BURBANK, CA – The pastoral grounds of the popular and historic Flintridge Riding Club in La Cañada - Flintridge, CA will become a bustling showcase for some of the West Coast's best dressage horses and riders this weekend during the annual Dressage at Flintridge CDI*/Y/J competition, May 23 - 26, 2013. Officiating for the weekend's competition will be esteemed international judges Lorraine Macdonald (4* CAN), Jeanne McDonald (4* USA), Jane Weatherwax (4* USA), and Sandy Osborne (USEF "S").  All eyes will be looking towards future stars as Dressage at Flintridge will once again host the Markel/USEF Young Horse Western Selection Trial for this summer's FEI/WBFSH World Breeding Championships in Verden, Germany. As one of only two Selection Trials in the nation, horses and riders will have to perform to the best of their ability in order to earn a once-in-a-lifetime invitation to represent the U.S. on the world stage.

The inaugural CDI3*/CDIY/CDIJ Angelstone Spring Tournament was blessed with wonderful weather. Competitors highly praised the wonderful international class footing in all competition and warm-up rings. The Main Stadium presented challenges to some horses and riders with its truly International ambiance, including a concert quality sound system. Surrounded on low raised berms were three sides of tents (VIP, SPONSOR & Rider spaces) the arena is exactly what riders in North America need to introduce their horses to what to this time only Europe and Florida have offered. The brand new spacious stables enclosed with state of the art tents, with rounded as opposed to pointed peaks, were received with praise & positive compliments regarding the “look” and stalls size. Angelstone Farms near Rockwood, Ontario has created quite a stir amongst the equestrian community. Saturday evening a live band will play with an all evening party at the Cloud Nine Lounge on Angelstone! This week Angelstone presents the first of their 2013 large Hunter/Jumper competitions including a CSI. The transition from Dressage to Jumper competition was managed swiftly and effortlessly by the outstanding Angelstone ground crew.

Berryville, Virginia - Professional Auction Services, Inc. will produce its first ONLINE ONLY AUCTION for Sport Horses, Hunters and Ponies in April of 2012. Entries are being accepted now. This marks an expansion of the nation’s longest running catalog auctions for Sport Horses, Hunters and Ponies to an online only auction. Mike Jennings, President of Professional Auction Services, Inc said  “We will do everything that we do for a live auction, handle the promotion, the paperwork and the transaction for the sellers.  It will be everything you expect from a PAS Auction except the”.

Did You Know…..that if you purchase a new horse and pay a commercial shipper to ship the horse home, that you can add the value of the shipping (not to include quarantine cost if applicable) to the insured value? You have just made a huge investment, and now you need to make sure that your new addition makes it home safely. Although most commercial shippers carry insurance for the purpose of a crash, it usually carries small limits to cover each horse in the case of a death, and almost never covers medical issues that may arise.  As long as your new horse has insurance in effect before it loads on a trailer or plane, the horse is covered for full Mortality & Medical/Surgical (if chosen).  Accidents happen, let’s make sure your horse is protected.