CN North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC) at the Colorado Horse Park Presented by Gotham North, is now available, from the USEF. Read more >>

Travelling First Class: Louise Parkes Talks to Martin Atock, Managing Director of Peden
Martin Atock, Managing Director of the official Olympic horse transportation company, Peden, tells a tale that contrasts the sophistication of 21st Century equine flight management with the less complicated methods employed in earlier times, from the USEF. Read more >>

Elegant equines
Not for nothing were the horses painted by Franklin B. Voss called noble steeds, from the Baltimore Sun. Read more >>