Left: Luigi, adopted by Renata Solomou. Right: Cayza, adopted by Renata Solomou, with Kelly Stackpole, Executive Director, Rising Starr Horse Rescue. Photos: Kristin Gray. The EQUUS Foundation had a great week at the prestigious Hampton Classic Horse Show, 2024 — inspiring and educating spectators about horse welfare issues and how everyone can help. Parading in…
Photo: Cooling stations were set up across the Paris 2024 Olympic equestrian venue at Versailles, equipped with cold water, ice, and personnel ready to assist horses with immediate cooling needs. © FEI/Liz Gregg Olympic Equestrian Dressage competitions got underway with comprehensive heat and humidity protocols put in place by the FEI in response to rising…
Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro at the London 2012 Olympic Dressage (own work, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license) The FEI has officially announced the provisional suspension of British Dressage athlete Charlotte Dujardin (FEI ID: 10028440) effective immediately from the date of notification, 23 July 2024. This decision renders her ineligible to…
Wellington, FL (July 4, 2024) – While celebrating Independence Day is typically filled with sparklers, barbecues, fireworks, and red-white-and-blue clothes, food, and drink, it is unfortunately not the most horse-friendly of holidays. A few easy tips from FireHorse and WorldHorseWelfare.org can keep your equine friends calm and prevent injury this Fourth of July. Fireworks can…
Left to Right: Gabriella Pizzolo, Jill Rappaport, Serena Marron, Valerie Angeli, and Kevin Santacroce Photo @ Marianne Barnett What better way to start the 2023 Hampton Classic Horse Show than by focusing on the welfare of America’s horses in need of forever homes? The EQUUS Foundation partnered with the Hampton Classic to showcase adoptable horses…
Jenny Belknap Kees, McLain Ward, and Lynn Coakley @Phelps Media Group Monday, March 27th, was a picture-perfect Florida evening, poolside at the Stallion Restaurant in Wellington, Florida, and was the scene for the EQUUS Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Celebration, attended by over a hundred horse lovers and equestrians. The evening, hosted by renowned equestrians Frank Madden…
Harrogate, TN [November 16, 2022] – Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) based in Harrogate, TN has begun accepting applications to its Equine Veterinary Education Program set for review in Spring 2023. The program will welcome its first accepted applicants in Fall 2023. The EVEP is an innovative addition to LMU’s course of veterinary study encompassing a…
Ella Kraut aboard Nakia, winner of the $10,000 Fairfield Welcome Jumper Stake @Sarah Latterner Anderson, SEL Photography. Horse lovers and equestrians showed their support for the EQUUS Foundation and its work to protect America’s horses from peril on Thursday, June 23rd at the Fairfield June Horse Show in Westport, Connecticut for the EQUUS Foundation’s Champagne…
The LT Bonnet, with and without soundproof ears. Photos by Catie Staszak Media, Inc. Together, brother-and-sister duo Wilhelmina and Fred McEwan have traversed most areas of the equestrian industry. An accomplished show jumper, Wilhelmina was a member of the 1976 Canadian Equestrian Team at Spruce Meadows and competed in the 1977 American Invitational. Fred began…
Lausanne (SUI), 22 April 2022 — The FEI has published Part 2 of the Report into the 2021 outbreak of the neurological form of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) in mainland Europe. This section of the Report focuses on the Return to Competition protocols put in place to ensure the safe resumption of FEI Events after…
