Sandy Ferrell and Mariano (The Book LLC) North Salem, NY – The Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Show continued in its second week with Wednesday's competition and presentation for the Grand Hunter Championship. Mariano, the champion of the Green Conformation division, scored the most points for the top title with rider Sandy Ferrell for owner Stephanie Riggio. Winston and Brooke Baldwin-deGrazia rode Winston to the win in the $1,000 USHJA Pre-Green Incentive class. In the jumper ring,...

Abigail McArdle and Cosma 20 (Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International) Lexington, KY - The heat was on as the Kentucky Spring Classic got underway Wednesday at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Five riders produced double clear rounds during the 1.45m Open Jumpers, but it was the last do so that proved to be the fastest. Abigail McArdle and Cosma 20 broke the beam at 30.378 seconds for the win by 3/10ths of a second over Reed Kessler and Soraya De L'Obstination....

Major equestrian competitions attended by U.S. athletes, both domestic and overseas, are listed in this weekly preview. Please look below to find competition listings by discipline* and breed. We hope you will follow the competitions that most interest you, but check Equestrian Weekly on Monday for a report of any top finishes by U.S. Equestrians. *lists of competitions in all international disciplines will include only FEI competitions or USEF Championships within the USA and international FEI...

OSU Head Coach Larry Sanchez (OSU Photo Archive) Columbia, S.C . - Oklahoma State head equestrian coach Larry Sanchez has been named the NCEA Coach of the Year, it was announced today. Sanchez was voted the top coach in collegiate equestrian by his NCEA peers at the spring meetings in Indianapolis. Sanchez, who was voted Big 12 Coach of the Year in April, led the Cowgirls to a Western National Championship at last month’s NCEA National Championships in Waco. It marked the fourth Western...

Lexington, KY - Bretton Chad of Calgary, Alberta, Canada has been named the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month for April. Chad competes in the West Conference Amateur-Owner division of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series aboard Tjengo. The month of April was successful for Chad and her riding partner, as they earned 1st place at Blenheim Spring Classic II and 3rd place at Blenheim Spring Classic III. The Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series honors one rider...

Lexington, KY - The term Recognized Affiliate Association is reserved for one organization acknowledged by the United States Equestrian Federation to represent an International Discipline or the National Breed or Discipline that has a body of rules which has been approved by the USEF Board of Directors for inclusion in the Federation Rule Book. The Federation recognizes only one breed or discipline association for each of these sets of rules. The term International Discipline Association (also...

Windsor, England - Lauren Hough and Tackeray finished strong amid a field of world class talent at the Alltech Royal Windsor Grand Prix over the weekend. They were quick and clear through the first round, and were one of seventeen combinations that returned for the jump-off. As the last to ride they had a chance at the win, but despite a great round weren't quite fast enough to beat out the leaders. Their 46.26 time was less than a second behind winners Shane Breen and Balloon of Ireland...

Note to Self: 1. Prepare classical instructor that you will be appearing before him in western tack and riding an Appaloosa stallion, NOT your third level Westfalen import and 2. Don’t ride in a clinic without a photographer A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…. I got a book from the library called The Schooling of the Western Horse by John Richard Young. It was published in 1945 (practically the dark ages) and outlined progressive training for western horses. Critically...

Will Faudree and Adromaque (From the USEF Eventing High Performance Facebook page) Allentown, NJ - Will Faudree and Adromaque won the CIC3* at Jersey Fresh this weekend. They jumped to the lead with a strong dressage score of 47.10. After having four time faults over the cross country course, a course that no horse managed a double clear over, they held onto the lead with a flawless round jumping. FInishing in second were Jennie Brannigan and Cambalada, and third were Hannah Sue Burnett and...

Meagan Nusz and Dynamo (Phelps Media Group) Lexington, KY - It took precise riding and a talented mount to be at the top of the standings during today's $75,000 Commonwealth Grand Prix at the Kentucky Spring Horse Shows. Richard Jeffery's challenging track yielded only two clear rounds, but set the stage for a speedy jump-off between Meagan Nusz and Reed Kessler. Nusz had all the answers aboard Dynamo to capture the top honors. The duo clocked in just fractions ahead of Kessler, who was...