Caroline Roffman and Danish horse Lux Stensvang. (Photo courtesy of HorseSportsPhoto.) Wellington, FL (January 18, 2011) – Dressage rider Caroline Roffman kicked off the New Year by competing in and winning the Young Rider Grand Prix on Lux Stensvang at the Wellington Classic Dressage Challenge I Show. Roffman, who was named the 2010 FEI Rising Star by the International Equestrian Federation, won the FEI or Equivalent Test of Choice Open on Lux with a score of 68.605% and also rode Pie to the...

Nick Skelton and Unique (Photo © Sportfot, Official Sport Photographer of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival) Wellington, FL - The 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) began its competition January 12 with opening jumper classes in the International Arena. To start the year off right, Nick Skelton (GBR) was back in the saddle and in the winner's circle with Unique, owned by Beverly Widdowson, in the $8,000 G&C Farm 1.45m Jumpers. The first week of the FTI WEF runs through January 16. The...

Lexington, KY - The FEI World Cup Dressage Final for Young Riders will begin Wednesday, December 15, with the veterinary inspection. U.S. representative Meagan Davis arrived in Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday with the 17-year-old Danish Warmblood, Bentley, who is being housed at Schafhof, the stables of Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff. Since settling in Davis and Bentley have worked lightly twice a day with coach Lendon Gray and are feeling fit and ready to compete on Thursday. In preparation for the show...

California dressage rider Dantia Benson (Photo courtesy of Dantia Benson) Somis, CA – December 8, 2010 - California dressage rider Dantia Benson flew from her home in California to Florida to attend the annual United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Convention and watch her four-year-old Dutch horse be awarded the Materiale Horse of the Year. What Benson didn’t expect was to fly home from the convention as the second winner of a custom made dressage saddle from Custom Saddlery as part of their...

Jordan Larson and Spooks Gotta Whiz (Photo by NRHA) Oklahoma City, OK – December 5, 2010 - The 2010 National Reining Horse Association added $170,000 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Open Futurity Finals brought an exciting end to the NRHA Futurity & Adequan North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show at the Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, OK. This year’s riders were mounted on world-class reining horses all aiming for the $125,000 championship purse and their share of...

Tish Fappani Sidestops on Litn Up Conquistador (Photo by NRHA) Oklahoma City, OK - The competition at the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity & Adequan North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Dec. 3 featured the $105,000 added 2010 Cinch/NRHA Non Pro Futurity Finals. This championship event welcomed back 59 non pros to compete in a clean-slate format for more than $430,000 in cash and prizes, a variety of prizes from NRHA Corporate...

Toronto, Ontario – A fresh, young competitor stood the International show jumping division on its head tonight, winning a five-way, five nation jump-off, besting top riders from Canada, America, Ireland, The Netherlands and Great Britain to claim the $100,000 FEI World Cup Grand Prix at the 88th Royal Horse Show. Brianne Goutal, 22, of New York, NY, led a field of 25 starters including a former World Champion, an Olympic Gold Medalist and all the members of Teams Millar and Whitaker, the “First...

Oct. 27, 2010 – Wednesday's Top Champions: Maggie Jayne rode Francesca to the Grand Hunter Championship. Kelley Farmer was named the Leading Hunter Rider and Stacy Arani and Bolero picked up the Grand Amateur-Owner Championship. Arani also was named the Leading Amateur-Owner Rider. Grand Hunter Championship: Maggie Jayne and Francesca A strong performance in the Regular Conformation Hunter division, where Jayne, of Elgin, IL, and Francesca were champions for the second year in a row, and a...

Meagan Davis and Bentley (SusanJStickle.com Photo) Lexington, KY – USEF National Young Rider Dressage Champion Meagan Davis (Stone Ridge, NY) has bested the United States rankings for the FEI World Cup Dressage Final for Young Riders and has earned the invitation to represent the United States in Frankfurt, Germany for the Final, to be held December 15-19, 2010. Twenty-one year-old Davis will ride Bentley a horse on which she has found success throughout the levels. Bentley, a 17-year-old...

Lexington, KY- The U.S. eventing scene shifts its focus back to Lexington, KY this weekend for the USEF National CCI1* Championships as riders from across the country stake their claim on the final championship of the year. Just two weeks after the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, the Kentucky Horse Park is set to showcase some of the best up-and-coming horse and rider combinations in America. Held in conjunction with the Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & Team Challenge, the competition...