Lauren Hough and Quick Study (Randi Muster/Mustphoto.com ) Wellington, FL, – The second USEF Selection Trial for the US Show Jumping Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games got underway as part of the $75,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix. Thirteen horse/rider combinations came into the second Trial tied atop the rankings on a score of zero. After there were only two. Two of the stalwarts of the US show jumping circuit cruised to polished efforts. Lauren Hough and Laura Kraut,...

Todd Mikikus and Pavarotti (Randi Muster/Mustphoto.com ) Wellington, FL – Forty-four of the nation’s best horse/rider combinations lined up for the first of five USEF Selection Trials for US Show Jumping Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The jumping got underway on Thursday evening in low temperatures – at least by Florida standards. But the jumping standard was high and out of the 44 starters - 13 jumped clear over Guilherme Jorge’s track. In the Selection Trials which are...

For high performance reining competitors in the U.S., the USEF Reining Team Selection Procedures are an important road-map for riders who plan to qualify for and compete at the USEF Selection Trial for the U.S. Adequan® Reining Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The trial will be held concurrently with the Adequan®/USEF National Open Reining Championship at the inaugural Battle in the Saddle, July 6-10, 2010, at Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, OK. In...

Photo by Sue Stickle (Arlene "Tuny" Page and Wild One won the Grand Prix Musical Freestyle during the 2009 Palm Beach Dressage Derby.) The best dressage riders in the world will soon descend on Loxahatchee, FL, all with the goal of becoming a winner at one of the country’s most prestigious dressage competitions—the 27th Annual Palm Beach Dressage Derby. This year’s Palm Beach Dressage Derby, March 4-7, has an added bonus for attracting top riders as it is a qualifier for the Selection...

Offering fine sporting art since 1974, Cross Gate Gallery is proud to announce that it will partner with the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation February 24-March 15 in honor of the U.S. Equestrian Team's Road to Kentucky. Fifteen percent (15%) of all sales during Weeks VII, VIII, and IX of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, FL, will go directly to the USET Foundation. Located next to the International Tent and across from the Tiki Hut at WEF, Cross Gate Gallery is...

The second week of show jumping at HITS Ocala wrapped on Sunday with warm weather and exciting action, proving that the "Horse Capital of the World" is also the "Land of Opportunity," as the Grand Prix Arena saw some new faces emerge in the winner’s circle. In Thursday’s $25,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, Lacy Morrone-Cramer from Pittstown, NJ, earned her first grand prix win of the season riding Ulysses Van De Krekebeke, owned by Equi Sport, LLC. The duo bested 36...

World-renowned equine nutritionists and veterinarians have been tapped to speak at the 17th Kentucky Equine Research Nutrition Conference, to be held April 26-27, 2010, in Lexington, KY. The theme of this year’s conference is “Feeding and Veterinary Management of the Sport Horse,” which is particularly appropriate considering the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games are being held in Kentucky this fall. “Top-notch nutrition and veterinary care are vital components of sport-horse management,...

The 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) had a fantastic sixth week of competition on February 17-21. The week featured the AHJF Hunter Classic Spectacular of Palm Beach and the $50,000 CN Palm Beach Jumping Derby along with a full schedule of hunter, jumper, and equitation classes. The week six title sponsor was Bainbridge. Charles Jacobs of Boston, MA, captured the top prize in the $50,000 CN Palm Beach Jumping Derby on Quidditch II, owned by Deeridge Farm of Wellington, FL. They sped to...

Photo by Diana DeRosa (Liza Boyd and Brunello) "He is my Olympic hunter," commented Liza Boyd after she nailed her third victory in the 14th Annual American Hunter-Jumper Foundation (AHJF) Hunter Classic Spectacular in Wellington FL, aboard her seasoned mount, Brunello. She won the very first one riding Monday Morning in 1997 and then in 2008 tasted victory again on Fiyero. Now just 3½ months after the birth of her first child (Ellen) it was important to prove she still had what it takes. Yet,...

Equestrian Sport Productions announces that a live, free webcast will be available for tonight's USEF World Equestrian Games (WEG) Trial #1 (Thursday, February 25, 2010), which runs tonight at 7 p.m. The USEF WEG Trial #2, which runs incorporated with the $75,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix, CSI** on Saturday, February 27, at 7 p.m., will also be available. The link will be live at 6:00 p.m. on both nights and the first horse is scheduled to start competition at 7:00 p.m. There are 44...