From the USHJA Lexington, KY - After three brilliant performances, John French and Rumba will go down in history as the inaugural winners of the ASG Software Solutions/USHJA International Hunter Derby Finals. Before the start of the final day of competition, George Morris addressed the crowd gathered in the Johnson Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. “The hunter derby courses are bringing us back to tradition, we’re surrounded by lovely horses and no doubt we’ll see a championship performance...

Wayne, IL – The sun finally emerged at the spectacular Lamplight Equestrian Center to spotlight the nation’s future dressage talent in the six-year-old and developing horse divisions. It was a competition worthy of champions as presented to judges Linda Zang, Jeanne McDonald, and Hilda Gurney. In the Six-Year-Old division, U.S.-bred “Pikko del Cerro HU” made America proud by claiming the Markel/USEF National Championship with an overall score of 7.9. Ridden by Mikala Munter Gundersen of...

On the first day of competition at the ASG Software Solutions/USHJA International Hunter Derby Finals presented by Dietrich Insurance, 56 horses and riders put it all on the line for their chance at the coveted Derby Finals Champion title. The top 25 horses from this morning’s round are invited to Saturday evening’s round two classic course and were given $1,000. The top 12 horses from round two will compete for overall derby final’s champion honors and a share of the $100,000 prize money. This...

For the first time, Lexington, KY, known as the Horse Capital of the World to some, will host the Seventh Annual Sport Horse National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (Sport Horse Nationals), September 22-27, 2009. Competitors will compete in more than 80 different sport horse classes across four divisions, including sport horse in-hand and under-saddle, dressage, pleasure carriage driving and hunter/jumper. Sport Horse Nationals, which has alternated venues in the East and West...

Members of the Professional Riders Organization (PRO) took top honors at the Waredaca Horse Trials in Maryland this weekend, with PRO riders winning six divisions. In a crowded field of competitors, PRO founder Phillip Dutton walked away with first-, second- and third-place finishes in Open Intermediate. Dutton is currently ranked second in the nation behind fellow PRO founder Buck Davidson. Boyd Martin, a PRO board member who also competed at Waredaca, is ranked third. Overall, the top five...

On Sunday at HITS Culpeper Tracy Magness was back to her winning ways riding Tarco Van Ter Moude to the blue in the $30,000 HITS Grand Prix to conclude the Winston National at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, VA. Magness got the best of 19 pairs that challenged course designer Jerry Dougherty’s first-round course and the additional six that advanced to the jump-off en route to collecting $9,000 in first-place prize money. With the victory, Magness and Mr. and Mrs. John Bartko’s Tarco Van Ter...

Mark your calendars for the $50,000 CSI-W Lexington Grand Prix, which is a World Cup Qualifier and the final class in the Hagyard Challenge Series. Scheduled for September 18, 2009, at 7:30 p.m., this event will be the very first grand prix held in the new indoor arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. All spectators are welcome and are encouraged to fill the stands. Sponsored by Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, the Hagyard Challenge Series is a summer-long competition that includes seven grand prix...

Pennfield Feed, the small-town-big-quality company known for supplying feed for the last four Olympic and FEI World Equestrian Games, and who made headlines late last year when they were awarded the designation of Official Feed of the United States Equestrian Federation, has launched an exciting new two-month promotion for free feed. Starting Monday, August 17, through October 16, Pennfield will offer a Buy One Get One Free deal on any of their five formulas that feature beet pulp as their key...

Lexington, KY – Since its inception in 1990, the USEF Computer List has been a valuable tool to the US Show Jumping program. A basis for Team Selection, this list has aided in fielding teams that have won back-to-back Team Gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, Team and Individual Silver at the 2006 World Equestrian Games and countless Nations Cups. Beginning in August of 2009, the list, which ranks the top show jumping riders in the United States has be rechristened the Rolex/USEF...

The FEI Open and European Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships began on Wednesday, August 19, marking a historic achievement for Norway as it will be the first time a European equestrian Championship is held on Norwegian soil, and also the first time a European summer sport championship is held there. The event takes place at the Epona Riding Centre, established in 2005 and near Kristiansand on the south coast of Norway, providing a magnificent backdrop for the event. Cato Zahl Pedersen, an...