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Top Ten Individual Finish for Fellers at 2012 Olympic Games

by Joanie Morris | 8/8/2012 3:40:50 PM

Rich Fellers and Flexible (Shannon Brinkman) Greenwich, UK - Rich Fellers and Flexible put in a valiant effort in the Individual Show Jumping Final at the Olympic Games and came up with a top 10 finish on just five faults. Swiss rider Steve Guerdat put forward an immaculate effort to take Gold on Nino des Buissonnets while Gerco Schröder's clear jump-off round meant he takes Individual Silver home to Holland with the appropriately named London. Irishman Cian O'Connor would have...

Vaulters Take Center Stage in Lexington, KY as Ten National Titles are Awarded

by USEF Communications Department | 8/6/2012 12:30:02 PM

Mary McCormick, winner of the Gold Individual Female Championships (Lynne Owens/VaultingPhotos.com) Lexington, KY - Top vaulters from throughout the U.S. flocked to the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park to stake their claim on 2012 USEF/AVA National Vaulting Championship honors, August 2-5, 2012. A total of 10 national titles were on the line, as Gold, Silver and Bronze sections were held in Individual Female and Male Championships. Additionally, National Championship competition was...

Ten National Champions To Be Crowned at the 2012 USEF/AVA National Vaulting Championships

by USEF Communications Department | 8/2/2012 10:20:46 AM

Lexington, KY- The excitement of vaulting comes to the Lexington this weekend with the USEF/AVA National Vaulting Championships being contested August 2-5, 2012 at the Kentucky Horse Park. A total of 10 USEF national titles will be up for grabs this weekend as the best vaulters from across the United States descend upon the Alltech Arena. This is the same venue that hosted the 2010 Vaulting World Championships as part of the Alltech/FEI World Equestrian Games, where the U.S. claimed the Gold...

Ten Medals for Equestrian Team USA at the 2011 Pan American Games

by Joanie Morris | 11/4/2011 3:34:44 PM

It was an epic adventure in Mexico for the United States Equestrian Federation's Dressage, Eventing and Jumping Teams. They won a record 10 medals across the three disciplines and cemented a solid foundation for the 2012 Olympic Games. Bookended by double Gold medalists Steffen Peters, who rode the Hlavacek's Weltino's Magic to record scores in the dressage ring at the Guadalajara Country Club, and Christine McCrea, who jumped five immaculate rounds on Windsor Show Stables'...

Arabian Youth Nationals in Albuquerque Ten Years Provides Many Ways to Celebrate

by By Hilary Nixon | 6/11/2010 10:17:00 AM

Photo by Christy Egan (Sonora Rose, shown by Kenneth Black McDonald, was the winner of the Arabian Mare Breeding class at the 2009 Arabian Youth Nationals.) The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) will celebrate 10 years at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, with the 2010 Arabian and Half-Arabian Youth National Championship Horse Show (Youth Nationals), July 24-31. The championship show mixes the country's best young equestrian talent with youth-spun fun and activities, pouring approximately $10...

US Sends Ten Horse/Rider Combinations to Rolex/FEI World Cup Final

by From the USEF Show Jumping Department | 4/7/2010 11:30:00 AM

Rich Fellers and Flexible were Best in the West (Shannon Brinkman/USEF Archives) Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will be represented by the following Show Jumping Horse/Rider combinations at the 2010 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final to be held April 15-18, 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland. Riders are listed by League in the order in which they qualified. East Coast: Name/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner McLain Ward/34/Brewster, NY/Sapphire/15/Belgian Warmblood/M/McLain...

Dressage Phase Wraps Up with Five Americans in the Top Ten at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover

by Leah Oliveto | 4/24/2015 6:40:14 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The dressage phase of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover wrapped up today with an expected shake-up of the leaderboard. The remaining starters in the field went to task today in the Rolex Stadium before the ground jury of Dr. Ernst Topp (GER), Angela Tucker (GBR), and Wayne Quarles (USA). The U.S. now holds five positions within the top ten, led by Colleen Rutledge and Covert Rights in fifth place. Rutledge and Covert Rights , a nine-year-old...

Divita Earns top Ten Finish as Individual Vaulters Finish Up and Paux de Deux Team Gets Started in Aachen

by Andrew Minnick | 6/22/2013 7:08:06 PM

Lexington, KY – Saturday was vaulting freestyle day in Aachen, Germany. The Pas de Deux teams were just getting started at the CVI3* at CHIO Aachen, while the four individual vaulters representing the U.S. finished up their efforts. Individual Competition Elizabeth Ioannou performing her CVI3* Freestyle test in Aachen (barnysphotoshop.eu) Leading those individual efforts for the U.S. was Redwood City, California’s Alicen Divita. The 24-year-old earned a sixth place overall finish in...

US Equestrian Announces New Partnership with Training App Ridely

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 10/25/2021 4:00:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce a new partnership with Ridely, the leading equestrian training app, and a MemberPerk providing a discount on Ridely Pro for US Equestrian members. Ridely is both a training journal and an educational video library for equestrians. The digital journal functionality allows users to track training sessions, shoeing, competition results, and more. Upload photos and videos to track progress and create a training plan to achieve your goals....

2017 USEF Reining National Championships Set to Begin at Tulsa Reining Classic

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/1/2017 3:47:00 PM

2017 USEF Reining National Championships Set to Begin at Tulsa Reining Classic Lexington, Ky. – Top athletes have converged at the Tulsa Reining Classic in hopes of claiming a title in one of the 2017 USEF Reining National Championships. Both the Adequan $10,000 Added USEF Open National Championship presented by Markel Insurance CRI3* and the $2,000 Added USEF Youth National Championship will take place Friday, September 1, at Expo Square in Tulsa, Okla. The open competitors will perform...