2016 FEI Dressage Calendar

Team Ireland's Kevin Babington and Shorapur at the 2015 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup at HITS Ocala CSIO4*. (ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y. - HITS, Inc. , home of the Triple Crown of Show Jumping, is pleased to announce the return of the Federation Équestre Internationale (FEI) Furusiyya Nations Cup™ CSIO-4* to the Ocala Winter Festival, February 16-21, 2016, the fifth week of the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit. Boasting a $100,000 prize purse, the namesake Nations Cup, presented by Edge...

Fulton, Mo. - After impressive showings at the Saddle Seat World Cup Team Trials, 12 riders were chosen to represent the United States at the 2016 Saddle Seat World Cup. Thirty-two aspiring athletes, 20 in three-gaited competition and 12 in five-gaited, from 27 states tried out at William Woods University on Saturday. Each phase consisted of one rail ride and one pattern ride on unfamiliar horses. After the trials were complete six riders for each section were selected to the 2016 U.S. Saddle...

Earlier this year, the IOC published its updated Rule 40.3 guidance for the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games regarding participant advertising. All potential Rio Games participants may continue in-market generic advertising during the Games period, but must process all requests from sponsors through the USOC dashboard; they will not be processed through the USEF. Athletes are expected to follow the guidelines set but the IOC listed below. To qualify as "generic advertising"...

Lexington, Ky. - Thirty-two top U.S. saddle seat riders will converge on William Woods University in Fulton, Mo., on Saturday, December 5, for the U.S. Saddle Seat World Cup Team Trials, attempting to earn a spot on the 2016 U.S. Saddle Seat World Cup Team as either a three- or five-gaited competitor. Following is the list of the athletes scheduled to attend: Three-Gaited Aleia Brown - Dayton, Ohio Megan Buckley - Zionsville, Ind. Sydney Budzinski - Mukwonago, Wis. Molly Codeanne -...

Buffalo, New York - Dec. 3, 2015 - Jennifer Alfano recently celebrated 25 years of partnership with SBS Farms, Inc. and Susie Schoellkopf at this year's CP National Horse Show. Now, the celebration continues as Alfano recently hit the prestigious milestone of earning $1-million throughout her professional hunter career. Alfano began her riding career at the age of 3 at her parents' home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Since then, she has gone on to claim numerous championships and leading...

The 2016 USEF competition year has begun and enrollment is open for horse shows to participate in the 2016 Best Performance Competition (BPC), a joint EQUUS Foundation/USEF program to reward competitive excellence and provide on-going support of horse welfare. Open to competitors in all divisions, the BPC consists of four classes: • Best Junior on a Pony • Best Junior on a Horse • Best Amateur • Best Professional Sign up here . It's a Win - Win - Win! A Win for Horse...

Lexington, Ky. – The Dressage Owners Task Force has named Kim Boyer Chairperson. Effective immediately, Boyer succeeds Bruce Hlavacek who recently resigned after serving as Chairman since the inception of the Dressage Owners Task Force in 2013. Hlavacek will remain involved with the Dressage Owners Task Force as a member. Kim Boyer Boyer, a dressage rider and breeder of Pure Spanish Horses, will work closely with the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to enhance the experience of...

Lexington, Ky. - The 2016 USEF Annual Meeting will take place January 13-16 in Lexington, Ky., at the Hyatt Regency Lexington. Members of the media who would like to request credentials should submit a request by January 1, 2016. The USEF Annual Meeting hosts committee meetings and the Horse of the Year and Pegasus Awards, wrapping up the 2015 year of U.S. equestrian disciplines, both national and international. In addition, there will be Town Hall meetings on a variety of topics from rules to...

Aurora, Colo. – At the 2015 Arabian Horse Association (AHA) Annual Convention in Tulsa, Okla., AHA staff and volunteers announced a new project, known as ‘Future State,’ to Convention delegates and attendees. Future State, which includes the re-building of the AHA website, is an implementation of new AHA business rules. This includes customer initiated, real-time, web delivered transactions; automated transactions to eliminate paper and speed up completion; the simplification...