The TAKE2 program is growing. Designed to promote second careers in the show ring for retired racehorses, TAKE2 offers hunter and jumper classes restricted to Thoroughbreds, with prize money funded by members of the Thoroughbred racing industry. The initial launch featured three venues: the May 2-6 Garden State Horse Show in Augusta, N.J., sponsored by the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association; and the Saratoga Springs Horse Show (May 2-6 and May 9-13) and the Skidmore College...

High Point and Reserve High Point Trakehner Mares from the 2011 ATA inspection at King's Windy Fields, Newmarket, Ontario. (K. Willemze) Newark, OH - The American Trakehner Association has announced 14 locations will host mare, stallion and young stock inspections in 2012, a number among the highest offered in the last decade. Inspections, held annually across the U.S. and Canada, provide the opportunity to present horses for approval into the ATA studbooks and offer spectators a glimpse into...

Fairfield, CT - The Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) National Championships will host 25 teams representing the best college hunter seat and Western riders in the United States to qualify to compete in Raleigh, May 3-6, at the Hunt Horse Complex at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. Following the conclusion of IHSA Zone and Semi Final qualifiers for the 2011-2012 season, the following college teams will be competing: Zone 1: Hunter Seat Champion Team, Mount Holyoke College...

Lexington, KY – Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron and Olympic Eventing riders Gina Miles, David and Karen O’Connor will compete with some of the world’s leading Reining riders in the $25,000 World Championship Freestyle Reining at the Ariat Kentucky Reining Cup. The Ariat Kentucky Reining Cup (AKRC) is held during the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Bridgestone, which runs April 26-29 the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. The AKRC features the $100,000...

Participating in the Thoroughbred Horse Shows Association's “War Horse” in-hand class during the April 14 show at the Kentucky Horse Park were (from left) Red Zipper, a 9-year-old stakes-winning gelding by City Zip who earned $303,935, with Michelle Parish; Prayer Service, a 10-year-old winning gelding by Stephen Got Even who earned $162,961, with Morgan Adams; and Train Robbery, the 25-year-old, Grade 3-winning dam of Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Cat Thief, with Martha Murdock. (Debbie...

An early morning fire tragically took the lives of 21 horses at the High Plains Stables, the Billings, Montana barn of USEA Area IX Chair, Martha McDowell. The entire facility in addition to all of Martha’s and her boarders’ equipment has been lost. A fund is being set up through Montana Equestrian Events, Inc, a 501c3 Non-Profit organization. Checks can be mailed to: Montana Equestrian Events, Inc. P.O. Box 595 • Whitefish, MT 59937 Please make checks payable to Montana...

Lexington, KY - The 2012 USEF Dressage Festival of Champions and USEF Dressage Selection Trial for the 2012 Olympic Games will take place June 8-10 and 13-17, 2012 at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, NJ. Members of the media who would like to request credentials to cover should submit an application by June 1, 2012. The competition will play host to several championship divisions. On June 8-10, riders will contest the National Pony Rider, National Junior, National Young Rider and...

Rich Fellers, 2012 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final Winner (Susan J. Stickle/PhelpsSports.com) s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands - The 2012 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final came to an exciting conclusion Sunday afternoon at the Indoor Barbant in the final competition, held over two rounds. Louis Koninck once again challenged riders over two stiff courses. However, a total of four rounds of competition were not enough to crown a winner of the 2012 Finals. Rich Fellers of the United States and Switzerland's...

‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands- Rich Fellers (Sherwood, OR) and Flexible win the 2012 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final at the Indoor Barbant. This is the first Rolex/FEI World Cup Final victory for the U.S. since 1987. Flexible is a 16 year-old Irish Sport Horse stallion owned Harry and Mollie Chapman. More news and photos to follow.

's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands - Jan Ebeling and Rafalca (Susan J. Stickle/PhelpsSports.com) The United States' two representatives produced solid, fun Freestyle tests this afternoon at the Indoor Brabant in the final round of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final. Jan Ebeling and Shawna Harding utilized the lessons learned in Friday's Grand Prix to produced better performances; both riders witnessed improved marks from the Grand Prix to the Freestyle. Ebeling (Moorpark, CA)...