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Call for Media Credential Applications: 2023 USEF Pony Finals Presented by Honor Hill Farms

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/11/2023 2:00:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The USEF Pony Finals presented by Honor Hill Farms will take place August 8-13, 2023, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Members of the media who would like to request credentials to cover the event should submit a completed application form and waiver by July 28, 2023. Over 800 ponies from across the country come to the Kentucky Horse Park to compete with their youth riders in hunter, jumper, and equitation classes. The 2023 USEF Pony Finals presented by Honor...

Call for Media Credential Applications: 2022 USEF Pony Finals Presented by Honor Hill Farms

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/13/2022 1:15:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The USEF Pony Finals presented by Honor Hill Farms will take place August 9-14, 2022, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Members of the media who would like to request credentials to cover the event should submit a completed application form and waiver by July 29, 2022. Over 800 ponies from across the country come to the Kentucky Horse Park to compete with their youth riders in hunter, jumper, and equitation classes. The 2022 USEF Pony Finals presented by Honor...

Call for Media Credential Applications: 2021 USEF Pony Finals Presented by Honor Hill Farms

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/7/2021 12:10:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The USEF Pony Finals presented by Honor Hill Farms will take place August 10-15, 2021, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Members of the media who would like to request credentials to cover the event should submit a completed application form by July 26, 2021. In 2019, over 800 ponies from across the country came to the Kentucky Horse Park to compete with their youth riders in hunter, jumper, and equitation classes. The 2021 USEF Pony Finals presented by Honor...

Update on Media Attendance at 2020 USEF Pony Finals Presented by Collecting Gaits Farm

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/23/2020 9:16:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. – The USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm will take place August 3-9, 2020, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The 2020 event will feature the USEF Hunter Pony Championships, Marshall & Sterling/USEF Pony Medal Finals, and USEF Pony Jumper Championships. Due to current Kentucky COVID guidelines , outside media and photographers are not permitted to attend horse shows. The communications teams of US Equestrian and Kentucky Horse Shows, LLC will...

Kentucky Horse Park Named Host Location for 2020 USEF Junior Hunter National Championships – East Coast

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 5/22/2020 12:13:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce that the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., has been named as the host location for the 2020 USEF Junior Hunter National Championships – East Coast from August 23-24. The United States Hunter Jumper Association Gladstone Cup Equitation Classic presented by Intermont Equestrian at Emory & Henry College will also be held at the Kentucky Horse Park on these dates. The Championships will be held in conjunction with the...

Two USEF Advanced Combined Driving National Championships Underway at Live Oak International

by US Equestrian Communications Department/Classic Communications | 3/6/2019 7:27:00 PM

Ocala, Fla. - Combined driving athletes have flocked to Ocala, Florida this week for their chance at a USEF Combined Driving National Championship title. Live Oak International, March 6-10, features the USEF Advanced Four-in-Hand Combined Driving National Championship for the fourth consecutive year and welcomes the USEF Advanced Pairs Combined Driving National Championship. Chester Weber (Photo by Andrea Evans/US Equestrian) The USEF Advanced Four-in-Hand Championship serves as a reunion for...

Katydid Combined Driving Event Culminates 2018 Season with USEF Advanced Pony National Championships

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 10/31/2018 4:04:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The final USEF combined driving national titles of the 2018 competition year are up for grabs at the Katydid Combined Driving Event (CDE), running November 1-4, at Katydid Farm in Aiken, S.C. The USEF Advanced Pony National Championships will feature six entries vying for titles across the single pony and pair pony divisions, marking the end of the 2018 combined driving season. Tracey Morgan and Fuego 88 at the 2017 Live Oak International where they won the USEF Single...

World’s Championship Horse Show Brings Excitement and Prestige to Historic Kentucky Event

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/10/2018 9:05:00 AM

Louisville, Ky. – Celebrating its 116 th year, the World’s Championship Horse Show was held at the Kentucky State Fair’s famed Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky., from August 18-25. With premiums totaling over $1 million, the World’s Championship Horse Show is the crown jewel of competitions for the American Saddlebred , Roadster , Hackney, and the saddle seat equitation discipline. More than 2,000 horses and ponies competed for the coveted trip down Freedom Hall’s...

Riders Vie for USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final Championship at Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/10/2018 10:09:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. – The country’s top adult amateur saddle seat equitation riders will compete for the title of 2018 United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final champion on Wednesday, July 11, at the historic Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show. Betsy Boone (Concord, N.C.), Karen Homer Brown (Georgetown, Ky.), and Dwayne Knowles (Kutztown, Pa.) will serve as judges for the Final, hosted at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Last year,...

US Equestrian Opens Bid for 2018, 2019, and 2020 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 5/16/2018 10:45:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian is now accepting bids for the 2018, 2019, and 2020 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship. Applications and any supporting material must be received by US Equestrian on or before Wednesday, May 30, 2018 by 5 p.m. EST for bid consideration. Taylor Pence/US Equestrian Interested organizers should contact Jennifer Haydon, Managing Director, Show Jumping National Programs at [email protected] for bid applications or more information. The USEF U25 National...