HorseChannel Newswire

Lake, Florida’s first fatal case of Eastern equine encephalitis in a horse
A health alert is issued. Humans bitten by the infected bugs could also become ill, from the Orlando Sentinel. Read more >>

USEF Announces Qualifiers for the 2008 FEI Children’s International Jumping Final
Attention Children Jumper Riders! from the USEF. Read more >>

USEF National Driving Championships Announced; Selection Procedures Finalized
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Executive Committee has approved two important High Performance Driving initiatives for 2008, from the USEF. Read more >>

2008 FEI Endurance World Rankings Now Available
The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) is happy to announce that the new 2008 FEI World Rankings are now available online at www.fei.org/Disciplines/Endurance/Results/Pages/Rankings.aspx, from the USEF. Read more >>

USEF Announces the Endurance National Training list for 2008
For the first time, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has established the Endurance National Training List, from the USEF. Read more >>

FEI Vaulting Seminar in Belgium Hosts Participants from 17 Nations
The Annual FEI Vaulting Seminar was hosted by the Belgian National Federation and a most competent organizing committee in Ostende last weekend, from the USEF. Read more >>

Horse-and-cart bomb kills one
A bomb strapped to a horse-drawn cart exploded in central Baghdad today, killing one person, while a car bomb killed three people north of the capital, from The Daily Telegraph. Read more >>

Trainer Premieres as Sculptor at Scottsdale Horse Show
Longtime horse trainer Joe Staheli is an icon in the highly competitive world of reining, cutting and western riding, from KTAR. Read more >>

Thang co cooks a 5-horse meal
A Thang co festival and its featured horse meat dishes will for the first time be the focus of Bac Ha tourism’s cultural week, held between May 30 and June 2 in the northwestern province of Lao Cai in Vietnam, from VietnamNet. Read more >>