Lexington, Ky. - The 2018 US Equestrian Annual Meeting will take place January 17-20, 2018, in Lexington, Ky., at the Hyatt Regency Lexington. Members of the media who would like to attend should submit a request for credentials by January 5, 2018. The US Equestrian Annual Meeting hosts committee meetings as well as the Pegasus, Horse of the Year, and Intercollegiate Awards, which wrap up the 2017 competition year across all breeds and disciplines. The 2018 edition will host moderated forums on...

Lexington, Ky. - Calling all equestrian-related businesses looking for interns and employees! US Equestrian will be hosting a career fair at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., May 5, 2017. The fair will be held in conjunction with the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association’s (ISHA) National Championships, an event which will host over 300 college equestrians and their coaches, families, and friends. The career fair is an opportunity for the students to interact with successful...

Lexington, Ky. - The 2017 USEF Annual Meeting will take place January 11-14 in Lexington, Ky., at the Hyatt Regency Lexington. Members of the media who would like to attend should submit a request for credentials by January 2, 2017. The USEF Annual Meeting hosts committee meetings as well as the Horse of the Year and Pegasus Awards, which wrap up the 2016 competition year across all breeds and disciplines. This year’s Annual Meeting will have an extra layer of excitement with two General...

Lexington, Ky. – The US Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm will take place August 9-14, 2016 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 29, 2016. In 2015, 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 2016 US Pony Finals presented by...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation Nominating Committee announced today that, in accordance with the USEF Bylaws, they notified the Board of Directors of their decision to nominate Murray Kessler for President. This election will occur on June 21, 2016, at the Mid-Year Board meeting. The Committee noted that Mr. Kessler's Expression of Interest packet and interview clearly demonstrated his high level of enthusiasm and clear strategic direction for the USEF and its...

Lexington, Ky. - The 2016 USEF Annual Meeting will take place January 13-16 in Lexington, Ky., at the Hyatt Regency Lexington. Members of the media who would like to request credentials should submit a request by January 1, 2016. The USEF Annual Meeting hosts committee meetings and the Horse of the Year and Pegasus Awards, wrapping up the 2015 year of U.S. equestrian disciplines, both national and international. In addition, there will be Town Hall meetings on a variety of topics from rules to...

Three years ago, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) launched an innovative Developing Driver Program to provide supplemental training opportunities for American combined drivers who demonstrated a commitment to the goal of competing at the USEF/FEI level and who were in pursuit of competitive excellence. The eventual goal was to increase the number of drivers and their horses/ponies competing at high performance levels, therefore developing the drivers that could become be future...

Goshen, Ky. – An elite field of seven drivers will head to the Hermitage Classic to take part in the 2015 USEF Single Horse Driving National Championship. Taking place October 16-18 at the historic Heritmage Farm in Goshen, Ky., the exciting championship will showcase competitors vying for top honors. Leslie Berndl, the 2014 USEF Single Horse Driving National Champion, driving Uminco (Picsofyou.com) The 2013 and 2014 USEF Single Horse Driving National Champion Leslie Berndl (Newcastle,...

Lexington, Ky. - The 2015 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North will take place July 14-19, 2015 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 3, 2015. The NAJYRC is the premier equestrian competition in North America for junior and young riders, age 14-21. Young equestrians come from the United States, Bermuda,...

Lexington, Ky. - Starting off the day were competitors showing off their Second Level Freestyles, and in the Adult Amateur division, crowd favorite and hometown girl Cariann Wlosinski (Lexington, Ky., Region 2) earned the unanimous win with 70.567%. A full-time middle school teacher who "teaches by day and rides by night," Wlosinski attended the inaugural Finals last November and was "determined to try to get back here this year." She danced to a Beatles medley aboard her own Oldenburg mare...