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Don’t miss the inaugural one-week course in Working Equitation with natural horsemanship clinician Glenn Stewart in Brazil
Horses …! Specifically Brazilian-bred Lusitano horses, are the driving force uniting three dynamic people who have developed an innovative project. Geraldo Lefosse, Jean Llewellyn and Glenn Stewart are combining many years of equestrian industry skills and experience to establish instructional schools of Working Equitation in Brazil and Canada that will be launched in November 2008 in São Paulo. ... Read the full article

U.S. Dressage Team Named For Pan Am Games
The United States dressage team has been named that will compete in the Pan American Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. The equestrian events of eventing, jumping and dressage will be held July 14-29, 2007. The horses went into quarantine in Wellington ... Read the full article

Brazil’s dressage team will rewrite the history books at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
It was truly appropriate that Mierzecin Palace, a historic venue dating back to the Middle Ages, should host a landmark result for the Brazilian dressage team when Leandro Aparecido Da Silva (32), riding the pure-bred Lusitano stallion Oceano do Top scored their second 64+% score to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Hong Kong. Following in the footsteps of Rogério Clementino’s Nilo VO and Luiza Tavares de Almeida’s Samba, who had already achieved the qualifying standard at earlier events, Oceano do Top completes the Brazilian triumvirate of Lusitano stallions that will carry their team’s national colours at Sha Tin in August. ... Read the full article

The Final Day’s Activities at the International Lusitano Festival in Sao Paulo Demonstrates the Versatility of This Breed in Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil - May 28, 2006 – Under a blazing hot sun, with beautiful native Tamarinds – which I won’t attempt to identify by species – descending from the trees to collect picnic scraps abandoned by spectators, the final day of the Internationa ... Read the full article

The XXVII International Lusitano Festival Invites the Whole World to attend this Exhilarating Spectacle
From May 15–18, 2008, the beautifully landscaped Clube Hípico de Santo Amaro in São Paulo will be impressively transformed to host the XXVII International Lusitano Festival. This increasingly popular annual event attracts a large crowd of spectators who are truly passionate about this remarkable breed, as well as those who are keen to learn more about Brazilian-bred Lusitanos. ... Read the full article

Casa Lusitana Wins 2006 IALHA National Championships
Tyngsboro, MA. Casa Lusitana captured multiple national championships at the October 2006 IALHA (International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association) annual competition in Ft. Worth, Texas. Jorge Gabriel and his eight year old stallion Sans ... Read the full article

A Mad Dash to the Finish for Working Equitation in the Early Hours of Saturday Morning While Locally-bred Lusitanos Prove Dressage is Alive and Well in Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil - May 27, 2006 – The third and final phase of Working Equitation concluded with a frenzied dash around an obstacle course similar to phase two, but at high speed while demonstrating balance, style, and finesse! The latter was imposs ... Read the full article

R.W. Mutch Educational Foundation Announces Additional Working Student Program Recipient
Wellington, FL- February 1- The R.W. Mutch Educational Foundation is pleased to announce that they have awarded an additional opportunity for a working student program to another deserving young rider. Zazou Hoffman, of Santa Monica, CA, will receiv ... Read the full article

Karen Healey Stables Wins Two Equitation Divisions at Capital Challenge and Earns Top Placings at Flintridge Autumn Classic
Upper Marlboro, MD- October 3- Karen Healey Stables spanned the continent today as riders won in equitation classes at the Capital Challenge Horse Show in Upper Marlboro, Maryland on October 1-2 and at the Flintridge Autumn Classic in Flintridge, Cal ... Read the full article

Sunshine and “Working Equitation” Raise The Temperature at Sao Paulo’s International Lusitano Festival
Sao Paulo, Brazil – May 25, 2006 – A little-known discipline in North America, Working Equitation, as the name implies, was originally designed to test the qualities, functions and movement of working farm horses at various levels. It’s a three- or o ... Read the full article

EquiFit, Inc. Proud to Sponsor New Rider John French of California
Boston, MA – March 9, 2007 –EquiFit, Inc. is pleased to announce that top hunter rider John French of Redwood City, CA, is now an EquiFit, Inc. sponsored rider. EquiFit, Inc.’s new line of silver-based products for equines, which include the AgSil ... Read the full article

California Riders Shine at Syracuse in Maclay Finals
Burbank, California. Throughout more than a month of championship competitions at the various indoor shows back east, California horses and riders sparkled. The east coast tour wrapped up with the Syracuse Invitational and the Maclay Finals. Nick ... Read the full article

Gold For USA Dressage Team
The U.S. dressage team of Lauren Sammis (Sagacious HF); Katherine Poulin-Neff (Brilliant Too) and Christopher Hickey (Regent) won the Pan American Games gold medal in Rio de Janiero, Brazil on July 15, 2007, with a score of 68.63, beating Canada (sil ... Read the full article

John French and Tache Rouge Score Victory in $10,000 ASG Software Solutions/USHJA International Hunter Derby Classic
John French rode Tache Rouge to victory in front of an energetic crowd on Friday evening in the $10,000 ASG Software Solutions/USHJA International Hunter Derby Classic to kickoff an exciting season-finale weekend at HITS Thermal. ... Read the full article

Historic Dressage Performance for Rogerio Clementino and Nilo Vo
During the Grand Prix B test at the CDI3* in São Paulo, Brazil, Rogério Clementino rode the pure-bred Lusitano Nilo VO into the record books by achieving a historic score of 65.38% – one step on the road to Olympic qualification. Asked how he felt during the test, Clementino admitted, "Expectations were very high, the pressure from the press, everybody´s hopes, and everything ... so I tried to do what I have been doing in training, I forgot for a while the percentage, prayed to God, asking for peace and tranquility and that He would allow me to do my best." ... Read the full article

Exquis World Dressage Masters Kicks Off in Cannes Wellington to Launch 2009 Circuit with $115,000 Purse
A bold new four-nation, three-year transatlantic dressage series, the Exquis World Dressage Masters, to be launched in 2009 with total prize money of at least $460,000 a year was announced Friday at this French Riviera resort. ... Read the full article

Turning The Love of Horses Into A Successful Career...
American Saddle Designer Combines Passion with Business MIDDLEBURG, Va. – Kitty Garrity has been around saddlery all her life. They were in her car, in her house and they’d overtaken her office. Turning a lifelong love of horses into a career was ... Read the full article

Dominique Barbier Signature Saddles available at 2008 Prices
Barbier Farm is delighted to announce that 2008 prices for the complete range of Dominique Barbier signature saddles are being maintained until April 31, 2009. ... Read the full article

Rio Ready for Pan American Games
The XV Pan American Games will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13-29, 2007 with the Opening Ceremonies getting underway in the Maracaña Stadium in downtown Rio de Janeiro on July 13, 2007. An estimated 95,000 spectators will welcome more t ... Read the full article

Tri Colored Ribbons Handed Out At 2006 Washington International Horse Show
Washington, D.C. – October 25, 2006 – It was a day full of hunter championships at the Washington International Horse Show (WIHS). Scott Stewart took home the Leading Hunter Rider Award, Popeye K and Tommy Serio were the Grand Hunter Champions, and B ... Read the full article