Press Release

The Sportsmen’s & Animal Owners’ Voting Alliance, a nationwide nonpartisan organization of animal owners and sportsmen, today named Delegate Edward “Ed” Scott (R-30) Virginia “Legislator of the Year 2009.” Scott, representing Culpeper, Madison and Orange counties, serves on the General Assembly's House Agriculture, General Laws and Transportation Committees, as well as the Science and Technology Committee.  
 

ELCR stands for something different these days. Formerly, Equestrian Land Conservation Resource, ELCR is now Equine Land Conservation Resource. "We feel strongly that our mission to conserve land for horse-related activity should not be limited to riders," said President Nancy Hamill Winter. "Land conservation is an issue that unites all horse lovers, regardless of breed or discipline, and our new name recognizes that all horsemen are concerned with this threat. ELCR will still be recognizable by the iconic acronym and the tireless work to conserve land."

Coatesville, PA---Two of Iron Spring Farm's flagship stallions, Meinse 439 and UB40, began the 2010 show season with big wins. Meinse 439 claimed the Second Level Reserve Championship and High Score Non-Warmblood at Ocala Winter Dressage. The six-year-old KFPS stallion followed that up with wins in both of his Second Level classes at American Dressage Concours with scores to 70.714%. UB40 also impressed.

Wellington, FL (February 22, 2010) – Canadian dressage rider Tom Dvorak, a member of the 2007 Canadian Pan Am team, wowed the crowd and judges during the fourth week of the star-studded Top Shelf Dressage Under the Stars competition at the Player’s Club & Restaurant with a spot on passage tour, fluid pirouettes and hip music that had the audience on their feet and dancing along. Dvorak’s victory, during the midway point of the Dressage Under the Stars series, came aboard Austin Walch’s Hanoverian stallion Viva’s Saliere W.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Ragsdale Liggett PLLC (www.rl-law.com) has announced that Dottie Burch, partner in the firm, has been elected to the board of directors for the North Carolina Horse Council, a nonprofit corporation that represents and furthers the common interest of the entire equine industry in all 100 counties of North Carolina. Burch, who heads up the firm’s equine law group, is an avid horsewoman with years of experience in the equine industry from legal, business and personal perspectives.   
 
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Edward Gal's sensational run in the 2009/2010 FEI World Cup™ Dressage series continued at Neumunster in Germany today where he recorded his third victory with Moorlands Totilas as they continue to take this sport by storm.  Wherever he goes, the record-breaking 10 year old black stallion lights a fire of excitement, and the capacity crowd at the German venue could hardly contain their excitement when witnessing him in action on their home ground.  Neumunster is in the heart of Holsteiner country, and jumping is very much the local passion.  But Totilas carries a spell-binding

Wellington, FL - Over the past 8 years Pure Thoughts Inc. has helped over 1400 horses. These years were spent not only helping the horses but also learning and growing to ensure the rescue is manageable, functional and a place the community will embrace. The horses that arrive at Pure Thoughts are rehabbed and retrained. This involves a longer process but it insures that the adopter is adopting a horse that is healthy, sound, behavior evaluated and he/she is a safe riding horse.

San Diego, CA – February 18, 2010 – Troxel LLC, the worldwide leader in ASTM/SEI-certified equestrian helmets, is proud to introduce new fashionable graphics to the Spirit, the most popular schooling helmet in North America.

The Spirit Dreamscape features a picturesque horse motif on a Honeydew background, and the vibrant Spirit Starlight features a decorative star-themed design on a Periwinkle shell. 

Varsity Equestrian is pleased to announce the inaugural WEF Collegiate Equitation Challenge to be held at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL on Friday, February 26, 2010 at 7 pm in the International Arena. The tournament will be run in the Varsity Equestrian head to head format.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – February 18, 2010 – Maker’s Mark, the world’s oldest operating bourbon distillery, has been named the official bourbon of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The Games will make their American debut Sept. 25 - Oct. 10, 2010, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky.