California dressage rider Dantia Benson (Photo courtesy of Dantia Benson) Somis, CA – December 8, 2010 - California dressage rider Dantia Benson flew from her home in California to Florida to attend the annual United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Convention and watch her four-year-old Dutch horse be awarded the Materiale Horse of the Year. What Benson didn’t expect was to fly home from the convention as the second winner of a custom made dressage saddle from Custom Saddlery as part of their...

Lexington, KY - December 8, 2010 - Tiffany Sullivan has been named the Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month for November. Sullivan competes in the West Conference Amateur-Owner division of the Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series aboard Karon K. In November, the pair bested a field of 18 entries to take top honors in the Series class held at the Las Vegas National Horse Show, earning 150 points. With Cavalor's support, the Series honors one rider each month as...

Jordan Larson and Spooks Gotta Whiz (Photo by NRHA) Oklahoma City, OK – December 5, 2010 - The 2010 National Reining Horse Association added $170,000 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Open Futurity Finals brought an exciting end to the NRHA Futurity & Adequan North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show at the Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, OK. This year’s riders were mounted on world-class reining horses all aiming for the $125,000 championship purse and their share of...

Tish Fappani Sidestops on Litn Up Conquistador (Photo by NRHA) Oklahoma City, OK - The competition at the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity & Adequan North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Dec. 3 featured the $105,000 added 2010 Cinch/NRHA Non Pro Futurity Finals. This championship event welcomed back 59 non pros to compete in a clean-slate format for more than $430,000 in cash and prizes, a variety of prizes from NRHA Corporate...

Ledges indoor (Courtesy of Showplace Productions ) Wayne, IL - December 5, 2010 - Showplace Productions is proud to announce the commencement of the 2010-2011 Ledges Winter Series, with 10 shows spanning from December to April at Ledges Sporting Horses in Roscoe, IL. Ledges offers a great respite from the typical Midwest winter with a 72,000-square-foot heated indoor facility and designated trailer parking lot. In addition to 275 stalls, there are also two viewing sky decks, boasting vendors,...

Oklahoma City, OK – November 30, 2010 – The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma held two more championship classes on Monday, November 29 – the NAAC Open and Intermediate Open classes. In addition, the show welcomed the 2nd go, 1st section of the $170,000 added NRHA Open Futurity and 1st go, 2nd section of the $105,000 added Cinch / NRHA Non Pro Futurity. Andrea Fappani and Jordan Larson...

Oklahoma City, OK – November 28, 2010 – Shawn Flarida and Shine Chic Shine still hold a convincing lead at the conclusion of the first go of the $170,000 added NRHA Open Futurity competition at the 2010 NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show being held now through December 4 at Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. Flarida rode the three-year-old stallion by Smart Chic Olena, owned by Amabile & Strusiner of Grandview, Texas, to a 227.5 in Saturday’s third...

Oklahoma City, OK – November 27, 2010 – The National Reining Horse Association’s (NRHA) continued Saturday with the first go, third section of the $170,000 added NRHA Open Futurity at the 2010 NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show being held now through December 4 at Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. With only four draws left in the third section, Shine Chic Shine, owned by Amabile & Strusiner of Grandview, Texas, kicked the competition up another notch....

Tim McQuay and Always Gotyer Gunsup Level 4 Open/1st Go, 1st Section (National Reining Horse Association) Oklahoma City, OK – November 25, 2010 – Thanksgiving Day at the Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City signaled the start of the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show being held through December 4. The NRHA kicked-off its first day of competition on Thanksgiving with the first go, first section of the $170,000 added NRHA...

Left to Right: Rodrigo Pessoa, Brianne Goutal, Patricia Griffith, Kent Farrington, Charlie Jayne, an (Phelps Media Group) WESTPORT, CT - November 24, 2010 - After the roaring success of the Fete Cheval in 2010, there was no hesitation to start making plans for an even more spectatcular event for the 2011 Winter Equestrian Festival - and more spectacular it will be! Elizabeth Press, Clea Newman Soderlund, and Visse Wedell have signed on as Co-Chairs of the Fete Cheval, which will be held on...