Please visit: https://www.usefnetwork.com/featured/NAJYRC2011/ for the latest news, blogs, photos, videos, and coverage from the 2011 Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North. Some highlights from the past two weeks overseas include: Jumping Kent Farrington and Uceko at Hickstead. Photo by Paul Harding/www.louisharding.com. Hickstead, England - U.S. jumper Kent Farrington and Uceko bested all comers at the Longines King George V Gold Cup to take...

Dublin, Ireland - The French are drawn first to go in tomorrow's crunch leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ 2011 series at the Discover Ireland Horse Show in Dublin, Ireland. It's getting down to the wire with just one more leg remaining following the Irish fixture, and the draw took place this morning at the gracious Royal Dublin Society showgrounds which is widely recognised as the birth-place of the sport of show jumping. The order-of-go is as follows: 1, France; 2, The Netherlands; 3,...

Lexington, VA - The 2011 IFSHA Friesian World and Grand National Horse Show will return this year to the East Coast and will for the second time in its history be held at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA. Hundreds of classes will fill the five days of competition, beginning with dressage on Wednesday judged by Virginian, The Honorable Elizabeth Lewis of Keswick. In addition to classes from Intro through Grand Prix, IFSHA is proud to introduce Western dressage to the schedule this year...

Evan Coluccio and Batman at the Kentucky Summer Classic (Photo: Kendall Bierer/PMG). Lexington, KY - The skies stayed blue with sunshine shining down on the Kentucky Horse Park for the second day of the Kentucky Summer Classic. The best horse and rider combinations competed for top honors during their respective divisions in the Stonelea Ring for the First Year Green Working Hunters, Second Year Green Working Hunters, High Performance Hunters and Medium Performance Hunters. Today in the First...

Angel Karolyi and James T Kirk won the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic at the Kentucky Summer Classic (Photo: Kenneth Kraus/PhelpsSports.com). Lexington, KY - It was a beautiful night at the Kentucky Horse Park as the nation's top horses and riders gathered at the Rolex Stadium to compete in the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic during the Kentucky Summer Classic. Venezuela's Angel Karolyi and James T Kirk proved to be the best of the best, topping the two-horse jump-off with the only...

Lillie Keenan meets Lauren Fahey of USEF in the winner's circle after winning the Classic Round of Tuesday's $4,000 Small Junior Hunter 15 & Under aboard Don Stewart's Confidential (ESI Photography). Saugerties, NY – On Tuesday, the USEF National Junior Hunter Championship – East Coast at HITS-on-the-Hudson welcomed Junior equestrians to the Strongid® C 2X Grand Prix Stadium for the first phase of competition. Riders vied for individual Champion...

Loveland, CO - What is more beautiful than the northern plains of Colorado in late August with the snow capped Rocky Mountains as a backdrop. This is the scene that will greet the exhibitors of the 42nd Annual Continental Divide Horse Show. Continental Divide started out in 1968 as a Morgan horse show but as the years have passed, the number of Morgans in Colorado has declined so in 2010, the show will present a full complement of classes for the American Saddlebred, Friesian and the Gypsy...

Kim Tobias and Vipman W are tied for top spot in the standings for the $15,000 Vermont Celebration Children’s/Adult Jumper Classic, Presented by Parlanti, to be held Sunday, August 14, at the Vermont Summer Festival (David Mullinix Photography). East Dorset, VT — Following four weeks of competition, a total of 61 riders have already qualified for the $15,000 Vermont Celebration Children’s/Adult Jumper Classic, Presented by Parlanti, to be held on the final day of the 2011...

Darren Graziano and Vernal won the $30,000 Mount Equinox Grand Prix on Sunday, July 31, at the Vermont Summer Festival (David Mullinix Photography). East Dorset, VT — Darren Graziano and his young mount Vernal bested a field of 21 to claim victory in the $30,000 Mount Equinox Grand Prix on Sunday, July 31, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. The six-week equestrian competition is running at Harold Beebe Farm from July 6 through August 14, 2011. Graziano and...

Kendell Adelberger and Redfield Farm’s Werner took home the top honors in Monday's ASPCA Maclay Horsemanship Medal at the 2011 USEF National Junior Hunter Championships - East Coast at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, NY (ESI Photography). Saugerties, NY — This week, HITS-on-the-Hudson is host to some of the best junior riders in the country as it welcomes the USEF National Junior Hunter Championship – East Coast to the Saugerties show grounds. Action...