Press Release

Horseshoe Decorating Event "Hang a Shoe - Save a horse" sponsored by Back In The Saddle 4-H Horse Club and the Garden State Horse Show will take place on May 4Th at the Sussex County Fair Grounds in Augusta ,NJ. Both events will support Helping Hearts Equine Rescue, Mylestone Equine Rescue and Take 2, a program designed to promote the value of retired racehorses in the sport horse world.

St. Louis, Mo., April 16  — Purina Animal Nutrition has pledged up to $150,000 in free feed to rescue shelters through its continuing partnership with A Home for Every Horse, a program dedicated to finding homes for horses in need of adoption or fostering. For the second year in a row, Purina has pledged a base donation of $125,000.

Traverse City, MI - April 12, 2013 - What a difference a decade makes! North Face Farm, owned by Jake and Anne Haas, has supported Horse Shows by the Bay since its inception, and to celebrate the show's 10th anniversary North Face Farm is sponsoring a new $10,000 Leading Hunter Rider Cash Bonus Award.

The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (NYTHA) today announced the creation of "TAKE THE LEAD," a retirement program for Thoroughbreds stabled at New York Racing Association tracks. TAKE THE LEAD will partner with established aftercare programs to provide rehabilitation and retraining placements for racehorses when they are ready to begin second careers.

Tampa, Fla. - April 11, 2013 - Young competitors lined up along the side of the grass fields outside of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa for the $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational, presented by G&C Farm, on Saturday, April 6, 2013. The stakes were high as they showed over beautifully decorated fences, but the irony of the competition was that there were no horses in sight.

U.S. pony drivers head to Raeford, North Carolina this weekend to vie for National Titles at the Southern Pines CDE. Bragging rights will be up for grabs in the USEF National Combined Driving Single Pony Championship, USEF National Combined Driving Pair Pony Championship and USEF National Combined Driving Pony Team Championship at the annual event held April 12-14.

This year’s Thoroughbreds For All event will offer dinner followed by a special presentation by The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program to recognize and award the 17 riders who will be competing at Rolex on registered Thoroughbreds. The rest of the evening will consist of educational and entertaining sessions about selecting and working with off-the-track Thoroughbreds. Several well-known equestrians, such as Olympic rider Phillip Dutton and Hall of Fame Jockey Chris McCarron, will participate in the sessions. 

The EQUUS Foundation and the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) have established a new volunteer recognition scholarship program specifically for USEF members aged 21 and under who hold a current USEF Competing Equestrian membership.

The $1,500 USEF Champion of Equine Service Scholarship for undergraduate and graduate studies is part of the EQUUS Foundation's Champions program sponsored by  Ariat International, an incentive-based equine service program aimed at improving the welfare of horses and fostering the horse-human bond.

The TAKE2 Second Career Thoroughbred Program anncounced that it will now offer year-end awards for its high-point hunter and high-point jumper of 2013. 

The Kentucky National Horse Show will host the TAKE2 High-Point Jumper Award on Sept. 18-22 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Georgetown. The presentation for the TAKE2 High-Point Hunter Award will be held at the Capital Challenge Horse Show on Oct. 1-6 at the Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, Md.

Sonoma Horse Park is pleased to announce a long-term partnership with Martin Collins Equine Surfaces as the official surface supplier of Sonoma Horse Park. The European market-leader of premium footing, Martin Collins Equine Surfaces brings decades of installation expertise, in-depth industry knowledge and superior product offerings to the American market.