Gail Morey (John French and Crown Affair. ) Carson City, NV - With only a few days left to prepare for the $25,000 Franktown Meadows Hunter Derby at the Franktown Meadows Equestrian Facility, anticipation is mounting. Equestrians are traveling from all over to take part in the first standalone hunter derby on the West Coast. Among the many hunter derby exhibitors will be top professionals John French and Jenny Karazissis. French will be accompanied by four hunter derby horses, which include two...

Photo by ESI Photography (Sue Lyman and The Lion's Share) Sue Lyman rode The Lion's Share to a roaring victory in Saturday night's $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derby to highlight the Cavalier Classic for hunter riders at HITS Commonwealth Park, in Culpeper, VA. Lyman and The Lion's Share used a score of 85 in the first round to put them in the hunt for the blue ribbon when the top 12 horse-and-rider combinations returned for a handy round on a course set by Rian Beals. At the conclusion of the first...

Shawn Flarida and RC Fancy Step (K.C. Johnson Photo) Dressage In the CDI3* which took place in scenic Vierzon, France, Katherine Bateson-Chandler and Nartan scored a 67.574% for a second place finish in the Grand Prix. Kenneth Dyrby finished fourth with Rholex and seventh with Nanette. In the Grand Prix Special, Bateson-Chandler was fourth and Dyrby was fifth with Rholex. Dyrby rode Nanette in the CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle and was second. For complete results please click here . Catherine...

Joe Yoder Wins at the Southern Pines CDE (Cazzy Smith) Dressage Competition took place on the West coast at the Golden State Dressage Festival CDI3*/Y/J. Mette Rosencrantz and Finally took home wins in the Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire I. For more information please visit Golden State Dressage Festival . Driving Under blue skies at the Carolina Horse Park the fifth selection trials for the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games took place as part of the Southern Pines CDE. In the Four-In-Hand...

Photo by Susan J. Stickle (Todd Flettrich and Otto.) Dressage trainer Todd Flettrich and his mount Otto, owned by Cherry Knoll Farm, had an exciting victory in Friday afternoon's FEI Grand Prix de Dressage at the Gold Coast Opener Festival in Wellington, FL. Competing in the main arena at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center, Flettrich and Otto completed their Grand Prix test with a score of 67.8% for the overall victory, and qualified to compete in Saturday's Grand Prix Special following the win....

Photo by Sportfot.com (Lucy Davis and True Love ) Lexington, KY – Seventeen-year-old Lucy Davis jumped clear when it mattered most in the European Youngster Cup at CSI Frankfurt in Germany December 17-20, to win the prestigious competition with the only clear round in the final round. Riding True Love, a 13-year-old Belgian Warmblood owned by Old Oak Farm, Davis (Los Angeles, CA) jumped clear in the Preliminary round, with the eighth fastest time, and then had one fence down in the next round –...

Maxance McManamy, 2009 USEF Junior Equestrian of the Year, shown during the 2009 North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (USEF Archives) Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) announces that Maxance McManamy has been selected as the 2009 USEF Junior Equestrian of the Year. McManamy will be honored at the USEF’s Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2010 in Louisville, KY, as part of the Pegasus Awards held Saturday evening. The Ruth O’Keefe Meredith...

Looking to participate in one of the United States Eventing Association's (USEA) many programs? Check out the newest calendar additions for the following series, with more dates to be added in the coming months. Spalding Labs/USEA Young Event Horse Series The USEA Spalding Labs Young Event Horse (YEH) Series may be best described as an equine talent search. The series gives owners and breeders the opportunity to showcase the potential of their four- and five-year-old horses while encouraging...

The Arabian horse industry’s largest event for youth, the Youth National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show, moves into Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque, July 25-August 1, 2009. The eight-day event combines top-level equine competition in a variety of disciplines with daily youth activities and a shopping expo, bringing approximately $10.2 million to the city. Nearly 1,000 horses from across the U.S. and Canada will compete each day from 7:30 a.m. to about 10 p.m. in everything from...

Would you like to test drive or ride a Morgan horse? Now is your opportunity to do it for free! From now until December 31, 2009, facilities from around the country, in conjunction with the American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA), are generously offering a unique opportunity for a free riding or driving lesson on a Morgan horse. The coupon is good for new students and one free lesson per person at participating Morgan farms. Limit one coupon per family. If you have always wanted to be...

People Helping Horses (PHH) Founder and Executive Director Gretchen Salstrom was recently made aware of the need in the community to serve children with disabilities through therapeutic riding. After careful consideration and much discussion, Salstrom and the PHH Board of Directors agreed to partner with NARHA certified instructor Laurie Grow in the launch of a new program, Leg Up for Kids Therapeutic Riding. The program officially commenced on April 1, 2009. It is run at Half Trak Farm, a...

Since its inception just five years ago, the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) has experienced unprecedented growth and has quickly become the largest recognized affiliate of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF). Albeit the USEF’s largest affiliate, USHJA is also one of the only affiliates to not have its own headquarters. But that is changing. On September 24, 2008, the USHJA celebrated two landmark occasions: the launch of the “Building For Growth” Capital Campaign and...