Buffalo, NY - Competitors of the 65th Buffalo International Horse Show were greeted by a brisk morning as the hunter classes began. Today commenced the third day of the prestigious horse show, full of horse and rider combinations competing to win top honors and prize money in their respective divisions. The morning divisions featured the $1,000 "Full Monty" Amateur-Owner Hunter Classic, where Penelope Ayers aboard Cezanne took the top honors. The $500 "Shogun" Adult Hunter Classic also featured...

Kirsten Coe and Baronez pictured with (from left) Moti Ferder, Equ Lifestyle's Francisco Pasquel, Tomas Harlan, Melissa Brandes, Robert Ridland, Nathalie Cooper and RJ Brandes. CapturedMomentPhoto.com. San Juan Capistrano, CA – Twenty couples toured the track designed by Leopoldo Palacios in tonight's $50,000 World Cup Qualifying Grand Prix, presented by Equ Lifestyle Magazine in the Blenheim Farms Covered Arena. Of those twenty we saw four fault free trips, all ridden by talented...

Samantha Schaefer and Lyn Pedersen's Mahalo on course during the Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final (ESI Photography). Saugerties, NY – All bets were off Sunday morning as judges cards were wiped clean from Saturday’s first two rounds of the Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final and the top 25 riders advanced to the final two rounds in the Strongid® C 2X Grand Prix Stadium at HITS-on-the-Hudson. With an impressive fourth-round score of 92.33 and a total score of 178.08,...

Saugerties, NY – As the dust settled from the second annual Pfizer Million Weekend at HITS-on-the-Hudson, another wave of horses and riders arrived at the Saugerties, New York show grounds for the anticipated Marshall & Sterling League National Finals. Qualified riders of all ages – professionals, amateurs and juniors alike – will compete this week at HITS-on-the-Hudson for year-end honors. The Marshall & Sterling League celebrated its 20-year anniversary last year and...

Pam Lane and Eleanor Brimmer watch the jog. Photo: Lindsay Yosay McCall for the United States Para-Equestrian Association. Saugerties, NY - The 2011 New England Dressage Association Fall Festival of Dressage transformed the HITS on the Hudson grounds into a dressage Utopia. Within one short week, September 13-18, USDF Region 8 Dressage Championship, Breeders Championship New England, and the CDI Y/J Saugerties will take place. The event of the weekend to watch will be the 2011 United States...

The USEF Communications Department provided wall-to-wall coverage of several events last weekend: Dressage: Steffen Peters' sixth win. Photo by SusanJStickle.com. Six USEF National Dressage Champions were crowned at the 2011 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions at the USET Headquarters in Gladstone, NJ. Steffen Peters swept both the Intermediaire I (meaning he will lead the U.S. Dressage Team to the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara) and the Grand Prix with his...

Lexington, KY - A star-studded field of 22 horse-and-rider combinations is set to contest the USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championship this weekend in Saugerties, NY. Held September 16-18 during the NEDA Fall Festival elite competition will be held in Grades 1a- IV. These championships are held in conjunction with the Saugerties CPEDI3*, which will host riders not only from the U.S. but also Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, and Mexico. Rebecca Hart 2010 National Champion. Photo by Fire and...

Buffalo, NY -This weekend, SBS Farms traveled to Antioch, IL, to showcase their talented mounts during the 2011 $25,000 Chicago Hunter Derby presented by CN, held at Annali Farm. Professional rider and trainer Jennifer Alfano caught everyone's attention during the two-day show, successfully winning the first round of the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby on Jersey Boy and the USHJA National Hunter Classic aboard Rose Hill. The first event, the USHJA National Hunter Classic, began...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) named the following drivers to represent the United States at the 2011 FEI World Pony Driving Championships in Lipica, Slovenia September 21-25, 2011. The following drivers will compete on the Team: Single Pony Championship Miranda Cadwell (Southern Pines, NC) will drive her own Kabam Shelly Temple (Aiken, SC) will drive her own LR Ami B-Line Pair Pony Championship Jennifer Matheson (Aiken, SC) will drive Katrina Becker's Cees,...

Wellington, FL - The College Preparatory Invitational (CPI) continues to make great improvements to their program as the 2012 horse show, held January 13-15, quickly approaches. The second annual CPI Horse Show will be larger, allowing more riders to compete, and will include dressage classes and more educational opportunities for participants. Organizers are also pleased to announce that the number of scholarships for the 2012 horse show has increased. A total of five scholarships will be...