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Join us as we speak with Kentucky’s First Lady, Jane Beshear. Plus, all the news of the Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games, listen in…

2010 Radio Show Episode 80 – Show Notes and Links:

• Hosts: Samantha Clark and Glenn the Geek
• Guest: First Lady Jane Beshear
• News: The US Jumper selection trials for the Alltech FEI 2010 World Equestrian Games are well under way in Wellington, Florida, and currently in the lead are Lauren Hough and Laura Kraut, both on a penalty score of zero.
• News: Irish show jumping manager Robert Splaine has declared his team that will take place in the four star Florida Nations Cup on Friday evening. In alphabetical order the team is, Kevin Babington riding Souvenir, Darragh Kenny on Obelix and Gale Force, Richie Moloney riding Brooke van de Zuuthoeve, and Shane Sweetnam with Rolette and Zamiro 16. All of the team are based here in the USA.
• News: This last weekend saw many of the A and B listed US eventing combinations running at Pine Top in Georgia. From all reports it seems that cross country on Sunday caused quite a few problems.
• News: Dressage Canada is pleased to announce that they have nominated Gwynne Rooke as the Chef d’Equipe for Canada’s dressage team heading to the Alltech FEI 2010 World Equestrian Games.
• News: Horse Sport Ireland has launched it’s “Team Ireland Equestrian” brand, which will be worn by all Irish equestrian riders across all Olympic disciplines leading up to the London Olympics in 2012, and of course including this year’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Follow them on Facebook.
• News: The Breyer Horse Models have been everywhere in the news lately, especially Esprit, the official Alltech FEI 2010 WEG model.
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Straight from the horse’s mouth, a progress update on WEG developments from the offices of the World Equestrian Games Foundation and Alltech. Listen in…

2010 Radio Show Episode 79 – Show Notes and Links:

• Hosts: Samantha Clark and Glenn the Geek
• Guests: Susanna Elliot & Amy Walker
• News: US para-equestrian team members are seeking horses for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. This is the first time that the para-equestrian world championships will be run concurrently with the seven other FEI disciplines. Please email Hope Hand with any further questions.
• News: One of the latest official blog entries from the Alltech WEG Foundation Office is from German para-equestrian Angelika Trabert, and it’s incredibly inspiring. The Alltech FEI blog has been great reading lately with their athlete postings, and at the beginning of the month they featured none other than our very own reiner, Lisa Coulter, so be sure to check that out.
• News: Maker’s Mark, the world’s oldest operating bourbon distillery, has been named the official bourbon of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
• News: The United States Equestrian Federation Ad Hoc Committee on Selection has approved naming the horse/rider combination of Sapphire and McLain Ward to the Show Jumping Long List for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
• News: The World Games 2010 Foundation has announced the availability of “World Equestrian Radio”, a personal radio service complete with a souvenir radio receiver, to spectators at this year’s Games here in Lexington. The World Equestrian Radio personal radio receiver will allow users to listen to live commentary and information while viewing a specific event or discipline. Click here to order radio receivers.
• News: Tickets went on sale last week for The Temptations, who are coming to Frankfort, Kentucky as part of the Alltech Fortnight Festival, and will play the Grand Theatre on the 25th and 26th of September.
• News: Horse Capital Productions and HRTV, a 24 hour broadcast television and broadband network dedicated to horseracing and horse sports, have reached an agreement for the network to serve as a presenting sponsor of the 2010 International Equestrian Festival.
• News: Equimania!, part of Equine Guelph, and an interactive traveling education centre for youth, is crossing international borders for the first time and will make it’s presence known at the Kentucky Horse Park during the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The 5,500 lb exhibit has been invited to be the center for youth equine education over the 16 days of competition.
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We celebrate the 400th episode on the Horse Radio Network and we get caught up with our Para-equestrian Rider Susan Treabess.  Plus, all the news of the Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games, listen in…

2010 Radio Show Episode 78 – Show Notes and Links:

• Hosts:Samantha Clark and Glenn the Geek
• Guest: Susan Treabess
• Guest: Helena B. and Chris Stafford
• News: Equine Canada has named Lauren Barwick of Aldergrove, BC, as the inaugural recipient of the Equine Canada President’s award. As an individual gold and silver medalist at the 2008 Paralympic Games, Barwick is not only Canada’s most successful para-equestrian athlete in history, but is also a powerful ambassador for equestrian sport.
• News: Venezuelan show-jumper Pablo Barrios finally hit the jackpot on saturday night, winning the $150,000 World Cup Grand Prix at Wellington. Barrios has been in the money consistently for the last 8 years but this was his first major win, and it was particularly impressive, as he crossed the finish line nearly four seconds faster than second place finisher, American Jefferey Welles on Armani.
• News: Sultan Ahmad Al Beloushi recently won the prestigious His Highness The President’s Cup in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in record breaking time, while the United States were represented by Ellyn Rapp and Jeremy Reynolds.
• News: Meanwhile, over in England, Endurance GB has set up a series of non-competitive rides in an effort to raise funds to send teams over to compete here at the World Equestrian Games.
• News: The American Endurance Ride Conference will hold it’s annual Convention and Trade Show this weekend in Reno, Nevada, and it will include a presentation covering the US Endurance Team High Performance Programme aimed at the 2010 World Equestrian Games.
• News: Due to the success of it’s Equine News and Brews meeting series last year, Alltech will be resuming the free public programme this month with an educational focus on the upcoming Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
• News: If you’re not local to Lexington, Kentucky you can still become a WEGspert! Fans of the 2010 World Equestrian Games can now complete a video training programme online to become an official 2010 Alltech FEI WEGspert from the comfort of their homes.
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We get a report from Anna Sharpley on the Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games preparations in Australia and we speak to our Spotlight Dressage Rider Pierre St Jacques after his exciting weekend at the Dressage Masters. Listen in…

2010 Radio Show Episode 77 – Show Notes and Links:

• Hosts: Darcy Lambert and Glenn the Geek
• Guest: Pierre St Jacques
• Guest: Anna Sharpley writes for www.horsedeals.com.au.
• News: A crowd of 4,300 braved wind and cold to cheer on 16 of the top Dressage Riders in the world last weekend at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in South Florida here in the USA. See results…
• News: Belgium’s Jos Lansink has galloped off with top honours in one of the world’s richest showjumping Grand Prix, taking home €90,000 for winning the President of the UAE Cup in Abu Dhabi yesterday.
• News: The show jumping squad for the World Equestrian Games later this year named by Equestrian Sports New Zealand this week features a mix of home and overseas-based riders.
• News: Frederick County, Maryland horse rider and trainer Glenda Player was nominated to ride in the World Equestrian Games Equine Village to showcase the Irish Draft Sport horse breed.
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Horse and Hound’s Pippa Roome has all the news on how England is faring in her preparations for the WEG, and closer to home, Lexington’s Mayor Jim Newberry updates us on Spotlight Downtown Lexington WEG 2010.  Listen in….

2010 Radio Show Episode 76 – Show Notes and Links:

• Hosts: Samantha Clark and Glenn the Geek
• Guest: Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry
• Guest: Horse and Hound Reports Editor, Pippa Roome
• News: US WEG Team Reining hopefuls will have to start finalizing their plans for qualifications.  Next month sees the first two of the final four remaining qualifiers to be held at the Cowboy Capitol Classic in Stephenville, Texas.
• News: This year, for the first time since the inception of the World Equestrian Games in 1990 in Stockholm, Sweden, Great Britain will probably be not be fielding a full driving team.
• News: Horse TV has won the USEF’s most prestigious media award for it’s coverage, production and broadcast of last year’s CAI Live Oak Combined Driving Event which included interviews with past WEG champions and WEG hopefuls, as well as poignant personal stories mixed in with the action.
• News: Alexa King, the woman responsible for the beautiful bronze of Barbaro, has started work on the sculptures for the WEG 2010 series for the exhibit at the Museum of the Horse, at the Kentucky Horse Park.
• Mentioned in Show: Allltech FEI 2010 World Equestrian Games blog diary piece from Beezie Madden.
• News: Not only does the new and wonderful website EventingNation.com have all the latest news, blogs and links related to eventing, they also recently posted a great, little piece about the history of the World Equestrian Games, AND they carry the eventing radio show too.  What more could you ask for?
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John Nicholson, Executive Director of the Kentucky Horse Park, gives us an update on the readiness of the Kentucky Horse Park for the Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games. Plus, we bring the latest news of the 2010 WEG, listen in…

2010 Radio Show Episode 75 – Show Notes and Links:

• Hosts: Samantha Clark and Glenn the Geek
• Guests: John Nicholson, Executive Director of the Kentucky Horse Park, and Joanie Morris of the United States Equestrian Federation.
• News: The University of Kentucky is providing medical services at the Kentucky Horse Park during the Alltech FEI 2010 World Equestrian Games, but it’s Athletics Department is getting the word out to masses of fans thanks to an amazing Wildcat basketball season under coach John Calipari.
• News: The USET Foundation’s landmark Gladstone headquarters is slated to undergo state of the art renovations in time for the World Equestrian Games dressage squad trials this summer.
• News: Dressage mare Blue Hors Matine, whose dressage freestyle at the 2006 World Equestrian Games in Aachen became an Internet video sensation, was euthanized today after breaking a leg in a paddock accident, Horse and Hound reported.
• News: Canadian Native Mario DesLauriers has won his first Grand Prix as a US citizen, riding Urico, the horse he will be campaigning during selection trials in Wellington, Florida for the US team at the 2010 FEI Alltech World Equestrian Games.
• News: The Dressage Greats come together in Wellington in the first round of the Exquis World Dressage Masters in what may be an appetiser for the 2010 FEI Alltech World Equestrian Games. Steffen Peters on Ravel will face Isabell Werth and Anky van Grunsven again for the first time since his victory at the World Cup final in Las Vegas last April.
• News: Equine Canada has announced that 3 para-dressage courses will be held in conjunction with the Windreach International Para-Dressage CPEDI 3*, held on May 28th-30th, an official qualifier for the Alltech FEI 2010 World Equestrian Games
• News: Cornerstone will host the CDI 3* Spring into Dressage competition at Caledon Equestrian Park in Ontario to give Canadian dressage riders a chance to gain qualifying scores in advance of the Alltech FEI 2010 World Equestrian Games
• News: Canadian Dressage riders are taking advantage of winter training in Florida, and got off to a flying start, dominating the Gold Coast Opener CDI, in their quest for medals at the upcoming FEI Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games later this year.
• News: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is coming to Lexington, Kentucky to play with the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the Alltech Fortnight Festival, the music and ale statewide extravaganza that will complement the FEI World Equestrian Games.
• News: We say it almost without thinking about it, but why is Kentucky the Horse Capital of the World and why was it chosen to host the first World Equestrian Games ever held outside Europe?
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We speak with our Spotlight Rider Cheryl Dell to bring us up to date on her holidays, her training and her plans for the next couple of months; and to Robin Murray, founder of Horsetalk.co.nz, as she tells us specifically what to expect from those Kiwis leading up to the World Equestrian Games. Listen in….

2010 Radio Show Episode 74 – Show Notes and Links:

• Hosts: Samantha Clark and Glenn the Geek
• Guests: Robin Murray and Cheryl Dell
• News: The local chefs who will cook alongside the celebrity chefs as part of “Cookin’ in the Bluegrass” have been announced. The event will showcase local food and local talent and dish it up at the Farmhouse Restaurant right in the middle of the Kentucky Horse Park during the 2010 World Equestrian Games. Tempted?….
• News: Azur was one of the local restaurants here in Lexington chosen to be represented at Cookin’ in the Bluegrass, a celebration of local food, talent and horses to take place at the Kentucky Horse Park during the 2010 WEG. Not only that, but Azur chef Jeremy Ashby was also asked to cater the caterers at the press conference and came with some creative appetisers.
• News: The Alltech Fortnight Festival, the two weeks of live music and Kentucky Ale that will complement that 2010 World Equestrian Games throughout the State is looking for talented Kentucky musicians, both solo artists and bands, of every genre, to entertain across the Bluegrass.
• News: The USEF has just wrapped it up it’s annual convention in Louisville and there are some lovely pictures on the Chronicle website of our guest from a couple of weeks ago, Jessica Ransehousen, receiving her lifetime achievement award. On a more serious note, Jamie Linke, the CEO of the World Games 2010 Foundation Staff, provided an Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games update.
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Alltech’s Susanna Elliot helps us welcome in 2010, the year of the Games, and we catch up with our spotlight driver Mike McLellan in Texas. Plus, all the news about the Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games, listen in….

2010 Radio Show Episode 73 – Show Notes and Links:

• Hosts: Samantha Clark and Glenn the Geek
• Guests: Susanna Elliot and Mike McLellan
• News: Well-Known Horse Trainer and Clinician Julie Goodnight is the latest Presenter and Sponsor of the International Equestrian Festival. Friend of the Horse Radio Network, Julie Goodnight is excited to be a part of the downtown Lexington WEG celebrations.
• Julie Goodnight – 2010 Radio Show Episode 67
• Julie Goodnight – Stable Scoop Episode 40
• News: Thousands of volunteers are still needed to help run this year’s World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky. All volunteers will receive an official Ariat uniform, and a volunteer credential which will give them General Admission entry into the Kentucky Horse Park for all 16 days of the Games.
• News: Two new inhabitants at the Kentucky Horse Park, will help usher in a new exhibit at the museum, “A Gift from the Dessert: The Art, History and Culture of the Arabian Horse” which will be on display whilst the 2010 WEG takes place.
• News: Georgetown, Kentucky, situated right next to the Horse Park, where the 2010 World Equestrian Games will take place in September, is looking to capitalise on it’s location with a new International Equine Expo.
• News: The US Event Team will officially contest their last World Equestrian Games this year in Lexington with Capt Mark Philips as chef d’equipe and Technical Advisor.
• News: Sue-Ellen Lovett has been announced as this year’s Australia Day ambassador, but is gunning for Lexington, Kentucky and the World Equestrian Games, despite having limited sight.
• Notes: Mike McLellan – Little Everglades International Combined Driving Event
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Dressage legend Jessica Ransehousen speaks about winning the 2009 USEF Lifetime Achievement Award, and her daughter, Missy, talks about training in Florida and being in business with her mother. Plus, we bring you the latest news of the 2010 WEG…

2010 Radio Show Episode 72 – Show Notes and Links:

• Hosts: Samantha Clark and Glenn the Geek
• Guests: Jessica and Missy Ransehousen. You can visit their website at Blue Hill Farm.
• News: Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry made a big announcement this week about the Spotlight Lexington Festival that will take place downtown during the 2010 World Equestrian Games, and he made sure he was surrounded by star power. Read more…
• News: The USEF Eventing Department has announced the dates, locations and details for the 2010 Eventing High Performance Training Sessions, and A and B listed riders. Auditors are welcome and encouraged, but also please note that the USEF reserves the right to change the dates and locations.
• News: Japanese rider Eiken Sato sprung a massive surprise win in the seventh leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Series in Mechelen, Belgium.
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David O’Connor, President of the United States Equestrian Federation, joins us on the last show of 2009 to speak about the Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games. Plus, we bring you the latest news of the 2010 WEG, listen in…

2010 Radio Show Episode 71 – Show Notes and Links:

• Hosts: Samantha Clark, Glenn the Geek and a special appearance by Chris Stafford
• Guest: Thank you to David O’Connor of the USEF for joining us from the USEA Convention. You can visit David’s website at www.oconnoreventteam.com.
• News: The Kentucky State Veterinarian’s Office has regulatory responsibility to contain, manage, and resolve outbreaks of communicable equine diseases occurring at public venues, including large international competitions. Our office has spent the past three years working with the USDA Veterinary Services (USDA), the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Veterinary Committee, and the WEG Veterinary Services Coordinator to develop specific procedures for importation, disease mitigation, and infectious disease control. These procedures will be in addition to standard disease surveillance procedures practiced throughout the year at the Kentucky Horse Park. Read more at TheHorse.com.
• News: The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) announced today that Eva Salomon has accepted a position as the Managing Director and Chef D’Equipe for Dressage for the United States. More on The Jurga Report…
• News: The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky will present a groundbreaking exhibition to coincide with the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in 2010. Hoofbeats and Heartbeats will be the first significant exhibition to critically examine the role of the horse in American art, history, and culture.
• A new video about the games from the 2010 World Equestrian Games Foundation:

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