FORT WORTH, Texas — Alexandra Fink and her 2007 chesnut overo gelding named Gallant Zippo have climbed the American Junior Paint Horse Association mountain in a remarkable 18 months.

CAEN, France – Hannah Selleck, a California native and familiar face on the region’s hunter-jumper circuit, has been named the ambassador for the humanitarian association, JustWorld, at the upcoming World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France.

Jan Ebeling announced July 13 that he has withdrawn the popular Rafalca from the CDI4* Aachen and contention for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

The Moorpark-based Ebeling decided that the welfare of the 17-year-old Oldenburg mare, owned by Beth Meyer, Ann Romney, and Amy Ebeling, was paramount, and that it would be in the best interest of World Cup and 2012 Olympic Games veteran to retire from competition.

FORT WORTH, Texas — When the dust settled in the Will Rogers Memorial Center after the 2014 AjPHA World Championship Show June 27-July 5, it was clear the APHA’s future is bright in California.

Sixteen-year-old Drew Rogers of Bakersfield and 15-year-old Aubree Scobie of Paso Robles each returned home with respective 2014 AjPHA World Championship All Around titles. Rogers, who trains with Ryan Painter of Pilot Point, Texas, took the 10-year-old sorrel overo mare, Shez Eye Candy, to the All Around Youth 14-18 championship. Scobie, trained by her mother Rachel Scobie along with Bobbie Emmons of Plymouth, took Gameplan, a 14-year-old tobiano gelding, to the All Around Novice Youth crown.

SUSSEX, England — Liz Halliday-Sharp capped off a busy schedule at Eridge Horse Trials last weekend June 29 by taking victory in the Five-Year-Old section with Flynn. The British-based Californian, competing on six horses in four categories at the Kent venue, also achieved top-10 results with Swift, Chaco, and Blackie on her most frenetic weekend of 2014 so far.

However, it was Chailey Stud’s new additions that stole the limelight with Flynn finishing on a superb Dressage score of 21.5 after going double clear in Show Jumping and Cross Country. Fellow newcomer Swift also performed brilliantly on his Novice debut – just the second event together with Liz – producing a positive Dressage display alongside strong Show Jumping and Cross Country rounds to finish a respectable 10th after a few penalties against the stopwatch.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — California Horsetrader Publisher Warren Wilson became the 26th member of the American Horse Publications “Circle of Champions” during a special Awards Luncheon June 21 at the organization’s annual seminar.

Wilson was recognized for his 25 years in equine publishing that have provided technical innovations bridging the transition from print to Internet. In addition to founding horsetrader.com in 1997, Wilson led development of online delivery of content as well as web-based business systems for publishers that remain a daily part of companies nationwide. Today, 15 AHP member magazines, websites and corporate members use technology his team developed in the last decade.

GLADSTONE, N.J. – The U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by The Dutta Corp came to an exciting conclusion June 15 as Grand Prix, Intermediaire I, and Pony Rider Champions were all crowned. In the Grand Prix championship, Steffen Peters and Legolas 92 clinched their third consecutive National Title with their best performance of the week. For the third consecutive test, the top placings remained the same as Peters scored Champion and Reserve honors in The Dutta Corp/USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship.

Peters, of San Diego, entered the arena Sunday like a man on a mission to not only add another Grand Prix National title to his resume but also to ride a completely clean test.

BONSALL — The northwestern San Diego County property that encompasses the Vessels Stallion Farm has been listed for sale.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Sixteen combinations entered the Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech Arena Sunday morning with National Championship honors and selection for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on their minds for the second and final round of the Adequan/USEF Open Reining National Championship and Selection Trial for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Reining Squad. And in a repeat of Friday’s initial round at the Kentucky Reining Cup, Shawn Flarida posted the top score of the day to claim the National Title and punch his ticket to Normandy, France for the World Championship in August. Additionally, five other riders earned their place on the squad with strong performances over the week.

RAEFORD, N.C. — The 2014 USEF National Single Horse Driving Championship came to an exciting conclusion April 13 in the cones phase of the Southern Pines CDE. In another beautiful day at the Carolina Horse Park, defending champion Leslie Berndl of California held her nerve to drive a near flawless effort over Richard Nicoll’s cones course to retain the title.