Alexandra Green and Fernhill Famous (Photo Courtesy of Xpress Foto) Lexington, Ky. – Competitors have arrived at the Kentucky Horse Park for the Hagyard MidSouth Three-Day Event. Horses competing in the USEF CCI1* and USEF CCI1*-JR/YR National Championships this weekend were presented for the first inspection today. All horses competing in the USEF CCI1* Eventing National Championship passed the jog. This year, Alexandra Green (Loudon, Tenn.) and her seven-year-old Irish Sport Horse...

Good pasture management can also help reduce intestinal parasites. (physyk/Adobe Stock) Here’s the bad news: worms are becoming resistant to our efforts to kill them, thanks in part to traditional deworming protocols that called for dosing horses every two months. That was the thinking when the first broad-spectrum dewormers (also called anthelmintics) hit the market back in the 1960s, but over the decades that protocol helped the worms become less sensitive to the medicine. “And...

Mill Spring, N.C. - Tickets for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 (WEG) are now on sale. Set for September 11 through September 23 in the scenic Carolinas region of the United States, spectators can choose from a variety of ticket types to experience the world's largest equestrian championship. With all competitions happening on site at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) in Mill Spring, N.C., attendees can come for the day, a week, or the entire Games. Tickets are...

Harrisburg, Pa. - Leading through all three rounds of the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals, 18-year-old Taylor St. Jacques (Glen Allen, Va.) proved herself to be just what judges Tamara Provost (Westfield, Ind.) and Jack Towell (Camden, S.C.) were looking for as they awarded her first place and the gold medal for her performance. Taylor St. Jacques, the 2017 Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals Champion (© Al Cook – www.alcookphoto.com) A total of 257 of the...

Springfield, Ohio – Over 100 Friesian and part-bred Friesian horses from the United States and Canada were turned out to perfection at the 2017 International Friesian Show Horse Association (IFSHA) World and Grand National Championship Horse Show, October 4 through 8, 2017. Crowning nearly 230 World Champions in amateur, professional, and junior classes across a variety of disciplines—including driving, dressage, western dressage, trail, costume, suitability classes, and...

Fair Hill, Md. – The show jumping phase proved influential for CCI3* competitors on Sunday at the 2017 The Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International Three-Day Event, with Will Coleman and Tight Lines claiming the title of The Dutta Corp./USEF CCI3* Eventing National Champions. Tamra Smith and Sunsprite Syrius remained unaffected by the challenging show jumping phase to close out a start-to-finish win of the CCI2* division. Will Coleman and Tight Lines (Photo by: Shannon Brinkman) In the CCI3*,...

Harrisburg, Pa. – October 15, 2017 – Daisy Farish of Versailles, Ky., celebrated a perfect week at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, presented by The Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund, winning the Neue Schule/USEF National Junior Jumper Individual Championship riding Alberto II, owned by Stoney Ridge Farm, LLC. Farish also won the first phase of the Individual Championship on her 17 th birthday and was a member of the Zone 5 silver-medal team in the Neue Schule/ USEF Prix des...

Fair Hill, Md. – Spectators and competitors enjoyed a thrilling day of cross-country at The Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International Three-Day Event, where international pairs proved their mettle over Derek di Grazia's challenging track. Colleen Rutledge held on to her lead in The Dutta Corp./USEF CCI3* Eventing National Championship with Covert Rights, and Tamra Smith and Sunsprite Syrius kept their lead in the The Dutta Corp./USEF CCI2* Eventing National Championship. A fast...

Harrisburg, Pa. - The nation’s top junior equitation riders will take to the main arena at this year’s 72 nd annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show (October 12-21) at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center to compete in the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final, a highly competitive class that boasts one of the sport’s most sought-after titles. T.J. O'Mara, 2016 champion, riding Kaskade (© Al Cook – www.alcookphoto.com) Nearly 300 talented...

Harrisburg, Pa. - October 14, 2017 - Following a 28-year-long drought, the team from Zone 7 finally had their moment at the top of the podium winning the Neue Schule/ USEF Prix des States Team Championship and Individual Championship Phase II at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, presented by The Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund. Zone 5 captured the silver medal and bronze went to Zone 1. The Zone 7 team was led by Chef d’Equipe Martien Van Der Hoeven and consisted of Briley Koerner,...