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And yet another significant cancellation…
If you hoped to ride at the historic Devon, Pa., showgrounds this summer after missing the landmark Devon Horse Show this spring, you'll be disappointed again. The Brandywine Horse Show slated for the facility from June 24-July 5 has been scrapped for this year. "It...
Equine art show cancelled
The New Jersey Equine Artists Association has cancelled its National Juried Exhibit and Sale originally scheduled for June 7-July 5 due to the Covid situation. The show was to be held at Prallsvillemills in Stockton, Information on new dates will be forthcoming. In...
USHJA talks about what’s next for shows
Exhibitors, show organizers, officials and basically everyone else involved with horse shows have raised plenty of questions about how things will look when competitions resume. Many of the answers still are to be determined while the Covid situation evolves, but a...
The final blow for the North American Youth Championships
The eventing portion of the North American Youth Championships in Montana was cancelled last month, and today the dressage and show jumping competitions in Traverse City, Mich., follwed suit to make a clean sweep of the international fixture that has been so important...
And now the celebrated Spruce Meadows Masters is a Covid casualty
The September Spruce Meadows Masters Tournament--which offers the world’s richest show jumping grand prix--has been cancelled due to the Covid 19 virus. The summer’s other events at the facility in Calgary, Alberta Canada were cancelled previously. The Calgary...
An effort to make eventing safer
The U.S. Eventing Association Cross-Country Safety Subcommittee, formed three years ago, has come out with a series of recommendations aimed at cutting down the number of accidents in the discipline. “It is not a realistic goal to say there will be zero accidents, a...
Tom O’Mara nominated for USEF President
A man who proved he can find answers for some of the equestrian industry's most difficult issues has been nominated for the presidency of the U.S. Equestrian Federation. Approval of Tom O'Mara is expected when the USEF board votes on his nomination June 22-23 at its...
It’s time to rethink how the Olympics is run
“The Games of yesterday will not be the Games of tomorrow,” stated Guy Drut, a member of the International Olympic Committee, calling for them to be reinvented in the wake of the Covid pandemic that postponed the 2020 Games to next year. Drut, a former French minister...
More bad news…Dublin show is cancelled
One of the world's greatest horse shows, held at the Royal Dublin Society showgrounds, will not be staged in Ireland during mid-July as scheduled. The Dublin Horse Show is always a landmark of the season and plays to a packed house, with the Nations Cup for the Aga...
Learn what makes an effective boarding contract
On Thursday April 23 at 6 p.m., Extension Horses will present a webinar on"Fine-Tuning Equine Boarding Contracts". It involves a discussion on the importance of having well developed equine boarding contracts. Julie Fershtman, an Equine Law practitioner and author,...
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