Megan McDermott and Bull Run's Becky Blue (Paws and Rewind, LLC) Skillman, NJ - Some of the country's best young riders competed against seasoned professionals in the $30,000 Grand Prix of Princeton. The track was set by world renowned course designer Werner Deeg. The first round and jump-off courses were true testsof adjustability. Five of the twenty-eight starters found thier way around the course faults free. Schuyler Riley and Carney Hough Manx returned first and put in a clear round,...

Lexington, KY - The following drivers have been named by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to represent the U.S. in the CAIO-4 held during the CHIO Aachen in Germany, June 25-30. The United States will be represented by the following drivers (in Alphabetical Order): James Fairclough (Newton, NJ) Chester Weber (Ocala, FL) Weber will drive Jane Clark's team while Fairclough will drive a team leased from Koos de Ronde. Follow the 2013 U.S. Driving Team here .

Kaitlin Campbell on Rocky W Devon, PA - This evening's open jumper class was the Idle Dice Open Jumper Stakes class. The class was named after famed jumper horse Idle Dice. Idle Dice was originally bred as a thoroughbred race horse, but he was discovered and retrained by Bernie Traurig who showed him as a hunter. He was later purchased by Harry Gill and shown as a jumper by Rodney Jenkins. Idle Dice won over $400,000 in his career (an amount that would triple if adjusted to the value of...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce that Caroline Roffman has been awarded a Dutta Corp. sponsored flight to compete and train in Europe. As approved by the USEF Dressage High Performance Committee, Roffman (Wellington, FL) will ride Hyperion Farm Inc’s 14-year-old KWPN gelding Sagacious HF in the FEI U-25 Division at prestigious European CDI competitions. Roffman, 24, has been quickly gaining a reputation in the United States as a future...

Lexington, KY - U.S. pony drivers head to Raeford, North Carolina this weekend to vie for National Titles at the Southern Pines CDE. Bragging rights will be up for grabs in the USEF National Combined Driving Single Pony Championship, USEF National Combined Driving Pair Pony Championship and USEF National Combined Driving Pony Team Championship at the annual event held April 12-14. USEF National Combined Driving Single Pony Championship Suzy Stafford (Marie de Ronde) A vastly experienced field...

Traverse City, MI – Horse Sports by the Bay, Inc. is pleased to announce that the prize list for the Hunter/Jumper portion of the 2013 Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival is now available online at www.horseshowsbythebay.com. he four week USEF “AA-Hunter” & “Level 4-Jumper” series will feature tthe country’s best horses and riders from July 3 thru July 28. Riders will be competing for a chance to accumulate year-end points and grab a share of the...

Hunter Chancellor is a 17-year-old junior at Mater Del High School from Evansville, Indiana. She is ranked third in her class and has a 3.99 GPA. Hunter is on the five-gaited section of the 2012 U.S. Saddle Seat World Cup Team. People always ask me at what age I started riding horses. I guess the true answer is, “since before I was born.” My mom showed American Saddlebreds long before I was around, and continued to ride in the early stages of her pregnancy. Not only did my mom show...

Lexington, KY - The best young hunters in the country will meet on both coasts in the coming days to compete for the National Hunter Breeding Championship and regional titles at the 2012 Sallie B. Wheeler/US National Hunter Breeding Championships. Young horses on the West Coast will make their way to the Showpark All Seasons Summer Tournament in Del Mar, California on August 29 to compete against each other for the title of best in the West. Last year the winner from the West, Ooh Ah, was named...

Lillie Keenan and Avalon (Rebecca Walton/PMG) Devon, PA - On the final day of the Brandywine Valley Summer Series presented by Taylor Harris Insurance Services (THIS), the Junior Hunter and Amateur-Owner 3'3" Hunter divisions wrapped up their competition. With multiple blue ribbons in the Large 15 & Under Junior Hunters, Lillie Keenan and Avalon took home the Junior Hunter Grand Championship. Earlier in the day, Tina Furey and French Kiss were the winners of the Amateur-Owner 36 &...

Liberty RCA This is a story that has everything … intrigue, international glamour, terrible personal loss, and the heady promise of greatness lingering just off stage. It’s the story of a colt, born in May of 2011 at a place called Arabians, Ltd. in Texas where a great many legendary Egyptian Arabian horses stood up as foals on wobbly knees and took a first, tentative step. His dam was a lovely bay mare named Liberty HG. A daughter of the great Hadidi (Norus x Hebet Allah by...