Horse Dies Competing at Devon Horse Show
The talented equine named Cambridge was competing with Emma Kurtz in the small junior hunter, 15 and under class, at the time of the fatal fall....
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USEF Hosts Town Hall on Horse Welfare, Industry Change
A New York Times exposé about a pony's death at last year's Devon Horse Show left USEF seeking more answers than it could provide. Although members are told the group ensures horse welfare, the case proved the organiz...
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Hunter/Jumper Trainer Charged
Virginia authorities arrested Wellington horse trainer and R Hunter judge, Rob Bielefeld, after he allegedly "forcibly fondled" a stranger....
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USEF Protest Ruling Released in Mandarino Dismissal
Pony trainer Elizabeth Mandarino would not turn over any portion of the necropsy report to the protester and only shared “portions of the toxicology report." The latter is inconsistent with a statement made by her attorn...
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USEF Dismisses Protest Against Mandarino
The panel’s report states there was a “lack of substantiation” as Elizabeth Mandarino of Amber Hill Farm would not produce "the full necropsy report" to the protest's proponents. She did turn over “only portions ...
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Mandarino Admits Causing Pony's Death
Amber Hill Farm trainer Elizabeth Mandarino claims responsibility for Humble's death at the Devon Horse Show in a police report. Read it only here....
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