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USEF Names 2013 Eventing High Performance Summer/Fall Training Lists

by USEF Communications Department | 7/4/2013 9:00:07 AM

Lexington, KY – The USEF Eventing High Performance Committee has approved the following High Performance Summer/Fall Training Lists for the 2013 season. World Class Combinations that currently possess the ability to be competitive anywhere in the world. The combinations listed on the World Class List will receive Land Rover Training Grants. Will Coleman (Charlottesville, VA) and Four Star Eventing Group’s OBOS O’Reilly OBOS O’Reilly is a 2003 Irish Sport Horse gelding...

USEF to Invite Five Participants for Inaugural Tour of the FEI World Breeding Championships for Dressage Young Horses

by USEF Communications Department | 7/3/2013 3:15:26 PM

Lexington, KY - A group of five individuals have been invited by the USEF to participate in the inaugural tour of the FEI World Breeding Championships for Dressage Young Horses. The 2013 Championship will take place in Verden, Germany on August 7-11, 2013. The tour will be led and organized by USEF Young Horse Coach Scott Hassler and will include tickets to the young horse dressage events as well as meetings with European experts. The tour was open to anyone who has participated in the...

Taylor Harris Insurance $200,000 Triple Crown Challenge Returns for 2013

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 5/22/2013 12:12:47 PM

Middleburg, VA - Taylor Harris Insurance Services (THIS) announces the return of the Taylor Harris Triple Crown Challenge. This unique challenge offers a $200,000 top prize for any show jumping rider that can put together back-to-back-to-back wins at three of the nation's most prestigious grand prix events. The first event in the Taylor Harris Triple Crown Challenge, the $100,000 Wells Fargo Grand Prix of Devon, takes place in Devon, Pa., on Thursday, May 30th. The second leg is held on...

Eventing 25 Riders Take Top Honors Over the Weekend

by Andrew Minnick | 4/15/2013 9:15:39 AM

Lexington, KY - Two three day events wrapped up Sunday in the U.S., on opposite sides of the country, and four Eventing 25 riders came away with top honors. In Paso Robles, CA Katherine Groesbeck (Temecula, CA), riding her mother Teresa Groesbeck's Oz Poof of Purchase jumped a double clear round in the show jumping phase of the competition to move from second place after Saturday, into first place at the Twin Rivers CCI2* to finish on a score of 49.7. In the CIC3* division, two Eventing 25...

USEF Announces Dates for the 2013 U.S. Hunter National Championships

by USEF Communications Department | 1/24/2013 5:36:14 PM

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce the following dates and locations of the 2013 U.S. Hunter National Championships: US Junior Hunter National Championship - West Coast : July 22-23, 2013; Showpark Facility, Del Mar, CA US Junior Hunter National Championship - East Coas t: July 29-31, 2013; HITS On The Hudson, Saugerties, NY US Pony Finals: August 6-11, 2013; Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY Sallie B. Wheeler/US Hunter Breeding National Championship...

The Dressage Foundation Awards $10,000 to U.S. Dressage Instructors

by The Dressage Foundation | 12/19/2012 3:44:05 PM

The Dressage Foundation has announced that a total of $10,000 has been awarded to U.S. dressage instructors through the Major Anders Lindgren Scholarship program, funded through The Dressage Foundation’s Carol Lavell Gifted Memorial Fund. The Lindgren Scholarships provide financial support that enables dressage instructors to train in a concentrated amount of time in order to improve teaching, riding, and training skills. This year, the Selection Committee chose the following recipients:...

USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final Set to Begin at UPHA American Royal National Championship

by USEF Communications Department | 11/15/2012 11:40:16 AM

Kansas City, MO - The USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final will be held Saturday, November 17, at the United Professional Horsemen's Association's American Royal National Championship in Kansas City, MO. This medal final brings together the best saddle seat equitation riders from across the country who will perform for a judging panel comprised of Michael Craghead (Fresno, CA), Marilyn MacFarlane (Simpsonville, KY), and Nancy Troutman (Salem, VA). Four of the riders competing in the medal final...

Penny Denegre Sweeps the Ladies' Hunter Sidesaddle Division at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show

by The Pennsylvania National Horse Show | 10/17/2012 9:41:38 PM

L to R: Cliff Haines, Penny Denegre and Garnet, Didi Hornberger and Richard Hornberger. (Al Cook) Harrisburg, PA - Garnet and Penny Denegre of Middleburg, VA, shone the brightest in the Ladies' Hunter Sidesaddle Division, sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Hornberger. The pair won all three classes and was crowned the Ladies' Hunter Sidesaddle Champion at the 67th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show on Wednesday. The Reserve Champion was Nu Moon, owned and shown by Susan Michele...

Holder and Courageous Comet Maintain Lead in the USEF National Advanced Horse Trials Championship after Cross Country

by Kathleen Landwehr | 9/7/2012 4:30:49 PM

Becky Holder and Courageous Comet (Leslie Threlkeld/USEA Photo) Fairburn, GA - The cross country portion of the Nutrena USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Bit of Britain (AEC) took place today for the Merial Advanced division at the lovely facility of Chattahoochee Hills. Making the time on cross country proved to be a challenge on this hot and humid day as almost the entire field incurred time penalties except for two riders. Becky Holder (Palmetto, GA) was one of those riders,...

USEF National Advanced Horse Trials Championship is about to Begin at the Nutrena USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Bit of Britain

by Kathleen Landwehr | 9/5/2012 10:40:19 AM

Fairburn, GA - The top eventers from across the nation are ready to take part in the Nutrena USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Bit of Britain (AEC). The Championships are taking place at Chattahoochee Hills located in Fairburn, GA from September 6-9, 2012. The Advanced division at the AEC also plays host to the USEF National Advanced Horse Trials Championship. With 19 U.S. entries in the Advanced division competing September 6-8, the Championship will surely be an exciting one...