Lexington, KY – Eight horse and rider teams have their sights set on a medal this month, as they get ready to represent the United States at the 2005 Pan American Endurance Championship in Pinamar, Argentina, April 14. The eight pairs, in alphabetical order are as follows: Deborah DeShon of South Paris, ME, riding AF Stogie (Gray Arabian gelding, age 9) Valerie Kanavy of Fort Valley, VA, and Williston, FL, riding Emphatic (Chestnut Arabian gelding, age 11) Danielle Kanavy McGunigal of...

Will Coleman and Chin Tonic. ©Shannon Brinkman Mill Spring, N.C. – The first day of competition at The Dutta Corp. Tryon International Three-Day Event was a busy one, with more than 100 horse-and-rider combinations taking to the dressage arena in the CCI1*, CCI2*-L, CCI3*-L, and The Dutta Corp. USEF CCI4*-L Eventing National Championship. Will Coleman (Gordonsville, Va.) and Chin Tonic HS, a 2012 Holsteiner gelding owned by Hyperion Stud, LLC, were the first four-star entry in the...

Lexington, Ky. – Top adult amateur saddle seat equitation riders from around the country will compete for the title of 2019 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final champion on Wednesday, July 10, at the historic Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show. Peggy Alderman (North Clarendon, Vt.), Kristen Cater (Dunbarton, N.H.), and Jim Cherry (Encinitas, Calif.) will serve as judges for the Final, hosted at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Last year, Victoria Walz was crowned...

Shelburne, Vt. – The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) welcomed nearly 1,000 Morgan horses to the 2018 Grand National & World Championship Horse Show®. Held at the State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, Okla., from October 6-13, the best of the breed competed in a wide range of disciplines and classes running in three rings concurrently. Horses were shown in divisions including pleasure driving, English pleasure, hunter pleasure, in-hand, park, Western pleasure, jumping, trail,...

Shelburne, Vt. – The 2018 Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show® is shaping up to be another monumental event in the show's 45-year history. The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) is preparing to host more than 1,000 of the world's finest Morgan horses from across the United States and Canada from October 6-13, at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, Okla., as they vie for the title of national champion and over $250,000 in prize money. Since 1973, this...

Tryon, NC – There are plenty of accolades up for grabs at the 2017 United States Eventing Association (USEA) American Eventing Championships (AEC) presented by Land Rover and Nutrena, running August 30 – September 3. Not only are the 21eventing athletes in the Adequan® USEA Gold Cup advanced division competing for the right to be named the Adequan USEA Gold Cup champion, the top-placed American combination will also earn the USEF Open Horse Trial National Championship for the...

James Fairclough during dressage - Credit Tom von Kap-herr Bromont, Quebec - June 20, 2015 - The Bromont International Driving launched its 14th edition yesterday at the Bromont Olympic Equestrian Park where all teams competed in the first leg of the event, the dressage phase. In the FEI2* Four-In-Hand Division, driver James Fairclough (NJ) is in first place after the dressage phase with a total of 55.21 penalty points, closely followed by Misdee Wrigley-Miller (KY) with 57.78 points. Canadian...

Davidas (Horalas *Pg*E* - Abdullah *Pg*E*) during the free-jumping phase of the 2014 Trakehner Verband stallion inspection in Neumünster, Germany, last week. He was named “Best Jumper” by the inspection team and approved as a premium stallion (Holders Hill Photography) The American bred and foaled Trakehner stallion Davidas jumped his way into the history books last weekend when he was approved as a premium stallion by the German Trakehner Verband at their annual stallion inspection and auction...

Geoffrey Hesslink and Canny Windsor Z (The Book LLC) Gladstone, N.J. - The 2014 Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search Finals East came to an exciting conclusion Sunday at the USET Foundation Headquarters as Geoffrey Hesslink was crowned champion. Following the completion of Phase III, Andre Dignelli-trainees Hesslink with Peacock Ridge LLC's Canny Windsor Z, Lillie Keenan with Isabelle Caccamise's Catwalk 19, and Caitlin Boyle with Chansonette Farm LLC's Zentina B, joined Stacia...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation has named five drivers to the Short List/Nominated Entry for the 2014 FEI World Driving Championships for Singles. Three athlete-and-horse combinations will be selected from the following five Nominated Entries to compete as the U.S. Team at the Championships on September 24-28 in Izsak, Hungary (in alphabetical order): Jacob Arnold (Snow Camp, N.C.) and Belle Grey Farm, LLC's Tara 14 Tara 14 is a 2002 Austrian Warmblood mare. Leslie...