Lexington, Ky. - The strongest and most impressive line-up at a Reining event this year, the 2014 Kentucky Reining Cup boasts entries from seven nations, including Australia, Canada, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States. Among those are the world’s current gold medalist title holders from the United States: Shawn Flarida, Tom McCutcheon, Tim McQuay and Craig Schmersal – all competing for the chance to represent the US in defending those medals. Also returning are...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will be represented by two combinations at the 2014 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final in Lyon, France April 17-21, both having qualified from the North American League. The following combinations qualified during World Cup Qualifying Events held throughout the 2013-2014 season: Tina Konyot (Palm City, Fla.) will ride her own Calecto V. Calecto V is a 1998 Danish Warmblood stallion. Konyot was first named to the U.S. team short...

2013 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event winner Andrew Nicholson and Quimbo (David Toczko) Lexington, Ky. - Entries have poured in at a record pace for the 2014 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Presented by Land Rover, April 24-27, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Entries have been filed for a record 82 horses, exceeding the previous record of 73 that were entered in 2012 in anticipation of the London Olympic Games. Among the entries filed to compete in the only four-star Eventing...

Lexington, Ky. - It will be an action-packed weekend when the Kentucky Reining Cup returns to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, April 25-27. Not only will this year's Reining competition serve as the Adequan USEF Open Reining National Championship and the Selection Trial for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Reining Team, but on Saturday evening, stars from the world of Eventing will try their hand at Reining during the Kentucky Reining Cup's World Championship...

Lexington, Ky. - In the lead-up to the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games a Preparation Event will be held for the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team at Great Meadow in The Plains, Va. July 26-27. United States-based eventing combinations named to the Squad or as alternates will demonstrate their continued preparation, soundness, and ability by competing at the event. Great Meadow has hosted CCI2* events in the past in addition to running the International and the Virginia Gold Cup, polo and...

Lexington, Ky. - The USEF launched a pilot "high performance" training program in 2012/2013 with approximately twenty drivers attending one or more clinics held in Kentucky, Florida, and North Carolina. Since there are limited training opportunities for driving at the USEF/FEI levels, the opportunity to train with an International Four-in-Hand driver and coach was overwhelmingly positive. To further this program, it is the intention of the USEF to roll out the 2014 Developing Driver Program...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce Christina Kimery as the winner of the two prestigious awards in the discipline of Endurance, the Maggy Price Endurance Excellence Award and the Brunjes Junior/Young Rider Trophy. 2013 is the first time the Christine Kimery (Fanny Doublein) coveted awards have been won by the same individual. The Maggy Price Endurance Excellence Award, sponsored by Gold Medal Farm, and Larry and Valerie Kanavy, is in memory of...

Lexington, Ky. - The schedule for the 2014 USEF Horsemastership Training Session presented by USHJA is now available. Mounted sessions will be broadcast live by USEF Network at www.USEFNetwork.com presented by SmartPak . See the complete schedule here . Profiles of the twelve riders invited to participate in the Training Session, sponsored in 2014 by Equestrian Sport Productions and Active Interest Media-publishers of Practical Horseman, are available here . In its eighth year, this prestigious...

Lexington, Ky. - The USEF is pleased to announce the USEF/USET Foundation Dressage Pipeline Clinics through gift from USET Foundation Trustee Betsy Juliano and Havensafe Farm. The purpose of the clinics is to showcase the U.S. dressage pipeline of riders and horses in one clinic with the four USEF Dressage Coaches: Robert Dover, USEF Chef d'Equipe/Technical Advisor; Debbie McDonald, USEF Developing Coach; Scott Hassler, USEF Young Horse Coach, and Jeremy Steinberg, USEF Youth Coach. With...

Lexington, Ky. - Thirty-two top U.S. saddle seat riders will converge on William Woods University in Fulton, Mo., this week for the U.S. Saddle Seat World Cup Team Trials December 7, 2013, attempting to earn a spot on the 2014 U.S. Saddle Seat World Cup Team as either a three- or five-gaited competitor. Following is the list of the Riders scheduled to attend: Three-Gaited Aleia Brown/15/Dayton, Ohio Allison Schuh/19/Seymour, Wis. Anya Pierson/20/Wichita, Kan. Brooke Boyer/17/Johnston, Iowa...