Sarah Beatty

A University of Minnesota study showed that round bale feeders, particularly cone feeders, dramatically reduce hay waste according to TheHorse.com.

Due to a change in the majority ownership of Bobcats Sports and Entertainment, the Charlotte Jumper Classic will no longer take place.

The show, held in Charlotte, N.C., was formerly the signature fundraising event for the Bobcats Youth Foundation, which focuses on improving the lives of children and youth of the region.

Authorities removed 18 Thoroughbreds from a farm in Evansville, Ill, after complaints about horse abuse and neglect led authorities to the property. Their owner, Steven Duncan now faces 13 counts of animal cruelty.

Lieutenant Doug Daza of the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s department said that Duncan has been a problem in the community and that officers have visited the property several times. This is the first time Duncan has been charged.

“The animals lived in terrible conditions. They were standing in 2 to 3 feet of feces,” said Daza.

After a fall at Pine Top and a hospital stay of more than a week, Rebecca Howard has returned home to the Fork Farm & Stables in Norwood, N.C.

Rebecca Howard continues to slowly heal reported Sinead Halpin. She is experiencing the expected pain and discomfort from breaking multiple ribs and both collarbones in a fall at the Pine Top Horse Trials (Ga.), but she’s been able to leave her bed and traverse the hallways daily.

The Eastern States Dressage and Combined Training Association has applied to upgrade the Memorial Day Weekend and Garden State Classic to CDI*** status.

The event takes place May 27-30 at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Allentown.

This follows the cancellation of the CDI in Raleigh, N.C.

East Coast riders trying to qualify for the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions and the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will now have an extra opportunity through the addition of this event to the calendar.

U.S. Equestrian Federation officials have named the four horse-and-rider combinations who will compete at the $75,000 FEI Nations Cup presented by CN on Friday, March 5, in Wellington, Fla.

Ashlee Bond on Apache, Kent Farrington on United, Lauren Hough on Casadora and McLain Ward on Amaroso will represent the United States. The team will ride under the guidance of U.S. Chef d’Equipe George Morris.

Eleven countries will field teams in what promises to be one of the highlights of the season at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival.

New research showed that monitoring the heart rate of an unborn foal helped veterinarians reliably assess the health of the fetus according to TheHorse.com. The fetomaternal electrocardiogram can consistently detect the cardiac activity of unborn foals starting as early as day 173.

After finding a dead horse on property, 30 horses were seized from a farm in Staunton, Va.

The alleged offender is Terry Lynn Sullivan, who was convicted of animal cruelty in 1996 and is in the process of appealing a separate charge in 2008. She runs the Fern Leigh Foundation, a non-profit organization which claims to treat, rehabilitate and find good homes for abused or abandoned horses.

The horses are now in care at Mountain View Equine Hospital in Steeles Tavern.

The U.S. Equestrian Federation Ad Hoc Committee on Selection has named the horse and rider combinations of Lauren Hough on Quick Study and Laura Kraut on Cedric to the Show Jumping Long List for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, which will be held in Lexington, Ky., Sept. 25-Oct. 10.