Joan Hamill Gladstone, N.J. - The United States Equestrian Team Foundation is pleased to announce the naming of the Hamilton Farm Rotunda "The Joan and Corwith Hamill Rotunda". Their commitment to equestrian sport began in the 1950s, when Joan was an integral part of the transition of the USET from the U.S. Army to civilians. This naming is made possible through a generous gift of $1.5 Million made to the Gladstone Fund by the The Hamill Family Foundation. Joan grew up in Chicago riding in...

Boyd Martin and Master Frisky (Shannon Brinkman) Elkton, Md. - The first phase of competition came to a conclusion on Friday as the final 45 combinations in CCI3* competition completed their dressage tests, while the second half of the CCI2* field headed down centerline. Boyd Martin and Master Frisky will head out on the cross country in the pole position of the three-star, and in the two-star no one was able to catch Thursday’s leader Matt Brown. Martin (Cochranville, Pa.) and Stephen...

Pablo Barrios & Antares (Rebecca Walton/Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Lexington, Ky. - If the $50,000 Kentucky Summer Grand Prix sponsored by GGT Footing is any indication of how the Venezuelan team will perform at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy France, then they look very strong. Pablo Barrios' rule of the Rolex Stadium at the Kentucky Horse Park continued as he piloted Antares to blazing double clear victory, while fellow Venezuelan rider Angel Karolyi took home the second...

Lorraine Prowse at the 2012 AHA Sport Horse Nationals (Don Stine) Aurora, Colo. - The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) is excited to announce the relocation of Sport Horse Nationals to the Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. Horse Complex in Raleigh, NC for the 2015 national show. In keeping with the policy of AHA, an on-site visit made by AHA’s Sport Horse Commission Chair, William Pennington, Sport Horse Commissioner, Gary Hooghkirk, National Event Coordinator, Susan Laessig and AHA’s Executive...

Qualify for the Great American Insurance Group/USDF Breeders Championship Series Finals Horses may qualify in two ways: 1) Champion or Reserve Champion in appropriate Qualifier Championship class that is part of the same series **If the Champion and Reserve Champion are already qualified, the third place horse is eligible to attend . 2) Receive a score of 77% or higher in their Sport Horse Prospect or Breeding Stock Class. For questions regarding this other USDF Sport Horse Programs, contact...

Jimmy Torano and La Bonita putting on a show in the final round of the Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final (©ESI Photography) Saugerties, NY – Jimmy Torano of SW Ranches, Florida admits that he and Kathryn Haefner, who owns La Bonita, gambled on the Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final, entering the five-year-old German-bred Warmblood mare in the highest stakes hunter class in the world. Lady Luck, however, was on their side at HITS Saugerties this week. Or, perhaps, La Bonita is...

Devon, PA - This year's slogan could have been "keep calm, and drive on." This year, unfortunately, the weather was not entirely conducive to a traditional Devon pleasure drive. Typically the carriage drive begins in the fields at St. David's church before traversing a four and a half mile path through the residential neighborhoods with judging in the Dixon Oval concluding the event. Due to unusual inclement weather, including significant rain, this year's pleasure drive began at...

Revealed and Julie Holzberger Top Adult Hunter. (Al Cook) Harrisburg, PA - Revealed and Julie Holzberger of Fairfield, OH revealed their championship ways by winning in the $10,000 North American League Adult Hunter Final, presented by Practical Horseman, at the 67th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show on Friday. This was the first year Holzberger competed in the Final and her first time at Harrisburg. "I am so thrilled," said Holzberger. "I love competing here and in the NAL. I am so...

Rebecca Hart receiving 2012 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championship Award from Ann Romney. Photograph (c)Sue Stickle Photography at SusanJStickle.com New York, NY - On Wednesday October 10th, U.S. Paralympian Rebecca Hart of Unionville, Penn. will be showcased on ABC's Good Morning America. Hart will accompany Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney in New York's Times Square. Mrs. Romney and Rebecca Hart will be speaking about how horses have...

Olympian Jan Ebeling, HorseShow.com's Anne Margaret Meyers, & CDS Board Member Ellen Corob presented prizes to today's winners, including Kathleen Raine & "Breanna". (Jennifer M. Keeler) Burbank, CA - Championship dressage competition and celebration continued Friday at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, CA for the 45th Anniversary California Dressage Society Championship Show Presented By HorseShow.com , in conjunction with the CDS Young Horse Futurity (including the...