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Horse-and-Rider Combinations Announced for FEI World Para-Dressage Championships; Lynn Seidemann Named 2007 USEF National Para-Equestrian Champion

by By Stacey Meier | 5/17/2007 4:41:00 AM

Paralympian Lynn Seidemann added yet another championship to her list of accomplishments when she won the 2007 USEF National Para-Equestrian Championship. (BobTarr.com ) Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named the horse-and-rider combinations that will represent the United States at the 2007 FEI World Para-Dressage Championships. The announcement follows the 2007 USEF National Para-Equestrian Championship and World Championship Selection Trial, which was...

USEF Names Riders for Summer Show Jumping Developing Young Rider Tour—Melanie Smith Taylor Named as Chef d’Equipe

by Joanie Morris | 5/7/2007 9:32:00 AM

Lexington, KY) – The United States Equestrian Federation has chosen the four riders to participate in the Developing Young Rider Tour this summer and has named Melanie Smith Taylor as the chef d’equipe. Smith Taylor, the first woman to garner the AGA Rider of the Year title prompting the association to eliminate a separate award for women in 1978, will continue her innovative contribution to the sport of show jumping in this new role. Inducted into Show jumping’s Hall of Fame in 1998, Smith...

Eventing’s Best Entered at Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI**** Presented by Farnam

by Sarah Evers | 4/12/2007 12:31:44 PM

As always, eventing fans can expect to see some of the sport’s biggest names in action at this year’s Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Farnam. Entries from five countries include several past champions and Olympic and World Championship medalists. This year’s Rolex Kentucky CCI****, an FEI Qualifying Competition and U.S. Equestrian Federation Selection Trial for the 2008 Olympic Games, returns to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, April 26-29. The event will...

Expedited Horse FEI and National Passport Service Now Offered by USEF

by By Maria Partlow | 4/11/2007 4:24:00 AM

USEF Archives (Lexington, Ky) - In order to better serve members, the USEF has begun a new expedited FEI and National Passport service which is intended to assist those who have an urgent need to obtain a new passport, revalidate an existing one, change ownership, change a horse’s name, and to receive an FEI Recognition Card (a National Passport from any country that is upgraded to an FEI Passport.) Horses and ponies competing in the FEI disciplines need official passports to compete in...

USEF Announces Team For Samsung Super League Tour #1

by gaillardm | 4/6/2007 11:46:00 AM

(Lexington, KY) – The United States Equestrian Federation has announced that the five riders that will compete in the first leg of the Samsung Super League tour CSIO’s La Baule, France May 10th -14th ; Rome, Italy May 24th -27th ; and St. Gallen, Switzerland May 31st -June 3rd are as follows: Rider/Hometown/Horse/Sex/Age/Breed/Owner Beezie Madden/Cazenovia, NY/Integrity/G/10/Dutch Warmblood/Abigail Wexner Richard Spooner/Glendale, CA/Cristallo/G/9/Holsteiner/Show Jumping Syndications...

New USEF Show Jumping Developing Young Rider Tour Announced

by gaillardm | 3/21/2007 1:57:00 PM

(Lexington, KY) – As part of the long-term high performance strategy to develop the best possible United States’ Equestrian Teams for the future, the USEF announced today a 2007 Show Jumping Developing Young Rider Tour. The goal is to send three riders between the ages of 18 and 25, and two senior riders to the CS13* Pforzheim, Germany June 1-3; CSIO4* Hamina, Finland June 15-17; and CSIO4* in Drammen, Norway June 21-24. Applications are now being accepted and must be submitted to the USEF...

Equisure Continues Partnership with USEF as Official Insurance Provider for Members

by gaillardm | 3/16/2007 11:25:00 AM

Lexington, KY — As part of the United States Equestrian Federation’s (USEF) commitment to its members and in partnership with Equisure, Inc., the “Official Insurance Provider to USEF members,” the two organizations announce the continuation of a $1-million personal excess liability coverage and up to $30,000 accidental death policy for Senior or Life Members and an accidental death benefit limited to $3,750 for insured persons under the age of 18 years old. “The...

Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, Presented By Farnam, to be Broadcast on NBC Television for Fourth Year

by By Classic Communications | 3/8/2007 11:51:00 AM

Shannon Brinkman (Fans will get to watch Olympic medalists, such as Kim Severson, and other top U.S. and international competitors compete for the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event crown on television thanks to NBC. ) Equestrian Events, Inc., organizer of the 2007 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Farnam, and the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) have announced that NBC television will once again bring the thrill and excitement of America’s only four-star three-day event...

USEF Announces Team for Nation’s Cup in Wellington, Florida March 7 - 11

by gaillardm | 3/6/2007 10:38:27 AM

(Lexington, KY) - The USEF has announced the show jumping team which will represent the United States against a stellar field of international teams at the CSIO competition in Wellington Florida, March 7-11. This event is one of the premier show jumping competitions in the United States this year and will showcase many of the international athletes and horses that will be competing at the World Cup in Las Vegas April 18-22nd. The event includes the only Nation’s Cup international team...

American Saddlebred Horse Association to Webcast Annual Meeting Forums, Luncheons and Saddlebred Ball; Saddlebred Farms Open House Week is Underway

by By Daniel Rieffer | 2/15/2007 10:38:10 AM

The American Saddlebred HOrse Association (ASHA) will begin webcasting live on Friday several aspects of its 2007 Annual Meeting and Youth Conference, which takes place Thursday through Saturday, February 15-17, at the Embassy Suites of Lexington, KY. The association will utilize its website, www.saddlebred.com, to broadcast the Saddlebred Summit worldwide. Those unable to attend this year’s convention will have an opportunity to watch and listen on Friday and Saturday during selected forums,...