HorseChannel Newswire

Paralympic Updates

Hart Just Misses Medal in Individual Freestyle at 2008 Paralympic Games in Hong Kong
The venue was lively today as the freestyles got underway in the main arena at Sha Tin, from the USEF.  Read more >>

In the Name of Harmony
The Freestyle competitions got off to a roaring start as a record crowd attended the morning and evening sessions for the Grade II and IV Individual Freestyle Test, from the FEI.  Read more >>

FEI World Reining

Inaugural FEI World Reining Championships to be broadcast online
Reining fans can watch the very first edition of the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) World Reining Championship, to be held at the Palasturla in Manerbio, Italy, September 11-14, on the event’s new website at www.itrha.com, from the AQHA.  Read more >>

Equestrian Sport

Zara Phillips talks about her fall at Burghley Horse Trials
Listen to the interview, from Horse and Hound.  Read more >>

 £3m horse breeding scheme fails
An ambitious horse breeding programme in Northern Ireland collapsed in 2001 despite more than £3m in grants, the Audit Office has found, from the BBC.  Read more >>

Equine Welfare

Join the National Rescue Ride for horse charities
Horse lovers from across the country are stampeding to join the Oct. 19 National Rescue Ride, from the Examiner.  Read more >>

In Other News

Plant to turn horse manure into energy feasible for Norco, preliminary study says
Norco could build a plant to turn its horse manure into energy, but the city might have to scramble to meet a federal deadline for an energy loan program, according to preliminary results of a study, from The Press-Enterprise.  Read more >>