Harrisburg, Pa. - Dozens of qualified top junior jumper riders from across the nation are descending on Harrisburg, Pa., this week to vie for team and individual medals in the 2017 Neue Schule/USEF National Junior Jumper Championships. The Pennsylvania National Horse Show (October 12-21) is again hosting this exciting competition at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, the show’s home for over seven decades. The championship event is a thrilling competition consisting of...

Parker, Colo. - The Western Dressage Association® of America is celebrating the success of its fifth annual Western Dressage World Championship Show. More than 800 rides were held over four days, Sept. 28-Oct. 1, at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, OK, with competitors vying for 79 world championships and 15 divisional championship belt buckles. “Western dressage honors the partnership between horses and riders, and that was certainly on display at our World Show,” said WDAA...

Shelburne, Vt. - The 2017 Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show® is shaping up to be another monumental event in the show's 44-year history. More than 1,000 of the finest Morgan horses from across the United States and Canada will meet in Oklahoma City, Okla., October 7-14 to compete for more than $250,000 in prize money. Since 1973, the show has represented the pinnacle of achievement in the Morgan horse world . Matt Kwapich (Bernalillo, N.M.) will once again serve...

Lexington, Ky. – The Kentucky Classic CDE is set to host an elite group of drivers competing for the 2017 USEF Single Horse Combined Driving National Championship. From October 5-8, the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. will set the scene for an exciting showcase of four of the top Single Horse drivers in the country. Leslie Berndl and Uminco (Picsofyou.com) Leslie Berndl (Newcastle, Calif.) and her 16-year-old Royal Dutch Warmblood gelding, Uminco, competed as members of the U.S....

Mill Spring, N.C. - The 2017 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships sponsored by Deloitte wrapped up Sunday with Grade IV athlete Angela “Annie” Peavy and Royal Dark Chocolate crowned National Champions. Grade I athlete Margaret McIntosh and Heros earned Reserve National Champion honors. Sunday’s FEI Freestyle Tests accounted for the final 20% of the overall championship scores with the first 80% split equally between Friday’s FEI Team Test and...

Tryon, NC – There are plenty of accolades up for grabs at the 2017 United States Eventing Association (USEA) American Eventing Championships (AEC) presented by Land Rover and Nutrena, running August 30 – September 3. Not only are the 21eventing athletes in the Adequan® USEA Gold Cup advanced division competing for the right to be named the Adequan USEA Gold Cup champion, the top-placed American combination will also earn the USEF Open Horse Trial National Championship for the...

Wayne, Ill. – Combinations competing for the AGCO/USEF Junior Dressage National Championship and USEF Children Dressage National Championship got their first shot in the ring on Friday to open the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. The judges saw a promising group of athletes in both divisions demonstrate their early potential with close scores across the board. Isabel Linder and Elvis have a narrow lead in the junior division with a score of 70.991%. Abby Fodor and Slip and Slide hold...

Lexington, Ky. – A week of competition at the 2017 USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm came to a close Sunday with the most coveted award of the championship. The Marshall & Sterling/USEF Pony Medal Final took place in the Alltech Arena with 162 riders vying for top honors in front of judges Rachel Kennedy and James Toon. Following excellent performances throughout the day, Ada Catherine Hays earned the Marshall & Sterling/USEF Pony Medal Final title. Ada Catherine...

Lexington, Ky. - The USEF Hunter Pony Championships came to a close on Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park. Medium Regular Hunter Ponies went to task in the Walnut Ring in their Over Fences phase to determine the 2017 Champion. Augusta Iwasaki and News Flash emerged victorious on Saturday afternoon, collecting not only the Medium Regular Hunter Pony Championship presented by Sallee Horse Vans, but also the Grand Champion Hunter Pony title for the 2017 USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting...

Ebreichsdorf, Austria - Bridget Kiernan (San Mateo, Calif.) and partner Janie Salisbury (Atherton, Calif.) have claimed the World Championship bronze medal in the Pas de Deux Championship, besting seven other pairs at the 2017 FEI World Vaulting Championships for Juniors, August 2-5, 2017 in Ebreichsdorf, Austria. Bridget Kiernan and Janie Salisbury (Photo by: Michael Graf - MIKEs FotoGRAFie) The pair, led by Chef d’Equipe Mary McCormick and Assistant Chef d'Equipe Jessica Garrod,...