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USEFNetwork.com Features Select Clips and Videos from HOTY/Pegasus

by USEF Communications Department | 1/22/2011 2:23:00 PM

Lexington, KY - The Pegasus Awards Dinner is now available through Video on Demand on USEFNetwork.com . The gala was live-streamed from the 2011 USEF Annual Meeting in Lexington, providing equestrian fans an opportunity to watch in real-time as the Lifetime Achievement Award, Equestrian of the Year, Junior Equestrian of the Year, Pegasus Medals of Honor, and other prestigious honors were awarded throughout the evening. USEFNetwork.com is the Federation's new multi-media platform, featuring live...

USEF Announces Show Schedule for 2008 Hunter National Championships

by By Stacey Meier | 2/28/2008 4:48:00 PM

Lexington, KY- The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Executive Committee has approved the dates and locations for the following 2008 USEF Hunter National Championships. • The 2008 USEF Pony Finals National Championships will be August 13–17 in Lexington, KY. Five championships will make up Pony Finals, including the Adequan®/USEF National Pony Jumper Championship (Individual); the Adequan®/USEF National Pony Jumper Championship (Team); Wild Horsefeathers/USEF National Green Hunter Pony...

Singapore to Host First Edition of Youth Olympic Games

by By Malina Gueorguiev | 2/22/2008 12:27:00 PM

Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), announced via live webcast that Singapore will be the host city of the first edition of the Youth Olympic Games to take place in 2010. Nine cities—Athens, Greece; Bangkok, Thailand; Debrecen, Hungary; Guatemala City, Guatemala; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Moscow, Russian Federation; Poznan, Poland; Singapore, Singapore; and Turin, Italy;—had applied to host the event. Moscow and Singapore were selected as the...

Offield Farms Announces a Special Video Offering of Robert Dover’s Search for the Next American Equestrian Star: Dressage

by Sarah Evers | 12/20/2007 12:16:00 PM

Responding to an incredible demand for a personal copy of Robert Dover's successful reality series, the producers of Search for the Next American Equestrian Star: Dressage have made available the entire series via digital download from the show’s website: www.americanequestrianstar.tv . The full five-episode series, plus over 35 minutes of never-before-seen footage is available as a holiday special for $34.95 (regular price is $39.95.) Viewers also have the option of an online viewing-only...

USEF Presents Two Veterinary Clinics in 2008

by By Chuck Walker | 12/12/2007 4:40:00 PM

The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will present two clinics in 2008 for veterinarians involved with national level horse shows. These clinics will share information and material to interested show veterinarians, testing veterinarians and senior veterinary students. The clinics will discuss the veterinarian’s relationship with USEF, explain USEF Drug and Medications rules and how to become a testing vet, give advice for vets treating horses on the show grounds, explain responsibility...

Four USEF Preliminary Combined Driving National Championships Crowned at Florida Spring Fling CDE

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 2/17/2020 2:00:00 PM

Ocala, Fla . – The Florida Spring Fling Combined Driving Event (CDE) played host to the 2020 USEF Preliminary Combined Driving National Championships and the exciting competition that unfolded at the Florida Horse Park. Four preliminary divisions had athletes take home their national championship titles. USEF Preliminary Single Horse Combined Driving National Championship Raymond Helmuth and Kendro (Picsofyou.com) Raymond Helmuth (Cambridge, Iowa) and Kendro earned the USEF Preliminary...

Sweat & Where is Fingers When You Need Him

by Will Connell | 7/26/2016 11:00:45 PM

Meet the Beast.... The Beast is a very bad beastie as it has “done a leg” and gone on sit down strike a) right in front of our container and b) on the main horse walk in to the stables. To be more accurate, the Beast can easily be repaired if a) the AWOL driver could be found and b) the driver was given accreditation so he / she / it could access the venue and remove the Beast. I just hope that we are not contributing to the day rate for the Beast to be away from his / her Cave of...

USEF/Performance Horse Registry Announces New American Performance Horse Recognition

by By Lisa Owens | 9/30/2009 12:00:00 PM

The USEF is pleased to announce that the Performance Horse Registry has a new book for American-bred horses only. Beginning December 1, 2009, the American Performance Horse (APH) will be open to all American-bred performance horses. The goal for the APH is to showcase performance horses bred in the United States. Q. What is considered an “American-bred?” A. For competition purposes, bred means foaled. If there is documentation that states the horse was foaled in the United States, then it can...

Queen City Classic Returns for 2008

by By Robbi Meisel | 3/27/2008 3:28:00 PM

The Queen City Classic returns April 9-13, 2008, for the spring show season with a new location and USEF AA-rated classes, including a $25,000 Hunter Challenge. This year’s event will be held in Monroe, NC, at the “Why Not an American Ark” Equestrian Facility, located outside of the Charlotte area. “We are delighted to have the Queen City Classic coming to the Ark. To bring such an event to this part of Charlotte is great for the area,” commented Jeff Wylie of the facility. The show grounds...

USEF Accepting Bids to Host 2006 Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF Hunter Breeding National Championship, East and West Coast

by Sarah Lane | 12/1/2005 12:35:22 PM

Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation is now accepting bids to host the 2006 Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF Hunter Breeding National Championship – East Coast Phase and West Coast Phase. To request a bid document, please contact Marion Maybank at (859) 225-2033 or via e-mail at [email protected] by the close of business on Friday, December 9, 2005. Any request received after this time will not be considered. For further information about the 2006 Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF...