HorseChannel Newswire

Chicago 2016 Announces New Equestrian Venue: Well-Established Equestrian Facility, Tempel Farms, Offers Land and Facilities for Olympic Bid
Chicago 2016, the organization bidding for the privilege to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, announced that Tempel Farms, an internationally renowned equestrian facility in Lake County, IL, will be the proposed site for the Olympic Equestrian Complex, from the USEF. Read more >>

Four Riders Named to USEF Show Jumping Developing/Young Rider Tour
The USEF has named the following four horse/rider combinations to the 2008 Show Jumping Developing/Young Rider Tour based off their ranking on the April 25, 2008 USEF Computer List, from the USEF. Read more >>

Behind a Derby favorite, tragedy and redemption
“We’re live, babe!” from USA Today. Read more >>

Triple Crown Bloodlines Run Through Illinois Stable
Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby 35 years ago en route to capturing horse racing’s Triple Crown, from KSDK. Read more >>

ReRun eBay auction features Old Timers and Legends
Thoroughbred adoption group ReRun is having a “Moneigh” auction on eBay continuing through May 4, from Thoroughbred Times. Read more >>

Jockey comes clean on horse racing’s dark side
Superstar Shane Sellers exposes demons, eating disorder in autobiography, from MSNBC. Read more >>

Neglected Youth Turn to Horse Racing
Shannon Bolin, 23, practiced hot-walking a horse at the Boys’ Haven stable, a nonprofit home for neglected and abused youth in the Louisville, Ky., area, from The New York Times. Read more >>

ATV riders sought in death of horse, cruelty to others
The Humane Society of Mercer County in Pennsylvania and state police are looking for all-terrain vehicle riders they believe killed a horse and possibly hurt four others in Shenango Township between Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon, from The Herald. Read more >>

Wild dogs attack, kill horse in Prince George
A neighborhood in the northeastern portion of Prince George County in Virginia is on alert after residents say a pack of wild dogs attacked and killed a horse, from NBC12. Read more >>

Woodside Horse Trials Offers Chance for Rising Stars
The Adequan/United States Eventing Association (USEA) Gold Cup Series comes to the Woodside Horse Trials on May 23-25, and it will be an excellent opportunity for rising riders and their horses to earn valuable points in the year-long series at the advanced and intermediate levels of eventing, from the USEF. Read more >>

One-Day Educational Event Dedicated to the Arabian Sport Horse Offered in Michigan
Have you ever wondered what those dressage classes are at your breed shows and wanted to try a couple but didn’t have a clue how to prepare for them? from the USEF. Read more >>

The Virginia Gold Cup Celebrates 83 Years
Please come enjoy the 83rd running of the world famous Virginia Gold Cup steeplechase race, Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia! from the Virginia Gold Cup. Read more >>