Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) named the following drivers to represent the United States at the 2011 FEI World Pony Driving Championships in Lipica, Slovenia September 21-25, 2011. The following drivers will compete on the Team: Single Pony Championship Miranda Cadwell (Southern Pines, NC) will drive her own Kabam Shelly Temple (Aiken, SC) will drive her own LR Ami B-Line Pair Pony Championship Jennifer Matheson (Aiken, SC) will drive Katrina Becker's Cees,...

Wellington, FL - The College Preparatory Invitational (CPI) continues to make great improvements to their program as the 2012 horse show, held January 13-15, quickly approaches. The second annual CPI Horse Show will be larger, allowing more riders to compete, and will include dressage classes and more educational opportunities for participants. Organizers are also pleased to announce that the number of scholarships for the 2012 horse show has increased. A total of five scholarships will be...

Gladstone, NJ - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has recommended the following athlete/horse combinations to the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to represent the United States on the U.S. Show Jumping Team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. The USOC will make the following entry of athlete/horse combinations today (they are named in ranked order): Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, NY) will ride Coral Reef Ranch's Coral Reef Via Volo McLain Ward (Brewster,...

Temecula, Calif.— The Galway Downs International Three-Day Event, on Nov. 3-6, is the season-long goal for West coast riders competing at the preliminary and training levels. And it’s not just because Galway Downs offers the only classic-format preliminary three-day event on the West Coast, along with one of the West Coast’s two training-level three-day events. Ever since Galway Downs began in 1999, the preliminary three-day event has been an important part of it, and then...

Lexington, KY - The popular Helmet Awareness Campaign Riders4Helmets, has partnered with the Mustang Heritage Foundation to encourage helmet usage at the Supreme Extreme Mustang Makeover to be held September 15-17 in Fort Worth, TX. The Supreme Extreme Mustang Makeover (SEMM) is a National event organized by the Mustang Heritage Foundation (MHF), a non-profit organization founded with the purpose of saving America’s wild Mustangs. The SEMM is the richest wild horse competition in history...

Steffen Peters and Ravel. Photo: SusanJStickle.com. Gladstone, NJ - Steffen Peters went six-for-six at the 2011 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions at the USET Foundation Headquarters. First, he swept the Intermediaire I on Weltino's Magic (earning a place on the team for the Pan American Games in the process) and then dominated the Grand Prix National Dressage Championship on Ravel - scoring 77.660% in the Grand Prix, 80.083% in the Grand Prix Special, and 81.100% in...

Tiana Coudray and Ringwood Magister. Photo: Stockimageservices.com. Lexington, KY - With three riders in the top 10, the Land River U.S. Eventing Team had everything to play for in the show jumping on the final day of the 2011 Fidelity Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials in Woodstock, U.K. And Tiana Coudray played the game the best for the U.S. throughout the week, adding nothing to her dressage score of 49.4 to finish second on Jaital, Inc.'s, Ringwood Magister, a 10-year-old Irish...

Gladstone, NJ - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has recommended the following athlete/horse combinations to the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to represent the United States on the U.S. Dressage Team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. The USOC will make the following entry of athlete/horse combinations on Monday (they are named in ranked order): 1. Steffen Peters will ride Jen and Bruce Hlavacek's Weltino's Magic 2. Heather Blitz will ride her...

Gladstone, NJ - The results of the 2011 National Junior Dressage Championship remained unchanged as Pik L and Kya Endreson swept both the Team and Individual Tests to win Endreson's very first National Championship title. Kya Endreson and Pik L. Photo: SusanJStickle.com. Pik L is a very experienced 18-year-old Hanoverian stallion, who has been an incredible small-tour horse for nearly a decade. Endreson rode him to Team Gold at the 2011 Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider...

Steffen Peters and Weltino's Magic. Photo: SusanJStickle.com. Gladstone, NJ - The top three placings in the Intermediaire I National Dressage Championship never changed throughout the week at the 2011 Collecting Gaits Farm Dressage Festival of Championship and Steffen Peters dominated with Weltino's Magic finishing on a three day average of 78.661%. Riding for Jen Hlavacek, Peters owned the Dick and Jane Brown Arena this morning, and to music by Seven and Five, he showed off the 9-year-old...