ARCHIBALD COX, III and MEREDITH MATEO, Petitioners, against UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION, INC., Respondent.
Brookway Stables owner Archie Cox, of California, is challenging USEF's GABA science in a New York court. The filing comes after the USEF Hearing Committee ruled in August 2015 that Cox and his client violated F...
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THOMAS WRIGHT and JOHN & STEPHANIE INGRAM, LLC -against- UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION, INC.
The petitioners believe USEF's decision to hold them in violation of GR410 was arbitrary and capriocious and not supported by scientific evidence. The hunter/jumper trainer and owners are seeking the court to dismiss the...
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KRYSTAL ZUFELT, Plaintiff, v. ASHLEY OLLES, a/k/a ASHLEY C. BUSTER, AMANDA O’BRIEN, a/k/a AMANDA C. BUSTER and AMANDA BUSTER O’BRIEN, dba VALLEY VIEW RANCH, Defendants.
A suit alleges Amanda O'Brien of Valley View Ranch, in Texas, acted as the plaintiff's horse sales agent for two American Quarter Horses, but refuses to turn the sales funds over. Click to view the documents in the cas...
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MARTHA TORKINGTON and RIVER VALLEY RANCH, LLC; Plaintiffs, vs. MARK ARBALLO, et al; Defendants.
The death of Bella Gunnabe Gifted after a trainer allegedly left the mare unsupervised and “bitted up” in a shank bit has prompted a civil suit by the derby reining horse’s owner....
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GEORGE D. PETITO, ANITA M. PETITO AND CONNECTIVE LICENSING, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. SMARTPAK EQUINE, LLC., Defendant.
Smartpak is accused of infringing on another company's patent rights. The plaintiff lists a number of equine supplements allegedly in violation. Included are some of Smarkpak's generic brands like SmarkFlex Rehab Pellets...
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Michele Schols vs John Thompson
John Thompson of Thompson Show Horses is in jail for violating a restraining order. This is his second arrest in 2013. The case was ultimately dismissed....
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KARAN ERIKSSON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. KRISTI NUNNINK, Defendant and Respondent.
An appeals court revived a negligence action, by the parents of a 17-year old girl who was killed during a 3-Day Eventing Competition, against their daughter’s riding instructor....
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PIAFFE PERFORMANCE, INC., and APEX STABLES, INC., Plaintiffs vs. EVERGLADES DRESSAGE, LLC, Defendant.
Dressage trainer Cesar Parra filed suit alleging he had not received all of $650K from the sale of the horse Don Ulrik. Everglades Dressage counter sued alleging the horse had a neck injury and misrepresented the horse's...
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BPA EQUINE INVESTMENTS, L.L.C., et al vs. MICHAEL J. McCORMICK dba MTM Farm et al.
A lawsuit accuses Texas horse trainer Mike McCormick of MTM Farm of selling his clients horse for $155,000 when they believed the horse was sold for $80,000. The client alleges they paid all of the horse's expenses whil...
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