Grand Green Working Hunter Champion BACARDI and Havens Schatt (AlCookPhoto.com) Harrisburg, PA - The stunning 7 year old grey gelding BACARDI, owned by Caroline Moran and ridden by Havens Schatt, won the prestigious Grand Green Working Hunter Championship tuesday at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. "He's the horse of a lifetime", said a teary-eyed Schatt when she came out of the ring. "He's done everything I've ever asked him to do. I'm just so proud of him", she beamed....

Lexington, Kentucky - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the dates and locations for the 2014 Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse Dressage National Championships presented by HorseShow.com and the 2014 USEF Dressage Seat Medal Finals. Both prestigious competitions will be held at the Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Illinois, August 20-24. The Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Program (for 4-, 5-, and 6-year-old horses) promotes the importance of...

Sonoma, PA - Peter Breakwell of New Zealand took top honors on Sunday, September 22nd in Sonoma Horse Park’s marquee class, winning the $25,000 Balancing Tonic Grand Prix to close out the 2013 SHP Finale, the final show of the popular facility’s seven-week season. Just a week after winning the $20,000 Stable Mix Grand Prix aboard his veteran show jumper Lucas, Breakwell took a new mount to the winners circle in Finnley 5, a 9-year-old Westfalian gelding that was jumping in just his...

Kent Farrington & Blue Angel (Curtis Wallis) New Albany, OH - In front of a sellout event the 16th annual New Albany Classic Invitational Grand Prix & Family Day presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co. proved to be a nail biter as 31 horse and rider combinations vied for the $125,000 purse and the Authentic Cup on the John G. McCoy Show Field. Named by the North American Riders Group as the #1 Specialty Equestrian Event in 2012, The Classic drew more than 20,000 people and raised over $1....

Kate Mullen & "Elnieta" win the HorseShow.com/CDS Dressage Seat Equitation Challenge on the first day of the CDS Championship Show (Jennifer M. Keeler) Rancho Murieta, CA - California is well-known as home to some of the best dressage horses and riders in the country, and many of those were on display as the first championship titles of the weekend were awarded today at the California Dressage Society (CDS) Annual Championship Show at the Murieta Equestrian Center in Rancho Murieta, CA,...

Lexington, KY – The second day of dressage wrapped up Friday at the Fidelity Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials in Woodstock, England. The final set of U.S. horse-and-rider combinations in the CCI3*, took to the dressage arena in front of the judging panel of Eric Lieby, Nick Burton, and Lindsay Jenkins. After scoring a 42.7 on Thursday, USEF Land Rover Competition Grant recipients Clark Montgomery and Loughan Glen were the top U.S. pair and currently sit in third place going into...

Devin Ryan rode Dillandra to the $20,000 SHF Enterprises 5-Year-Old Young Jumper Championship at the Hampton Classic. (Shawn McMillen) Bridgehampton, NY - Devin Ryan rode Dillandra to the $20,000 SHF Enterprises 5-Year-Old Young Jumper Championship, and McLain Ward rode Adele to the $30,000 Split Rock Farm 6-Year-Old Young Jumper Championship on Saturday at the 38th Annual Hampton Classic. The young jumpers had completed two rounds on Wednesday and Thursday in Jumper Ring 2, and the top 15 from...

Tulsa, OK - The Ariat Tulsa Reining Classic hosted the Adequan/USEF Open Reining National Championship Friday afternoon as many of the best in the game went head-to-head for the 2013 National Title. When the final pattern had been ridden in the Ford Truck Arena it was Brian Bell and Wimpys Brian Bell and Wimpys Showboat (Waltenberry) Showboat that emerged victorious. Bell (Marietta, OK) and Amy Anderson's seven-year-old stallion slid their way to a score of 221 to top a six horse field that...

Lexington, KY – The Ariat Tulsa Reining Classic plays host to the Adequan/USEF Open Reining National Championship, drawing the country’s top reiners to vie for a national title. Six horse-and-rider combinations will take to the Expo Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma on August 30 with hopes of executing a pattern that will earn them a score high enough to be named champion. The 2011 Adequan/USEF Open Reining National Champion, Craig Schmersal (Overbrook, OK), returns to the championship...

Lexington, KY - The United States will be represented by two horse-and-rider combination at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Test Event, August 16, 2013. The CEI2* will be held at Sartilly in Manche, France. Dr. Margaret Sleeper (Frenchtown, NJ) will ride Sandra Fretelliere’s 10-year-old mare Tikis Twistyr. Marcia Hekfer (Raton, NM) will ride Cecile Dumas’ 11-year-old gelding Ouadad Al Jahid. To learn more about the 2013 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France...