Archive for July, 2010

Statement from KY Gov. Steve Beshear: There has been a great deal of confusion about House Bill 398 which I signed into law earlier this year and I am glad to set the record straight. House Bill 398 in no way permits the slaughter of horses in Kentucky. This legislation created the Kentucky Equine Health and...
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  HICKSTEAD, UK, (FEI) – The British team pulled off the latest in the long list of big surprises of the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series when scoring an emphatic win on their home turf at Hickstead this afternoon.  In a competition that saw the form-book once again turned on its head, and which...
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AMARILLO, (AQHA) – Two-time futurity winner Streak Of Sixes headlines the $351,963 Zia Futurity (RG1) at the Zia Festival Quarter Horse races Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.              The Zia Festival celebrates New Mexico racing with a card devoted to stakes races for New Mexico-breds.              Peter and Marjorie Gallegos’ Zia Futurity hopeful Streak Of Sixes...
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  LEXINGTON, (ASHA)  - The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) is exploring the implementation of an FEI and Emerging Disciplines prize program. The funded prize program would potentially be implemented beginning in 2011, and would serve to reward those competing with American Saddlebreds or Half-Saddlebreds in various disciplines, including but not limited to: dressage, show jumping, eventing,...
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  WASHINGTON, DC (BLM)  - Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced it is extending the public comment period on its Wild Horse and Burro Program Strategy Development Document to September 3, 2010.  The extension will provide members of the public with an interest in the management of America’s wild horses and burros an additional 30 days to...
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  SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY, (Jockey Club) – The current state of the Thoroughbred breeding and racing industry and its collective and substantial progress on issues of welfare, safety and integrity will be spotlighted when The Jockey Club’s 58th annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing convenes at the Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga...
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AUSTIN, (TRC)  — The Texas Racing Commission’s Horse Race Date Committee will meet at Sam Houston Race Park on August 13, 2010. The meeting, which will include a public comment period, provides a forum for interested stakeholders and the public to discuss the potential number and locations of race dates and the purse levels for the 2011-2012...
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By Cynthia Grisolia       LEXINGTON, (USEF)  - At the 2010 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North the spotlight was on Junior dressage riders today as they vied for the Gold in FEI Junior Individual test, phase two of the Platinum Performance/USDF Dressage Championship.    Catherine Chamberlain, Jamie Pestana and Stephanie Bedford...
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By Valerie James-Patton, Vice President, Equine Welfare Alliance CHICAGO We keep hearing the upsetting stories from our wild horse advocates living in Nevada near the BLM wild horse holding facilities about wild horses being hauled in the middle of the night and disappearing. We hear it often. We’ve been told by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),...
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By Cynthia Grisolia    Lexington, KY – July 29, 2010 – Dressage competition continued today on day two of the 2010 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North.    In the Main Stadium at the Kentucky Horse Park, FEI Young Riders went on a quest for the Gold in the Platinum Performance/USDF...
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