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70th Annual Lexington Junior League Horse Show Underway Team Freedom Brings Home the Gold at the 2006 USEF National Junior Dressage Team Championship For its 10th anniversary, the 2006 USEF National Junior Dressage Team Championship returned to the West Coast for another exciting showcase of some of America’s most talented young dressage riders, hosted by Pebble Beach Dressage and CDI*** in Pebble Beach, CA, July 6-9, 2006. This championship is sponsored by Collecting Gaits Farm, the Dutta Corporation and Performance Sales International. For the full story, click here. Top American Riders Show Their Strength at the Spruce Meadows North American With a Multitude of Wins While the Pengrowth Cup class, the opening international competition on the second day of the Spruce Meadows North American on July 6 will not go down in history as a classic, no one can deny the extremely solid and stylish performance that gave Richard Spooner and Cristallo a well-deserved victory. For the full story, click here. KET presents Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Highlights Each year, one of the world’s most prestigious equestrian sports events takes place at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Highlights from the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Farnam, which brings together some of the greatest horses and riders from around the world, are presented in "Rolex Equestrian Championships 2006" presented by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, airing Sunday, July 29 at 10/9 p.m. CT on KET1. For the full story, click here.
Farnam to Feature Brentina and Debbie McDonald on the New Package of Platform™ Treats Following the spirit of the Wheaties® package which recognizes outstanding athletic achievements and personal championships, Farnam salutes Brentina, the inaugural Farnam®/Platform™ • USEF Horse of the Year, and her rider Debbie McDonald, with their photograph on the new package of Platform Treats. For the full story, click here.  American Morgan Horse Association Moves Forward With Phase I Expansion of the Kentucky Horse Park The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) Board of Directors recently approved expenditures of up to $25,000 for an expansion of the Morgan horse exhibit at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. This is considered Phase I in the mission to increase the size of the Morgan display at the Park from 400 square feet to approximately 800 square feet. AMHA is currently working on a development timeline in order to complete this expansion prior to the 2010 Alltech FEI Games. For the full story, click here. Dressage Young Horses: Don’t Miss this Championship Opportunity As a reminder to all riders and owners of four-, five-, and six-year-old dressage horses, the 2006 USEF/Markel National Young Horse Dressage Championships sponsored by Markel Insurance will once again be held at the Kentucky Horse Park, September 8-10, in Lexington, KY. In order to be eligible for this championship program, an Application of Intent must be submitted to the USEF office by July 15. Applications are available on the Federation website at www.usef.org/content/equestrianSports/disciplines/international/2004-YH-Program.php. For more information, contact Jennifer Keeler, National Director of Dressage, at jkeeler@usef.org. Event Riders Hang Ten at Maui Jim Horse Trials Serving as a mid-summer oasis for event riders, the Maui Jim Horse Trials provided top-level competition for event riders from all corners of the United States and Canada. In addition to the event’s traditional horse trial divisions at the training through advanced levels, organizer Kate Lindsay offered three international divisions (CIC*, CIC** and CIC***). The extensive menu of divisions attracted top-level riders, who were treated to exceptional hospitality, tropical-themed decorations around every corner and cool temperatures for a competition held in July. For the full story, click here. American Chris Kappler Continues to Dominate at Blainville Jumping International in Canada For the second day in a row, it was American Chris Kappler who stood in the winner's circle at the CSI-W Blainville Jumping International on Thursday, July 6. The international show jumping competition took place from July 5-9 at the Blainville Equestrian Park in Blainville, Quebec, Canada. Unwanted Horse Coalition Folded into American Horse Council The Unwanted Horse Coalition, which started as the Unwanted Horse Summit during the American Horse Council’s annual convention in April, 2005, is being folded into the American Horse Council (AHC), announced Nick Nicholson, AHC Chairman. For the full story, click here. All Goes Welles at 2006 Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows Jeffery Welles of Brewster, NY, rode Armani to a sweep of the $60,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid CSI*** presented by RV Sales of Broward and the $60,000 Hermès Grandprix CSI*** presented by the Heidegger Family to highlight the 2006 Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows. For the full story, click here.  From the June 2006 issue of EQUESTRIAN magazine
Endurance: The Name Says It All By Karen Karvonen
In any equine sport, a competitor and his mount are like a centaur. A rider becomes almost one with his or her horse in the ring, arena or cross-country course. In endurance competition, whether it’s a U.S. or international event, riders must not only merge with their mounts. They must sustain this bond throughout 100 miles for up to 24 hours, fording chest-high rivers, splashing through torrents of rain, pushing on through knee-deep snow or galloping across a windswept desert. Riders must trust their equine companions to pick a cautious line between steep drop-offs, slog miles through shoe-sucking mud, face into a blinding sandstorm and pick a safe course through a wood by moonlight. For the full stories on endurance, click here. The United States Equestrian Federation®, Inc. (USEF), as the National Equestrian Federation of the U.S., is the regulatory body for the Olympic and World Championship sports of dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, reining, show jumping, and vaulting, as well as 20 other breeds and disciplines of equestrian competition. As the country's largest multi-breed organization, the Federation has over 86,000 members and recognizes more than 2,800 competitions nationwide each year. It governs all aspects of competition, including educating and licensing all judges, stewards and technical delegates who officiate at these shows. VISION STATEMENT The vision of USEF is to provide leadership for equestrian sport in the United States of America, promoting the pursuit of excellence from the grass roots to the Olympic Games, based on a foundation of fair, safe competition and the welfare of its horses, and embracing this vision, to be the best national equestrian federation in the world. ©2006, United States Equestrian Federation®, Inc. |
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