The five-year-old champion in the Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Central Selection Trials was Solaris Hit, ridden and owned by Rebecca Knollman, of Maineville, OH. (PhelpsPhotos.com) Lexington, KY – Some of the most promising dressage prospects in the country were showcased in the quest to qualify for the FEI World Breeding Championships in Verden, Germany, as the 2007 Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Program kicked off with two of the three official selection trials. The first...

Woodside, Calif., May 25-27 – Woodside Horse Trials’ advanced division served as a “mandatory outing” for West Coast candidates for this summer’s Pan Ameircan Games, and U.S. Equestrian Federation officials were there to watch them. Capt. Mark Phillips (the U.S. eventing team’s Chef d’Equipe), four members of the USEF Eventing Selection Committee, and two team veterinarians were at Woodside to evaluate the riders’ and horses’ performances and soundness. The group was evaluating three...

Olympian Laura Kraut captured another big event when she won the grand prix of the CSI Madrid on May 19th, which qualifies her for the 2007 European Championship and for the 2008 Olympic Games. Riding Anthem, a 1991 bay Dutch Warmblood gelding who is a familiar mount for Kraut, she finished in 35.84 seconds. For her win, Kraut is 43,000 euros richer. In the second place was Bernardo Alves of Brazil. Alves completed the course in 36.84 seconds aboard Topic Van’t Voorhof. The best rider...

The Devon Horse Show is presenting live webcasts of horse show competition. The webcasts are being produced by Productions East Video. The Devon Horse Show, featuring competition among top show jumpers, including many Olympic and World Champion veterans, takes place May 24-June 3 in Pennsylvania. Viewers can choose to watch live webcasts from both rings. Whether you’re a horse owner, family member or friend of a rider, or an equestrian enthusiast in general, you can watch your favorite horses...

The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) introduces a new convenient service, which provides members the ability to print duplicate copies of their membership cards online at www.saddlebred.com . Competitors at A-rated Saddlebred shows licensed by the United States Equestrian Federation are required to have evidence of their current membership in the American Saddlebred Horse Association. Anywhere access to the Internet and a printer is available, members can produce hard evidence of...

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) announced that the 2007 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Dressage Championships will award prize money of almost $130,000 divided among the nine regions. Champions will each receive $278, a jacket provided by Swedish Exclusive, Inc., and an embroidered Saratoga Horseworks walking sheet. Reserve champions will each receive $185 and a lead shank from the Great American Insurance Group, title sponsor of the championships. Every year, Great...

Record setting crowds were in attendance at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky, April 26–29, for this year’s Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Farnam. “Farnam is proud to be the presenting sponsor for the third consecutive year of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, the only four-star event in the Western hemisphere,” said Chris Jacobi, Senior Vice President of Farnam Horse Products. “It is a great pleasure to align our company and its products with the United States Equestrian...

Germany will be first into the ring once again when the second leg of the 2007 Samsung Super League with FEI series kicks off at the new-look Piazza di Siena in Rome tomorrow afternoon. Being first to go is not usually the preference for any chef d'equipe, but his team recorded a superb victory in the opening leg at La Baule in France two weeks ago when they were also pathfinders around the course, and Germany's Sonke Sonkssen was looking quietly confident this afternoon despite his side...

Challenger Films is accepting recommendations for high school and college age equestrians to be featured on The Real Winning Edge television series for teens. The Winning Edge is a reality show that features three real life high school and college athletes each week who have triumphed over hardships and challenges. Each of these young people is introduced by a celebrity, such as Jeff Gordon, John Smoltz, Matt Hasselbeck, Shaun Murray, Evander Holyfield, and Gail Devers. The purpose of the...

Waltenberry (Shawn Flarida aboard Tinsel Nic during his win of the 2006 World Reining Masters. ) National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Two-Million Dollar Rider and 2007 NRHA Open Derby Champion Shawn Flarida can add yet another accomplishment to his already lengthy list. Following his spectacular win at the NRHA Derby, Flarida, of Springfield, OH, is now the NRHA’s all-time leading money earner. Including Flarida’s winnings from the Derby, he has won $2,268,825 in NRHA lifetime...