HorseChannel Newswire

Equestrian Sport

USEF Response to FEI Tribunal Ruling on Mythilus
The United States Dressage Team and the United States Equestrian Federation received an unexpected decision on September 22, 2008 when the FEI Tribunal handed down its ruling regarding the positive medication test of Mythilus, Courtney King-Dye’s Dressage horse, from the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong, from the USEF.  Read more >>

2008 U.S. Teams Take Silver in International Saddle Seat World Cup
The U.S. Saddle Seat Equitation World Cup Teams turned in gutsy performances under less than ideal weather and ring conditions to earn Silver medals in both the three- and five-gaited competitions of the 2008 International Saddle Seat World Cup, from the USEF.  Read more >>

United States Hunter Jumper Association Trainers Certification Program Set to Begin in June 2009
After years of hard work and dedication from committee members and professional staff, the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) is proud to announce that the USHJA Trainers Certification Program will begin in June 2009, from the USEF.  Read more >>

Equine Welfare

Search for Missing Horse in Central Vt.
The Vermont Horse Council hopes you can help them track down a 13-year-old girl’s horse missing in the Waterbury-Middlesex area, from WCAX.  Read more >>

On TV

“The World Sporthorse Championships” Featuring the FTI Hampton Classic Grand Prix on Animal Planet This Weekend
The third episode in “The World Sporthorse Championships” series on Animal Planet airs this Saturday, October 4, at 3 p.m. ET, from the USEF.  Read more >>

Around the World

Horse auction bucks the trend
Thoroughbred horse breeding, a market in which the Czech Republic has only been a buyer since its own traditions were interrupted for nearly seven decades, is making a comeback in Central and Eastern Europe, from the Prague Post.  Read more >>