Lexington, VA - The United Professional Horsemen's Association (UPHA) Chapter 18 has announced that by popular demand, Ellen Beard will return as clinician and instructor for their annual Saddle Seat Riding Clinic at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA. The clinic, set to take place March 11-12 at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA, will offer private or group lessons, and the option of bringing your own horse, or riding a horse provided by one of the chapter members. Driving...

Gladstone, NJ – The United States Equestrian Federation has named the following vaulters to the Short List/ Nominated Entry for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games according to the USEF Selection Procedure for Vaulting. From this group the Definite Entry will be named to represent the United States in the Vaulting Championships. The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games take place from September 25-October 10, 2010 in Lexington, Kentucky. The following vaulters for Individual Women,...

The final shows have been posted and the 2009 Performance Horse Registry’s (PHR) Silver Stirrup Award winners have been announced. One of the Hunter winners include Krishna Buyalos’s beautiful two-year-old filly, Outstanding. This bay filly is by Popeye K and out of Delilah. She was bred in California by Leslie Nelson. She is the winner of the Hunter Breeding Award. The Anglo-Trakehner gelding Unbelievable (Zarr x Rhapsody II) took home the award for the best Green Working Hunter. The Jumper...

The American Trakehner Association (ATA) announces that the following horses have been awarded Excellence of Performance designations: —The approved stallion SCHIFFON *Ps* by E.H. Anduc, out of Surprise by Mago xx, bred by Anna & Flemming Loeber, Herning, DK, owned and ridden in most classes by Lea Ann Hansen of Doswell, VA, for his accomplishments in dressage. —The gelding MICIAH *Pb* by Leonidas *Pg*, out of Meriah *Pb* by Erzsand *E*, bred, owned and ridden by A. Whit Watkins,...

Local Weekend kicked off a week of Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) activities as riders competed at the Prince George Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, MD. Local Weekend, sponsored by The Tack Box, Inc., of Middleburg, VA, was a local horse show that allowed riders to qualify for local day finals at the WIHS. The WIHS began at the MCI Center on Tuesday, October 25, and continues through Sunday, October 30, 2005. The top six riders in each Pony Hunter, Children’s Hunter, and Adult...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation has named the following horse/rider combinations as the team and individuals to the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games which will take place from September 25-October 10, 2010 in Lexington, KY. The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team (in alphabetical order): Buck Davidson/34/Riegelsville, PA/BallyNoe Castle RM/10/Irish Thoroughbred/G/Carl and...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has added the following horse/rider combinations to the Short List for the 2010 Land Rover US Eventing Team to represent the United States at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY. These combinations, in addition to those previously selected for the Short List, will be submitted on the Nominated Entry which is due August 16, 2010. The USEF will add two additional horse/rider combinations before August 16th to...

The 33rd Annual American National Riding Commission (ANRC) National Intercollegiate Equitation Championship will take place at Sweet Briar College in Lynchburg, VA, April 17-18. Approximately 12 college teams will showcase their most talented riders, who will be judged and scored in three riding phases: a Dressage Sportif (a program ride with USEF hunter equitation tests) on Saturday, a Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Course at 3' and a Hunter Trials Equitation Course in a field on Sunday. In...

The Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) has a TEAM CHA youth Horse Connection Reward Program for kids 15 years and younger. The participants keep track of their hours working with horses, whether they have them or not. They can count activities, such as taking riding lessons, watching non-fiction videos and reading non-fiction books about horses, grooming, cleaning stalls, cleaning tack, feeding and so on. As part of this membership, the youth also receive a quarterly newsletter full of...

Lexington, KY - Due to a veterinary issue, Phillip Dutton has withdrawn Anne Jones' The Foreman from the 2008 USEF Eventing Short List/Nominated Entry for the 2008 Olympic Games. The Foreman has a reoccurring splint injury but Dutton looks forward to him making a full recovery for 2009. Following the Selection Procedures, the USEF has approved the addition of Merloch and Bonnie Mosser to the USEF Eventing Short List/Nominated Entry for the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong, August 8-24, 2008....