This is the first blog post from Lizzie Snow who is competing in the Eventing YR (CCI2*) Championships and riding Coal Ceek (Devon). Please follow the link to see Snow's High Performance Eventers blog. https://usefnetwork.com/blogs/highperformanceeventers/read.aspx Let the countdown begin! We are currently just about 2 weeks away from NAJYRC. This past weekend I traveled up to Maryland to run Devon in a preliminary horse trials as a final prep for the CCI 2* at Young Riders. The course was...

Dressage At the CDI Falsterbo in Sweden, Catherine Haddad-Staller and Winyamaro finished fifth in both the Grand Prix class and the Grand Prix Freestyle class with scores of 68.255% and 71.375%, respectively. In the Agria Rider Challenge - Lag, Haddad-Staller finished third with rides on Charleston, Efendi, and Mainau scoring 60.307%, 66.228%, and 64.518%, respectively. Please visit https://falsterbohorseshow.se/se/tavlingar/equipe-start-resultat---dressage/ for complete results. Eventing At...

Pequannock, NJ – Equine fantasies and fairy tales will come true for more than 6,000 Breyer fans and horse lovers when BreyerFest, the annual horse fair and model horse collector festival hosted by Breyer Animal Creations®, prances into Lexington, KY, for its 22nd consecutive festival at the Kentucky Horse Park. BreyerFest will be held Fri.-Sun., July 15th-17th rain or shine. The three-day family festival features nationally known equine entertainers, a trade show, petting zoo, free...

Buffalo, NY - The Buffalo International Horse Show will host its 65th annual hunter/Jumper competition this fall at the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center. The show will be held on September 14-18, 2011, in downtown Buffalo, NY, at the home of the Buffalo Equestrian Center and SBS Farms Inc. The horse show will host a number of special classes in their large indoor arena, with great prize money and exciting competition to benefit the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center. The five-day schedule...

Culpepper, VA — With all new footing in the Grand Prix ring and beautiful weather, the $40,000 Strongid C 2X Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, Virginia, was well suited to highlight the Showday National. Kevin Babington of Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania, could not have asked for much more, as he captured the first place honors aboard his own Mark Q. Sunday's course was designed by Jerry Dougherty of Bokeelia, Florida. Four riders went...

Lexington, KY - The Horse Radio Network (HRN) has launched the latest radio show in its stable of programming with Equestrian Legends, a twice monthly exclusive interview that is unique in online broadcasting. Equestrian Legends will feature the greatest names in the horse world from around the globe with personal interviews exploring the depth and breadth of their lives. The show, hosted by Chris Stafford, Host of the Dressage, Eventing and Jumping Radio Shows on the Horse Radio Network, can...

Lexington, KY — The popular helmet awareness campaign Riders4Helmets will be hosting the 2nd Riders4Helmets Helmet Safety Symposium on July 23, 2011, at the Kentucky Horse Park (theater room), Lexington, KY, from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The symposium is being sponsored by Tipperary, Troxel Helmets, Charles Owen, Samshield, Ovation and Equestrian Professional. The Helmet Safety Symposium has been organized to bring together representatives from various corners of the equestrian world to...

John Pearce and Son of a Gun bested a jump-off field of seven competitors to win the $30,000 Colorado Circuit Opener Grand Prix Presented by Nutrena (Flying Horse Photography). Parker, CO — Seven horses and riders returned for the second round over the Peter Holmes-designed course in the $30,000 Colorado Circuit Opener Grand Prix Presented by Nutrena. Twenty-five horses and riders started in the featured event on Saturday July 9, 2011 during week four of the...

Lake Placid, NY — Scott Stewart of Wellington, FL, dominated the $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, presented by Eastern Hay and Purina Mills, for the second straight year at the 34th annual Intercat, Inc. I Love New York Horse Show. Stewart finished with the top score in both rounds on Carlos-Boy, owned by Krista and Alexa Weisman of Sherborn, MA, to win with an overall score of 381.500 points. Kim McCormack of Simpsonville, SC, was second on her 16.2h, chestnut, gelding,...

Devin Ryan and Roman Saluut won the $30,000 Vermont Summer Special Grand Prix, presented by The Equinox Resort and Spa, at the Vermont Summer Festival (David Mullinix Photography). East Dorset, VT — Devin Ryan and Roman Saluut won the $30,000 Vermont Summer Special Grand Prix, presented by The Equinox Resort and Spa, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. Ryan of Long Valley, New Jersey, made a clean sweep of the Open Jumper division on the first week of the Vermont...