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Selection Procedure for the Adequan®/USEF Junior Jumper Team Championship-Prix des States

by By Jennifer Haydon | 8/29/2007 5:41:00 PM

While the USEF Jumper Committee will oversee the selection process of the Adequan®/USEF Junior Jumper Team Championship-Prix des States, the committee is subject at all times to oversight and supervision by USEF, as the National Governing Body. Classes below defined as follows: Junior Jumper per JP117.2 and Open Jumper classes offering $25,000 or more in prize money per JP150. Zone 1 Gregory Prince, Coordinator Woodridge 12 Forest Rd. Medway, MA 02053 (917) 833-9954 Criteria: Junior Jumper...

Sulu Rose-Reed and Leondor Win the $40,000 Footings Unlimited Grand Prix at HITS Culpeper

by By HITS | 8/29/2007 5:34:00 PM

What a difference a week makes. Just ask Sulu Rose-Reed who captured the top prize in the $40,000 Footings Unlimited Grand Prix aboard Leondor on Sunday, August 26, as the duo got the best of 21 other pairs to conclude the Winston National horse show at HITS Culpeper. With the win, Rose-Reed not only collected $12,000 in prize money for The Galloping Field, but she also catapults into the top 30 of the United States Grand Prix League (USGPL) Standings. The win gives her $15,200 as she moved all...

World Games 2010 Foundation Announces New Director of Community and Volunteer Affairs

by By Amy Walker | 8/29/2007 5:26:00 PM

The World Games 2010 Foundation, Inc., the organization responsible for planning, staging and conducting the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, announced that Cathy Rutter has been hired as the Director of Community and Volunteer Affairs. Rutter joins the Foundation after more than 20 years at Churchill Downs, Inc., where she most recently served as vice president of operations services, helping to build and solidify ties with state, local and neighborhood leaders in communities where the...

USEF Dressage Seat Medal Finals Champions Crowned in Saugerties, New York

by By Stacey Meier | 8/28/2007 1:42:00 PM

Christina Thomas and Simpatico (Terri Miller ) Lexington, KY – With a stellar field of 22 riders, the 2007 United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Dressage Seat Medal Finals presented by Dressage Today® brought together a wealth of talented juniors from across the country to the spectacular HITS on the Hudson show grounds in Saugerties, New York, August 17 – 19, 2007. Hosted by Centerline Events, the finals were held in conjunction with the CDI-W/Y/J/P Saugerties, NY, an...

Saddlebred World’s Grand Champions crowned

by Stacey Meier | 8/27/2007 4:51:00 PM

From a Press Release by Daniel Rieffer, Communications Manager, American Saddlebred Horse Association Lexington, Kentucky ­– The World’s Grand Champions were crowned Saturday night before a crowd of nearly 15,000 at Louisville’s Freedom Hall for the World’s Championship Horse Show. A South African bred horse ridden by a Californian claimed the $100,000 “Big Stake” as Michele Macfarlane won the Five-Gaited title aboard (SA) CCV Casey’s Final Countdown, co-owned by Si-Si Stables and Macfarlane....

Eight Americans Head to England for Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials

by Joanie Morris | 8/27/2007 12:33:00 PM

For Immediate Release August 27, 2007 Lexington, KY - The eight American combinations boarding planes to head to the 2007 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials include a grandfather, an Idahoan, an 18-year-old horse, a combination contesting their first CCI**** and a combination looking to settle a score with one of the most challenging CCI**** tracks in the world. Ranging in age from 21 to 56 these riders bring all levels of experience and expectation to England to take on the world’s best at...

USEF Announces World Cup Qualifying Schedule and Planned Improvements to Venues

by Joanie Morris | 8/27/2007 11:25:00 AM

For Immediate Release August 27, 2007 Lexington, KY - The USEF has announced the World Cup Qualifiers for the upcoming season to culminate with the World Cup Final in Gothenburg, Sweden April 23-26, 2008. East Coast Qualifiers Fall ’07 – Spring ‘08 Date Competition Location Aug 26-Sept 2 Hampton Classic Bridgehampton, NY Sept 19-23 American Gold Cup Moreland Hills, OH Sept 28 Kentucky National Lexington, KY Oct 1-7 Capital Challenge Upper Marlboro, MD Oct 8-14 Washington International...

Wicked Adrenalin: First WCHS Ribbon for Connecticut Girl

by Stacey Meier | 8/24/2007 5:56:00 PM

From a Press Release by Daniel Rieffer , Communications Manager, American Saddlebred Horse Association Louisville, Kentucky ¬– Elena Vail, a high school freshman from Stonington, Connecticut, came to the World’s Championship Horse Show last year with her father, Don, to watch a friend of Elena’s compete here. That day, watching her friend show on the green shavings, she proclaimed, “This is amazing. I’m coming here next year.” To which her dad emphatically replied, “Then, do it!” – letting her...

Mad Dog Jen’s Mad Journey to Louisville

by Stacey Meier | 8/24/2007 5:55:00 PM

From a Press Release by Daniel Rieffer , Communications Manager, American Saddlebred Horse Association Louisville, Kentucky - Jen Raynes’ heart of gold led her to Louisville. She ran into a parent of an ASHA junior member at a horse show in Scottsdale, Arizona, who convinced her to donate her time and talent to create a painting for the AHSA Annual Auction. She’s known as “Mad Dog” Jen, and she’s experienced absolute madness since leaving California Tuesday morning to get to the World’s...

Galant du Serein Euthanized

by By Christine DeHerrera | 8/24/2007 10:48:00 AM

Horses Unlimited’s grand prix dressage stallion Galant du Serein has been euthanized. The 13-year-old bay Selle Francais stallion was suffering from laminitis as a result of complications from an injury sustained during hernia surgery in April. Every effort was made to save the Olympic dressage horse, but when the laminitis became too painful, the decision was made to let Galant go. “This is heartbreaking,” said Anne Sparks Whitten, owner of Horses Unlimited. “Galant had a zeal for life and to...