Lexington, Ky. – Every year the nation’s top dressage horse-and-rider combinations gather at the Kentucky Horse Park for the United States Dressage Federation’s (USDF) US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® . Held November 8-11, the 2018 competition hosted more than 380 entries representing a record breaking 42 different states. James Koford and Adiah HP Vying for national titles, competitors riding horses of a variety of breeds competed in Training Level through Grand...

Kansas City, Mo. – The top saddle seat equitation riders in the U.S. faced a rigorous challenge on Saturday, November 10, as they competed for top honors in the USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final at the United Professional Horseman’s Association (UPHA)/American Royal National Championship Horse Show . Twelve of the 18 horse-and-rider combinations in the preliminary ride-offs were called back for the final round of competition by judges Sandy Sessink (Elyria, Ohio), Nancy Troutman (Salem,...

Lexington, Ky. – The country’s top saddle seat equitation riders have arrived in Kansas City, Mo., for the USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final this Saturday, November 10. Held at Hale Arena during the United Professional Horseman’s Association (UPHA)/American Royal National Championship Horse Show , 18 horse-and-rider combinations will go head-to-head in pursuit of the title. 2017 USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final champion Molly Codeanne Open to junior members who have won a first- or...

Lexington, Ky. – The United States Dressage Federation’s (USDF) prestigious US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan kick off tomorrow at the beautiful Kentucky Horse Park. From November 8-11, top dressage competitors from across the country will compete on a national stage, in an event that showcases adult amateurs and open division competitors from training level through Grand Prix. More than 380 entries will represent the USDF regions from a record breaking 42 states at the sixth...

Rutledge and C Me Fly USEF CCI1* Eventing National Champions (Brant Gamma Photo) Lexington, Va. – On the final day of the Virginia Horse Trials, Colleen Rutledge and C Me Fly jumped a clear round in the third and final phase of the USEF CCI1* Eventing National Championship to claim the title. In the USEF CCI1*-JR/YR Eventing National Championship, it was Isabel Finemore and Rutherglen that emerged victorious, also jumping clear to become national champions. In contention for the top spot...

Lexington, Va. – American combinations Sharon White and Kelsey Ann Quinn masterfully tackled John Michael Durr’s cross-country course on Saturday at the Virginia Horse Trials. White and Masterel pulled ahead to capture the lead in the USEF CCI1* Eventing National Championship, while Quinn and Dandy Longlegs maintained their lead in the USEF CCI1*-JR/YR Eventing National Championship. White (Summit Point, W.V.) sat in fifth following Friday’s dressage phase with the...

Photo by Howie Schatzberg Photography) Aurora, Colo. - Nearly 1,800 Arabian and Half-Arabian horses and 7,200 exhibitors, owners, trainers, and support staff from 44 states and six countries made Tulsa Expo Square in Tulsa, Okla., their home for two weeks during the annual Arabian Horse Association’s (AHA) Arabian and Half-Arabian U.S. National Championship Horse Show . Credited by the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce with bringing $104 million in economic impact to the city of Tulsa, second...

Lexington, Ky. - Thirty junior individual and squad vaulters from 10 vaulting clubs spent two weekends training at the Horse Park at Woodside in Woodside, Calif., Atlantis Farm in Fort Lupton, Colo., and Summit Equestrian in Longmont, Colo., with Germany’s top vaulter and coach, Daniel Kaiser, along with Elizabeth Osborn (Menlo Park, Calif.), Isabelle Parker (Redwood City, Calif.), Mary McCormick (Canon City, Colo.), and Katie Peuvrelle (San Jose, Calif.). Upon accepting the USEF Vaulting...

Thieriot Stutes and Chatwin win The Dutta Corp./USEF CCI3* Eventing National Championship (Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photo) Fair Hill, Md. - Frankie Thieriot Stutes's trek from California to the 2018 The Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International Three-Day Event proved to be worth every mile on Sunday as the amateur rider was crowned The Dutta Corp./USEF CCI3* Eventing National Champion. She is joined in the winner’s circle by Boyd Martin, who was the winner of The Dutta Corp./USEF CCI2*...

Fair Hill, Md. - Spectators were on the edge of their seats until the very last horse came through the finish flags Saturday at The Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International Three-Day Event. While Derek di Grazia's challenging cross-country course shuffled much of the leaderboard, overnight leader Frankie Thieriot Stutes rose to the challenge, holding her lead of The Dutta Corp./USEF CCI3* Eventing National Championship. Thieriot Stutes and Chatwin (Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photo) Thieriot...