1 Scandia’s Debutante and Hunter Novotny (UNANIMOUS!! Yayyyyyy, Hunter!!! You two were so cute!!) 2 Pacific Rim Take Aim and Donna Zimmerman (also unanimous!! Donna, you’re having a great show!!!) 3 MLF Caliente and Debra Hurst Walters 4 BW Shrek and Betsy Buchanan 5 Springmill Encore and Judith Schweiger 6 Freddy Mercury and Cindy Beckman 7 Ultra’s Special Diva and Annette Smith

1 Indian Creek Bali Ha’I and Mary Carlton (UNANIMOUS!!) 2 MEM Naughty But Nice and Karen Bobbi (also unanimous!!!) 3 Brash & Sassy and Scott Nevers 4 VVM Rock ‘N Roses and Katie Mair 5 Ultra’s Now & Forever and Lindsay Perry 6 Boxford Living Art and Amanda DuPont 7 Susanne Dawson and Belle Bradford 8 JDS Dream Girl and Ariel Bowden 9 Copperleaf Gwendolyn and Caryn Earehart 10 Winterset Deja Vu Again and Jenna Domanico

Lincoln, NE – Olympian Carol Lavell says: “For most riders, financial support becomes the ultimate hurdle.” John Boomer, newly-retired President and CEO of The Dressage Foundation adds: “Fundraising – it’s needed by most equestrians in all disciplines, the techniques are not now being taught, and who better to do it than The Dressage Foundation whose very business is raising money, managing it, and giving it away.” During the past two years, the...

Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy win the High Performance Hunters Reserve Championship at the Capital Challenge Horse Show. Photo By: Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. Buffalo, NY - SBS Farms returned home yesterday from the prestigious Capital Challenge Horse Show held in Marlboro, MD. The event has seen some of the most respected riders of the industry showing for the top honors in the competitive hunter divisions. SBS Farms' professional rider and trainer Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy captured...

Fairfield, CT -- Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) executive director Robert E. Cacchione has accepted an invitation to join the Gentlemen’s Committee of the most prestigious indoor horse show in American history, the 128th annual Alltech National Horse Show, November 2-6, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Cacchione’s role on the Gentlemen’s Committee caps a brilliant year of recognition for his dedication to intercollegiate horse sport, accepting the U.S....

Guadalajara Day 2 : Happy Columbus Day to everyone at home! We are trotting along swimmingly here in Mexico – never a dull moment in thus constantly changing place. We had breakfast this morning with Mauricio Guererra, the competition manager for Equestrian, and got up to speed on all the things that going on in our sport here in Guadalajara. There are some changes, but flexibility is key at any Games so we are rolling with it. We met up with Kerri Macgregor, the Chef d'Mission from...

The 2011 Dansko Fair Hill International and USEF CCI2* and CCI3* National Championships are set to get underway in two days with Wednesday's first Horse Inspection. Be sure to keep up with all the goings-on behind the scenes at: https://fairhillinternational.blogspot.com/

Gladstone, NJ – The 2011 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals-East concluded on Sunday afternoon with an exciting victory for 18-year-old Samantha Schaefer of Westminster, MD. Showing over two beautiful autumn days at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, NJ, eighty-four hopefuls came out to show this weekend in the 30th annual competition. Schaefer earned the win with high scores across the board in a head-to-head final four jump-off. Judges Jimmy Lee and...

Final championship ribbons were presented Sunday in Rancho Murieta, CA, for the 44th Annual California Dressage Society Championship Show presented by HorseShow.com, in conjunction with the CDS Young Horse Futurity (including the Cal-Bred Futurity), the Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 7 Dressage Championships, and the Great American Insurance Group/USDF Breeders Championships West Coast Series Final. Jaye Cherry & "Santana" win the CDS Horse of the Year title for Open Training...

We have landed at the 2011 Pan American Games. Well four of us have. Jim Wolf, the Chef d'Mission, Christy Baxter the world's most organized executive assistant, Doug Hannum, stable manager to the stars, and me, Joanie Morris - I'm the press officer. I hope you don't get tired of hearing from me. I will be (attempting) to use twitter, press releases, the USEF Network so choose your poison and keep up to speed with what the teams are up to. We are getting the lay of the land,...