Members of the Paso Fino Horse Association recently cast their votes and selected Deborah Suder as 2009 Paso Fino Horse Association (PFHA) Amateur Owner of the Year. This prestigious award is bestowed to a PFHA amateur owner who exemplifies outstanding accomplishments, contributions, sportsmanship and horsemanship. Suder is a member of the PFHA Virginia Presidential Region. She also serves as the current secretary-treasurer for the region, a position which she has served in for several terms....

Effective December 1, 2009, English Pleasure will now be a recognized division with the United States Equestrian Federation. The new division rules can be found on the USEF website at www.usef.org/documents/rules/ruleChanges/2010/RE12109.pdf . This means that you have the opportunity to offer "rated" English Pleasure classes to your exhibitors. The Federation is excited to add this division to encourage and reward yet another venue of equestrian sport. The English Pleasure division has three...

Lexington, KY – Tucker Johnson staked his claim to a top spot in next year’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games with an impressive third place finish out of 25 teams at the CAI-A4 Donaueschingen in Germany. Driving in an international competition for the first time since the World Championships in Beesd 2008, Johnson won the dressage, finished eighth in the marathon but retained third place overall with a strong performance in the cones. In a strong field, which included two former world...

Please click on teh following link for the final 2009 Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search Finals - West Standings: https://www.usef.org/_AUAIFrames/CompUp/Data/Result167.pdf

Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will be hosting two upcoming West Coast Para-Equestrian Dressage Training Sessions – November 14-15, 2009 at Shea Therapeutic Riding Center in San Juan Capistrano, CA and November 23-24, 2009 at Little Bit Therapeutic Rider Center in Woodinville, WA. The Training Sessions are designed for riders with various disabilities to learn more about competing in Dressage at the National and International Level. It is tentatively scheduled...

Please copy and paste this link for the results of the first phase: https://www.langershows.com/pdf/shows/12532395052009%20talent%20search%20flat%20phase.pdf

The 2010 EQUUS Foundation/United States Equestrian Federation Youth Convention will take place on Saturday, January 16, 2010, at the Marriott Downtown in Louisville, KY. As in prior years, this will be held in conjunction with the USEF Annual Meeting, allowing our youth the valuable experiences of watching and learning from some of the great traditions of Annual Meeting. This year we are pleased to welcome the EQUUS Foundation as our title sponsor, a charity that raises public awareness of the...

Lexington, KY - Tucker Johnson (Hobe Sound, FL) drove to the top of the leader board at the CAI-A4 Donaueschingen (GER) after a strong performance in the dressage phase. Driving his team of four horses, Johnson topped a tough field, including some of Europe’s best drivers. His score of 42.75 left him with a narrow lead after the first phase of the competition over Theo Timmerman of The Netherlands on 42.88. The marathon gets underway Friday at 1 pm local time. For complete results and...

Vermont Governor Jim Douglas has proclaimed September to be "Morgan Horse Month" in Vermont, celebrating the famous breed that is also Vermont's State Animal. "I am glad to proclaim a month in honor of this magnificent animal, especially on the centennial anniversary of the founding of the American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA)," Douglas said. "This is a fitting time to honor the State Animal, only days before the historic re-creation of the 1796 race between the breed's founding stallion and...

Dr. Cesar Parra and Lori Washton’s 13-year-old KWPN gelding, Olympia proved that good things come in threes at the 2009 New England Dressage Association Fall Festival CDI-W/Y/J. The pair went three for three winning the Prix St. Georges, Intermediaire I, and the Intermediaire Freestyle. Parra and Olympia finished the weekend with an exciting victory in the Intermediaire Freestyle with a score of 74.5%. The freestyle performance was fun, and the spectators showed their appreciation by clapping...