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Our voices are making a difference for America’s wild horses, but now is the time to keep up the pressure. In the last two months, after receiving well over ten thousand public comments in opposition, the BLM has postponed two scheduled wild horse roundups in Utah’s Confusion Mountains Complex and eastern Nevada’s Eagle Herd Management Area.

The agency even admitted that the tremendous public opposition to the roundups influenced its decisions. Read article here.

As a result of your emails, 700 free-living mustangs have gotten a reprieve from the BLM’s brutal roundups, like the helicopter stampede in the Calico Mountains Complex that has cost 39 horses their lives so far and another 20-30 pregnant mares to spontaneously abort. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=10208

Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Equine Protection, Horse Care, In Defense of Animals, Mustangs, roundup, wild horses

Riding Teams Weather Blizzard to Qualify for Finals

Blizzard Doesn’t Stop Stone Bridge Farm’s Interscholastic Equestrian Association Riding Teams from Qualifying for Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships

NATURAL BRIDGE, VA – February 9, 2010 – Trainer Lilly deSousa and Stone Bridge Farm’s Interscholastic Equestrian Association teams didn’t let the single-digit temperatures and the State’s snow emergency stop them from attending, and winning, at the Headquarters Farm IEA Horse Show on January 30, 2010 in White Post, VA.  The show day turned out to worthwhile despite the weather, with the girls riding out of the ring with the High School Champion and Middle School Reserve Championship ribbons, clinching a spot for both teams at Zone III Finals in April.

Now Stone Bridge Farm’s High School and Middle School Riding Teams, coached by deSousa, has earned enough points to qualify for the Mid-Atlantic Championships, to be held in Maryland in April.  Fifteen students from Lylburn Downing Middle School, Rockbridge Country High School, and other schools around the region, have competed at Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) events against other teams from Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania throughout the year.  Their successes, including three Championships and two Reserve Championships, secured each team a spot at the Regional Finals.  In addition, many of the riders have also qualified for individual spots at the finals. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=10198

Tags: dressage, equestrian community, equestrian competitions, equestrian disciplines, hunter/jumper, Stone Bridge Farm

Become a “WEGspert” for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

February 9, 2010 – LEXINGTON, KY – Fans of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games now have the opportunity to become experts – or WEGsperts – of the eight world championship competitions coming to the Kentucky Horse Park from September 25-October 10.

Starting today, anyone interested in the Games can visit www.alltechfeigames.com and complete a video training program to become a 2010 Alltech FEI WEGspert.

The training program showcases the eight equestrian disciplines of the Games, the Kentucky Horse Park, what spectators can see and do during their visit, and how to be involved.

“We want Kentuckians, Americans and international fans to become ambassadors for the Games,” said Jamie Link, CEO of the World Games 2010 Foundation. “This program will educate people around the world about why the Games are coming to Kentucky and how they can share in the excitement.” Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=10187

Tags: equestrian community, equestrian competitions, FEI, Kentucky Horse park, World Equestrian Games