The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Dressage Department is pleased to announce additional dressage clinic dates and locations for developing horse/rider combinations in the United States. Joining the roster of Olympians conducting these clinics is multiple Olympic, World Equestrian Games and Pan American Games medalist Debbie McDonald of Hailey, ID. McDonald will be teaching a clinic on December 12-13, 2009, at Linda and Michael Fowler’s Epona Farm in Thousand Oaks, CA. This clinic...

Lexington, KY - "Safety" is one of the most important words in the equestrian vocabulary. And to that point, the combined efforts of University of Kentucky HealthCare, the university’s College of Agriculture, Kentucky Horse Park organizations and other businesses have kicked off an education awareness campaign entitled "Saddle Up Safely." The announcement was made at the Kentucky Horse Park today, and dignitaries and equestrians were on hand to take part and promote the importance of safe...

Seventeen-year-old Jessica Springsteen was the biggest star at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show as her famous parents cheered her on. She bested 237 riders over two rounds of competition, and a four-ri Jessica Springsteen (Photo by Al Cook) der work-off to win the nation's top equitation prize, the Pessoa/USEF Hunt Seat Medal Final. Course designer Steve Stephens, in conjunction with judges Ellen Raidt and Leo Conroy, were very specific about the distances they required between related...

The TSE/Tattersalls Fall Sale will be broadcast over the Internet starting Thursday, October 29, through Saturday, October 31, on the American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) website at www.saddlebred.com . As in the past, ASHA will once again provide a live streaming video webcast of each day of the sale in its entirety. The webcast will allow viewers to see the sale of each horse as it is presented, and hear the auctioneer’s call, as well as see the hip number and bids. The 2009...

Horse owners in Kentucky may attend informational sessions at no charge on November 14, 2009, as part of the Kentucky Horse Council (KHC) Annual Conference. The conference features presentations and panels on topics appropriate for pleasure and show horse owners, association leaders, farm and business owners and horse-interested youth. Held in conjunction with "Your Future with Horses," an equine education fair, the conference has something for everyone. "Our annual conference continues to grow...

The Paso Fino Horse Association (PFHA) announced their 2009 award winners through their e-newsletter. The following list includes those outstanding participants in the Paso Fino horse world who shined in 2009. Trainer of the Year Ricky Mendoza Voted Amateur Owner of the Year Debbie Suder - Rockville, VA Amateur Owner of the Year Gay Culverhouse - Middleborough, MA Senior Amateur Owner of the Year Glen Van Loon - Murray, KY High Point Junior (13-15) of the Year Jo Beth Gaston - Chester, SC High...

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) and DressageTrainingOnline.com (DTO) are pleased to announce that they have now expanded their partnership to allow USDF members to earn USDF University Program Credit through the DTO site. By working together, USDF and DTO hope to provide dressage education to a broader audience and recognize those individuals who continue to expand their dressage knowledge. Any USDF member, who is a current member of or joins DTO, is eligible to earn USDF...

Harrisburg, PA—This year’s USEF National Junior Jumper Championships proved yet again to be one of the most exciting junior competitions of the year. The Team Championship was held Friday night with the Individual Championship accumulating scores over three days of competition at the 64th Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg, PA, from October 8-11. The Team Championship was run under a modified Nation’s Cup format and designed by 2008 Olympic course designer Steve Stevens of...

It is with great sadness that the United States Equestrian Federation reports that former Olympic mount and dressage horse Mythilus was humanely euthanized Friday, October 9, as a result of complications discovered during a colic surgery. The 15-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding was the former partner of Olympian Courtney King-Dye. In June 2008, King-Dye finished in third place at 2008 Olympic Dressage Trials with Mythilus, securing the pair’s trip to compete in Hong Kong. “He began to colic...

Lexington, KY—The Deep Run Horse Show, a historic Virginia equestrian event, is the third American horse show to be honored with the United States Equestrian Federation’s designation as a USEF Heritage Competition. Deep Run has now received the highest honor that can be given to a Federation horse show. The designation of a USEF Heritage Competition is reserved for those competitions that have been in existence for a quarter century or more, promoted and grown equestrian sport, and made a...