Lexington, KY- Five talented endurance riders have travelled to Tarbes, France to represent the U.S. at the FEI World Endurance Championship for Juniors and Young Riders. The United States will be looking to secure a podium finish at the prestigious competition, which will be held on July 27, The U. S. Team (US Endurance Athletes Association, Inc) 2013. Leading the U.S. effort in France are Mary Kathryn Clark and Mustafa Tehrani’s 12-year-old Arabian gelding Chasing The Wind. Clark...

Lexington, KY - Eventing started their journey to the medal podiums today with the dressage phase for the CCI1* (Junior) riders. Area V leads the way in the Team competition with 155.9 penalties. Area III is in second with 157.7, while the combined team of Areas VII & VIII is in third on 159.7. Individually, Lauren Clark of Team Canada-Ontario is leading with 47.7 penalties on Yoscha Bosche. Sitting in second is Nicole Doolittle (Area III) on Tops, who has 48.1 penalties. Reagan LaFleur...

Lexington, KY - Applications are now being accepted for consideration to participate in the 2014 U.S. Saddle Seat Equitation World Cup Team Selection Trials. The trials will be held at William Woods University in Fulton, MO, on December 7, 2013, with the team being announced that evening. The Saddle Seat World Cup is a bi-annual international competition that includes both three- and five-gaited sections. Teams from as many as five nations now compete for the coveted World Cup titles. The 2014...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will continue the process of filling the role of Technical Advisor/Chef d’Equipe for the U.S. Dressage Team with two applicants. The applicants listed in alphabetical order along with nationality are: Robert Dover (U.S.A.) Rien van der Schaft (The Netherlands) These applicants have completed the interview process with the six member Search Committee. The next step in the process will be for the applicants to be interviewed by...

David Marcus and Don Kontes Loxahatchee, FL - The International Horse Sport (IHS) Champions Cup CDI-W hit the ground running both literally and figuratively with all the horses passing the FEI jog on the beautiful International Horse Sport Showgrounds in Loxahatchee, FL. The horses and competitors settled into the comfortable surroundings featuring plenty of green spaces and a convivial atmosphere on the historic grounds that also play host to the Palm Beach Dressage Derby. Competitors chatted...

Saer Coulter posted the first clear round aboard her mare Julie Des Brumes (Blenheim Equisports) Las Vegas, NV - November 16, 2012 - Three nights of intense competition kicked off this evening at the South Point Equestrian Arena in Las Vegas. Local equestrian fans and spectators filled the stands for Barn Night during the opening ceremonies of the $32,000 Markel Insurance Jumper Classic, and the end result left no disappointment. A deep international field of fifty-six horse and rider...

Lexington, KY - United States Equestrian Federation Chief Executive Officer John Long has announced the development of a Blue Ribbon Panel that will assemble to evaluate the performances of the USEF's High Performance teams within the global landscape of Olympic level competition. The Panel will consist of representatives from each of the Olympic disciplines, leadership from the USEF High Performance Program, the USET Foundation, and a member of the United States Olympic Committee NGB...

Dawn Marie Looney from Stronghold Equine Equipment North Salem, NY - Stronghold Equine Equipment has confirmed their support of the American Gold Cup by joining the list of sponsors. The prestigious show started yesterday, September 12, and will run through September 16, with the famed $200,000 American Gold Cup CSI4*-W FEI World Cup Qualifying Competition as the highlight event on Sunday. All of Stronghold Equine Equipment is retailed exclusively at Stronghold Equine Equipment and Tack,...

New Zealand’s Andrew Nicholson takes over lead in HSBC Rankings. Image: (Kit Houghton/FEI) Andrew Nicholson (NZL) has taken over as world number one in the HSBC Rankings after the London 2012 Olympic Eventing competition in Greenwich Park. Nicholson, captain of New Zealand’s bronze medal-winning team at London 2012, is now 46 points clear of William Fox-Pitt (GBR) who had led the HSBC Rankings since April. London 2012 is Andrew Nicholson’s sixth Olympic Games. New Zealand’s...

Steffen Peters and Ravel (Shannon Brinkman) Greenwich, UK - The four American horses presented before the Dressage Ground Jury in the main arena at the 2012 Olympic Games painted a picture of healthy composure. A mixture of experience and youth will represent the United States when the Dressage competition gets underway on Thursday with the Grand Prix. Ten teams and 20 individual will be representing their countries. The U.S. has drawn sixth. The four grooms, veterinarian Dr. Rick Mitchell,...