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3/2/2020

Bringing 2020 Into Focus

Here we are! A new show season in a new decade – and it certainly feels like our leadership is positioning itself to take advantage of this breath of fresh air to put aside our differences and to work together for the betterment of the show horse industry...
3/2/2020

What Matters? Showing Matters.

We’re on the brink of another show season. Plans are being made; prize lists are being posted; and the excitement and hope for teams, new and veteran, swells. But there are fewer and fewer shows and those that do exist tend to be clustered in areas that already have many shows...
2/28/2020

Nominate to the UPHA Classics Program by April 1 for Discount

Spring is just around the corner and it is time to nominate your American Saddlebred, Hackney Ponies and Morgan horses to the 2020 UPHA Classics Program. The $100 eligibility fee will be accepted with a postmark on or before April 1, 2020. 
2/28/2020

Joint Leadership Council Issues Request Letter to Monarch Show Series

The Joint Leadership Council has issued the letter below to the organizers of the newly developed Monarch Show Series and championship to address the qualification requirements for the Kentucky State Fair World's Championship Horse Show and the Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show and how those qualification requirements may impact exhibitors at MSS shows...
2/24/2020

From the Desk of Marty Schaffel: The Need to Reinvent Ourselves

When I started my company, I was the first employee. I had to wake up every day selling products and services to customers. And do everything else as well. That was my self imposed job description...
2/19/2020

Judging Panel Selected for Rock Creek

The 83rd Rock Creek Horse Show will be held June 2-6, 2020 at the historic Rock Creek Riding Club in Louisville, Ky. The show will start each night at 6:30 with dinner, catered by Silver Spoon, served at 5:00 in the Rock Creek Club House.
2/19/2020

The 14th Annual Breeders' Report

Breeding more and more is becoming a science. Breeders sort and filter through the stallions available, searching for the best cross, praying for success. To help with the process Saddle Horse Report is proud to bring you our 14th Annual Breeders’ Report...
2/18/2020

The 14th Annual Morgan Breeders' Report

Designed to recognize and award the sires producing the most successful offspring in the show ring, the Saddle Horse Report Breeders’ Report is in its 14th year of recording. It is an invaluable resource for anyone who studies bloodlines...
2/18/2020

Obituary – Sherrie Platt Gibson

Born July 4, 1940 in New Haven, Connecticut, to the late Thomas Harvey Platt and Mary Ellen Wilcox Platt, Sherrie Gibson passed away February 6 at her residence in Statesville, North Carolina at the age of 79...
2/18/2020

Morgan Stallion Sweeps Draws Winners

The New England Morgan Horse Association and New England Regional Morgan Horse Show, in conjunction with the United Breeders Committee, have announced the winners of the 2019-2020 Morgan Stallion Sweeps...
2/18/2020

New York Morgan Stallion Service Auction 2020

A lively group of people gathered on February 1, 2020 to partake in 32nd annual NY Stallion Service Auction. The auction was held at The Saratoga Hilton, Saratoga Springs NY. The atmosphere was fun and energetic with great acoustics to provide a most enjoyable evening...
2/18/2020

UPHA Chapter 5 To Host Mid-Winter Horse Preview and Equine Seminar Weekend

Members of UPHA Chapter 5 will host a Horse Preview at Bob and Tonya Brison’s Fairview Farm, New Bloomfield, Missouri, on Friday, February 28 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Several trainers will exhibit young horses as well as horses offered for sale. You are invited to come out and get in a show horse state of mind while enjoying friends, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.
2/17/2020

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2/17/2020

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2/12/2020