VIRGINIA  HORSE CENTER

• The American Saddlebred Horse Association of Virginia will hold their 2014 horse show at the  Virginia Horse Center Sept. 25-28. A full schedule of classes for Saddlebreds, Hackneys and Friesians will be offered, as well as UPHA Classics, futurities and Academy classes. Prize book with class schedule can be found online.
• Also this weekend at the Virginia Horse Center, the Glenmore Hunt Pony Club will hold its fundraiser show for hunters and jumpers in the Wiley and Northern arenas. Find a class list here online. 

FRANKLIN COUNTY

The Franklin County Equestrian Club’s annual open horse show will be held Sept. 27 at Ginther Farm in Rocky Mount. The show will offer a mix of Western, English and game classes. Find directions and a class list here.

ROAD TRIP

The North Carolina Quarter Horse Association is holding the Tar Heel Classic this weekend at the Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh, North Carolina. That is just under 3 hours of driving from Roanoke for top AQHA competition just before Congress.

ONLINE

• Dressage at Devon will be broadcast by the USEFnetwork Sept. 26-28.
• The AMHA (Miniature Horse) World Championship will begin broadcasting on iEquine on Sept. 26 through Oct. 4.
• iEquine will also broadcast The All Nations Cup, Europe’s most prestigious Arabian horse show. on Sept. 27-28 from Germany.
• Further out, iEquine will start broadcasting from the All-American Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 2 through Oct. 26. Find the schedule of events here.