HJN Content posted on April 25th, 2006

New Jumper Classes Added to Devon Schedule

Kent Farrington and his mare Madison, winners last year of the $75,000 Budweiser Grand Prix of Devon, return to the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair to try to win the prestigious event two years in a row. (Read on…)

Young Equestrians to Get “Taste of Olympics” At CN North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championships

Young equestrians from all reaches of North America will get a feel for what it’s like to compete in the Olympic Games when they compete in the CN North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championships (NAJYRC), at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA, August 1-6, 2006. (Read on…)

Fifty-One Horses Pass Trot up as World Cup Action is set to begin

Before any of the horses competing at the World Cup Final are allowed to begin competition they must first past a veterinary examination. This is known as a Trot Up and the horses must be led and trotted up and down in front of the International Equestrian Federation veterinary panel headed by Malaysia’s Dr Balakrishna Polanaidoo, the first time a Malaysian has headed an international FEI veterinary panel. (Read on…)