Ocala, Fla. -The 2016 USEF Four-in-Hand Driving National Championship came to a close with the cones phase at Live Oak International. Chester Weber earned his 13th USEF Four-in-Hand Driving National Championship title after leading the competition from start to finish. The field of four competitors demonstrated great driving throughout the competition and is looking strong as the U.S. prepares for the 2016 FEI World Championship this summer. Top Three in the USEF National Championship...

Marilyn Little (kwikturn media) Ocala, Fla. - Marilyn Little of Frederick, Maryland beat a deep field of international show jumpers to take the $35,000 Live Oak International CSI3* on Saturday. Little and her mount Corona topped an eight-horse jump-off to get the win at the 25th Live Oak International, each of whom qualified by posting clear rounds over the original Leopoldo Palacios designed course. "I put in the best clear round I could and hoped that Adam wouldn't catch me," said Little...

Hunt Tosh rode Jennifer Alfano's Candid to the Regular Conformation Hunter Championship during the HITS IV* Ocala Winter Classic. (Phelps Media Group) Wellington, Fla. - SBS Farms, Inc. is no newcomer to the winner's circle, and during the HITS IV* Ocala Winter Classic, their success only continued. With riders in both Ocala and Wellington, Florida, SBS Farms is turning heads and collecting tricolors across both Florida winter circuits. Unfortunately, leading up to the fourth week of HITS...

Jamie Barge and Luebbo (CapturedMomentPhoto.com) Del Mar, Calif. - Timing was everything for Jamie Barge aboard KylieCo's Luebbo as she stealthily stole the top spot away from Karl Cook and Signe Ostby's Tembla in today's $50,000 Showpark Grand Prix. The event opened with a ceremonial American Civil War demonstration by the Frontier Army of the West, 2nd U.S. and 8th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiments, along with the National Anthem performed by Mercedes Martin-Raya. To honor the...

Jennifer Alfano and Candid won the $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby at Equifest I. (Photo By: Chicago Equestrian) Wayne, IL - July 27, 2015 - SBS Farms continued to shine in the hunter rings this past week at the Equifest I Horse Show held at Lamplight Equestrian Center. Jennifer Alfano put in impressive trips on several horses to earn top ribbons in numerous divisions, yet it was Candid who stole the limelight in Chicago. Alfano captured the Second Year Green Working Hunter Championship with...

For Fantoms Pleasure, ridden by Wilhelm Genn. Owned by Karola Giebmanns (Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, MI - July 15, 2015 - Week III of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival kicked off at glorious Flintfields Horse Park just outside of Traverse City, Michigan where yellow daffodils and other summer bloomers contrasted a deep blue clear sky. It was the ideal setting to compete show jumpers in the Grand Prix Arena. The quintessential sportsman, Wilhelm Genn ended the day on a high note,...

Hayley Barnhill and Zephire (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, MI - July 3, 2015 - Hayley Barnhill has competed at the Flintfields Horse Park for four years, riding to the top of the ranks, but always falling just shy of the first place finish. Friday afternoon, that all changed during the opening week of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festval. Barnhill posted the only double clear ride of the $25,000 Antares Welcome Stake with Zephire, owned by Barnhill Enterprises, LLC, riding to...

Lexington, Ky . – Following the USEF Mid-Year Board of Directors Meeting this week in Lexington, Ky., the list of modified regulatory texts are now available. All updated texts, showing the latest changes, can be found under Approved Rule Changes in the Rule Book section of the USEF website, and listed in the links below. Revisions to GR301, GR306, GR307, and GR318 – Rules Effecting Competition Mileage Exemption In early 2015, USEF President Chrystine Tauber convened a Mileage Rule...

Kelley Farmer and Dalliance Mumford, NY - June 7, 2015 - With just one horse left to return in the handy round of the $35,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby at the Genesee Country Village & Museum, Amanda Steege and Jennifer Alfano waited on standby prepared to jump-off for the win. The two riders sat tied at the top of the class, with the outcome all up to the final pair: Kelley Farmer and Dalliance. But as Farmer and Dalliance cleared the final fence on Sunday afternoon, it quickly...

Jennifer Alfano and Me Again Mumford, NY - June 6, 2015 - The picturesque scene during The Derby at the Genesee Country Village and Museum is one reminiscent of years gone by, and on Saturday it was also reminiscent of just last year. For the second year in a row, The Derby kicked off with its $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby on the beautiful grass meadow of the museum, and for the second year in a row, Jennifer Alfano rode to an impressive victory aboard Me Again. "He's obviously got way...