Grand Champion Pony Hunter Love and Laughter and rider Victoria Press (Al Cook Photo) Harrisburg, Penn. - It was just her second visit to the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, but 12-year-old Victoria "Vixie" Press piloted Olivia Jack's Love and Laughter to top honors as Grand Champion Pony Hunter, Large Pony Hunter Champion and Best Junior Rider Award, Pony. The humble young rider from New York, NY, rides with Patricia Griffin and Heritage Farm. Press first tried Love and Laughter at the PNHS...

The convention will be held December 1 through December 3 at the Hyatt Regency River Front. Make your reservations by November 8 to receive the USDF room rate. At the convention you can attend Regional Meetings, Committee Meetings, USDF University sessions with Jochen Schleese, CMS, Dr. Jenny Susser, Dr. Hilary Clayton and Dr. Emily Lamprecht, Round Table Discussions, and much much more! At the symposium, held December 4 through December 5, learn how to ride the new dressage tests with the...

Hasbrouck Donovan and Falcao winning the first class of the show (Al Cook Photo) Harrisburg, PA - October 14, 2010 - From the first horse on course in today's Small Junior Hunters to the last jumper in the October 23 $75,000 FEI World Cup Grand Prix de Penn National, more than 1,200 horses will gallop across the bright new footing at the 65th annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show (PNHS). This prestigious indoor show attracts the nation's best riders to the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and...

LEXINGTON, KY—Day 16—By the closing day of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, total attendance topped half a million. Sunday’s attendance came in at 38,682, bringing the total for the event to 507,022. “We are incredibly pleased with the number of spectators who have joined us at the Games over these 16 days,” said World Games 2010 Foundation CEO Jamie Link. “We are overwhelmed with the positive comments and remarks we have received about their experiences on the park, viewing competition,...

Susan Treabass, earlier in the week (Photo by Shannon Brinkman for USEF) Lexington, KY - The FEI World Para Dressage Championships came to a close today with the Grade IV Individual Freestyle Test. The Kentucky Equine Research U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team sent four riders into the ring to perform their tests to music. First in the ring for the U.S. was Mary Jordan of Wells, ME riding her own Paxton Abbey. Jordan and the 12-year-old Hanoverian mare performed a steady test that stayed...

Laura Goldman and Carlingford JD. (Photo by Shannon Brinkman for USEF.) Lexington, KY - The Kentucky Equine Research U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team was on a mission today as four riders contested the Grade Ia and II Individual Championship Tests at the FEI World Para Dressage Championships. The scores for Jonathan Wentz and Laura Goldman proved to be doubly valuable as they not only determined their placings in the Individual Championship Test but also decided standings in the Team...

Each rider has a story, and you can hear from each member of the Kentucky Equine Research (KER)/U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in this new video. These inspiring riders of all ages have overcome adversity to reach an international stage with their horses, and they are vying not only for a place on the medal podium but also the realization of personal goals. “My mom is a physical therapist, and she’s really up on different types of therapy, and...

Today’s speed competition course looked a little bit like a Hunter Derby Finals course. I don’t know that they used any of the same jumps, but it really brought me back to Derby Finals. It was a great-looking course and used the entire stadium. The course theme was “The Nature of Kentucky” according to course designer Conrad Homfeld. It included a Kentucky Folk Art fence, a Natural Arch fence, a Kentucky Fence Line (which caused quite a few problems), a Farm Entrance...

Fairfield, Connecticut — The Intercollegiate Horse Show Association and its Board of Directors have voted to establish an IHSA Chapter of the Professional Horsemen’s Association of America, Inc., concurrent with a new website dedicated to IHSA-PHA information: www.ihsapha.com. The IHSA was established in 1967 by students, including then-18 year-old sophomore, Bob Cacchione, at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, and based on the principle that any college student should be able to...

Lexington, KY - The U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games presented their horses to the veterinary panel at the Horse Inspection this morning and proved to be sound and ready to compete. Forty-one countries will be represented over the next week, 27 of which will field teams. The United States is represented by the veteran team of: McLain Ward/34/Brewster, NY/Sapphire/15/Belgian Warmblood/M/McLain Ward, Tom Grossman and Blue Chip Bloodstock Laura...