Mill Spring, N.C. - The Tryon International Equestrian Center, home of the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 (WEG), hosted the WEG Driving Test Event this past weekend. The CAI3* competition, held from April 20-22, saw single pony, pair pony, single horse, and four-in-hand horse combinations compete at the top-notch venue. The precursor to the WEG allowed athletes and support staff to familiarize themselves with the venue and various facilities. A marathon obstacle at the WEG Driving...

Aurora, Colo. – The Arabian Horse Association’s (AHA) flagship event returns to Tulsa Expo Square in Tulsa, Okla., October 20-28 for their 51 st annual U.S. National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (U.S. Nationals). Ranking as the AHA’s most prestigious North American championship, the event draws nearly 1,800 Arabian and Half-Arabian horses and their amateur and professional riders and handlers, who will compete in 197 classes ranging from reining and...

Harrisburg, Pa. - The Pennsylvania National Horse Show is pleased to announce the addition of the highly-popular U25 Jumper Division to its 2016 lineup of classes. Leslie Howard and Gentille Van Spieveld won the 2015 Grand Prix De Penn National. (Al Cook - www.alcookphoto.com) The U25 Jumper Division will include a $3,000 Welcome Class on Thursday, October 20, $3,000 Time First Round on Friday, October 21 and a $20,000 Final on Saturday, October 22. The $100,000 Grand Prix de Penn National, the...

Balou and Lisa Arena Davis (Al Cook - www.alcookphoto.com) Harrisburg, Pa. - Balou and Lisa Arena Davis, Penfield, NY, were awarded the Amateur Owner 3'3" Grand Hunter Championship Friday at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. With consistent, high scoring trips of 86 and 87 points over the two days of competition, Davis and Balou, an 11 year old Warmblood gelding, were able to win not only her age division, Amateur Owner 3'3" Riders 18-35 Years of Age Championship, but the Amateur...

A Hunter on course at the Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show (Blowing Charity Horse Show Foundation) Final preparations are underway for the arrival of 500 horses and 2,000 riders, trainers, owners and attendants at the 92nd Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show. The action begins at 8AM on July 21 with the first of two shows held from July 21 to 26 and the second from July 29 to August 2. Begun in 1923 along a dirt road on Green Hill in Blowing Rock, this iconic horse show has been held each summer...

(c) Ferrara Photography Aurora, Colo. – The 2015 Youth National Arabian & Half-ArabianChampionship Horse Show and Shopping Expo is set from July 18 to 25 at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque. Youth Nationals is free and open to the public. Youth exhibitors will have the chance to show off their hard work over a week period in a variety of classes. Classes will range in every discipline from English pleasure to working cow horse, to driving and more; showing the versatility of the Arabian...

Coming on the heels of a wildly-successful inaugural season in 2014, California Dreaming Productions has now announced its 2015 CDI schedule, which includes the renewal of three international dressage competitions. The Mid-Winter Dressage Fair CDI-W/Y/J/U-25 will be held February 20 - 22 in Burbank, as well as back-to-back shows in San Juan Capistrano with the Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W/Y/J/U-25 on March 20 - 22 and the Festival of the Horse CDI 3*/Y/J/U-25, March 26 - 28. For the...

Lexington, Ky. The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased announce the coaches for the 2015 U.S. Saddle Seat Young Riders Teams. Melissa Smith (Kansas City, Mo.) and Kent Swalla (Columbia, Mo.) have been named as coaches of the home team. Their team will be competing at the U.S. Saddle Seat Invitational at Cascade Stables in June. Kelly Kraegel (Guthrie, Okla.) and Sarah Lawson (Rockport, Ind.) will be coaches of the team travelling to South Africa in September. Melissa Smith...

Lexington, Ky. - Sunny skies, rolling green fields, and the iconic four-board fences of the Kentucky Horse Park welcome the droves of horse vans arriving in Lexington, Ky. for this week's US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®, a unique national head-to-head competition showcasing riders and horses competing for top honors at all dressage levels from Training to Grand Prix as well as musical freestyles. This year's competitor roster includes over 400 entries for the US Dressage...

Kevin Staut and Silvana (Stefano Grasso/LGCT) Paris, France - It was a triumphant home win for France in Saturday night's seventh leg of the 2014 LGCT Championship, hosted for the very first time by the City of Lights - Paris. The inaugural Longines Global Champions Tour of Paris Grand Prix was won by a thrilled and emotional Kevin Staut and Silvana, who left the arena to resounding cheers and applause from the crowd. Second went to a very happy Pius Schwizer (SUI) with Toulago, and 3rd to...