British team member Piggy French leads the CCI three-star class with the lightly campaigned Chase the Moon, and Mark Todd leads the CIC with his WEG ride NZB Land Vision after the first day of dressage at the Blenheim International Horse Trials.
The man charged with reviewing the rollout of biosecurity changes following Australia's 2007 outbreak of equine flu says he is cautiously optimistic agreement can be reached on a levy plan for the horse industry.
Injuries to both a team horse and the first reserve means Geoff Curran and The Jump Jet will join Ireland's eventing team for the World Equestrian Games.
The final countdown begins as more teams are announced. Plus, we catch up with two more of our spotlight athletes as they prepare to leave for Kentucky, and speak with world famous trainer Pat Parelli about his appearances at WEG.
Changes to the way dressage is judged are in the pipeline, with half marks and a supervisory panel for major events proposed.
Ireland is in the midst of an equine crisis, fuelled by reckless breeding, falling prices and rising costs for keeping horses, the Dublin SPCA says.
Two men charged over the butchering of two horses in Florida have a month to consider a plea deal under which they will receive five-year jail terms.
Eventing safety officials are keeping a close eye on the evolution and potential of the use of air vests by riders on the cross-country phase of horse trials events.
A campaign to have horse owners think about end-of-life decisions for their equine companions has been launched by British-based charity World Horse Welfare.
A long-established British horse charity is after volunteers to help with its rehoming scheme and equine welfare helpline.
An equestrian centre in Ireland is looking to recruit the country's first full-time reining trainer.
A newly devised computer model and rapid screening tests are now being used by Norwegian grain dealers to improve control of toxins in cereal crops.
The formal stance of Equestrian Sports New Zealand (ESNZ) on a new FEI proposal on drugs in sport horses will not be known until a board meeting on October 27.
The National Equestrian Centre at McLean's Island sustained only minor damage as a result of the massive earthquake early on Saturday, Equestrian Sports New Zealand confirms.
A further case of the notifiable disease swamp fever has been detected in Britain, this time in a horse from the Netherlands.
A television show featuring a high-profile New Zealand equestrian's horse riding accident has added weight to a campaign for head injury awareness in the country.
A suspicious stuffed pony has been blown up by bomb squad detectives in Orlando, Florida, local media report.
Equestrian Sports New Zealand is considering its position on the International Equestrian Federation's new drugs proposal.
New Zealand's racing industry is seeking a new chief stipendiary steward as part of its new and independent Racing Integrity Unit.
Hungarian driver Zoltan Lazar scored his first-ever international four-in-hand victory at a CAIO when winning at Breda, in the Netherlands, ahead of Switzerland's Werner Ulrich and Dutch driver Mark Weusthof.
German drivers dominated the 2010 FEI World Para-Equestrian Driving Championships for Singles at Breda, The Netherlands.
Double Olympic Gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes is to be one of the keynote speakers for the British Equestrian Federation's Coaching Convention next month.
Three picture pages from the weekend's four-star Burghley Horse Trials, with images by Mike Bain.
The FEI's controversial proposal to allow low levels of certain anti-inflammatory drugs in competition horses is dead in the water.
A barn blaze in West Virginia has claimed the lives of up to 40 horses.