HJN Content posted on October 9th, 2007

Save the Date! Saturday, February 9, 2008: EQUUS Equestrian Idol Event Winter Equestrian Festival, Wellington, Florida

WESTPORT, CT - October 9, 2025 - With competition for fundraising dollars as competitive as the equestrian sport, The EQUUS Foundation will kickoff its 2008 fundraising effort with an encore of its wildly successfully 2007 EQUUS Equestrian Idol Musical Talent Show. (Read on…)

USET Foundation Announces Eventing Riders for 2008 Rose Parade - Olympians Darren Chiacchia, Nina Fout, Kim Severson, and Karen Stives

WELLINGTON, FL - October 9, 2025 - The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation has announced that Darren Chiacchia, Nina Fout, Kim Severson, and Karen Stives from the Olympic sport of eventing will represent the USET Foundation in the 2008 Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA. The four eventing riders will join dressage Olympians Sue Blinks, Debbie McDonald, Guenter Seidel, and Steffen Peters as riders in a 12-member squad representing the USET Foundation. (Read on…)

Million-Dollar Grand Prix Winner Recovers from Surgery

OCTOBER 9, 2007, SCHOMBERG, ONTARIO The horse on which Eric Lamaze won the world’s richest show jumping grand prix in early September is recovering well after undergoing colic surgery just over a week ago. Hickstead, an 11-year-old, Dutch-bred stallion, showed signs of colic on October 1st at Lamaze’s Torrey Pines Stable in Schomberg, Ontario. (Read on…)

The Thoroughbred Retirement Facility Old Friends to Help Spearhead Memorial for the Great John Henry

GEORGETOWN, KY —OCTOBER 10, 2007— Michael Blowen, President and founder of the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility Old Friends, is proud to announce that Old Friends will participate in a partnership with Bill Oster and The Kentucky Horse Park to create a privately funded memorial for the renowned racehorse John Henry, who was humanely euthanized Oct. 8 due to the infirmity of old age. He was 32. (Read on…)

Flashpoint Media Services: Our Week In Review

October 9, 2025— This week, the Capital Challenge Horse Show, in Upper Marlboro, MD, launched the end-of-the-year indoor championships.

Lucille Oken, of Charlotte, N.C. kicked off the indoor season in style, riding her pony Hi Lite to 1st place in the Small Pony Hunters over fences and 3rd place in the Small Pony Hunters U/S. The rankings earned the team Reserve Champion honors for the division (Read on…)

Ritter is Best in Close Contest at Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search Finals East

Gladstone, NJ − Take some flatwork, add some gymnastic jumping exercises, send all the riders over a carefully designed course, then have the top four riders switch horses and over the course of two days, a very prestigious title is handed out. Welcome to the Platinum Performance//USEF Talent Search Final. Fortunately, in sharp contrast to its West Coast counterpart, the Eastern Finals boasted fabulous weather and perfect conditions. (Read on…)