On Sunday at HITS Culpeper Tracy Magness was back to her winning ways riding Tarco Van Ter Moude to the blue in the $30,000 HITS Grand Prix to conclude the Winston National at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, VA. Magness got the best of 19 pairs that challenged course designer Jerry Dougherty’s first-round course and the additional six that advanced to the jump-off en route to collecting $9,000 in first-place prize money. With the victory, Magness and Mr. and Mrs. John Bartko’s Tarco Van Ter...

Mark your calendars for the $50,000 CSI-W Lexington Grand Prix, which is a World Cup Qualifier and the final class in the Hagyard Challenge Series. Scheduled for September 18, 2009, at 7:30 p.m., this event will be the very first grand prix held in the new indoor arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. All spectators are welcome and are encouraged to fill the stands. Sponsored by Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, the Hagyard Challenge Series is a summer-long competition that includes seven grand prix...

Pennfield Feed, the small-town-big-quality company known for supplying feed for the last four Olympic and FEI World Equestrian Games, and who made headlines late last year when they were awarded the designation of Official Feed of the United States Equestrian Federation, has launched an exciting new two-month promotion for free feed. Starting Monday, August 17, through October 16, Pennfield will offer a Buy One Get One Free deal on any of their five formulas that feature beet pulp as their key...

Lexington, KY – Since its inception in 1990, the USEF Computer List has been a valuable tool to the US Show Jumping program. A basis for Team Selection, this list has aided in fielding teams that have won back-to-back Team Gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, Team and Individual Silver at the 2006 World Equestrian Games and countless Nations Cups. Beginning in August of 2009, the list, which ranks the top show jumping riders in the United States has be rechristened the Rolex/USEF...

The issue of team relegation from the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ is currently being discussed. Following the final leg of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ at the Royal Dublin Horse Show on August 7, two teams—Great Britain and Belgium—tied for second-to-last place and were consequently faced with relegation from the series as the rules provide for relegation for the ninth- and 10th-placed teams. The interpretation of the rules could lead to two different relegation outcomes. Hence the case...

The FEI Open and European Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships began on Wednesday, August 19, marking a historic achievement for Norway as it will be the first time a European equestrian Championship is held on Norwegian soil, and also the first time a European summer sport championship is held there. The event takes place at the Epona Riding Centre, established in 2005 and near Kristiansand on the south coast of Norway, providing a magnificent backdrop for the event. Cato Zahl Pedersen, an...

The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) Youth Committee has organized a three-day long scavenger hunt, sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Louis Johnson and Judy and Roy Werner of Redwing Farm, for ASHA Youth during the World's Championship Horse Show (WCHS) at the 2009 Kentucky State Fair (KSF). The scavenger hunt will begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, August 25, at the Junior Judging section of Freedom Hall, and all Junior Exhibitors 17 and under are encouraged to participate. Participants must work...

The High Roller Reining Classic is pleased to announce that the only female $1 Million Elite Rider, Mandy McQuay McCutcheon, will be showing at this year's competition. The horse show will be held at the South Point Hotel and Casino, September 4-12, 2009. McCutcheon is the only non-pro Elite Rider and the daughter of Elite Rider Tim McQuay, who will also be competing at this year's event. The High Roller Reining Classic is the international "crown jewel" of western riding competition, and...

Officials at the World's Championship Horse Show (WCHS) conducted at the 105th Kentucky State Fair in Louisville, KY, beginning this Sunday evening, August 23, continuing through the following Saturday evening, August 29, have confirmed that exhibitor check-in should be more convenient and quicker than ever before. According to Horse Show Manager Scarlett Mattson, for all American Saddlebreds entered, registrations and ownership, as well as American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA)...

Keady Cadwell jogs a horse during the review at the FEI World Pair Driving Championships in Kecskemet. (Rinaldo de Craen) Lexington, KY - The 12 horses of the four American competitors at the FEI World Pair Driving Championship in Kecskemet, Hungary, passed the horse inspection this morning without problems. The horses of Keady Cadwell, Miranda Cadwell, Larry Poulin and Lisa Singer were presented to the veterinarians and judges. Chef d’equipe Ed Young, team trainer Koos de Ronde from The...