Kentucky Equine Research will host its Nutrition Conference at the Embassy Suites hotel in Lexington, Kentucky on April 26-27, 2010. The focus of the conference will be nutrition of the performance horse. Expert lecturers will explain the latest research and its relation to feeds, feed management, and exercise physiology. Scientists, consultants, feed industry personnel, horse owners and veterinarians are invited to attend. For more information, contact ephethean@ker.com.

Bluegrass Horse Feeds sponsors international three-day event rider Mike Ryan, winner of the leading rider title at this year's Tattersalls International Horse Trials. Ryan accumulated the most points over the weekend of competition. He won the one-star event, placed second in the three-star event, and claimed third place in the two-star event. The three-star event, which was the FEI World Cup qualifying competition, was won by Patricia Ryan, Mike's wife, and Fernhill Clover Mist.

Mike and Patricia Ryan have been valued customers of Bluegrass Horse Feeds for many years and use Transform Cubes and Equi-Jewel as part of their regular feeding program. Both are members of the senior Horse Sport Ireland team, which benefits from nutritional consultation from Bluegrass Horse Feeds and Kentucky Equine Research.

KER-sponsored rider Megan Jones has continued her incredible record of three-star eventing wins by topping the Melbourne International Three-Day Event. Jones and Kirby Park Allofasudden showed their consistency in the dressage phase, ending the day less than one point behind the leader. The young chestnut gelding certainly showed a great deal of maturity and experience with a blitzing, penalty-free cross-country round that was sufficient to hold the team in second place. Jones rode the show-jumping phase with great conviction and once again proved her outstanding ability to perform under pressure. Her clear show-jumping round clinched the victory. This year marks the third time Jones has won the event.

Jones also put in a strong fourth-place performance on Westbury Park Irish Grove in the CCI* from a field of 67 competitors.