Kirsten Coe has recently arrived in Europe to prepare for the 2011 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final. Coe will be riding fiance Ilan Ferder's Tristan in Leipzig, Germany. Kirsten will be blogging for The Chronicle of the Horse about her experiences preparing for and at her first FEI World Cup Final. We Finally Made It to Europe! All The Math Paid Off

Waco, TX - Varsity Equestrian has announced the 2010-2011 All-American award recipients – the first time Varsity Equestrian has awarded All-American status as well as Honorable Mention All-American status to the top equestrian student athletes in the country. The Varsity Equestrian Selection Committee had the difficult task of awarding the top four equestrian athletes in each of the respective events offered by Varsity Equestrian – equitation on the flat, equitation over fences,...

Boyd Martin and Neville Bardos were part of the Land Rover/U.S. Eventing Team in 2010 (Shannon Brinkman/USEF) Lexington, KY - Land Rover North America and The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) announced today that they have extended their successful relationship through 2012. Land Rover, the leader in world-class Sport Utility Vehicles, has signed on for an additional two years as the official vehicle sponsor of the USEF, as well as the 2011 U.S. Eventing Team. "Land Rover vehicles are...

6:30 p.m. - Performance by Hall of Fame Kristin Hardin jumping, National Champion Kit Hall western roping and reining, National Champion dressage, and performances by the Gold Coast Arabian HC horses and riders 7 p.m. - Cocktail Reception 7:30 p.m. Film Premiere - "A Gift From the Desert: The Arabian Horse" A soaring panorama of the horse that began in Arabia and went on to create Empires and champions today in every category. Filmed on location in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Great Britain, Kentucky,...

Award-winning course designer Anthony D'Ambrosio. (Photo by Kenneth Kraus.) Hampton Falls, NH - A new course designer at the 2011 Fidelity Investments Jumper Classic, featuring the $75,000 Grand Prix, will challenge competitors this year on the grass Grand Prix and Derby field. Award-winning course designer Anthony D'Ambrosio will be testing the top riders in the high performance classes to be held at Silver Oak Equestrian Center, Hampton Falls, NH, September 14-18. A sanctioned FEI course...

Lexington, KY - The schedule for the 2011 American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) Junior Exhibitor Driving Challenge has been updated, with events added in April and September. Driving Challenge classes have been added to the Oklahoma Centennial, which is set to take place beginning today, April 14, through Sunday, April 17, and the Oregon State Fair Horse Show, which is scheduled for Thursday, September 1, through Sunday, September 4. The events currently scheduled for 2011 range from...

Media wishing to cover the International Invitational Event CIC, which takes place at Greenwich on 4-6 July 2011, can apply for accreditation using this form: https://www.usef.org/documents/international/LOCOGtesting.pdf The form covers all of the events running under the LOCOG Testing Programme and media can simply tick any or all of the events that are of interest. Please return any queries and the completed form by email to [email protected] as soon as possible, but no later...

Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda (Pics of You Photo) Dressage At the Golden State Dressage Festival CDI3*, the competition was highlighted by a large field for the small tour classes. Carolyn Adams took top honors in the Intermediaire I with Witerprinz, scoring 68.474%. Mette Rosencrantz was second with Finally and Heidi Gaian rounded out the top three with Chicago. In the Prix St. Georges, Rosencrantz and Finally went one better and scored a victory over Brian Hafner on Lombardo LHF. Karen...

New York, NY - The National Horse Show Association of America, Limited (NHSAA) is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a press conference at the Kentucky Horse Park Farm House in Lexington, KY, on Wednesday, May 11, 2011. All members of the press are welcome to attend this event to receive more information about this year's horse show. The panel for the press conference will include Mason Phelps, Jr., President and CEO of the NHS; John Walker, Board Member of the NHS and Chairman of the...

Lexington, KY - Less than four months before the Opening Ceremonies for the 2011 Championships and planning is already well underway. With the addition of Endurance, we will be utilizing a new part of the Kentucky Horse Park, the Endurance Base Camp will set up on Walt Robertson Way, across from the Secretariat Center. The rest of the venue is looking really good, having benefited from the overhaul which corresponded with last fall's Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Schedule: The Tentative...