The Bates Year-End Awards were presented at the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament featuring the 125th National Horse Show on Saturday, November 1. Jessica Springsteen took the Gold, Chelsea Moss the Silver and Victoria Birdsall the Bronze. The top ten riders as of the end of the ranking year (October 31, 2008) are as follows: Rank, Rider, Points, City, State, Trainer 1. Jessica Springsteen, 28,324, Colts Neck, NJ, Stacia Madden 2. Chelsea Moss, 27,425, Medford, NJ, Stacia Madden 3....

Steffen Peters and Floriano scored a 77.80 to place at third in the 2007 Rolex FEI World Cup dressage competition (Doug Prather) The freestyle is one of the most expressive elements of dressage, and there was no lack of emotion and pageantry during the finals of the 2007 Rolex FEI World Cup Dressage competition in Las Vegas. Germany’s Isabell Werth, aboard her 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding, Warum Nicht FRH, took the top prize before an appreciative crowd at the Thomas and Mack Center in...

(Lexington, KY) – Pam Lane has joined the United States Equestrian Federation as Director of Para-Equestrian and Vaulting effective March 5th. She is located in the Gladstone, New Jersey office and will report to Jim Wolf, Executive Director of Sports Programs. Pam has extensive experience with the USEF and the dressage discipline. Since 1997 she has organized West Coast athlete and developing rider training sessions and has been an event organizer for such competitions as the 2002 qualifiers...

Friesians of Majesty entered eight horses to be judged at the New England Keuring held September 21-22, 2006 in Northampton, MA. All eight horses received premium ratings or better. Friesians of Majesty again shows the world the caliber of Friesian horses in its barns as this is the third year in a row that multiple top titles went to the horses of Friesians of Majesty. Ymkje was awarded the prestigious title of model given to very few mares. After spending a year in intense dressage training...

Lexington, KY-The United States Equestrian Federation® (USEF) announced today that Ed Young of Geneseo, NY, will serve as the chef d’equipe for its 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games Four-in-Hand Driving Team in Aachen, Germany, this summer. His experience includes officiating as a technical delegate, scoring, organizing, competing and volunteering. He also assumes the position of show manager for the Walnut Hill Driving Competition in Pittsford, NY. He holds credentials as a technical delegate...

Gladstone, NJ – Riding through the chill, the rain and the mud of New Jersey’s wettest weekend in months, Julie Welles of West Simsbury, Connecticut, was awarded the Championship title at the 2005 USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East on October 8-9, proving she not only had the stamina required to win the multi-phase Finals, but the skill and ingenuity to make her riding skills shine, despite the elements. “I had a positive outlook coming in. I went in and rode the best...

San Juan Capistrano, CA – In an amazing dual victory of sorts, Stephanie Danhakl of Pacific Palisades, California, and her horse In Sync, claimed their second National Championship victories respectively, at the fifth annual Show Circuit Magazine/USEF National Junior Hunter Championships, West Coast, in San Juan Capistrano, California, August 16-17. Stephanie won the 2004 Championships on the West Coast, riding Callaway, while her winning Thoroughbred gelding In Sync, trained by Archie...

Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Executive Committee has approved the following Team and Alternate/Individual drivers to represent the United States at the 2005 World Combined Pony Driving Championships and 2005 World Pair Championships for Horses: 2005 FEI World Combined Pony Driving Championships Catton Hall, England, July 14-17 Single Pony Drivers: Sara Schmitt of Glen Gardner, NJ and Suzy Stafford of Bear, DE Alternate/Individual: Muffy Seaton of...

Listen to audio from the Sunday press conference at the 2012 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Bridgestone. William Fox-Pitt William shares his thoughts on winning two legs of the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing. William talks about his show jumping round and what went through his head when he had a rail. William talks about Thoroughbreds as eventer horses, Parklane Hawk's personality, and his breeding. Boyd explains that he is a relative of Ready Teddy. Allison Springer Allison...

Below are audio clips from today's post-competition press conference at the 2012 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Bridgestone. Jonathan Paget Jonathan comments on what horses and riders will expect to see at Greenwich and what he learned about his horse, Clifton Promise, today. Jonathan shares his thougths on the cross country course. Allison Springer Allsion comments on her and Arthur's performance today. William Fox-Pitt William comments on his day with Parklande Hawk and...