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Arlington, WA - After more than three decades of breeding top sport horses, Sylvan Farm's Judy Hedreen announced her retirement. Hedreen has been a fixture in the industry since becoming the first Executive Director of the American Hanoverian Society in the late 1980s. During her tenure as head of that organization, and for many years thereafter, Hedreen worked tirelessly to develop an exceptional herd. "Retirement comes with mixed emotions," explains Hedreen. "I have enjoyed the journey, relished the successes, made many friends along the way and most of all lived a life-long dream." As part of Hedreen's retirement, Sylvan Farm will offer the majority of their herd to bidders around the world. This is the first and only time for this type of offering.

The highly respected team of professional auction services headed up by Tim and Cathy Jennings of SportHorseAuctions.com's has had success over 35 years with events including the auction at the AQHA World Championship Show and the annual Pony auction held at the Kentucky Horse Park during the USEF Pony Finals. For the past seven years they have brought their expertise into the American Dressage Market, being the trusted managers of some premier dispersal auctions for American Breeders as Horses UnLimited and Sylvan Farm. After a one-year hiatus the 4th Annual 2013 Sport Horse Auction at Dressage at Lexington, Virginia (July 12-14) under a new company but with the same management team provides the opportunity for breeders, trainers and owners to market and sell their horses during an established Dressage Competition. “The auction brings interested buyers to a point of decision. They must act or lose an opportunity to purchase,” Tim Jennings explains. With expanded internet advertising, live webcasts of the auction and preview reaching the USA and 8 countries featuring live on-line bidding, the 2013 Sport Horse Auction at Dressage at Lexington, Virginia brings to America what Europeans have been doing for years. Here are some of the results, with average sale prices growing each year:

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”.

Incredible prizes are up for grabs at the "Solid Gold!" USET Foundation benefit dinner and live auction, hosted in the Global Pavilion at The Stadium at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Friday, April 12, 2013, at 6:30 pm. Bidders can vie for the trip of a lifetime to the exclusive Monwana Resort in South Africa in addition or bid for "A Day with a Team Rider" as well as a seat next to one of the judges at the following day's competition. The benefit is held during the Wellington Dressage Nations Cup CDIO/CDI 3* presented by Stillpoint Farm at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. The "Solid Gold!" benefit dinner and live auction will raise money toward funding the U.S. Dressage Team in their 2013 European tours. The tours allow the team to prepare for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France.