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USEF Names Team for Meydan FEI Nations Cup Team in St. Gallen

by Helen Murray | 6/3/2010 3:16:00 PM

Mario and Urico Look for More Clear Rounds (Randi Muster Photo) Lexington, KY - The following horse/rider combinations have been named to represent the US in the Nations Cup at CSIO Schweiz St. Gallen in Switzerland on Friday June 4. Mario Deslauriers on Jane Clark’s Urico Beezie Madden on Abigail Wexner’s Mademoiselle Richard Spooner on Show Jumping Syndications’ Cristallo McLain Ward on Sagamore Farm’s Rothchild These four riders will take on the nine other teams in the third Nations Cup of...

This Week in International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 6/2/2010 5:01:00 PM

Erin Alberda and Collo 5 (Stockimageservices.com Photo) Dressage Dressage riders on East coast celebrated the holiday weekend at the CDI3* Allentown at the Horse Park of New Jersey. Elisabeth Austin and her Dutch Warmblood Olivier took home wins in the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special. On the small tour Cesar Parra and Olympia performed beautifully, winning the Prix St. Georges with a score of 71.789% and the Intermediaire I with 71.000%. For complete results please click here . This week...

SmartPak Renews Support for Young Riders as Title Sponsor of Reining Championship at the Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North

by By Leah Oliveto | 6/2/2010 11:40:00 AM

2009 NAJYRC Reining Individual Gold Medalist Darcy Wilson aboard Miss Cielo Chex (Waltenberry ) Lexington, KY With great success and continued growth in the program over the last two years SmartPak™ will once again be the title sponsor of the FEI North American Young Rider Reining Championship at the Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North. SmartPak has been an outstanding supporter of equestrian sport at many levels and also serves as the “Official...

Horses Unlimited's Leonberg Earns Trip to Europe with Third CDI Win

by By Christine DeHerrera | 5/28/2010 3:40:00 PM

Photo by SusanJStickle.com (Mikala Gundersen and Leonberg ) Victories continue to accumulate for Horses Unlimited's Leonberg and his Danish rider Mikala Munter Gundersen. The latest victory was a 70.79% in the Kentucky Cup Grand Prix Special over a field that included World Cup Finalists, European medalists, Olympians and Pan American Games medalists. The Kentucky Cup was the test event for the dressage world championships at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games that will be held at the...

Oldenburg Gelding Captures Dual Win as He Aims for Young Horse Championships

by By Rick Rockefeller-Silvia | 5/28/2010 12:16:00 PM

Photo courtesy of Holly Wilmoth, Kingland Farm (Sakrementer, ridden by Rick Rockefeller-Silvia.) It was dual wins for the promising young Oldenburg gelding, Sakrementer, at the recent CDCTA Summer Dressage show at Morven Park in Leesburg, VA. Sakrementer was ridden by Rick Rockefeller-Silvia, of Dream Street Stallions, and is owned by Deborah and Rex Howe of HRH Holdings. Sakrementer’s success included placing first in the Materiale Class with a score of 84.7% and winning the FEI Four-Year-Old....

Dressage at Devon Welcomes the World Breed Federation for Sport Horses Annual Convention to 2010 Show

by By Christine DeHerrera | 5/28/2010 12:03:00 PM

Photo by Bill Alphin (BW-Callista received the North American Breeders Futurity Four-Year-Old.) Dressage at Devon is pleased to announce that the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) has chosen the show for its 2010 Symposium and General Assembly. WBFSH delegates and its famed international membership comprised of the world's top breeders will attend Dressage at Devon for the foal and young horse breed classes, as well as the FEI young horse competitions. "The DAD breed division...

Sport Horse Nationals Payback Program Offers 350 Champion Stallions with Fees at Half Price

by By Laura Wood | 5/28/2010 11:48:00 AM

Photo Courtesy SHN Payback, Inc. (Novalis, by Jus De Pomme and out of a G Ramiro Z daughter, is one of the champion Stallions available through the SHN Payback program at half price.) The SHN Payback program offers 350 champion stallions at half price, and awards cash prizes for Sport Horses. The SHN Payback program is in full swing for its third year, offering donated stallion services at half price to raise money for Sport Horse prize money. Every stallion in the program is a champion, or the...

Wimpys Little Step Becomes National Reining Horse Association's Youngest Two Million Sire*

by By Christa Morris | 5/28/2010 11:33:00 AM

Photo by Waltenberry (Wimpys Little Step ) Wimpys Little Step made history at this year’s Carolina Classic Derby, held May 13-16, in Williamston, NC, when his offspring surpassed two million dollars in National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) earnings. The flashy palomino sire joins eight of NRHA’s leading stallions as a Two Million Dollar Sire*. To achieve this elite status is no easy feat, yet Wimpys’ offspring went above and beyond expectations when they earned enough to make him the...

Rick Ford to Manage the Southwest Reining Horse Association Online Stallion Auction

by By Cheryl Magoteux | 5/28/2010 11:20:00 AM

Cinder Lakes Ranch and Reproduction Center Manager Rick Ford will head up the 2010-2011 Southwest Reining Horse Association (SWRHA) Online Stallion Auction. Implemented in 2006, the Online Stallion Auction is one of the most successful in the reining industry and has helped the Futurity become the eighth largest added-money reining event, according to Quarter Horse News . SWRHA President Jack Covington, who was the driving force behind the creation of the auction and managed the auction since...

USEF Names Horse/Rider Combinations for Meydan FEI Nations Cup Team at CSIO Rome

by From the USEF Show Jumping Department | 5/27/2010 4:11:00 PM

Richard Spooner and Cristallo at CSIO La Baule (Sophie Durieux) Lexington, KY - The following horse/rider combinations have been named to represent the US in the Nations Cup at CSIO Roma- Piazza di Siena SNAI Show Jumping in Italy on Friday May 28. Mario Deslauriers on Jane Clark’s Urico Beezie Madden on Abigail Wexner’s Mademoiselle Richard Spooner on Show Jumping Syndications’ Cristallo McLain Ward on Blue Chip Bloodstock and his own Sapphire These four riders will take on the ten other teams...