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Equestrian Sport

$50,000 CSI-W Lexington Grand Prix to Conclude Hagyard Challenge Series and Award Leading Rider Bonus
Mark your calendars for the $50,000 CSI-W Lexington Grand Prix, which is a World Cup Qualifier and the final class in the Hagyard Challenge Series. From USEF. Read more >>

Top equestrian event cancelled because of credit crunch
One of the Cotswolds’ most prestigious annual equestrian events has been cancelled because of the credit crunch. From The Cotswold Journal. Read more >>

2009 Arabian Sport Horse Nationals Comes to Lexington, KY
For the first time, Lexington, KY, known as the Horse Capital of the World to some, will host the Seventh Annual Sport Horse National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (Sport Horse Nationals), September 22-27, 2009. From USEF. Read more >>

HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing Final Preview: All Roads Lead to Poland
Clayton Fredericks of Australia is counting down the days to his defence of his HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing title this weekend, August 21-23, at the eagerly-awaited horse trials at Strzegom, Poland. From USEF. Read more >>

In Other News

Girl gives money to cops to save horses
Sophia Litrenta, the 9-year-old girl who ran a lemonade stand to raise money to save the Baltimore Police Department’s Mounted Unit, handed the city’s police commissioner a check for $2,319 this morning at the horse stables. From The Baltimore Sun. Read more >>

American Quarter Horse Wins at Age 16
American Quarter Horse runner Silent Cash Dasher on Sunday won at Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Owned and trained by Gary Earp of Jay, Oklahoma, the gelding by Dash Easy is 16 years old. From AQHA. Read more >>

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