Horse Illustrated Magazine

SPCA Finds Second Injured Horse
The SPCA of Monterey County, Calif., is looking for anyone that has information on “Ben,” an injured horse rescued Sunday by SPCA Humane Officers, from KION46. Read more >>

Plea deal accepted in horse neglect case
It was with a sense of resignation and frustration that a Gibson County, Ind., judge accepted a plea deal in the case of a man accused of neglecting at least 50 horses on his property, from the Evansville Courier & Press. Read more >>

McLain Ward and Lauren Hough Achieve Big Wins During Opening Week of the Jacksonville Winter Series
The opening week of the 2008 Jacksonville Winter Series got off with a warm welcome to exhibitors, especially McLain Ward of Brewster, NY, with new mount Phillipa, who won the $24,777 Lucky Sevens Welcome Jumper Classic sponsored by Privett and Associates, from USEF. Read more >>

Senate Passes Farm Bill Helpful To Horses
The American Horse Council (AHC) reports that the recently passed Senate Farm Bill includes several key provisions that would benefit the horse industry, from the USEF. Read more >>

2008 USEF National Dressage Championship Program Information Available Online
This weekend, the first two USEF/North American Juniors and Young Riders’ Championships qualifying competitions of 2008 for the USEF National Dressage Championship Programs kick off the new year in West Palm Beach, FL, and Tucson, AZ, with FEI junior, young rider, “Brentina Cup”, young horse and developing horse divisions, from the USEF. Read more >>

HITS and Equine Medical Center Announce Leading Mare Award for the 2008 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit
HITS is pleased to announce that the Stallion Services Department of the Equine Medical Center of Ocala, FL, will offer the Leading Mare Award to the mare that finishes the highest in the $100,000 DeLuca Toyota Tundra Grand Prix, presented by Great American Insurance Group on Sunday, March 16, at HITS Ocala, from the USEF. Read more >>

USEF Announces Competitions Selected for Roadster Pony Heel Measurements
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has selected the six competitions which will be required to take heel measurements from the first and fourth place ponies in Roadster and Hackney Roadster Pony Championships. Read more >>

Horse sense on frontiers
United States Border Patrol agent Galen Huffman leans over the saddle to look at faint tracks in a cattle trail leading up from the Mexico border, The New Zealand Herald. Read more >>

20th Annual Equine Reproduction Workshop
The UVM Morgan Horse Farm, The William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute of Chazy, New York and the Middlebury Large Animal Clinic of Middlebury, Vermont will host their 20th Annual Reproduction Workshop beginning the afternoon of Friday, April 4 and continuing for a full day on Saturday, April 5, 2008, from UVM. Read more >>

A Byzantine Encyclopaedia of Horse Medicine: The Sources, Compilation and Transmission of the Hippiatrica
Research and Markets has announced the addition of “A Byzantine Encyclopaedia of Horse Medicine: The Sources, Compilation and Transmission of the Hippiatrica” to their offering, from Yahoo. Read more >>