The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) Junior Exhibitor Youth Driving Challenge, funded by Elisabeth Goth Chelberg, held its finals in November during the American Royal in Kansas City. Cash prizes, trophies and ribbons were awarded to seven competitors in the Show Pleasure Driving Challenge and to two in the Fine Harness Driving Challenge. The winners are as follow: Show Pleasure Driving Challenge Place, horse, registration number, rider, owner 1st: CH Advantage Me 93840; Aliyah...

Lexington, KY - New USEF National Eventing Championships got underway in Lexington, KY, October 17-21, and five CCI* titles were handed out at the Mid-South Three-Day Event held at the Kentucky Horse Park. Karen Shull put on a flawless performance at the Kentucky Horse Park and had the lowest overall score in any of the divisions to claim the junior and overall championship. Riding Just My Style, the 18-year-old from Bryan, TX, won the dressage on a score of 43.6 and never looked back,...

The inaugural Lexington Combined Driving Classic, held October 4–7, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, was a resounding success. Fifty-nine competitors braved unseasonably warm temperatures and a bit of rain on the first day of dressage to compete for top honors in 13 classes. Three years from now, also at the Kentucky Horse Park, the world championships in four-in-hand driving and seven other disciplines will be contested at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010. Each phase of...

An active and well-known member of the Saddlebred community, Shan Ellis Donaldson, died on Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, KY. She was 60. The Georgetown, KY, native became an equestrian at an early age, and her love of horses led to her parents, R. E. Ellis Jr., DMD, and Martha “Perkie” Ellis, founding the Longview Riding Camp. Shan and her husband of 40 years, Jamie Donaldson, started their own horse photography business. For many years, Shan could be found...

Lexington, KY – John Long, Chief Executive Officer of the United States Equestrian Federation, announced today that Walter Herd will join the USEF as Director of Special Projects, effective September 4. A graduate of Centre College in Danville, KY, and a native of Louisville, KY, Herd recently retired from the United States Army as a Special Forces Colonel after 24 years in a variety of management and leadership positions. His responsibilities included commanding Special Forces units, ranging...

Lexington, KY— A last minute decision to enter the class paid off for first-time USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Finalist Michelle Krentz as she swept the class with a unanimous decision from the judges and went home with the title. Krentz beat six other finalists in the 71st Lexington Junior League Horse Show at the famous The Red Mile racetrack. Even though Krentz has not been regularly riding her 17-year-old mare, CH Louisville Lass, the chemistry was right between them. “Since I’ve...

Former editor and owner of The National Horseman Raymond E. Sheffield of Louisville, KY, died Saturday, June 9, 2007, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, KY. Sheffield began his career with The National Horseman in 1950, accepting a position as its advertising manager. The owner/publisher at the time, Henry Brown, groomed Sheffield to be his replacement, and when Brown died in 1955, Sheffield became editor and owner. Sheffield was a founding member of the American Saddlebred Pleasure...

A free trip for two to the 2007 Rolex FEI World Cup™; Finals in Las Vegas will be awarded to one lucky winner of a contest being offered through the Finals’ producer Las Vegas Events, Inc., the equestrian website EquiSearch.com and Animal Planet, the cable television network that will broadcast coverage of the World Cup Finals. The Rolex FEI World Cup™ Finals in both jumping and dressage return to the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, April 18-22. In 2005, the Jumping and Dressage Finals were...

Lexington, Ky. – Kaeley Arterburn has been crowned the 2020 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final champion at the 84 th Annual Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show. In the last class of the morning session on Wednesday, July 8, six competitors demonstrated their skill during group railwork, and then executed an intricate individual pattern designed by judges Cindy Mugnier (Belchertown, Mass.), Jimmy Robertson (Simpsonville, Ky.), and Tim Roesink (Hebron, Ohio). In the 20 th...

Lexington, Ky. - Combined driving athletes have flocked to Ocala, Fla., this week for their chance at a USEF Advanced Combined Driving National Championship title. Live Oak International sets the stage for five USEF Advanced Combined Driving National Championships, taking place from March 4-8. USEF Advanced Single Pony Combined Driving National Championship Six combinations will face off in the USEF Advanced Single Pony Combined Driving National Championship. Jennifer Keeler (Paris, Ky.) seeks...