DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 4–Joe Zada, a longtime sponsor of equestrian events in Florida and Michigan, owes creditors such as nine-time U.S. Olympian Robert Dover and Russian hockey star Sergei Federov $75 million (€51,5 million), according to Sunday’s Free Press newspaper…

VECHTA, Germany, Oct. 3–Don Primeur, the 2009 Oldenburg state champion of Rastede, was sold at the Oldenburg auction Saturday for €505,000 (US$736,000)…

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 2–Rio de Janiero was chosen Friday to host the 2016 Olympic Games…

SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 2–The 2009 Grand Final of Dressage that brings competitors from all seven states across the vast continent and organizers hope to generate some of the excitement surrounding football finals is scheduled for Oct. 29 to Nov. 1…

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Oct. 1–The U.S. Equestrian Federation/Performance Horse Registry has created a new book for American-bred horses only…

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Sept. 30–Olympians Steffen Peters and Guenter Seidel will provide Developing Dressage Training Clinics on the East Coast of the United States in the Fall, the U.S. Equestrian Federation announced…

ANTWERP, Belgium, Sept. 28–Forty European equestrian federations have joined in creating the European Equestrian Forum aimed at gaining a “bigger European influence in the global equestrian sport”…

DEVON, Pennsylvania, Sept. 27–Describing her nine-year-old Wadamur as a workaholic “Energizer Bunny,” Susan Jaccoma rode the Hanoverian gelding to their first Grand Prix Special victory Sunday at the Devon World Cup event…

DEVON, Pennsylvania, Sept. 27–Kassandra Barteau and GP Raymeister clinched the U.S. berth in the Young Rider World Cup Final in Germany in December by maintaing her lead in qualifying scores at the musical freestyle at Devon Sunday….

DEVON, Pennsylvania, Sept. 26–Tina Konyot and Calecto V performed their first musical freestyle together Saturday night to capture the World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle in heavy rain under lights….