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USEF Announces Date and Location for the 2011 Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North

by By Leah Oliveto | 11/2/2010 5:01:00 PM

Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is announcing the following date and location for the 2011 Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC). The NAJYRC will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park July 27-31, 2011. In the past two years, NAJYRC competitors were some of the first to perform in the Kentucky Horse Park’s newly built Rolex Outdoor Stadium and Alltech Indoor Arena. In 2011, junior and young riders will return to...

Morgan Breed Celebrated in Oklahoma City

by Christina Koliander | 10/28/2010 4:40:00 PM

Photo by C.A. "Tony" Lee Shelburne, VT—The best of the best in the Morgan breed was celebrated in Oklahoma City for the Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show. Since 1973, this show has represented the pinnacle of achievement in the Morgan horse world. More than 1,000 of the world's finest Morgan horses from across the United States, Canada, Austria, and Great Britain met in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to compete in over 250 classes for $250,000-plus in prize money. For the fourth...

2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Daily Competition DVDs

by Lisa Jackson | 10/28/2010 11:11:00 AM

WEG Foundation The Sport House, official supplier of the popular Daily Competition Event DVDs, for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, is pleased to announce that orders are still being accepted. If you missed the chance to order during the games, you can do so on-line at www.thesporthouse.com. Live action Daily Competition DVDs are available for each individual event within the disciplines of dressage, eventing, reining, show jumping, driving and vaulting. Two hour highlight DVDs with...

ASHALive Webcast of TSE/Tattersalls Fall Sale, Presented by Plamp-Keen, to be Available Free of Charge

by Brice Carr | 10/28/2010 9:43:00 AM

ASHA Lexington, KY - The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA), in conjunction with the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), is proud to announce that, this year, for the first time ever, the live video webcast of the 2010 TSE/Tattersalls Fall Sale, presented by Plamp-Keen, will be available for viewing free of charge. Set to take place beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, October 28, through Saturday, October 30, the webcast, as well as additional USEF Network video on...

NARHA and the Power of the Horse at the World Equestrian Games

by Cher Smith | 10/26/2010 3:46:00 PM

Denver, CO - The healing power of the horse was front and center during two demonstrations by NARHA and Central Kentucky Riding for Hope at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, October 2-3, in Lexington, KY. These demonstrations, which took place in the John Deere Reining Arena, enabled thousands of equine enthusiasts to see how horses improve the lives every day of individuals with special needs. Participants and attendees of the World Equestrian Games also watched a number of athletes who...

USEF Accepting Bids to Host the 2011 USEF Open Reining Championship, the 2011 USEF Youth Reining Championships and the 2011 NAJYRC Reining Selection Trial

by By Leah Oliveto | 10/20/2010 3:28:00 PM

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is accepting bids to host the 2011 USEF Open Reining Championship as well as the 2011 USEF Youth Reining Championships and the Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC) Reining Selection Trial. The USEF Open Reining Championship is required to take place between May and August of 2011. The championship is typically held as a CRI4* and it will be the responsibility of the organizer to provide adequate prize...

USEF Sends Four Eventing Riders to Boekelo CCI3*

by From the USEF Eventing Department | 10/9/2010 8:13:00 AM

Lexington, KY - The following four rider/horse combinations have been selected to receive USEF grants to compete at the Boekelo CCI3*, October 14-17, 2010 in The Netherlands. Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Sex/Breed/Age/Owner Tiana Coudray/22/Ojai, CA/Ringwood Magister/G/Irish Sport Horse/9/Tiana Coudray Will Faudree/29/Hoffman, NC/Andromaque/M/Irish Thoroughbred/9/Jennifer Mosing Sinead Halpin/29/Oldwick, NJ/Manior de Carneville/G/Selle Francais/10/Carraig LLC Doug Payne/28/Pottersville, NJ/Running...

Time Warp

by Helen Murray | 10/4/2010 8:34:18 PM

Right now I have this strange feeling that time has stopped for a few hours. Which is very bizarre to say as it seems as though everything and everyone has been going non-stop for going on 10 days now. Yesterday we wrapped up week one (well it was actually a little more than a week) with the eventing show jumping. The end to this part of the competition was definitely not what everyone had expected. While the end result was disappointing for the US all the event riders and their large support...

Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team Finishes Fourth in Eventing World Championships Presented by Reem Acra

by by Erica Larson for USEF | 10/3/2010 7:52:00 PM

Boyd Martin and Neville Bardos Go Clear for the U.S. Team. (Photo by Shannon Brinkman for USEF. ) Lexington, KY - Everything was on the line today as 55 horse and rider combinations prepared to compete in the final phase of the Eventing World Championships presented by Reem Acra at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. With just about 10 points separating the top three teams in the Team Competition, everyone knew they had to have the ride of their lives to try to bring home the gold...

USEF Names Vaulting Team Members for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

by Brian Sosby | 10/1/2010 12:16:00 PM

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named the following vaulting athletes to the Definite Entry List for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games to be held September 25-October 10, 2010, at the Kentucky Horse Park. The following vaulting athletes have been named to the U.S. Vaulting Team (in ranked order): Team Free Artists Creative Equestrians (F.A.C.E Team): Blake Dahlgren Mary Garrett Emily Hogye Mari Inouye Devon Maitozo Rosalind Ross Annalise VanVranken...