| Saddle Seat
Nick Maupin Makes History with Championship Win at 2010 USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final Presented by Elisabeth M. Goth |
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Nick Maupin and Coco Mojo. Photo by Howard Schatzberg. |
Kansas City, MO - Nick Maupin rode Coco Mojo to the championship win in the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Saddle Seat Medal Final presented by Elisabeth M. Goth. The final took place November 20 as part of the United Professional Horsemen's Association (UPHA) American Royal National Championship Horse Show in Kansas City, MO.
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Morgans
Team Morgan 2010 Wins National Equitation Competition |
 | Team Morgan 2010 Wins National Equitation Competition. Photo courtesy
American Morgan Horse Association. |
Shelburne, VT - Team Morgan 2010 is the proud Gold medal winner of this year's hunter seat equitation competition that took place at Stephens College in Columbia, MO, November 18-20. The team competed against the college's equitation team, and it was Team Morgan's first hunter seat competition.
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| Dressage
John "Jack" Kimball and Judith Noone to Receive the 2010 USDF Lifetime Achievement Award |
 | | John Kimball. USDF photo. |
Lexington, KY - The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to John "Jack" Kimball and Judith Noone at the Salute Gala & Annual Awards Banquet on December 3, 2010, at the Adequan/USDF National Convention & Symposium in Jacksonville, FL. These two recipients have shown a lifetime of dedication to USDF through volunteering and developing programs, projects and committees that have contributed to USDF's mission.
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USDF President George Williams said, "These two promoters of dressage were pioneers. They helped to lay the groundwork for where dressage is in this country today."
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| Hunter/Jumper
Kate Hayley Wins Top Honors at USHJA Emerging Athletes Training Clinic, Hosted By Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center |
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Kate Hayley at USHJA Emerging Athletes Training Clinic. Photo by Tricia Booker/Cameron Green Media. |
Buffalo, NY - After three days of competition where riders were judged not only on their mounted abilities but also on their horsemanship and horse care, Orchard Park, NY, native Kate Haley was atop the podium. This was the second annual USHJA Emerging Athletes Program National Training Session, presented by Dover Saddlery and hosted by BTRC. For her accomplishment, Haley, 18, will receive 30 days of advanced training from an approved trainer, $3,000 from Dover Saddlery to purchase show clothes and a place in the George H. Morris Horsemastership Training Clinic in Wellington, FL, in January 2011.
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Reining
NRHA Futurity - First Day Leader Board | |
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Tim McQuay and Always Gotyer Gunsup at NRHA Futurity. Photo courtesy NRHA. |
Oklahoma City, OK - Thanksgiving Day at the Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City signaled the start of the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity & Adequan North American Affiliate Championship Show being held through December 4. The NRHA kicked off its first day of competition with the first go, first section of the $170,000 added NRHA Open Futurity featuring the world's most talented three-year-old reining horses and riders in five open divisions. Always Gotyer Gunsup and Two Million Dollar Rider Tim McQuay, Tioga, TX, jumped to the top of the leader board with a 222.5. The duo currently leads the NRHA Futurity Level 4 Open and the Prime Time divisions.
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Eventing
Application Period Open until January 31, 2011, for 2013 Eventing Chef d'Equipe/Technical Advisor | |
Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is accepting applications for the position of Eventing Chef d'Equipe/Technical Advisor which will become available in 2013. Interested parties should complete an application, submit their curriculum vitae, and provide their program outline by no later than January 31, 2011.
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2011 USEF Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting Set for January in Lexington |
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Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce that Lexington, KY will play host to the 2011 Annual Meeting. This event will take place January 19 - 23 at the Hyatt Regency Lexington and adjoining Lexington Center. The USEF has secured a group rate of $139 for single - quad occupancy, plus tax. For reservations, please call (800) 233-1234 or (859) 253-1234 and ask for the "USEF Annual Meeting Rate." The deadline to take advantage of this special rate is Wednesday, December 22, 2010.
To learn more about the 2011 Annual Meeting and to register online, visit http://usef.org/convention/2011/sponsors.aspx.
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| This Week in International Disciplines
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At the Audi Masters CSI5*, CSI2* and CSI1* in Brussels, Belgium, several U.S. riders put in strong performances across four days of competition. In the CSI1*, Terri Anne Kessler was third in the 1.15m Prix Pommery with Ice D'Ancoeur and went one better in the 1.25m Prix Pommery with Swiss Franc. Daughter Reed Kessler was third in the CSI2* 1.45m Prix Sheraton with Mika. In the CSI5*, Laura Kraut won Saturday's grand prix with Cedric, McLain Ward and Antares F were third. The U.S. riders put in impressive efforts in the grand prix on Sunday, Terri Anne was second in the CSI1* 1.15m Horse Land Grand Prix with Ice D'Ancoeur, Reed was third in the CSI2* Lufthansa Private Jet Grand Prix with Mika and Kraut and Cedric were fourth in the CSI5* Audi Grand Prix. |
Industry News
The Fete Cheval Bigger and Better Than Ever Before |
 | | Rodrigo Pessoa, Brianne Goutal, Patricia Griffith, Kent Farrington, Charlie Jayne and Sandy Ferrell at the Fete Cheval in 2010. Photo courtesy Phelps Media Group photo. |
Westport, CT - After the roaring success of the Fete Cheval in 2010, there was no hesitation to start making plans for an even more spectatcular event for the 2011 Winter Equestrian Festival - and more spectacular it will be. Elizabeth Press, Clea Newman Soderlund and Visse Wedell have signed on as Co-Chairs of the Fete Cheval, which will be held on Friday, March 11, 2011, on the show grounds of the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL.
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